PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Donny Knightley (ranked 419 p4p, 1067 weight class) and Attilio De Fiore (ranked 51 p4p, 139 weight class). Knightley comes to the cage accompanied by Some Bodies Gonna Get It ft. Three-Six Mafia. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Knightley
vs
De Fiore

188 cm
29
200
17 - 10 - 1

193 cm
29
185
15 - 11 - 2

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World class boxer
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Good wrestler
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Granite chin

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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 17 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Donny Knightley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 11 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Attilio De Fiore!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Marco Blurström and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Fiore thuds his shin into the meat of Knightley's side.
Knightley checks a low kick from De Fiore.
De Fiore avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
De Fiore swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Knightley blocks a jab.
De Fiore misses with a leg kick
and Knightley counters with a solid body kick.
Knightley is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by De Fiore.
De Fiore shapes to counter with a head kick.
De Fiore attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A counter left hand to the body from Knightley misses its target.
De Fiore swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Knightley.
De Fiore does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
De Fiore thumps Knightley with a low kick.
De Fiore misses with a looping left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knightley looks to throw a body kick
and De Fiore counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
De Fiore throws out a loose jab but Knightley uses good head movement to avoid it.
De Fiore lands a leg kick that knocks Knightley off balance momentarily.
De Fiore throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knightley throws a body punch but De Fiore moves out of range.
De Fiore cracks Knightley with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
De Fiore jabs at Knightley's body.
Knightley takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Knightley has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from De Fiore.
Knightley closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
De Fiore ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Knightley moves away.
A punch combination from De Fiore misses.
De Fiore tests Knightley's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Knightley looks to land a right hand but De Fiore moved out of range.
De Fiore throws a nice inside leg kick.
De Fiore misses with a left hand
and Knightley counters with a nice leg kick.
Knightley walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Fiore looks to land a right hand but Knightley moved out of range.
Knightley connects with an inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knightley sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Nice defenses there by Knightley.
Knightley is on the wrong end of a nice combination from De Fiore.
Knightley avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from De Fiore. Knightley does a little dance to reset his feet.
Knightley throws a quick counter kick to the body but De Fiore avoids it.
Knightley on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by De Fiore. De Fiore obviously looking to wear him down.
De Fiore misses with an attempted mid kick.
Knightley checks a leg kick nicely.
De Fiore lands a glancing blow to the side of Knightley's head.
De Fiore doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Knightley buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for De Fiore.
Knightley blocks a head kick by De Fiore.
As De Fiore looks to move away, Knightley throws a big counter combo but De Fiore just gets out of the way.
De Fiore lands with an overhand left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Fiore lands with a shot to the body.
De Fiore looks to land a right hand but Knightley moved out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Knightley on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
De Fiore just misses with a punch to the body.
Knightley throwing a counter right hand but De Fiore manages to avoid it.
De Fiore throws an overhand right that lands on Knightley's shoulder, as Knightley tries to avoid the shot.
De Fiore throws a low kick, looking for Knightley's leg but Knightley calmly moves out of range.
Jab from De Fiore.
An inside leg kick lands from De Fiore.
A lazy body kick from De Fiore
and Knightley counters with a straight right hand.

It looks like Attilio De Fiore has been cut.
De Fiore is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Knightley had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
De Fiore lands a right hook to the body.
Nice shot lands for De Fiore.
An inside leg kick from De Fiore misses.
Knightley lands with a kick to the ribs.
De Fiore looks winded!
De Fiore just misses with a punch to the body.
Knightley throws a low kick but De Fiore avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knightley lands with a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Fiore slips a straight right by Knightley.
Knightley wants to slow De Fiore down by chopping away at his legs.
De Fiore throws a looping overhand right but Knightley ducks down to avoid it.
Knightley checks the leg kick nicely there.
De Fiore feints and then cracks Knightley's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Knightley down.
Knightley throws a low kick, looking for De Fiore's leg but De Fiore calmly moves out of range.
Knightley chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before De Fiore can pounce on him.
De Fiore misses with a low kick as Knightley jumps back.
De Fiore feints and then cracks Knightley's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Knightley down.
De Fiore scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
De Fiore throws a low kick but Knightley moves out of range easily.
Good leg kick by Knightley.
A head kick misses from De Fiore.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Attilio De Fiore dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Attilio De Fiore's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

De Fiore misses with a looping left.
De Fiore has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Knightley tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Knightley misses with a looping right.
Knightley takes a shot to the body in his stride.
De Fiore ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Knightley moves away.
Knightley steps to the side to avoid the strikes from De Fiore.
De Fiore misses with a lunging right hand
and Knightley counters with an inside leg kick.
A left lands for De Fiore.
Knightley misses with an attempted mid kick.
De Fiore swings for the body but Knightley moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Fiore lands with a straight right. Knightley didn't see that one coming.
Knightley takes a shot right to the bread basket.
De Fiore throws a jab when Knightley was well out of range.
De Fiore rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Knightley moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
De Fiore lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Fiore throws a right hand that misses
and Knightley counters with a thumping low kick.
Attilio De Fiore seems to be getting the better of the standup.
De Fiore misses with a leg kick
and Knightley counters with a thumping low kick.
De Fiore fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Knightley manages to avoid it.
Knightley is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Knightley keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from De Fiore.
Good work by Knightley as he checks the leg kick.
A little feinted left hand from Knightley on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
De Fiore misses with a straight left.
Knightley fires out a quick counter leg kick but De Fiore just manages to avoid it.
De Fiore throws a right hand that misses
and Knightley makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Knightley might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
De Fiore is breathing heavily.
De Fiore misses with a looping left.
De Fiore looks to score with a jab to the body but Knightley is just out of range.
Knightley connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
De Fiore misses with the body kick
and Knightley counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
De Fiore scores with a three punch combo!
De Fiore throws a jab when Knightley was well out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Fiore is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Knightley.
Knightley with a nice cross.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice body kick from Knightley.
Knightley throws an uppercut from half a mile away. De Fiore sees it coming and avoids it easily.
De Fiore thows a left - swing and a miss!
Knightley looks to score with a jab to the body but De Fiore is just out of range.
De Fiore throws a looping overhand right but Knightley ducks down to avoid it.
De Fiore lands with a cross.
Knightley tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Knightley loads up on a big right hand but De Fiore slips the punch.
Knightley misses with a head kick.
De Fiore doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
De Fiore throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Knightley swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Attilio De Fiore seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Fiore fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
De Fiore throws a big shot that misses.
As De Fiore backs away, Knightley returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Knightley gets tackled into the cage by De Fiore. De Fiore maintains the clinch.
Knightley misses with a hook to the ribs.
De Fiore misses with a punch on the inside.
De Fiore doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Knightley.
De Fiore looking to stall.
De Fiore misses with some punches.
De Fiore looking to slow down the pace here.
Knightley working aggressively here.

De Fiore's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
De Fiore takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
De Fiore gets cracked there but stands up to it.
De Fiore throws a body punch but Knightley moves out of range.
De Fiore throws a right hand that Knightley ducks under and follows up with a left that Knightley also avoids with ease.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knightley avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

De Fiore drives through and clinches with Knightley against the cage.
De Fiore scores with a shoulder strike.
De Fiore lands a nice shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Knightley displaying some good clinch control by pressing De Fiore up against the cage.
Knightley lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Knightley taking a breather.
Knightley scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Knightley lands a right hand.
De Fiore is trying to break the clinch but Knightley has him pressed against the cage.
De Fiore has a couple of punches blocked by Knightley.
I was talking to Knightley's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A right hand to the body from Knightley.
Knightley gets through De Fiore's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Good body shot from De Fiore.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Attilio De Fiore will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Attilio De Fiore's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

De Fiore misses with a wild body shot.
De Fiore lands a really nice looking cross but Knightley seems unphased.
Knightley on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by De Fiore. De Fiore obviously looking to wear him down.
Knightley slips a jab from De Fiore.
Knightley blocks a low kick nicely.
Knightley half committed to a counter leg kick.
De Fiore misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Knightley.
Knightley appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Nice uppercut there from De Fiore.
De Fiore is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Knightley.
Knightley takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
De Fiore thows a body kick. Knightley tries to catch it but that hurt him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Fiore dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
De Fiore misses with a series of wild punches.
De Fiore fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Knightley manages to avoid it.
Knightley appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Donny Knightley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knightley takes one on the button.
De Fiore misses with an uppercut. Knightley saw that one coming.
Knightley appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Knightley looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
An inside leg kick lands from Knightley.
Knightley connects with a jab.
De Fiore misses the jab.
De Fiore rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Knightley counters with a nice low kick that buckles De Fiore's knee momentarily.
De Fiore takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Knightley takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Knightley scores with a kick to the midsection.
Knightley tries a low kick but De Fiore avoids it.
Knightley is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

Knightley lands a big right hand that sends De Fiore crashing to the mat! Knightley stays standing though and waves De Fiore back to his feet!

De Fiore is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A low kick from De Fiore is predictable there
and Knightley counters with a left to the body.
De Fiore throws a low kick, looking for Knightley's leg but Knightley calmly moves out of range.
As De Fiore backs away, Knightley returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Knightley lands an uppercut out of nowhere! De Fiore falls backwards - clearly groggy! Knightley dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Donny Knightley!
A very excited looking Donny Knightley made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.