PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between guigui borgne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricky Knee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

borgne
vs
Knee

169 cm
24
160 lbs
4 - 6 - 0

168 cm
21
161 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent knees
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, guigui borgne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ricky Knee!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Trevor Gratis and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed right hand from borgne misses the target.

borgne looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Knee holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Knee works his way to full guard. Good work.
borgne tries to free his leg and advance position but Knee is retaining full guard.
Knee working a defensive guard here.

borgne is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Knee is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Knee has escaped and now he's on top!

borgne working for a triangle but Knee defends it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knee is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

borgne is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
borgne is breathing heavily.
Knee connects with a couple of short punches.

borgne looking for a guillotine here but Knee defends easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Knee is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Knee postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Knee's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
borgne preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
borgne preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Knee wants to control from the top but borgne keeps moving.
Knee with a flurry of punches that miss.
Knee working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Knee thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Knee scoring with punches to the head and body.
Knee wants to control from the top but borgne keeps moving.
Knee distracts borgne with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knee lands a couple of elbows.

Knee is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Knee postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Knee advances to half guard.
borgne is staying active underneath Knee, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
borgne is in trouble now - Knee has advanced to mount!
Knee lands with some vicious ground and pound - can borgne hang on?
Knee trying to control but borgne is having none of it.
Knee dominating with strikes here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
borgne is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

Knee looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Knee cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

Knee is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but borgne is surviving well by controlling Knee's body position as best he can.
Knee wants to control the pace but borgne is squirming around nicely.
borgne is looking to improve his position but Knee isn't that keen on the idea.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricky Knee dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Knee throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Knee uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by borgne.
Knee lands a head kick!
borgne changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Knee tries to avoid it but borgne manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Knee to the ground. Knee escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Knee plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Knee stuffs the takedown attempt from borgne. borgne gets slowly back to his feet.
Knee throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Knee fakes high and swings low for a body shot but borgne manages to avoid it.
No joy there for Knee, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A slapping leg kick lands for Knee.
borgne takes a head kick and keeps coming.

It looks like guigui borgne has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
borgne looks for the body kick but Knee saw that one coming.
Knee throws a nice outside leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Knee.
Knee lands a body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Knee moves into the clinch successfully.
Knee wants to stall.
borgne tries to circle away but Knee has him pinned against the cage.
Knee avoiding damage.
Knee stalling in the clinch but borgne improves position.
Come on Knee - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Knee lands with a short shot to the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Knee takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Ricky Knee.
borgne blocks a head kick by Knee.
A chopping leg kick lands by Knee.
Ricky Knee is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Knee connects with a good right hand that stumbles borgne. borgne circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
borgne avoids a punch combination nicely.
Knee tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
borgne drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Knee.
Knee throws a head kick but borgne moves out of range.
Knee connects with a solid leg kick.
borgne chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Knee can pounce on him.
Knee lands with a kick to the ribs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knee swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Knee swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Knee throws a sloppy head kick and borgne moves out of range easily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Knee.
Knee throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Knee avoids a punch combination nicely.
Knee throws the left hand but borgne avoids the punch easily.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Knee.
Knee cracks the inside of borgne's front leg.
Knee throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Knee throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knee with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A slapping leg kick lands for Knee.
Knee throws a head kick but borgne moves out of range.
borgne avoids the head kick by Knee.
Knee goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Knee lands a nice leg kick that just misses borgne's sensitive parts.
Knee throws a head kick that misses.
borgne on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Knee. Knee obviously looking to wear him down.
Ricky Knee seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Knee throws an uppercut from half a mile away. borgne sees it coming and avoids it easily.
borgne throws a predictable looking body shot
and Knee counters with an inside leg kick.
Knee lands a head shot.
borgne avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
guigui borgne is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Knee tries to close the distance and clinch but borgne swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Knee clinches up with borgne and pushes him back against the cage.
Knee displaying some good clinch control by pressing borgne up against the cage.
Knee receives a warning from the referee for stalling.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on Knee's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Knee looking to stall.
Knee scores with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Knee.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Ricky Knee.
Knee tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
borgne has his takedown stuffed
and Knee counters with a one-two to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for guigui borgne. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Knee throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
borgne steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Knee. That one must have hurt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Knee lands a high kick!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
borgne tries to close the distance and clinch but Knee swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Good exchange - Knee coming out on top.
borgne avoids the head kick by Knee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricky Knee showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on guigui borgne's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

borgne drops his hands momentarily and Knee takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

borgne gets a takedown into half guard.

borgne is working for a kimura from half guard. He's really concentrating on the hold and it's allowed Knee to slip a leg under and get back to full guard.
Ricky Knee has got the better of the ground game so far.
borgne is looking to advance position but Knee has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Knee working the ground and pound effectively.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
borgne takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knee fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Knee with good strikes from the mount here!
Knee connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
borgne tries to reverse the position but Knee maintains control.
Knee with a couple of short strikes.

borgne is rocked!
borgne is working to get back to half guard.
Knee dominating with strikes here.
Oh borgne is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Knee is working for a guillotine from mount but borgne frees his head quite easily.
borgne seems to have got his legs back now.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Knee cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Knee looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Knee looking to control but borgne is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Knee cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Knee has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of borgne's face.
Knee working borgne over with strikes here.
borgne in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
borgne can't escape the position.
Knee landing shots from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knee working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Ricky Knee is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Knee sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Knee can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as borgne is looking to escape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
borgne is working to get back to half guard.
Knee landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Knee trying to control but borgne is having none of it.
Knee is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
guigui borgne has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Despite being in the dominant position, Ricky Knee just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Knee connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ricky Knee comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Knee has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 26:30
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 26:30
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ricky Knee!