PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Elven Knight (ranked 4861 p4p, 6134 weight class) and Austin Tress (ranked 593 p4p, 700 weight class). Tress is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Eye of the Tiger. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Knight
vs
Tress

190 cm
18
190
1 - 0 - 0

193 cm
18
185
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Elven Knight!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Austin Tress!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Tiny Johnson and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knight misses with a looping right.
Tress lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Knight looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Knight tests Tress's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Knight throws a looping overhand right but Tress ducks down to avoid it.
Knight with a nice cross.
Tress pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Knight misses with a straight right.
Knight connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Knight throws a shot from downtown. Tress moves away and avoids it.
Tress throws a counter combo.
Knight throws a shot from downtown. Tress moves away and avoids it.
Tress steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Knight.

Tress moves into the clinch.
Knight lands a body shot.
Tress being controlled against the cage.
Tress misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Knight.
Tress tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Knight avoids it.
Tress lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tress lands a good knee to the midsection. Knight won't want to take too many of those.
Tress missing with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tress throws a punch but it's blocked by Knight.
Tress looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Knight tries to work over Tress's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Knight on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tress is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

Knight gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.

Tress pushes Knight off and gets back to his feet.
Tress on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Elven Knight seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Tress moves into range and clinches up with Knight.

Knight breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Tress moves into range and clinches up with Knight.
Knight on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knight throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Knight digs a right hand into Tress's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Tress's gas tank.
Tress creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

Knight breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tress takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Austin Tress is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tress ducks under a wild hook from Knight.
Knight just misses with a punch to the body.
A left lands for Knight.
Knight lands a right hook to the body.
Tress on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Knight looks to score with a jab to the body but Tress is just out of range.

Tress has taken the fight to the clinch.
Knight dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Knight lands a shot to the body.
Tress looks winded!
Knight tries a body shot but Tress blocks it.
Tress is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Knight is defending well for now.
A right handed body shot lands from Knight.
Knight holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Knight blocks an uppercut.
Knight just leaning against Tress, taking a breather.
Tress is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knight has Tress pushed against the cage.
Knight lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Knight blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tress missing with knees to the body.
Knight lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Tress or not.
Knight works on Tress's body with a couple of short punches.
Knight lands a body punch.
Knight has Tress pushed against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Knight takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Nice body punch from Knight.

Knight breaks the clinch.
Knight throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Tress stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Knight displaying some good clinch control by pressing Tress up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tress misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Knight.
Good body shot from Knight.
Tress letting Knight take a breather here.
Knight throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

Knight escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Knight clinches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knight stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Knight.
Knight lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Knight slows down the pace here.

Knight gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Knight looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Knight chips away with some ground and pound.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Elven Knight dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

A big left from Knight misses.
Knight throws a body punch but Tress moves out of range.
Knight misses with a looping left.

Knight tries to keep at a distance but Tress has taken the fight into the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Tress throws an elbow but misses.
Come on Knight - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Elven Knight has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Knight gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.

Tress is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Knight presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
A right hook to the body lands for Knight.
Tress working Knight over with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knight on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knight struggles to land a body shot inside as Tress controls his hands.
Knight cracks Tress with a nice body shot.
Tress is breathing heavily.
A hook to the body from Knight.
Knight manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Knight is leaning against Tress and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Knight gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Knight sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Knight drops an elbow to the side of Tress's head.

Knight is working for a kimura but Tress is defending it quite comfortably.
Knight is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Tress!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knight working the ground and pound effectively.
Tress has given up his back. Will we see Knight going for some submissions?

Knight is working on the RNC. He looks like he's got it but Tress won't tap... Oh, he's out! The ref rips Knight off his unconscious opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Elven Knight!
Austin Tress was interviewed post fight and said 'time to take this loss and come back stronger'.