PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Julian Knight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Reno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Julian Knight has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Knight
vs
Reno

190 cm
18
211 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

186 cm
22
208 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

Dangerous GnP
Counter striker
Very confident

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 Rio de Janeiro, Julian Knight!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mike Reno!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Matheus Silva and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reno tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Knight swivels and escapes.
Knight dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Reno. That did some damage!
Knight lands with a thumping leg kick.
Knight will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Julian Knight seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Reno manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Knight on his heels. He'll look to pass Knight's guard now, I'm sure.
Reno chips away with some ground and pound.
Reno working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Knight's head.
Reno is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Reno landing some decent shots from guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reno postures up in Knight's guard and throws a big left but Knight blocks it.
Reno throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reno is in close to Knight's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Reno's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Reno content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Reno lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Reno controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Reno content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Reno lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Reno stands up over Knight, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Reno lands a couple of digs.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knight is trying to control the position but Reno postures up.
Reno trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Reno seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Reno stands and throws Knight's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Reno lands a few punches from side control.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Reno has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Reno stands up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knight keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Knight looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Reno scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Reno working Knight over with strikes.
Reno is sitting in half guard. He's postured up and lands a nice elbow. Oh, Knight is hurt! He's hurt bad - Reno fires away with more strikes and the referee jumps in to save Knight from any more punishment! Congratulations to Reno! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mike Reno!