PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Richard Knowsley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shikoba Hokolesqua Qillaq (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shikoba Hokolesqua Qillaq has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Knowsley
vs
Hokolesqua Qillaq

190 cm
22
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
22
200 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Richard Knowsley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Shikoba Hokolesqua Qillaq !
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Gregory Folan and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Qillaq avoids the head kick by Knowsley.
Qillaq fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Knowsley checks it well.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Knowsley.
Qillaq lands a jab to Knowsley's midsection.
Knowsley with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Knowsley fails in his attempt to clinch.
Qillaq lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Knowsley is looking to clinch but Qillaq is avoiding it.
Qillaq throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Knowsley.
Knowsley tries to clinch but Qillaq is having none of it.
Knowsley swings away with a body shot that misses
and Qillaq counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Knowsley darts in and clinches Qillaq up against the ropes.
Qillaq on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Qillaq letting Knowsley take a breather here.
Knowsley scores a nice knee to the body.
Knowsley pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Qillaq is trying to force a seperation but Knowsley has the dominant position.
Qillaq avoiding damage as Knowsley throws knees to the body.
Knowsley cracks Qillaq with a nice body shot.
Knowsley unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Qillaq wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knowsley stalling the fight.
Knowsley is breathing heavily.

Knowsley breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Knowsley pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Qillaq lands with an uppercut that bounces Knowsley off the ropes and back into rage.
Knowsley wants to clinch.
A swing and a miss from Knowsley.
Qillaq is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Qillaq getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Knowsley takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Richard Knowsley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab lands there for Knowsley.
Knowsley wants to clinch.
Qillaq scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knowsley is looking to clinch.

Knowsley clinches with his opponent.
A frustrated look appears on Qillaq 's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Qillaq is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Qillaq can't break the clinch.
Knowsley trying to land knees to the body.
Knowsley missing with knees to the body.
Qillaq on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Qillaq is trying to break the clinch but Knowsley has him pressed against the ropes.
Knowsley has Qillaq pressed against the ropes, preventing Qillaq from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Knowsley tries to score a body lock takedown but Qillaq shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Qillaq trying to stall but Knowsley improves his position.
Qillaq wants to break the clinch but can't.
Qillaq is trying to break free.
A frustrated look appears on Qillaq 's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Qillaq wants to break the clinch but can't.
Knowsley misses with a knee to the head.
Qillaq looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Knowsley breaks from the clinch.
Knowsley wants to clinch up but Qillaq keeps it at a distance.
Qillaq keeps the fight on the outside.
Qillaq slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Knowsley tries to land a leg kick but Qillaq saw it coming and moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Qillaq throws a head kick that misses.
Qillaq throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Qillaq throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Knowsley fails with an attempt to clinch.
Knowsley takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Qillaq looks to land a combination. Knowsley sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Knowsley takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Qillaq keeps the fight on the outside.
Knowsley tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Knowsley misses with a body kick.

Knowsley moves into the clinch successfully.
Qillaq managing to block the knees to the body from Knowsley.
Knowsley misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Qillaq .
Qillaq has had enough of the clinch but Knowsley keeps him there for the moment.
Qillaq tries to break free but Knowsley pushes him back against the ropes.
Knowsley tries a body shot but Qillaq blocks it.
Qillaq looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Qillaq tries to circle away but Knowsley has him pinned against the ropes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knowsley throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Qillaq blocks it with crossed arms.
Qillaq wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Qillaq has had enough of the clinch but Knowsley keeps him there for the moment.
Qillaq wants to break free but Knowsley has control.
Qillaq wants to break free but Knowsley has control.
Knowsley keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Qillaq 's efforts to push away.
Knowsley is trying to maintain a safe position but Qillaq gets an underhook and turns Knowsley into the ropes.
Qillaq wants to break free but Knowsley has control.
Knowsley tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Qillaq avoids it.
Qillaq tries to stall but Knowsley uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Knowsley is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Qillaq is keeping busy.
Qillaq tries to break the clinch but Knowsley is controlling the position.
Qillaq tries to circle away but Knowsley has him pinned against the ropes.
Qillaq is trying to break the clinch but Knowsley is controlling him.
Qillaq working hard to break the clinch.
Qillaq is trying to force a seperation but Knowsley has the dominant position.
Qillaq wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Knowsley has him pressed against the ropes.
Qillaq looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Qillaq is trying to force a seperation but Knowsley has the dominant position.
Qillaq has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Qillaq wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Qillaq is trying to break the clinch but Knowsley has him pressed against the ropes.
Knowsley lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Knowsley landing some nice looking knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Richard Knowsley dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Knowsley swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Qillaq cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Qillaq lands with an overhand left.

Knowsley fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Qillaq , pushing him back against the ropes.
Knowsley missing with knees to the body.
Qillaq managing to block the knees to the body from Knowsley.
Knowsley tries to land knees in the clinch but Qillaq avoids the damage to the body.
Qillaq wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Knowsley keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Qillaq 's efforts to push away.
Qillaq wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Qillaq is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Nice body punch from Knowsley.
Knowsley trying to stall but Qillaq improves his position.
Knowsley misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Qillaq .
Knowsley has Qillaq pressed against the ropes, preventing Qillaq from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Qillaq wants to break the clinch but can't.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice body punch from Knowsley.
Knowsley has Qillaq pressed against the ropes, preventing Qillaq from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Qillaq tries to break free but Knowsley pushes him back against the ropes.
Qillaq is trying to break the clinch but Knowsley has him pressed against the ropes.
Knowsley tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Qillaq smiles and moves away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Qillaq lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Qillaq scores with a hook to the body. Knowsley takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Knowsley tries to clinch but Qillaq moves out of range.
Knowsley is looking to clinch.
Qillaq takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Qillaq throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Qillaq lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Knowsley checks a leg kick.
Knowsley takes one to the chin there.
Qillaq blocks a head kick by Knowsley.
Qillaq throws a combination. Knowsley tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Knowsley takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Qillaq lands a nice looking body shot.
A head kick misses from Knowsley.
Knowsley takes one to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Qillaq cracks Knowsley with a good jab.
Richard Knowsley is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Qillaq scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Knowsley doesn't seem bothered though.
Shikoba Hokolesqua Qillaq is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Knowsley takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Qillaq scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Knowsley takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Left hook, right uppercut from Qillaq .
Qillaq sizes up Knowsley with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Knowsley walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Qillaq throws a series of strikes that have Knowsley backpedaling.
Qillaq throws a leg kick but Knowsley sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Knowsley takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Qillaq circles away from the clinch attempt
and Qillaq counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Qillaq throws a good cross that connects.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knowsley wants to clinch.
Qillaq lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Qillaq scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Qillaq moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Qillaq lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Knowsley at a distance.
Qillaq is working the combinations to good effect here.
Qillaq dips to his left and cracks Knowsley with an uppercut!
Qillaq stalks Knowsley and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Knowsley's face. Knowsley staggers backwards, shaken.
Qillaq throws a one two combo.

Knowsley is rocked!
Knowsley looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Qillaq throws a head kick that misses.
Oh Knowsley is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Qillaq feints and then cracks Knowsley's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Knowsley down.
Qillaq scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Qillaq lands with a right and another and another! Knowsley is in big trouble! Qillaq lands again and this time it's lights out for Knowsley! A quality knockout there for Qillaq .

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Shikoba Hokolesqua Qillaq !