PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Terrell Knight (ranked 649 p4p, 700 weight class) and Zane Yardow (ranked 93 p4p, 101 weight class). Knight comes to the cage accompanied by HonestKey- Keep Fightin'. Zane Yardow has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Knight
vs
Yardow

177 cm
24
179
12 - 7 - 0

184 cm
22
181
7 - 2 - 1

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Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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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 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Terrell Knight!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Zane Yardow!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Elvis Blanc and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Knight. Yardow does a little dance to reset his feet.
Good shot there by Yardow.

Yardow has managed to clinch.

Knight turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Knight manages to end up in side control.
We've been hearing that Knight has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Knight lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Yardow is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Knight lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Yardow down.
Yardow gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Yardow is trying to stand.
Knight throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Yardow because Knight loaded up on that one.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knight in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Yardow taking shots to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yardow is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Knight looking to ground and pound but Yardow is blocking nicely.
Knight looking to control but Yardow is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Knight takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Yardow wants to get back to his feet.
Knight working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Knight lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Yardow hang on?
Yardow is really trying hard to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knight lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Yardow hang on?
The referee warns Yardow that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Knight lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knight is landing with some decent strikes but Yardow is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Knight lands a couple of good shots and Yardow has given up his back, trying to escape the position!

Yardow is rocked!
Knight is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Yardow up.
Yardow is still in real trouble! Can Knight finish him?
Yardow covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Knight is landing big shots and Yardow is squirming looking to escape! He can't escape though and the ref jumps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Terrell Knight!
After winning the bout, Terrell Knight thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.