PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight kickboxing rules bout between Conrad Knightley (ranked 4848 p4p, 4963 weight class) and Kawainui Perry (ranked 492 p4p, 497 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Knightley
vs
Perry

176 cm
19
155
1 - 0 - 0

178 cm
19
170
1 - 0 - 0

Solid boxing
Good chin

Great elbows
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Conrad Knightley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kawainui Perry!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Daniel Cesar and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Perry throws a nice outside leg kick.
A nice leg kick from Perry, right into the meat of the thigh.
Knightley displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Perry throws out the jab.
Perry misses the jab.
Perry connects with the punch.
Perry ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Knightley throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Perry raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Knightley finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Perry throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Perry slips under a jab.
Perry throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Perry throws out a leg kick but Knightley moves out of range and Perry only half commits.
Perry throws a looping overhand right but Knightley ducks down to avoid it.
Perry misses with a wild body shot.
A little feinted left hand from Knightley on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A swing and a miss from Perry.
Knightley swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Perry throws a right and a left that Knightley avoids nicely.
A head kick from Perry lands but Knightley takes it in his stride.
Knightley drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Perry tries to work over Knightley's front leg with a kick but Knightley checks it.
Perry is looking to slow Knightley down with leg kicks.
Knightley listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Perry throws a lazy right hand but Knightley sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Knightley throws an overhand right that lands on Perry's shoulder, as Perry tries to avoid the shot.
Knightley rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Perry counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Knightley closes the distance and clinches.
A short left from Knightley.
Perry gets through Knightley's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Perry misses with the head strike.
Knightley lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Knightley fails to land.
Perry throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Knightleys head.
Knightley fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Knightley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Knightley on the inside.
Perry scores with a shot to the side of Knightley's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knightley throws a punch but it's blocked by Perry.
Knightley lands a body punch in the clinch.
Knightley lands a body punch in the clinch.
Perry throws an elbow but it misses.
Perry misses with an elbow strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Perry.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perry lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Knightley makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Knightley swings wildly with an uppercut but Perry uses good head movement to avoid it.
Knightley lands a right hand.
Knightley gets through Perry's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Perry throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Knightley blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Knightley lands a nice uppercut.
Perry tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Knightley makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Knightley blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Perry misses with an elbow over the top.
Perry doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Knightley working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Knightley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Perry blocks an uppercut.
Nice elbow from Perry.
Knightley working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Perry lands with a short punch from the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Kawainui Perry will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Knightley feints and then cracks Perry's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Perry down.
Conrad Knightley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Knightley works the jab nicely.
Knightley steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Perry.
Perry misses with a leg kick.
A big right from Knightley misses.
Knightley will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Knightley misses with an uppercut
and Perry counters with an outside leg kick.
Knightley swings widly with a right hand
letting Perry counter with a right hand.
Knightley misses with a leg kick.
Knightley takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Perry scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Perry throws a shot from downtown. Knightley moves away and avoids it.
Knightley misses with a two punch combination.
Perry follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Perry throws a hook but Knightley blocks it.
Perry avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Perry gets tackled into the ropes by Knightley. Knightley maintains the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Perry tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Knightley misses with a hook from the clinch.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knightley fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Perry has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Knightley misses the shot to the body.
Perry swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Knightley on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Knightley misses with a hook. Perry ducked under it nicely.
Perry doesn't manage to clinch there - Knightley circles away.
Perry scores with a nice strike.
Perry throws a body punch but Knightley moves out of range.
Kawainui Perry seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Knightley fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Perry has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A telegraphed right hand from Perry misses the target.
Knightley throwing a counter right hand but Perry manages to avoid it.
Perry misses with a head kick.
As Perry backs away, Knightley returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Perry cracks a nice hook into Knightley's ribs.
Perry lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Knightley circles away quickly and effectively.
Perry is looking to clinch.
Perry throws a lazy head kick
and Knightley counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Knightley bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Perry's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Perry misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Knightley throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Perry counter with a right hand.
Crunch! Perry slams his shin into Knightley's torso.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Knightley closes the distance and clinches.
Knightley blocks an uppercut.
Knightley lands a shoulder strike.
Perry misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Perry's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Knightley lands a left hand that snaps the head of Perry backwards.
Knightley softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Knightley misses with a punch on the inside.
Perry misses with a short punch on the inside.
Knightley lands an uppercut.
Conrad Knightley has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Perry throws a head punch that misses.
Knightley lands a left hand.
Perry has had enough of the clinch but Knightley keeps him there for the moment.
Knightley tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Perry blocks an uppercut.
Knightley lands a left hand.
A short left from Knightley.
Knightley can't find room to land a body shot as Perry controls the action.
Knightley lands with a light punch inside.
Perry creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Conrad Knightley showed his dominance in that final round.
I have no idea who won that fight. Let's wait and see whether the judges are as confused as me! Time for a split decision perhaps?!. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 19:19
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 19:19
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 19:19

The fight is ruled a draw!