PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Page Knight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sopheap Seng (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Page Knight has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Page Knight seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Knight
vs
Seng

183 cm
24
144 lbs
10 - 9 - 0

169 cm
27
145 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Page Knight!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sopheap Seng!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Tarja Halkonen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Seng fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Knight, pushing him back against the cage.
Knight letting Seng take a breather here.
Seng missing with knees to the body.
Seng tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Seng connects with a nasty looking knee right to Knight's face.

Knight manages to pull guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Seng pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Knight is keeping the position for now.

Knight is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Seng is aware though and is defending well.
Seng stays in close to Knight's body and controls the position.

Knight working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Seng doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Seng manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Knight has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Seng can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Seng has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Knight is proving hard to escape from.

Knight escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Seng gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Knight has his foot on Seng's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Seng works his way back into a safe position though.

Knight escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Seng gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Seng wants to control from the top but Knight keeps moving.
Seng really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Knight. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Knight looking for a guillotine here but Seng defends easily.
Seng wants to control from the top but Knight keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Knight has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Seng can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Seng trying to control the position from guard on top but Knight is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Seng might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Knight kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.

Knight is looking for a triangle but Seng pushes his legs off easily.
Knight will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Knight has his foot on Seng's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Seng works his way back into a safe position though.
Knight keeping moving, preventing Seng from controlling successfully.

Seng avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Knight escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Seng gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Knight looking for a guillotine here but Seng defends easily.
Seng trying to stand up but can't free himself from Knight's guard.

Knight is looking for a triangle here but Seng uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.

Seng decides to stand back up.
Knight chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Seng can pounce on him.
Seng with a body punch. A glancing blow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knight shoots in and drives through. Seng sprawls well.
Knight looks for the body kick but Seng saw that one coming.
Sopheap Seng is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Seng misses with a head kick.
Seng lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

Seng pushes Knight up against the cage in a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Knight managing to block the knees to the body from Seng.
The referee is keeping an eye on Seng - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Page Knight dominated that round.
That's time! Knight's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Knight shoots for a double leg takedown but Seng sprawls well. He's pushed Knight's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Seng wants to slow Knight down by chopping away at his legs.

Seng closes the distance and clinches.
Seng wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Knight has him pressed against the cage.
Knight tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Seng smiles and moves away.
Knight doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Seng counters with a low kick, right behind Knight 's knee.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Page Knight. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Seng drives through and clinches with Knight against the cage.
Seng using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Knight has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Knight avoiding damage as Seng throws knees to the body.
Knight is trying to pull guard but Seng turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Knight on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knight prevents Seng from breaking the clinch.
Knight tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Seng smiles and moves away.
Sopheap Seng seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seng throws a right and a left that both miss.
Seng throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Seng closes the distance and clinches.
Come on Seng - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Seng looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knight prevents Seng from breaking the clinch.
Seng is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Knight is defending well for now.

Knight jumps into guard, dragging Seng to the mat.
Knight has a closed guard, preventing Seng from standing up.

Knight is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Seng defends well.

Knight had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Seng defends it easily.
Seng tries to stand but Knight is controlling from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seng pushing down on Knight's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

Knight looking for submissions off his back.
Seng seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Knight does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Seng is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Knight sees it coming and defends easily.

Knight is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Seng pulls his head out easily.
Knight wants to improve his position but Seng is controlling well.

Knight looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Page Knight overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Knight looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Seng gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sopheap Seng showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

A jab lands there for Seng.

Seng pushes Knight up against the cage in a clinch.
Seng landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Seng is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Seng unloads a knee to the mid-section. Knight lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Stalling in the clinch from Seng.
Knight tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Seng smiles and moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Seng clinches with his opponent.
Seng tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Knight avoids it.
Seng manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knight fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Knight takes a knee to the side of the body.
Seng tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Knight avoids it.
Knight is trying to pull guard but Seng turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Page Knight. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Knight tries to pull guard but Seng holds him up against the cage and eventually Knight drops back down to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seng misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Knight.
Seng trying to land knees to the body.
Seng is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Knight is defending well for now.
Seng looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Seng lands an elbow that stopped Knight in his tracks for a moment.

Knight jumps into guard, dragging Seng to the mat.
Seng trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Knight looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Knight really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Seng trying to control but Knight is working from the bottom.

Knight is looking for a triangle but Seng pushes his legs off easily.
Seng wants to control from the top but Knight keeps moving.

Knight working for a triangle but Seng defends it easily.
Seng wants to control from the top but Knight keeps moving.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Knight has his foot on Seng's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Seng works his way back into a safe position though.
Seng trying to control but Knight is working from the bottom.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Seng trying to stand up but can't free himself from Knight's guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sopheap Seng comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Seng has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sopheap Seng!
After winning the bout, Sopheap Seng thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.