PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Terrell Knight (ranked 425 p4p, 1446 weight class) and Willy McCoy (ranked 59 p4p, 192 weight class). Knight comes to the cage accompanied by HonestKey- Keep Fightin'. McCoy is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: You Don't Mess Around With Jim. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Knight
vs
McCoy

177 cm
25
179
14 - 8 - 0

180 cm
24
180
9 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
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 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Terrell Knight!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Willy McCoy!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Yves DeLean and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knight pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Knight misses with a left hand
and McCoy counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
McCoy lands an overhand right.
Knight misses with a combination
and McCoy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A telegraphed right hand from Knight misses the target.
Knight throws a right hand that misses
and McCoy counters with a stiff right hand.
Knight scores with a decent looking hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McCoy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Knight moves away.
Donk. Knight catches McCoy right on the button with a cross.
McCoy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
McCoy slips under a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knight misses with a jab, cross combination.
McCoy appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
McCoy steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Knight.
Knight jabs McCoy to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Knight steps to the side to avoid the strikes from McCoy.
Knight steps to the side to avoid the strikes from McCoy.
McCoy misses with a shot to the body
and Knight counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps McCoy thinking.
Knight lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Knight ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Knight slips under a jab.
McCoy takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
McCoy fails with the takedown
and Knight cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knight swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by McCoy.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knight looks to throw the jab but McCoy is out of range.
Knight throws a shot from downtown. McCoy moves away and avoids it.
A little jabbing left from McCoy on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Willy McCoy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

McCoy gets caught napping as Knight dives in and scores a takedown. McCoy manages to retain guard.
Knight loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Knight trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as McCoy holds on and takes a little breather.
Knight definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
McCoy keeping moving, preventing Knight from controlling successfully.
McCoy preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knight not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Knight keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of McCoy's head.
McCoy has his hands on Knight's head, controlling the position.

McCoy is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Knight defends well.
McCoy looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Knight throwing strikes but missing.
Knight controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
McCoy working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Knight.
Knight controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
McCoy is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Knight clobbers McCoy with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Nice cross by McCoy.
McCoy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Knight throws out the jab.
McCoy swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Knight tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McCoy was well out of range. Poor timing from Knight.
McCoy swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Knight to counter with a crisp jab.
Knight misses with a takedown attempt
and McCoy counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Knight thinking.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Knight scores with a sloppy right hand. McCoy should have avoided that one.
Knight misses with a lunging right hand
and Knight takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Knight feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
McCoy wants to sweep but no luck.
Knight looking to sit in guard and control but McCoy gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

McCoy passes Knight's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Knight manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Knight is on top in guard.

Knight loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's six minutes gone in the round.

McCoy is looking for a triangle but Knight pushes his legs off easily.
Knight postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McCoy avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Knight looking to pass the guard.
McCoy working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Knight.
McCoy looking to hit a scissor sweep but Knight is one step ahead there.
Knight missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Knight working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of McCoy's head.
McCoy looking to control.
Knight wants to control from the top but McCoy keeps moving.
Knight with a flurry of punches that miss.
Knight stopping the sweep attempt from McCoy.
Knight working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Knight is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
McCoy pulls Knight in close to his closed guard and prevents Knight from doing any damage or advancing position.
Knight working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Knight with a flurry of punches that miss.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
McCoy takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
McCoy moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Knight misses with an uppercut. McCoy saw that one coming.
McCoy slips a straight right by Knight.
McCoy is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Knight is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
McCoy connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Knight misses with a straight left.
A jab from Knight misses.
No luck for Knight with that takedown attempt.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Knight steps to the side to avoid the strikes from McCoy.
Knight scores with a shot to the body.
Knight lands with an uppercut that bounces McCoy off the cage and back into range.

Knight closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into McCoy's guard.
Knight trying to control the position from guard on top but McCoy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Knight sitting in guard, not really doing much.
McCoy keeping moving, preventing Knight from controlling successfully.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Terrell Knight dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Knight is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

It looks like Willy McCoy has been cut.

McCoy gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Knight trying to control but McCoy is working from the bottom.
McCoy is pulling down on Knight's head to control his posture.
Knight with a flurry of punches that miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knight makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Knight engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knight working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Knight missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
McCoy is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Knight throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as McCoy works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Knight scoring with punches to the head and body.
Knight postures up and lands a big shot to McCoy's brow.
Knight lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Knight landing with the ground and pound.

McCoy is rocked!
Knight working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
McCoy is still in real trouble! Can Knight finish him?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knight postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! McCoy covers up, he's hurt! Knight keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Knight and the ref steps in to end the fight! Knight can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Terrell Knight!
A victorious Terrell Knight thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.