PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mike Fanning (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Knight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Alex Knight was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Fanning
vs
Knight

178 cm
22
153 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

183 cm
26
153 lbs
8 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mike Fanning!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alex Knight!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Yves DeLean and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knight pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Knight's jab looks to have found its range, popping Fanning under the eye.
Fanning changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Knight tries to avoid it but Fanning manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Knight to the ground. Knight escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Knight steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fanning.
Knight misses with a head kick.
Knight moves away from the strike by Fanning.
Fanning scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Knight throws a head kick that half lands.
A big left from Fanning misses.
A low kick from Fanning is predictable there
and Knight counters with a body kick that stops Fanning in his tracks momentarily.
Knight feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Fanning's calf.
Knight tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Fanning is able to avoid easily.
Fanning avoids the head kick by Knight.
Fanning throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fanning fails with a takedown attempt.
Fanning moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Knight throws a head kick that misses.
Knight goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Knight misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fanning takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A head kick misses from Knight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knight walks into a jab.
Knight throws a sloppy head kick and Fanning moves out of range easily.
Knight pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Knight throws a head kick that misses.
Knight misses with a head kick.
Knight tries a head kick but it misses.
Knight is looking to land body kicks.
Fanning misses with a straight right.
Knight throws a head kick that misses.
Knight tries to clinch up but Fanning circles away and keeps his distance.
Fanning blocks a head kick by Knight.
Knight fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fanning manages to avoid it.
Knight tries a head kick but it misses.
Knight throws a lazy head kick
and Fanning makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Fanning smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Fanning bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Knight's head backwards.
Fanning avoids the head kick by Knight.
Knight looks gassed!
Fanning connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Knight tries to move into range but Fanning moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Knight.

Fanning is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Knight's half guard.
Fanning thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Fanning lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Fanning lands strikes from half guard.
Fanning takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fanning takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Fanning working the head and body with strikes.
Fanning prevents Knight from standing back up.
Fanning is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fanning seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Fanning working Knight over with strikes.
Fanning looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Still in half guard, Fanning seems content to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fanning drops an elbow to the side of Knight's head.
Fanning is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Fanning is nestled in close to Knight, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Knight is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Fanning working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Fanning winds up and cracks Knight with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Fanning is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Fanning looking to control and managing it successfully.
Fanning lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Fanning raining down hammerfists from mount.
Fanning in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fanning lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Knight hang on?

Knight is rocked!
Knight really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Fanning with a couple of short strikes.
Knight is still in real trouble! Can Fanning finish him?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fanning lands a nice shot to the head.
Fanning looking to control and managing it successfully.
Fanning cracks Knight with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Fanning looking to finish Knight with some ground and pound. This is bad for Knight!
Fanning fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Fanning with the ground and pound from mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fanning lands a big elbow.
Fanning looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Fanning looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Knight takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Fanning 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.

Fanning connects with the punch.
Knight on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A head kick misses from Knight.
Fanning takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Fanning works the jab nicely.
Knight tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fanning works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Fanning throws a body punch but Knight moves out of range.
Fanning lands a right hook to the body.
Knight seems to have recovered his senses.
Fanning changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Mike Fanning is winning the standup battle so far.
Fanning scores with a nice strike.
Fanning comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Fanning wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Knight is breathing heavily.
Knight drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Fanning connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fanning lands a jab to the nose.
Knight misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Knight gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Fanning uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Knight has time to react.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fanning tests Knight's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Knight takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Fanning throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Knight stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Fanning dips to his left and cracks Knight with an uppercut!
Fanning punishes Knight's body with a nice straight punch.
Fanning throws out a leg kick but Knight moves out of range and Fanning only half commits.

Fanning gets a double leg takedown into Knight's guard.
Fanning is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Knight can do to turn this around?
Fanning wants to control from the top but Knight keeps moving.
Fanning controls from within his opponent's guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Fanning's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Fanning landing some decent shots from guard.
Fanning scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knight is trying to keep Fanning in close.
Fanning stops Knight from standing up.
Fanning has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Fanning throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Knight works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Fanning trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Fanning pushing down on Knight's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fanning lands strikes from half guard.
Fanning scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Mike Fanning overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Fanning slips a nice elbow through Knight's hands, connecting with Knight's forehead.
Knight has hold of Fanning's hands but Fanning slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Fanning looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Fanning scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Fanning landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fanning is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Knight wants to hold on but Fanning pushes him away.
Fanning unloading with bombs!
Knight is in a horrible position here. Fanning smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Knight taking shots to the head.
Fanning cracks Knight with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Knight in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Fanning lands a big elbow - Knight is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Knight is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Mike Fanning!