PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Simon Salace (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christian Knowles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Knowles has chosen Chris Knowles as his entrance music. Christian Knowles struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 206.7lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Simon Salace could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Christian Knowles's chin.

Salace
vs
Knowles

184 cm
19
204 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
24
225 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Simon Salace!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Christian Knowles!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, James Atkins and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Salace shoots and misses
and Knowles counters with a right hand to the body.
Salace takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Knowles lands a jab to the nose.
Knowles looks to land a combination. Salace sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Salace tries for a takedown but Knowles circles away easily
and Knowles counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Knowles connects with the punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knowles stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Knowles wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Simon Salace. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Knowles lands a right hook to the body.

Salace has managed to clinch.
Knowles is pushing Salace up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Salace can't get the takedown.
Knees in the clinch landing for Knowles.
Knowles unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Salace is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knowles digs a right hand into Salace's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Salace's gas tank.
Knowles lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Knowles pressing his opponent against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Knowles.
Knowles lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A nice left hand lands by Knowles.
Salace is working for takedown but Knowles is calmly controlling the position for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Knowles breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Knowles moves into the clinch.
Salace changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Knowles fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Knowles cracks the inside of Salace's front leg.
Salace tries for a takedown but Knowles circles away easily
and Knowles counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knowles moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Salace avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Salace fails with the takedown
and Knowles counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Salace thinking.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Knowles lands with a nice combination. Salace backs away looking to recover.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knowles lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Christian Knowles 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.

Knowles looks to land a combination. Salace sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
A jab from Knowles does it's job there.
Christian Knowles seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Knowles throws a one two combo.
Salace walks forward, straight into a front kick from Knowles.
Salace fails with the takedown
and Knowles counters with a nice body shot.
Knowles throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Salace stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Simon Salace is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knowles throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Salace on the side of the head.
Knowles lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Knowles is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Salace closes the distance and clinches up with Knowles, looking for a takedown. Salace pushes Knowles against the cage but Knowles circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Left hook, right uppercut from Knowles.
Knowles keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Salace takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salace misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Simon Salace. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Knowles scores with a jab to the jaw.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Salace. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Salace tries for a takedown but Knowles circles away easily
enabling Knowles to counter with a crisp jab.
Knowles ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good exchange - Knowles coming out on top.
Knowles tries to clinch up but Salace circles away and keeps his distance.
Knowles lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Knowles connects with a body shot.
Salace shoots and misses
and Knowles counters with a leg kick.
Knowles tries to clinch but Salace moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knowles's jab looks to have found its range, popping Salace under the eye.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Knowles breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Knowles, right into the meat.
Knowles buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Knowles throws a quick inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Christian Knowles showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

A shot to the liver by Knowles. Beautiful body shot.
Knowles bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Salace's head backwards.
Salace shoots and misses
and Knowles counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
The fighters circle momentarily. Knowles darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Christian Knowles seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Good leg kick by Knowles there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Knowles lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Knowles connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Knowles has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knowles wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Knowles fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Salace, pushing him back against the cage.
Nice elbow from Knowles.

It looks like Simon Salace has been cut.
Knowles working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Knowles lands a nice knee to the body.
Knowles with a knee to the head.
Knowles has Salace pushed against the cage.
Knowles lands a nice uppercut.

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

Knowles breaks the clinch.
Salace is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Knowles scores with a one two! Salace had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Salace gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Knowles cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Knowles works over Salace's head and body with a nice combination.
Knowles scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salace fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Simon Salace. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Knowles scores with a jab to the head.
Knowles lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salace shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Knowles counters with a nice uppercut.
Knowles lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Christian Knowles is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Salace avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Knowles scores with a nice right hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Salace has his takedown stuffed
and Knowles counters with a slapping leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Christian Knowles comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Knowles 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 25:30
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Glass scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Christian Knowles!