PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Julian Knight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Conan Drogo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Knight
vs
Drogo

190 cm
24
211 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

195 cm
24
272 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

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World class boxer
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KAISER

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 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Julian Knight!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Conan Drogo!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, William Gold and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drogo connects with a jab.
Drogo tries to clinch up.
Drogo is looking to clinch but Knight is avoiding it.
Drogo misses with an attempted mid kick.
Drogo tries to land a body kick
and Knight counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Drogo tries to clinch up but Knight circles away and keeps his distance.
We've been informed that Drogo has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Drogo scores with a jab to the body.
Drogo throws a hook but Knight avoids it easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Drogo throws an overhand right that lands on Knight's shoulder, as Knight tries to avoid the shot.
Drogo throws a jab but it's blocked by Knight.
Drogo thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Knight if he has to take too many more of those.
Knight avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drogo wants to clinch.
Drogo bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Drogo throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Drogo throws a body punch but Knight moves out of range.
Drogo misses with a jab to the body
letting Knight counter with a right hand.
A jab from Drogo misses.
Drogo turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drogo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Drogo scores with a decent looking hook.

It looks like Julian Knight has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Drogo throws a head kick that misses.
Drogo misses with a looping right.
Drogo misses with a body kick.
Knight steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Drogo.
Drogo throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Knight counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Knight walks into a jab.
Drogo tries to clinch there but Knight circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drogo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Drogo thows a leg kick but Knight checks it
and Knight counters with a straight right hand.
Conan Drogo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Drogo wants to clinch up but Knight keeps it at a distance.
Drogo works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Drogo. Knight does a little dance to reset his feet.
Drogo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Knight paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A good leg kick by Drogo.
Drogo throws a sloppy head kick and Knight moves out of range easily.
Drogo throws a leg kick that is checked
and Knight counters with a stiff right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Drogo tries to close the distance and clinch but Knight swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Drogo lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Drogo's corner calls for a 1-2. Drogo obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Drogo jabs Knight to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Drogo delivers a nice body kick.
Good exchange - Drogo coming out on top.
Drogo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Drogo wants to clinch up but Knight keeps it at a distance.
Drogo misses the shot to the body.
Drogo scores with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Conan Drogo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Julian Knight's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Knight takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Knight steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Drogo.
Drogo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Knight moves away.
Knight uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Drogo.
Drogo misses the shot to the body.
Drogo takes a swing at Knight's ribcage but misses.
Drogo throws a sloppy head kick and Knight moves out of range easily.
Drogo connects with a nice looking jab.
Drogo looks to land a combination but Knight avoids it well.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Knight might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Drogo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Knight manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Drogo swings for the body but Knight moves out of range.
Drogo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A slow jab from Drogo misses its intended target.
Drogo thows a body shot but no joy.
Drogo tries to land a body kick

and Knight counters with a left hand that sends Drogo to the canvas!
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!
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Knight with a flurry of punches that miss.
Knight trying to control but Drogo is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Drogo keeping full guard, as Knight tries to pass.
Knight is working hard here to advance position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knight trying to control the position from guard on top but Drogo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Knight landing some decent shots from guard.
Knight sitting in guard here, content to control.
Knight working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Drogo is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Knight has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knight postures up in Drogo's guard and throws a big left but Drogo blocks it.
Knight loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Knight postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Knight pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Drogo is keeping the position for now.
Knight looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Knight throws a big right hand that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knight slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Knight blocks a leg kick.
Drogo scores with a leg kick.
Drogo throws the left hand but Knight avoids the punch easily.
Drogo thumps Knight with a low kick.
Conan Drogo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Knight's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Drogo connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Knight scrambles back to his feet.
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.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Drogo.
Knight blocks the body kick.
Drogo shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Julian Knight will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Julian Knight's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Drogo lands an overhand right.
Drogo ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Drogo throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Knight counters with a big head kick but Drogo shrugs it off.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Drogo misses with a body shot.
Drogo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Drogo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Drogo swings away with a body shot that misses
and Knight counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A slow jab from Drogo misses its intended target.
Drogo jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knight drops his hands momentarily and Drogo takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Drogo swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Drogo lands a nice shot that snaps Knight's head back.
Drogo throws an overhand right that lands on Knight's shoulder, as Knight tries to avoid the shot.
Knight closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Drogo swings away with a body shot that misses
and Knight counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Drogo turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Drogo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Knight uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Drogo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Drogo tries to clinch but Knight is having none of it.

Drogo gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Drogo misses with some punches.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Drogo in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
A head punch on the inside from Drogo fails to land.

Knight has hold of one of Drogo's legs. Drogo is fighting the takedown attempt but Knight gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Drogo has control of Knight's left arm, preventing Knight from doing any damage.
Drogo utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Knight postures up.
Knight chips away with some ground and pound.
Drogo controlling Knight's posture.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drogo working a defensive guard here.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Conan Drogo hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Nice defenses there by Knight.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Drogo throws a punch but it's blocked by Knight.
Knight misses with a punch on the inside.
Knight fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Knight is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Drogo can't find room to land a body shot as Knight controls the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knight lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Drogo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Knight drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Knight tries to throw a body punch but Drogo avoids it by throwing Knight back against the cage.
Drogo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Knight is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Knight blocks a body shot from Drogo.
Knight blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Drogo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short body shot lands from Knight as the two fighters clinch.
Drogo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Knight lands with a light punch inside.
Drogo wants to break the clinch but can't.
Knight misses with a short punch on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Conan Drogo.
I think Drogo 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Gold scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Conan Drogo!
A relieved looking Conan Drogo thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.