PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Osama Bin-Semen (ranked 4244 p4p, 4775 weight class) and Garon Knightley (ranked 317 p4p, 339 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Bin-Semen
vs
Knightley

160 cm
18
145
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
18
145
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Osama Bin-Semen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Garon Knightley!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Francis DeMontford and Darius Henderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knightley sizes up Bin-Semen with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Garon Knightley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Knightley fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bin-Semen.
Knightley misses with a leg kick

and Bin-Semen counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Bin-Semen scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Bin-Semen landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Bin-Semen scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Bin-Semen missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Bin-Semen landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Knightley avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bin-Semen.
Knightley is doing well to control the position and prevent Bin-Semen from advancing to side control.
Bin-Semen not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Bin-Semen is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Bin-Semen 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.
Bin-Semen is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Bin-Semen slows the pace down in half guard.
Bin-Semen has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bin-Semen drops an elbow to the side of Knightley's head.
Bin-Semen throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Bin-Semen lands with a punch from half guard.
Bin-Semen looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Bin-Semen connects with a nice short shot to Knightley's temple.
Bin-Semen working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Bin-Semen throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Bin-Semen connects with a nice short shot to Knightley's temple.

Knightley is rocked!

Knightley is defending against the submission attempts here by Bin-Semen.
Knightley taking some punishment here, with Bin-Semen in his half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bin-Semen lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Bin-Semen scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Knightley has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Bin-Semen is working away from the top position though.
Knightley is in trouble now - Bin-Semen has advanced to mount!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bin-Semen working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Bin-Semen takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Knightley is in a horrible position here. Bin-Semen smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Bin-Semen with the ground and pound from mount.
Knightley is still in real trouble! Can Bin-Semen finish him?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bin-Semen prevents Knightley from getting the reversal.
Knightley seems to have recovered his senses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bin-Semen fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Bin-Semen lands with some strikes.
Oooooh, big shot lands for Bin-Semen! Knightley is hurt baaadly! Bin-Semen is firing away with more strikes - Knightley is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Osama Bin-Semen!
Osama Bin-Semen decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.