PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lukas Gottfridsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aaron Knight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gottfridsson
vs
Knight

185 cm
23
190 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

185 cm
27
195 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Lukas Gottfridsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Aaron Knight!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Hugh Johnson and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gottfridsson throws a series of punches but Knight moves out of range.
Gottfridsson throws a right hand that Knight ducks under and follows up with a left that Knight also avoids with ease.
Gottfridsson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Knight circles away quickly and effectively.
Knight dodges the punch combination from Gottfridsson.
Knight avoids the head kick by Gottfridsson.
Gottfridsson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Knight throws a leg kick but Gottfridsson sees it coming and moves out of range.
Gottfridsson tries to clinch but Knight is having none of it.
Gottfridsson tries to clinch up
and Knight counters with a one-two to the body.
Knight lands with a nice combination. Gottfridsson backs away looking to recover.
Gottfridsson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Knight.
Knight does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Lukas Gottfridsson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Knight will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gottfridsson is looking to clinch.
Knight misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Knight.
Knight has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Gottfridsson is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Gottfridsson throws a right and a left that Knight avoids nicely.
Gottfridsson throws a right hand that Knight ducks under and follows up with a left that Knight also avoids with ease.
Gottfridsson tries to clinch but Knight moves out of range.
Knight feints a jab promting Gottfridsson to slip. Knight then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Gottfridsson slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Sloppy strikes from Knight. Those never looked like landing.
Gottfridsson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Knight gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Gottfridsson wants to get back to striking at distance but Knight won't allow it.
Gottfridsson tries a knee to the head but Knight blocks it.
Knight dodges an elbow strike from Gottfridsson.
Gottfridsson throws an elbow that misses.
Knight avoiding damage as Gottfridsson throws knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gottfridsson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Knight clinches up against the cage.
Gottfridsson misses with a knee to the head.
Knight wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gottfridsson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Knight's face.
Knight blocks an elbow strike.
Gottfridsson looking to throw knees to the head but Knight is blocking nicely.
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!
Gottfridsson trying to land knees to the body.
Gottfridsson tries to land a knee to the head but Knight blocks with his arms.
Knight is trying to break the clinch but Gottfridsson is controlling him.

Knight escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gottfridsson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Gottfridsson lands with a kick to the temple. Knight shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Gottfridsson throws a right and a left that Knight avoids nicely.

Knight closes the distance and pushes Gottfridsson back into the cage.
Gottfridsson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Knight avoids it.
Knight wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Knight wants to break free but Gottfridsson has control.

Gottfridsson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Knight throws a leg kick but Gottfridsson sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Knight lands a two punch combo.
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!
Gottfridsson wants to clinch up but Knight keeps it at a distance.
Knight swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Knight pushes Gottfridsson up against the cage in a clinch.
Gottfridsson looking to throw knees to the head but Knight is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gottfridsson throws a knee to the head but misses.

Gottfridsson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gottfridsson tries to clinch there but Knight circles away.
Gottfridsson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Knight.
Gottfridsson throws a shot from downtown. Knight moves away and avoids it.
Knight swats away the attempt to clinch by Gottfridsson.
Gottfridsson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Knight throws a wild body kick that Gottfridsson sees coming a mile off.
Gottfridsson takes a swing at Knight's ribcage but misses.
Gottfridsson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Knight misses with a double jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Knight pushes Gottfridsson up against the cage in a clinch.

Gottfridsson breaks from the clinch.

Knight has managed to clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Knight.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Aaron Knight will probably get the nod.
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 avoids the head kick by Gottfridsson.

Gottfridsson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Gottfridsson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gottfridsson just misses with a elbow thrown towards Knight's brow.
Gottfridsson pushes off an throws an elbow but Knight leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Gottfridsson wants to get back to striking at distance but Knight won't allow it.
Gottfridsson looking to throw knees to the head but Knight is blocking nicely.
Gottfridsson blocks a body shot from Knight.
Gottfridsson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Gottfridsson misses with a knee to the head.
Gottfridsson has Knight pressed against the cage, preventing Knight from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Gottfridsson keeps control of Knight as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knight blocks an elbow strike from Gottfridsson.
Gottfridsson misses with an elbow over the top.
Gottfridsson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gottfridsson looking to throw knees to the head but Knight is blocking nicely.
Knight managing to block the knees to the body from Gottfridsson.
Gottfridsson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Knight has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gottfridsson misses with a knee to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Knight as Gottfridsson tries to tie him up.
Gottfridsson tries to land knees in the clinch but Knight avoids the damage to the body.
Gottfridsson misses with the head strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gottfridsson missing with knees to the body.
Gottfridsson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Knight has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gottfridsson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Knight avoids it.
Knight is trying to force a seperation but Gottfridsson has the dominant position.
Gottfridsson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Knight avoids it.

Gottfridsson manages to break the clinch.
Gottfridsson pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Knight rushes Gottfridsson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Gottfridsson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A short body shot lands from Gottfridsson as the two fighters clinch.
Knight avoids a wild elbow strike from Gottfridsson.
Knight has had enough of the clinch but Gottfridsson keeps him there for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knight has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Gottfridsson misses with a knee to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Knight.
Gottfridsson wants to stall.
Gottfridsson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lukas Gottfridsson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Knight avoiding damage as Gottfridsson throws knees to the body.
Gottfridsson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gottfridsson tries to land knees in the clinch but Knight avoids the damage to the body.
Knight lands a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gottfridsson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gottfridsson has Knight pressed against the cage, preventing Knight from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Gottfridsson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Gottfridsson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gottfridsson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Knight manages to break the clinch.
Gottfridsson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gottfridsson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gottfridsson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Knight paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lukas Gottfridsson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gottfridsson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Knight connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Knight lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lukas Gottfridsson dominated that second 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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Knight moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

Gottfridsson is rocked!
Gottfridsson throws a sloppy head kick and Knight moves out of range easily.
Knight is looking to score with low kicks.
Gottfridsson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Knight swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gottfridsson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A slow jab from Gottfridsson misses its intended target.
Gottfridsson tries a head kick but it misses.
Knight will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gottfridsson throws a body punch but Knight moves out of range.
Gottfridsson fails to land with a series of punches.
Knight goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Gottfridsson checks a leg kick nicely.
Gottfridsson tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Knight is able to avoid easily.
Knight misses with a two punch combination.
Knight takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gottfridsson moves to clinch but Knight breaks away
and Knight connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gottfridsson is looking to clinch but Knight is avoiding it.
Gottfridsson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Knight scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Knight misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gottfridsson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gottfridsson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Knight.
Gottfridsson looks to land a combination but Knight avoids it well.
Knight's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Knight duly obliges.
Gottfridsson missing with a left hand there. Knight was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Knight lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Knight.

Gottfridsson tries to keep at a distance but Knight has taken the fight into the clinch.
Gottfridsson throws an elbow that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gottfridsson tries to land knees in the clinch but Knight avoids the damage to the body.
Knight avoids a wild elbow strike from Gottfridsson.
Knight on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knight tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Knight avoiding damage as Gottfridsson throws knees to the body.
Gottfridsson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knight is trying to break the clinch but Gottfridsson is controlling him.
Gottfridsson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gottfridsson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Knight has him pressed against the cage.
Gottfridsson tries to break free but Knight pushes him back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gottfridsson is trying to stall.
Knight tries to break free but Gottfridsson pushes him back against the cage.
Gottfridsson taking a breather.
Gottfridsson misses with an elbow strike.
Gottfridsson misses with an elbow over the top.
Knight makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Gottfridsson tries to land a knee to the head but Knight blocks with his arms.
Knight stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Gottfridsson throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gottfridsson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gottfridsson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Gottfridsson misses with a knee to the head.
Knight managing to block the knees to the body from Gottfridsson.
Gottfridsson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gottfridsson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Knight wants to break free but Gottfridsson has control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Knight working hard to break the clinch.
Gottfridsson taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Aaron Knight.
I think Knight 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 Summer Carpenter scores the fight 28:29
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aaron Knight!