PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tim Hansen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Knight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hansen comes to the cage accompanied by AC\DC - Back in Black. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Hansen
vs
Knight

178 cm
27
155 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

175 cm
21
150 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tim Hansen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mark Knight!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knight swings widly with a right hand
and Hansen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Knight thows a body shot but no joy.
Knight rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Knight takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Knight takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Hansen ducks under a wild hook from Knight.
Knight misses with an uppercut.
Hansen throws a nice inside leg kick.
Knight looks to score with a jab to the body but Hansen is just out of range.
Knight misses with a left hand
and Hansen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Knight lands with an overhand left.
Knight misses with a lunging right hand
and Hansen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knight keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Knight ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hansen moves away.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Hansen.
Jab from Knight.
Knight throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hansen counters with a body kick that stops Knight in his tracks momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Knight.
Hansen moves away from the strike by Knight.
Knight scores with a jab to the head.
Hansen fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tim Hansen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Knight fails to land with a series of punches.
Hansen ducks under a wild hook from Knight.
A punch lands to the side of Hansen 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Hansen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Knight.
Knight tries to clinch up but Hansen circles away and keeps his distance.

Hansen closes the distance and clinches.
Hansen connects with a knee to the head.
Hansen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nice body punch from Hansen - that landed with a thud.
Hansen scores with a shoulder strike.
Hansen misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hansen pushes Knight back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hansen tries a knee to the head but Knight blocks it.
Knight tries to break free but Hansen pushes him back against the cage.
Knees to the body from Hansen.
Good body shot from Hansen.
Hansen landing knees to the head.
Hansen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hansen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knight looks winded!
Hansen crunches a lovely knee into Knight's ribcage.
Hansen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Knight wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hansen lands a good knee to the midsection. Knight won't want to take too many of those.
Hansen digs a right hand underneath Knight's ribcage. Knight let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Knight looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A knee to the head by Hansen.
Hansen utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Knight wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hansen has him pressed against the cage.
Knight is trying to force a seperation but Hansen has the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hansen.
Hansen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hansen connects with a nasty looking knee right to Knight's face.
Hansen lands a body punch in the clinch.
Hansen lands a knee to the body.
Hansen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hansen lands a good knee to the midsection. Knight won't want to take too many of those.
A right handed body shot lands from Hansen.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hansen presses Knight against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Hansen with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Hansen.
Hansen scores with a knee to the head.
Hansen lands a knee to the head.
Hansen pushes Knight back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Hansen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knight is trying to break the clinch but Hansen is controlling him.
Hansen lands a shoulder strike.
Knight can't break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hansen obliges.
Hansen prevents Knight from breaking the clinch.
A knee to the head by Hansen.
Hansen landing knees to the body.
Hansen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hansen putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Knight in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Knight wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hansen landing knees to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Hansen.
Knight takes a shot to the head.
Hansen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hansen lands with a short shot to the head.
Knight wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hansen has him pressed against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hansen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hansen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Knight has had enough of the clinch but Hansen keeps him there for the moment.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hansen.
A short right from Hansen on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tim Hansen dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Hansen slips a jab from Knight.
Knight throws a lazy uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Knight moves into range and connects with a jab.
Knight throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mark Knight seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Knight looks to score with a jab to the body but Hansen is just out of range.
Knight swings widly with a right hand

and Hansen moves into the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Hansen.
Knight wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Knight takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hansen unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A knee to the head by Hansen.
Hansen scores with a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knight is trying to break the clinch but Hansen is controlling him.
Tim Hansen has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hansen crunches a lovely knee into Knight's ribcage.
Knight is breathing heavily.
A shot in the inside from Hansen.
A knee to the head by Hansen.
Hansen connects with a nasty looking knee right to Knight's face.
A knee to the head by Hansen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hansen.
Hansen works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Hansen throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Knights head.
Hansen lands a body punch.
Hansen lands with a short shot to the head.
Hansen prevents Knight from breaking the clinch.
Hansen connects with a knee to the head.
Hansen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knight tries to break free but Hansen pushes him back against the cage.
Hansen lands a knee to the body.
Hansen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hansen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
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!
Hansen scores with a knee to the head.
Hansen connects with a knee to the head.
Hansen landing knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from Hansen.
Hansen working Knight over with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knight is trying to break free.
Hansen scores with a knee to the head.
Hansen works on Knight's body with a couple of short punches.
Knight takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hansen connects with a knee to the head.
Knight has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Knight wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hansen has him pressed against the cage.
A knee to the head by Hansen.
Hansen lands a body shot.
Knight is trying to break the clinch but Hansen is controlling him.
Hansen lands with a short shot to the head.
Knight can't break the clinch.
Hansen has Knight pressed against the cage, preventing Knight from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Hansen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Knight can do to turn this around?
Knight takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hansen keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Knight's efforts to push away.
Hansen lands a nice knee to the body.
Hansen lands a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hansen landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A frustrated look appears on Knight's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hansen scores with a knee to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Hansen.
Hansen landing knees to the head.
Hansen lands with a left to the head.
Knight wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hansen has him pressed against the cage.
Knight throws a punch but it's blocked by Hansen.
Hansen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knight has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hansen with a knee to the head.
Hansen working Knight over with knees to the body.
Hansen crunches a lovely knee into Knight's ribcage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hansen.
Hansen scores a nice knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hansen connects with a nasty looking knee right to Knight's face.
Hansen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Knight lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hansen stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hansen.
Knight tries to break the clinch but Hansen is controlling the position.
Knight has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hansen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hansen landing knees to the head.
Hansen lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Knight is trying to break free.
Hansen lands with a short shot to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Hansen putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Knight in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hansen scores with a knee to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Hansen.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A body shot lands from Hansen.
Hansen landing knees to the body.
Hansen putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Knight in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hansen obliges.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tim Hansen dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Hansen connects with a body shot.
Hansen takes one on the button.
Hansen takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

Hansen decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Hansen not doing much here.
Hansen drops an elbow to the side of Knight's head.
Knight takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hansen throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Hansen has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Hansen stops Knight from getting back to his feet.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Hansen lands a nice short elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hansen thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Hansen controlling the action here.

Hansen seems to be working for a kimura but Knight defends the submission attempt.
Hansen works his way into side control.
Hansen throwing shots but missing, from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hansen is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Knight is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hansen throwing shots but missing, from side control.

Hansen tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Hansen has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Knight is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Hansen asserts his dominance and retains side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hansen trying to control the action but Knight is working from the bottom.
Knight managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Hansen.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
The referee asks Hansen politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Hansen prefers to stall for the moment though.

Hansen in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Knight is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Tim Hansen!
Tim Hansen retains his featherweight title!
Tim Hansen tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.