PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joey Knish (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Straus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Knish comes to the cage accompanied by Big Ten Inch by Areosmith. Straus has chosen THE JOKER as his entrance music. Jack Straus has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Knish
vs
Straus

200 cm
23
260 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

198 cm
25
285 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Joey Knish!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jack Straus!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Stewart Dunkirk and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Straus. Knish does a little dance to reset his feet.
Knish defending well as Straus loads up on a big left hand.
Knish lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Straus misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Straus tries a head kick but it misses.
A solid leg kick lands there for Knish.
Knish throws a low kick but Straus avoids it.

Knish gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Knish leaning against his opponent.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Knish for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
A short uppercut from Straus.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Straus lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Knish stalling in the clinch but Straus improves position.
Straus wants to get back to striking at distance but Knish won't allow it.
Straus lands a left hand that snaps the head of Knish backwards.
Straus tries to break free but Knish pushes him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knish lands a hook that snaps the head of Straus backwards.
Straus tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Knish's elbow.
Knish blocks an uppercut.
Straus swings wildly with an uppercut but Knish uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short uppercut from Straus.
Straus is trying to push Knish away but Knish has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Straus throws a knee to the head but misses.
Knish lands with a short shot to the head.
Straus misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Straus fails to land.
Straus misses with the head strike.
Knish throws a head punch that misses.
Knish can't find room to land a body shot as Straus controls the action.
A short left from Knish.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Straus misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Straus.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Straus is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Knish is defending well for now.
Straus goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Knish lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Knish tries to land knees in the clinch but Straus avoids the damage to the body.
Knish is trying to stall.
Straus is trying to break the clinch but Knish has him pressed against the cage.
Straus tries to work over Knish's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Knish misses with a body punch.
Straus is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Knish misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Straus.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Straus.
Straus blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Straus escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Straus throws a poor cross that misses
and Knish counters with a slapping leg kick.
Knish throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Straus looks gassed!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knish feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Straus's calf.
Knish paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Knish scores with a body shot.
Straus stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Knish.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knish lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Knish there.
Knish tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Knish with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Knish closes the distance and clinches.
Knish pressing his opponent against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knish throws an elbow but it misses.
Straus swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Knish softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Straus throws a punch but it's blocked by Knish.
Straus dodges an elbow strike from Knish.
Straus letting Knish take a breather here.
Straus prevents a body shot from Knish.
Straus misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Straus blocks an elbow strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice body punch from Straus.
Knish is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Knish fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joey Knish dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Knish lands with a good body shot.
Knish avoids the head kick by Straus.
Straus walks into a jab.
Knish is looking to chop away at Straus's legs.
Straus thows a body shot but no joy.
Knish connects with a leg kick. Straus looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Knish lands a jab to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knish fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Straus on the side of the head.

Knish lands a big head kick that sends Straus tumbling to the mat! Knish takes a step backwards and waves Straus back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Straus is rocked!

It looks like Jack Straus has been cut.
Knish lands hard precision jab right on the jaw that stiffens Straus up and sends him tumbling to the mat! The ref grabs Knish from behind before he can pounce. Some folks in the crowd didn't like that stoppage, but I saw Straus's eyes roll way back in his head, he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Joey Knish!