PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Bruno Berinjela (ranked 4987 p4p, 5536 weight class) and Lyndon Knowles (ranked 458 p4p, 499 weight class). Berinjela comes to the cage accompanied by “Yoda” by Weird Al. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Berinjela
vs
Knowles

225 cm
19
289
1 - 0 - 0

205 cm
19
242
2 - 0 - 0

Great elbows
Good chin

Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bruno Berinjela!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Lyndon Knowles!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Ackerman and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Berinjela throws a push kick but Knowles slaps the foot to one side.
It seemed like Knowles was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Nice defenses there by Knowles.
Berinjela throws a right and a left that both miss.
Knowles lands with a nice body punch.
Berinjela lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Knowles circles away quickly and effectively.
Berinjela throws a sloppy body shot
and Knowles counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Berinjela scores with a sloppy right hand. Knowles should have avoided that one.
Berinjela swings widly with a right hand
and Knowles connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Berinjela loads up on a big right hand but Knowles slips the punch.
A nice side step and Knowles releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Knowles throws out a loose jab but Berinjela uses good head movement to avoid it.
Berinjela fails to land with a series of punches.
Berinjela misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Knowles is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Berinjela lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knowles misses with a few strikes there.
Berinjela is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Knowles lands with a shot to the body.
Berinjela throws out a loose jab but Knowles uses good head movement to avoid it.
Knowles throws out a counter right but Berinjela avoids it with no problem.
Nice shot by Knowles.
Jab from Berinjela.
Berinjela avoids the body shot from Knowles.
Berinjela swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Knowles throws a shot to the body.
Jab from Berinjela.
Bruno Berinjela seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Berinjela throws a body kick that misses.

Berinjela closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knowles avoids a wild elbow strike from Berinjela.
Knowles blocks an elbow strike from Berinjela.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knowles pushes Berinjela back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A short uppercut from Knowles.
Berinjela stalling in the clinch.
Berinjela lands an elbow that stopped Knowles in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Lyndon Knowles has been cut.
Knowles lands a shoulder strike.
Knowles lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Berinjela.
Berinjela is breathing heavily.
Knowles lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Berinjela creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Knowles's defenses.
Berinjela struggles to land a body shot inside as Knowles controls his hands.
Knowles has a couple of punches blocked by Berinjela.
Knowles lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Berinjela or not.
Knowles stalling.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Knowles gets through Berinjela's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Berinjela misses with a hook to the ribs.
Knowles presses Berinjela against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knowles lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Knowles fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Berinjela lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Berinjela prevents a body shot from Knowles.
Berinjela lands a shot to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Knowles pushes Berinjela back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Berinjela will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Knowles up against the cage.
Berinjela can't find room to land a body shot as Knowles controls the action.
Knowles misses with a body punch.
Knowles blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Knowles.
Berinjela throws an elbow that misses.
Knowles struggles to land a body shot inside as Berinjela controls his hands.
Berinjela misses with an elbow over the top.
Berinjela stalling the fight.
Berinjela can't find room to land a body shot as Knowles controls the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knowles lands a nice uppercut.

Berinjela is rocked!
Berinjela throws an elbow that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Berinjela throws an elbow but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Berinjela.
A body shot lands from Knowles.
Knowles taking a breather.
Knowles lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Berinjela backwards.
Oh Berinjela is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Knowles stalling the fight.
A short right from Knowles on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Knowles.
Knowles lands a body shot in the clinch.
Knowles pushes Berinjela back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Berinjela definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Knowles.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Knowles.
A right handed body shot lands from Knowles.
Knowles cracks Berinjela with a big uppercut, right up the middle and Berinjela goes down! Oh, he's hurt! He's bigtime hurt! The referee is giving him a chance to get back to his feet - 4,5,6,7, no, he's called it off! Berinjela wasn't going to make it and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Lyndon Knowles!