PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hector Villaba (ranked 3102 p4p, 311 weight class) and Bobby Knuckles (ranked 2106 p4p, 239 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Villaba
vs
Knuckles

180 cm
26
192 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

182 cm
21
187 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Granite chin

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 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hector Villaba!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bobby Knuckles!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Vladimir Khabensky and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knuckles throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Villaba on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Villaba takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Knuckles jabs Villaba right on the nose. Villaba blinks but takes it well.
Knuckles scores with a hook to the body. Villaba takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Knuckles lands the left hand.

Knuckles gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Knuckles misses with the head strike.
Knuckles lands a nice uppercut.
Knuckles swings wildly with an uppercut but Villaba uses good head movement to avoid it.
Knuckles looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Villaba's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Knuckles goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Knuckles lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Villaba's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Knuckles lands a body shot.
Villaba lands a left hand that snaps the head of Knuckles backwards.
Knuckles lands a hook that snaps the head of Villaba backwards.
Knuckles swings wildly with an uppercut but Villaba uses good head movement to avoid it.
Knuckles misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Knuckles fails to land.
A short right from Knuckles on the inside.
Knuckles has a couple of punches blocked by Villaba.
Villaba just leaning against Knuckles, taking a breather.
A head punch on the inside from Knuckles fails to land.
Knuckles lands a right hand.
Knuckles softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Villaba tries to throw a body punch but Knuckles avoids it by throwing Villaba back against the cage.
Villaba takes a shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Villaba.
Villaba's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Villaba misses with some punches.
Villaba is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Knuckles lands a left hand.
Knuckles lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short uppercut from Knuckles.
Knuckles lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Villaba is trying to maintain a safe position but Knuckles gets an underhook and turns Villaba into the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Knuckles.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knuckles tries to throw a body punch but Villaba avoids it by throwing Knuckles back against the cage.
Villaba misses with a body punch.
The referee calls for Villaba to work.
A short uppercut from Knuckles.
Still in the clinch, Knuckles scores with a nice short uppercut.
Knuckles lands a hook that snaps the head of Villaba backwards.
Villaba blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Villaba blocks a body shot from Knuckles.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Knuckles creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Knuckles throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Villabas head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Villaba blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Knuckles on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Knuckles.
Villaba misses with a punch to the body.
A short right from Knuckles.

Villaba is rocked!
Knuckles lands a hook to the side of the head.
Oh Villaba is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A short right from Knuckles on the inside.
Knuckles blocking some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Knuckles scores with a nice short uppercut.
Knuckles misses with some punches.
Knuckles blocks a body shot from Villaba.
Villaba seems to have got his legs back now.
Villaba blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Villaba misses with a hook to the ribs.
Knuckles lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Villaba blocks a body shot from Knuckles.
Villaba is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Knuckles is keeping busy.
Villaba slows down the pace here.
Knuckles lands with a right to the head.
Knuckles works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Knuckles lands a hook to the side of the head.
Knuckles scores with a shot to the side of Villaba's head.
A short uppercut from Knuckles.
Knuckles lands with a right to the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Villaba misses with some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knuckles scores with a shot to the side of Villaba's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Villaba tries to throw a body punch but Knuckles avoids it by throwing Villaba back against the cage.
Villaba wants to stall.
Knuckles scores with a nice hook to the head.
Villaba misses with a punch on the inside.
Knuckles swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Knuckles blocks a body shot from Villaba.
Villaba lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Knuckles has a couple of punches blocked by Villaba.
Knuckles has a couple of punches blocked by Villaba.
Villaba stalling against the cage.
Knuckles pushes Villaba back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Knuckles working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Villaba lands with a light punch inside.
Villaba's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Knuckles lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bobby Knuckles dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Knuckles feints and then cracks Villaba's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Villaba down.
Knuckles connects with a right hand. Villaba shakes it off.
Hector Villaba is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Knuckles scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Knuckles fakes the leg kick and cracks Villaba in the body.
Knuckles cracks the inside of Villaba's front leg.
Knuckles lands a nice leg kick that just misses Villaba's sensitive parts.
Villaba listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Villaba closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Knuckles throws a head kick but Villaba moves out of range.
Villaba will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A countering left hand to the body from Knuckles misses.
Jab, jab by Villaba - just one landing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knuckles throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knuckles fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Villaba has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Knuckles looks to land a body kick but Villaba moved away.
Villaba takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

Knuckles fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Villaba, pushing him back against the cage.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Knuckles in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Knuckles lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Knuckles lands with a short shot to the head.
Knuckles lands with a right to the head.
Knuckles throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Villabas head.
Knuckles working aggressively here.
Knuckles swings wildly with an uppercut but Villaba uses good head movement to avoid it.
Knuckles lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Knuckles lands with a short head shot on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Villaba tries to work over Knuckles's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bobby Knuckles seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Villaba misses with the head strike.
Knuckles lands a nice shot to the body.
Knuckles scores with a shot to the side of Villaba's head.
Knuckles has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Knuckles blocks a body shot from Villaba.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knuckles lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Villaba.
Knuckles lands with a right to the head.
Villaba tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Knuckles's elbow.
Knuckles misses with a hook from the clinch.
Knuckles lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Knuckles throws a punch but it's blocked by Villaba.
Villaba tries to throw a body punch but Knuckles avoids it by throwing Villaba back against the cage.
Knuckles tries to throw a body punch but Villaba avoids it by throwing Knuckles back against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Knuckles.
A right hook to the body lands for Knuckles.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Knuckles scores with a hook to the body.
A short uppercut from Knuckles.
A short right from Knuckles.
Knuckles lands an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Knuckles scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short left from Knuckles.
Knuckles throws a big uppercut that drops Villaba! More strikes from Knuckles and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Villaba lies dazed against the cage as Knuckles celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bobby Knuckles!
Bobby Knuckles decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.