PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lance Kilkenny (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julian Knight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kilkenny comes to the cage accompanied by Murder was the case. Lance Kilkenny is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Kilkenny
vs
Knight

194 cm
22
274 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

190 cm
23
211 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Conquer

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lance Kilkenny!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Julian Knight!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Sam Margolis and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kilkenny misses with an uppercut

and Knight counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Knight.
Knight loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Knight working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Kilkenny's head.
Knight controls from within his opponent's guard.
Knight trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Knight engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Kilkenny avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knight postures up.
Knight with a flurry of punches that miss.
Knight lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Knight has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Kilkenny avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Knight trying to control the position from guard on top but Kilkenny is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Knight engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Kilkenny working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Knight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knight controls from within his opponent's guard.
Knight preventing the sweep.

Julian Knight has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Kilkenny lands a jab to the nose.
Knight throws a nice inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knight lands with an uppercut that bounces Kilkenny off the cage and back into range.
Good leg kick by Knight there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kilkenny drives through and clinches with Knight against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Knight creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kilkenny pushes Knight back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kilkenny has a couple of punches blocked by Knight.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Knight.
Kilkenny lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Knight or not.
Knight tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kilkenny's elbow.
Knight effectively controlling the action here.
Kilkenny blocks a body shot from Knight.
Kilkenny misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kilkenny tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Knight misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kilkenny lands an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kilkenny throws a punch but it's blocked by Knight.
Kilkenny blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kilkenny lands an uppercut.
Kilkenny misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Knight.
Kilkenny tries to work over Knight's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Knight lands with a right to the head.
A bit of stalling here from Kilkenny.
Knight blocks an uppercut.
Kilkenny misses with some punches.
Knight blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kilkenny is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Knight is keeping busy.
Kilkenny misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Knight taking a breather.
Kilkenny can't find room to land a body shot as Knight controls the action.
Kilkenny has a couple of punches blocked by Knight.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Julian Knight 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.

Knight shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Kilkenny as he jumps to the side.
Knight doesn't manage to clinch there - Kilkenny circles away.
Knight stuns Kilkenny with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Knight. Kilkenny does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kilkenny fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Knight has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A looping hook to the body misses from Knight. Kilkenny does a little dance to reset his feet.
Knight throws out a leg kick but Kilkenny moves out of range and Knight only half commits.
An inside leg kick lands from Knight.
Kilkenny takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Kilkenny throws a low kick, looking for Knight's leg but Knight calmly moves out of range.
Knight takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kilkenny misses with a lunging right hand

so Knight counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Knight wants to control from the top but Kilkenny keeps moving.
Knight throws a strike but Kilkenny rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Kilkenny wanted to stand there but Knight had control of the position.
Knight with a couple of shots from the bottom there - nothing Kilkenny can't handle though.
Kilkenny wants to stand but Knight is controlling his posture from full guard.
Kilkenny won't allow Knight to sweep him here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knight manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Knight landing punches.
Kilkenny is bucking up trying to escape but Knight cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Knight working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Knight trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Knight looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kilkenny is trying to escape the mount.
Knight looking to finish with strikes here!
Knight with a couple of short strikes.
Knight punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knight has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Kilkenny's face.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knight throwing strikes here but Kilkenny is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Kilkenny wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Knight.
Kilkenny is in all sorts of trouble here.
Knight looking to ground and pound but Kilkenny is blocking nicely.
Knight in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Knight can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Kilkenny is looking to escape.
Knight is in the full mount, landing strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Julian Knight showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Knight closes this distance looking for a takedown but Kilkenny circles away.
Kilkenny thows a body shot but no joy.
Knight jabs at Kilkenny's body.
Kilkenny cracks Knight with a right hand to the side of the head.
Knight moves out of range as Kilkenny strikes.

Knight shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Knight was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Kilkenny avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Knight.
Kilkenny tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kilkenny is not content to let Knight control the position.
Knight fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Knight working the ground and pound but Kilkenny is defending the strikes.
Knight working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Knight fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Knight trying to control the position but Kilkenny is working away.
Lance Kilkenny has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knight looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Kilkenny is avoiding damage well.
Knight trying to control the position but Kilkenny is working away.
Knight throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Kilkenny parries the strikes from Knight easily there. Knight is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Kilkenny to escape.
Knight working the head with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knight has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Knight has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kilkenny is working to get back to half guard.
Knight unloads with some shots from mount but Kilkenny bucks and avoids them well.
Knight looking to control but Kilkenny is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Knight lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knight trying to control but Kilkenny is having none of it.
Knight wants to control the action but instead Kilkenny gets a body lock and reverses into Knight's guard! Nice work!
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Knight is on top in guard.
Knight trying to control but Kilkenny is working from the bottom.
Julian Knight is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

And that's the end of the fight!
Julian Knight comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Knight winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Julian Knight!
Julian Knight seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.