PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bennett Knightley (ranked 24737 p4p, 5473 weight class) and Alfonzo Bondzie (ranked 537 p4p, 491 weight class). Knightley's entrance music is Hang ‘Em High - NCR. A fine choice. Bennett Knightley has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Knightley
vs
Bondzie

181 cm
21
180
0 - 6 - 0

184 cm
21
172
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bennett Knightley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alfonzo Bondzie!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Vladimir Khabensky and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knightley blocks a low kick nicely.
Knightley has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Bondzie.
Bondzie has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Knightley finds it's way round the side to connect with Bondzie's head.
Bondzie tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Knightley manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bondzie takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Knightley scores with a crisp jab that stopped Bondzie in his tracks.
A clash of legs there as Knightley blocks the low kick.
Bondzie tries to move into range but Knightley moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Knightley scores with a push kick.
Knightley misses with an uppercut. Bondzie saw that one coming.
Knightley throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Bondzie counters with a body kick.
Bondzie looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Knightley misses with a body kick.
Bondzie wants to counter with a clinch but Knightley pushes him away.
Knightley throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knightley misses with a body kick.
Bondzie on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Knightley gets tackled into the cage by Bondzie. Bondzie maintains the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Bondzie throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Knightley creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bondzie throws an elbow but misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Knightley.
Come on Knightley - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bondzie just misses with a elbow thrown towards Knightley's brow.
Knightley is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Knightley avoiding damage as Bondzie throws knees to the body.
Knightley misses with a short punch on the inside.
Knightley pressing his opponent against the cage.
Knightley throws a head punch that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knightley blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
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.
Bondzie is stalling here.
Knightley controlling the action here for a moment.
Knightley lands a shoulder strike.
Bondzie prevents a body shot from Knightley.
Knightley avoiding damage as Bondzie throws knees to the body.
Bondzie with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bondzie blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Knightley lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bondzie backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bondzie stalls.
Bondzie's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knightley avoiding damage as Bondzie throws knees to the body.
Knightley works on Bondzie's body with a couple of short punches.
Bondzie throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bondzie stalling.
Bondzie trying to land knees to the body.
Knightley avoids a wild elbow strike from Bondzie.

Knightley's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bondzie turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Knightley wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Bondzie will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Knightley looks to land a left hand but Bondzie moved out of range nicely.
Knightley dips to his left and cracks Bondzie with an uppercut!
Knightley thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Bondzie if he has to take too many more of those.
Bondzie tries to clinch up but Knightley circles away and keeps his distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bondzie tries a low kick but Knightley avoids it.
Knightley stalks Bondzie and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Bondzie's face. Bondzie staggers backwards, shaken.

It looks like Alfonzo Bondzie has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knightley lands an overhand right.
Knightley throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bondzie sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bondzie takes a jab right on the kisser.
Bondzie ducks under a wild hook from Knightley.
A jab lands there for Knightley.
Knightley thumps Bondzie with a low kick.
Bondzie misses with a low kick.
Knightley bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Bondzie is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Knightley connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Bondzie's hands.
Bondzie avoids a punch combination nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Bennett Knightley dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alfonzo Bondzie's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Knightley throws a head kick but Bondzie moves out of range.

Bondzie forces Knightley back against the cage and clinches.
Knightley on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Knightley.

Knightley escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Knightley scores with a jab to the jaw.
Knightley swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Bondzie holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Bondzie is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Knightley is defending well for now.
Knightley avoids a wild elbow strike from Bondzie.
Knightley lands a right hand.
Knightley looking to slow down the pace here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bondzie looking to slow down the pace here.
Bondzie gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bondzie tries to land knees in the clinch but Knightley avoids the damage to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knightley wants to break the clinch but can't.
Knightley scores with a shot to the side of Bondzie's head.

Knightley's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bondzie lands a leg kick that knocks Knightley off balance momentarily.
Bondzie throws a push kick but Knightley slaps the foot to one side.
Bondzie moves out of range as Knightley throws a body kick.
Bondzie misses with a low kick.
Bondzie takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Bondzie goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Knightley throws a wild body kick that Bondzie sees coming a mile off.
Bondzie throws a nice outside leg kick.

Bondzie gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Knightley is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bondzie is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Knightley avoids a wild elbow strike from Bondzie.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knightley misses with a punch to the body.
Bondzie is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
A short uppercut from Knightley.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Knightley.

Knightley breaks the clinch.
Bondzie takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bondzie ducks under a wild hook from Knightley.
Bondzie throws a solid leg kick but Knightley takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Bondzie.
Bondzie takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

Bondzie moves into range and clinches up with Knightley.
Knightley fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Alfonzo Bondzie seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Knightley is stalling here.

Knightley breaks the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bondzie staying out of range there.
Knightley throws a wild body kick that Bondzie sees coming a mile off.
Knightley lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Knightley scores with a shot to the side of Bondzie's head.
Knightley lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Knightley fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Knightley makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Knightley breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Knightley with the inside leg kick.
Knightley takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Knightley lands a nice looking body kick.
Knightley circles away from the clinch attempt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bondzie tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bondzie attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Bondzie misses with a leg kick
and Bondzie takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bennett Knightley is winning the standup battle so far.
Nice jab there from Knightley.
Knightley throws a looping overhand right but Bondzie ducks down to avoid it.
Bondzie shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Bondzie thows a leg kick but Knightley checks it
and Knightley counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Bondzie thinking.
Knightley scores with a kick to the midsection.
Knightley throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Bondzie misses with a body kick.
A leg kick checked by Knightley.
Knightley looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Bondzie shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Knightley is looking for a counter combo.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bondzie lands a nice knee to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Bennett Knightley dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Alfonzo Bondzie's cut.
That's time! Knightley's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Knightley thuds a left hand into Bondzie's body.
A head kick misses from Knightley.
Knightley keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Knightley misses with a low kick as Bondzie jumps back.
Bondzie fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Knightley moves out of range of the body kick.
Bondzie has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Knightley.
Bondzie tries to close the distance and clinch but Knightley swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Knightley throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bondzie looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knightley will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Knightley misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Knightley misses with an uppercut.
Bondzie is looking to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knightley connects with a looping right hand.
Knightley throws a hook but Bondzie blocks it.
Knightley lands a jab to the head.
Knightley throws a body punch but Bondzie moves out of range.
Bondzie is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Knightley is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bondzie can do to turn this around?
Bondzie displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Knightley throws out the jab.

Bondzie clinches with his opponent.
Bondzie is looking to control Knightley's arms but Knightley gets an underhook and turns him. Now Bondzie has his back to the cage.
Knightley throws a head punch that misses.
Knightley misses with the head strike.
Bondzie trying to land knees to the body.
Knightley is trying to push Bondzie away but Bondzie has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Knightley swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bondzie trying to stall but Knightley improves his position.
Bondzie is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Bondzie is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knightley tries a body shot but Bondzie blocks it.
Bondzie trying to control the position but instead, Knightley has worked for underhooks and has pushed Bondzie into the cage.
Bondzie looking to stall.
A shot in the inside from Knightley.
Knightley is trying to stall.
Bondzie tries to land knees in the clinch but Knightley avoids the damage to the body.
Bondzie using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Knightley has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The referee calls for Knightley to work.
A short uppercut from Knightley.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bondzie unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Knightley managing to block the knees to the body from Bondzie.
Knightley managing to block the knees to the body from Bondzie.
Knightley lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Knightley leaning his opponent against the cage.

Knightley breaks the clinch.
Bondzie is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That kick from Knightley tenderised Bondzie's leg. Bondzie is trying to keep his angry face on.
Bondzie is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bondzie misses with a body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bondzie looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bondzie doesn't manage to clinch there - Knightley circles away.
Knightley connects with a leg kick.
Bondzie uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Knightley.
Bondzie tries to counter by closing the distance.
Bondzie walks forward, straight into a front kick from Knightley.
Knightley misses with a body shot.
Bondzie misses with a body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Knightley. Bondzie does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bondzie with the inside leg kick.
Bondzie blocks a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bondzie tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
An attempted straight right counter from Knightley misses the target.
Knightley swats away the attempt to clinch by Bondzie.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bennett Knightley showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Knightley, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bennett Knightley!
Our winner, Bennett Knightley, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.