PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Weak Knees (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and john theodore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Knees
vs
theodore

190 cm
18
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
20
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Weak Knees!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, john theodore!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
theodore jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Knees swats away the attempt to clinch by theodore.

Knees shoots in and bounces theodore off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
theodore being controlled here, momentarily.
theodore tries to land a sweep but no joy.
theodore really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Knees. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Knees is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
theodore wants to get back to his feet but Knees is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
theodore wants to control the position but Knees says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees slows the pace down in half guard.
Knees sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. theodore defending well though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Knees lands with a punch from half guard.
Knees controlling the action here.
Knees takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Knees is taking a breather. theodore says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees uses his free foot to push down on theodore's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for theodore.
theodore is looking to improve his position but Knees isn't that keen on the idea.
Knees has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Knees sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Knees takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Knees avoids the attempt from theodore to control.
Knees looking to control and managing it successfully.
Knees misses with a head shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
theodore holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Knees tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Knees working theodore over with strikes here.
BOOM! Knees connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knees takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Knees has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Weak Knees just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Knees clinches up against the cage.

Knees pulls guard effortlessly.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Knees is on top in guard.
Knees lands a couple of elbows.
Knees passes easily into side control. Nice work.
theodore looks gassed!
Knees throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Weak Knees dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Knees plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

It looks like john theodore has been cut.

theodore gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

theodore is rocked!
Knees pushes down on theodore's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Knees controlling the action here.
Knees seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down theodore for as long as he can get away with.

That's one minute gone in the round.
theodore is trying to control but Knees manages to pass to mount!
Knees lands a big shot there that rocks theodore but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
theodore is breathing heavily.
Knees controlling the pace for now.
Knees landing strikes from the mount.

Knees has hold of theodore's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and theodore manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Knees lands a big elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees controlling from mount.

Knees looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

Knees is standing up, even though he is in mount.

Knees forces theodore back against the cage and clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Knees pulls guard successfully.
Knees pulls theodore in close to prevent any damage.
Knees's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Weak Knees just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.

Knees lands a big head kick that sends theodore tumbling to the mat! Knees takes a step backwards and waves theodore back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Ohhhhhhhhhh, brutal head kick from Knees! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Weak Knees!