PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Banoch Brae (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christian Knowles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Knowles is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Chris Knowles . Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Brae
vs
Knowles

208 cm
27
265 lbs
7 - 4 - 1

225 cm
23
225 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 1, fighting out of London, Banoch Brae!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Christian Knowles!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, James Atkins and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brae tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Knowles was well out of range. Poor timing from Brae.

Brae has taken the fight to the clinch.
Knowles lands a hook that snaps the head of Brae backwards.
Knowles blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brae is trying to stall.
Knowles letting Brae take a breather here.

Brae pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Knowles uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Brae.
Brae tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Knowles was well out of range. Poor timing from Brae.
Brae throws a series of punches but Knowles avoids them all with ease.
Brae throws the left hand but Knowles avoids the punch easily.
Brae's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Knowles connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Brae scrambles back to his feet.
Brae swings for the body but Knowles moves out of range.
Brae punishes Knowles's body with a nice straight punch.

Brae closes the distance and clinches.
Brae lands a body shot in the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice elbow from Knowles.

It looks like Banoch Brae has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brae tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Brae has a couple of punches blocked by Knowles.
Knowles tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brae avoids it.
Brae misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Knowles gets through Brae's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Knowles is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
A right hand to the body from Brae.
Brae is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Brae will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Knowles up against the ropes.
Brae lands a good knee to the midsection. Knowles won't want to take too many of those.
Brae looking to stall.
Knowles wants to stall.
Brae lands a right hand that snaps the head of Knowles backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brae pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Knowles is trying to force a seperation but Brae has the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Knowles escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Brae misses with a lunging right hand
and Knowles counters with a slapping leg kick.
Brae fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Knowles manages to avoid it.
Brae misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Brae swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Brae clinches.
Brae effectively controlling the action here.
Knowles scores with a knee to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Brae throws a head punch that misses.
Brae lands a body punch.
Knowles throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brae blocks it with crossed arms.

Knowles breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Brae misses with a body shot.
Brae looks to land a left hand but Knowles moved out of range nicely.
Brae ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Knowles moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Brae forces Knowles back against the ropes and clinches.
Knowles misses with an elbow over the top.
Knowles dodges an elbow strike from Brae.
Nice body punch from Brae.
Knowles looks gassed!
Brae swings wildly with an uppercut but Knowles uses good head movement to avoid it.
Knowles is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brae.
Brae is stalling here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Brae.

It looks like Christian Knowles has been cut.
Knowles tries to work over Brae's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Brae takes a knee right on the jaw!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brae misses with an elbow strike.
Brae misses with some punches.
Brae fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brae pushes Knowles back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Brae misses with a punch to the body.
Brae has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Brae scores with a shoulder strike.
Brae tries to throw a body punch but Knowles avoids it by throwing Brae back against the ropes.
Brae swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short uppercut from Brae.
A right handed body shot lands from Brae.
Brae taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A short right from Brae.

Knowles is rocked!
Nice body punch from Brae.
Knowles is still on wobbly legs! Can Brae finish him?
Knowles misses with some punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Brae.
Brae lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Knowles to his knees! Brae keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Banoch Brae!