PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Knuckles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stevie Reyes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Knuckles comes to the cage accompanied by St. Anger-Metallica. Reyes has chosen All the Above as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Knuckles
vs
Reyes

172 cm
23
162 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

169 cm
26
157 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

:: Happy Pills ::

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Johnny Knuckles!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Stevie Reyes!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Damien Edna and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knuckles shoots in for a takedown but Reyes shows good takedown defense.
Reyes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Knuckles.
Knuckles lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Johnny Knuckles seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Knuckles throws a nice inside leg kick.
Reyes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Knuckles moves away.
Knuckles dodges the punch combination from Reyes.
Reyes misses with a few strikes there.
Knuckles tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Reyes manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Knuckles misses with a double jab
letting Reyes counter with a right hand.

Knuckles has managed to clinch.
Knuckles struggles to land a body shot inside as Reyes controls his hands.
Knuckles misses with a hook from the clinch.
Knuckles misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reyes blocking some punches.
Knuckles pushes Reyes back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Knuckles softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Reyes has had enough of the clinch but Knuckles keeps him there for the moment.
Knuckles lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Knuckles throws a head punch that misses.
Knuckles tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice left hand lands by Knuckles.
Knuckles lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Reyes prevents a body shot from Knuckles.
Knuckles throws a head punch that misses.
Knuckles working aggressively here.
Knuckles has Reyes pressed against the cage, preventing Reyes from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Reyes is trying to force a seperation but Knuckles has the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knuckles goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Reyes working hard to break the clinch.
Reyes wants to break free but Knuckles has control.
Knuckles is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Reyes is defending well for now.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knuckles tries to land a knee to the head but Reyes blocks with his arms.
Knuckles makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Knuckles has a couple of punches blocked by Reyes.
Knuckles pushes Reyes back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Knuckles misses with a punch to the body.
Knuckles misses with the head strike.
Knuckles stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Knuckles.
Knuckles misses with a knee strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reyes working hard to break the clinch.
Knuckles has Reyes pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Reyes manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Knuckles lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Reyes.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Knuckles creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Knuckles tries a body shot but Reyes blocks it.
Knuckles lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Reyes backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Reyes.
Knuckles is stalling here.
Reyes blocking some punches.
Knuckles misses with a hook from the clinch.
Knuckles misses with a hook from the clinch.
Knuckles lands a body shot in the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Knuckles.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Knuckles lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Knuckles throws a punch but it's blocked by Reyes.
Knuckles lands a right hand that snaps the head of Reyes backwards.
Reyes takes a shot to the head.
Reyes blocking some punches.
Reyes working hard to break the clinch.
Knuckles pushes Reyes back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Knuckles lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Reyes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Knuckles tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Reyes wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Knuckles misses with a short punch on the inside.
Knuckles misses with a shot to the kidneys.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Knuckles dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Knuckles throws a series of strikes that have Reyes backpedaling.

It looks like Stevie Reyes has been cut.
Knuckles misses with a few strikes there.
Reyes lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Reyes lands a right hook to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Knuckles looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Knuckles avoids the body shot from Reyes.
Knuckles throws a sloppy head kick and Reyes moves out of range easily.
Knuckles swings widly with a right hand
and Reyes counters with a left and a right that stings Knuckles.
Reyes keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Reyes.
Knuckles fails with a takedown attempt.
Reyes jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Stevie Reyes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reyes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Knuckles.
Knuckles throws a sloppy head kick and Reyes moves out of range easily.
Knuckles pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Knuckles lands with a kick to the ribs.
Knuckles is looking to chop away at Reyes's legs.
A punch combination from Knuckles misses.
Reyes throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Knuckles rushes Reyes and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Knuckles tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Reyes's elbow.
Knuckles can't find room to land a body shot as Reyes controls the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knuckles can't find room to land a body shot as Reyes controls the action.
Knuckles lands a nice knee to the body.
Knuckles lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Reyes backwards.
Knuckles stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Knuckles drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Knuckles misses with a punch on the inside.
Knuckles tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Knuckles can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johnny Knuckles. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Knuckles prevents Reyes from breaking the clinch.
Knuckles scores with a nice hook to the head.
Reyes wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knuckles tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Knuckles lands a body punch in the clinch.
Reyes blocking some punches.
Knuckles tries a body shot but Reyes blocks it.
Knuckles throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Knuckles.
Reyes blocks a body shot from Knuckles.
Knuckles tries a body shot but Reyes blocks it.
Johnny Knuckles has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Knuckles has hold of one of Reyes's legs. Reyes is fighting the takedown attempt but Knuckles gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Reyes looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Knuckles puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Knuckles uses his free foot to push down on Reyes's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Reyes.
Reyes flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Knuckles prevents Reyes from getting the reversal.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knuckles pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Knuckles 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.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knuckles looking to finish Reyes with some ground and pound. This is bad for Reyes!
Reyes wants to control but Knuckles is having none of it.
Reyes is desperately trying to improve his position but Knuckles has a good base and remains in mount.
Knuckles lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Reyes hang on?
Knuckles is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Reyes can do to turn this around?
Reyes is in all sorts of trouble here.
Knuckles landing strikes from the mount and Reyes is in trouble!
BOOM! Knuckles connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Reyes tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Knuckles lands a heavy elbow.

Reyes is rocked!

That has opened up Stevie Reyes's cut even more.
Reyes working to try and regain half guard.
Reyes is still in real trouble! Can Knuckles finish him?
Reyes is breathing heavily.
Knuckles scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Reyes?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Knuckles dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Stevie Reyes's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

A shot to the body from Knuckles misses
and Reyes counters with a nice body shot.
Reyes seems to have recovered his senses.
Knuckles bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Reyes stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Reyes wants it to stay on the feet.
Reyes staying out of range there.
Reyes walks into a jab.
Knuckles lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Knuckles on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Reyes on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Knuckles throws a sloppy head kick and Reyes moves out of range easily.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Knuckles.
Knuckles bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knuckles cracks Reyes with a good jab.
Knuckles is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Reyes looks to score with a jab to the body but Knuckles is just out of range.
Reyes throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Johnny Knuckles is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Knuckles misses with an uppercut.
Knuckles looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Reyes is fending him off so far but Knuckles persists. Nope, Reyes circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johnny Knuckles. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Reyes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Knuckles throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Reyes avoids the head kick by Knuckles.
Knuckles lands a nice shot to the body.
Reyes misses the shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reyes swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Reyes, as that shot connected.
Knuckles throws a head kick but Reyes moves out of range.
Reyes moves out of range as Knuckles strikes.
Reyes swinging wildly here.
Reyes stuffs the takedown attempt from Knuckles. Knuckles gets slowly back to his feet.
Knuckles throws a series of punches but Reyes moves out of range.
Reyes lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Knuckles circles away quickly and effectively.
Reyes just misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reyes throws a lazy right hand but Knuckles sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Knuckles throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A head kick misses from Knuckles.
Reyes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Knuckles manages to avoid it.
An inside leg kick lands from Knuckles.
Reyes moves into range and connects with a jab.
Reyes throws a body punch but Knuckles moves out of range.
Reyes misses with a wild body shot.
Knuckles jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Knuckles falls off balance throwing a combination
and Reyes counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Knuckles thinking.
Johnny Knuckles is winning the standup battle so far.
Knuckles avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reyes avoids the head kick by Knuckles.
Reyes listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Reyes works the jab nicely.
Knuckles moves out of range as Reyes strikes.
Knuckles throws a head kick but Reyes moves out of range.
A nice combination there by Knuckles.

The cut above Stevie Reyes's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Knuckles wants to clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Knuckles misses with a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Knuckles clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Stevie Reyes's cut.
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.

Knuckles moves away from the strike by Reyes.
Knuckles takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Knuckles fails with an attempt to clinch.
Knuckles shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Reyes pinned against the cage. Reyes gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Reyes throws a nice looking combination but Knuckles bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Reyes avoids the head kick by Knuckles.
Reyes throws out a loose jab but Knuckles uses good head movement to avoid it.
Reyes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Knuckles.
Knuckles missing with a left hand there. Reyes was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Knuckles is looking to clinch but Reyes is avoiding it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knuckles pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Knuckles misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Reyes.
Reyes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Reyes blocks a jab.
Knuckles changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Reyes tries to avoid it but Knuckles manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Reyes to the ground. Reyes escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Reyes throws a shot from downtown. Knuckles moves away and avoids it.
Reyes throws a jab but it's blocked by Knuckles.
Reyes avoids a punch combination nicely.
Knuckles moves out of range as Reyes strikes.
Reyes misses with a double jab.
Knuckles throws an overhand right that lands on Reyes's shoulder, as Reyes tries to avoid the shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knuckles throws a big shot that misses.
Reyes lands a jab.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Knuckles.
Knuckles walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Reyes slaps away a takedown attempt from Knuckles, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johnny Knuckles. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Knuckles keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A bone on bone clash there as Reyes blocks the leg kick.
A jab from Knuckles misses.
Reyes avoids the head kick by Knuckles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reyes walks into a stiff left hand from Knuckles.
Knuckles moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Knuckles lands with a good body shot.
Reyes has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Reyes there as he acknowledges the shot.
Knuckles tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Reyes swivels and escapes.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Knuckles swings for the body but Reyes moves out of range.
Reyes swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Knuckles displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Reyes throws out the jab.
Knuckles is looking to slow Reyes down with leg kicks.
Reyes scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Knuckles tries a head kick but it misses.
Reyes showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Knuckles.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Knuckles.
Reyes misses with a looping right.
Knuckles throws a low kick but it's checked well by Reyes.
Knuckles fails to land the takedown.
Reyes misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Reyes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Knuckles.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Knuckles throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sloppy strikes from Reyes. Those never looked like landing.
Reyes throws out a loose jab but Knuckles uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Knuckles had his way with Stevie Reyes in that round.
The cut man is working on Stevie Reyes's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Reyes throws a body punch but Knuckles moves out of range.
Reyes swings for the body but Knuckles moves out of range.
Knuckles listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Knuckles throws a head kick but Reyes moves out of range.
Knuckles fails with a takedown attempt.
Reyes is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Knuckles.
Reyes swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Knuckles to counter with a crisp jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Knuckles looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Reyes scores with a shot to the body.
Knuckles fails to land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reyes throws a lazy right hand but Knuckles sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice takedown defense from Reyes. No joy for Knuckles on that attempt.
Reyes misses with an uppercut.
Knuckles walks into a left hand.
Good exchange - Knuckles coming out on top.
Knuckles throws a big shot that misses.
Knuckles tries to bum rush Reyes with a series of wild strikes but Reyes uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Knuckles looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Reyes waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Knuckles.
Knuckles misses with a kick to the body.
Reyes scores with a jab to the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knuckles slips a jab and a cross from Reyes.
Reyes swats away the attempt to clinch by Knuckles.
No joy there for Reyes, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Knuckles throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Reyes sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Knuckles throws out a powerful jab.
Knuckles throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Knuckles misses with a hook
and Reyes counters with a nice body shot.
Reyes avoids a punch combination nicely.
Knuckles shoots for a double leg takedown but Reyes sprawls well. He's pushed Knuckles's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johnny Knuckles. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Knuckles gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Reyes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Knuckles misses with a punch to the body.
Reyes blocks an uppercut.

Reyes wants the takedown. Knuckles is fighting it off but Reyes persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Knuckles's guard against the cage.
Reyes trying to control the position from guard on top but Knuckles is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Reyes wants to stand but Knuckles is controlling his posture from full guard.
Knuckles looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reyes wants to stand and escape but instead Knuckles has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Knuckles advances position into side control!
Stevie Reyes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Knuckles lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Reyes down.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knuckles cracks Reyes with a big elbow.
Reyes is looking to reverse the position.
Knuckles connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Reyes some visible discomfort.
Knuckles lands a nice forearm strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Knuckles lands a few punches from side control.
Johnny Knuckles overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Reyes is looking to regain half guard here but Knuckles keeps moving and retains side control.
Johnny Knuckles is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Reyes on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
Johnny Knuckles showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Knuckles has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 50:45
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 50:45
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 50:45

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnny Knuckles!
Johnny Knuckles retains his lightweight title!