PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jedi Knight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Esteban Rodriquez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Knight comes into the arena with Why Can't We be Friends blaring out of the sound system. Rodriquez has chosen Rev Theory- Light it Up as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Knight
vs
Rodriquez

191 cm
24
259 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

191 cm
18
270 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jedi Knight!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Esteban Rodriquez!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Viktor Lagutenko and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Rodriquez misses.
Rodriquez connects with a looping right hand.

Knight fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Rodriquez to the ground. Knight is now in Rodriquez's guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Knight wants to pass the guard but Rodriquez is keeping the position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Knight scoring with punches to the head and body.
Knight controls from within his opponent's guard.
Rodriquez is trying to keep Knight in close.
Knight is pushing down on Rodriquez's leg trying to pass to half guard. Rodriquez is fighting to maintain full guard but Knight has managed to sneak the leg through.
Rodriquez trying to control but Knight postures up.
Knight stops Rodriquez from getting back to his feet.
Knight performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodriquez gets full guard.
Knight controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Rodriquez thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Knight wants to control from the top but Rodriquez keeps moving.
Knight slips nicely into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Knight lands a nice short elbow.
Knight is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Knight looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Rodriquez should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knight perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Rodriquez lands a couple of sideways elbows.
Rodriquez has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Knight is working away from the top position though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knight takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Knight passes to full mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Knight lands with some strikes.
Rodriquez looks gassed!
Knight looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Rodriquez is bucking up trying to escape but Knight cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Rodriquez tries to buck Knight off but he can't manage it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knight looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Knight landing shots from mount.
Knight lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Rodriquez in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knight is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Knight lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Knight scoring with strikes but Rodriquez is staying in there.
Knight working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Knight raining down hammerfists from mount.
Knight lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Knight with the ground and pound from mount.
Knight in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Knight working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knight connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

Rodriquez is rocked!
Knight lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Knight landing strikes, looking to finish!
Knight postures up and throws a massive shot that knocks Rodriquez out cold! Two more strikes to his unconscious opponent for good luck and this one is all over! Knight goes absolutely crazy with his corner! Wow, you can see how much that win means to him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Jedi Knight!
Jedi Knight decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.