PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alex Rodriguez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Boogie Knight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rodriguez kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Snoop Dogg (ft Dr.Dre) The Chronic. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Rodriguez
vs
Knight

190 cm
23
210 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

186 cm
24
212 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Maximum Vitality

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 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alex Rodriguez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Boogie Knight!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Chris Downing and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rodriguez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Knight throws out the jab.
Rodriguez throws a hook to the side of Knight's head but Knight sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rodriguez checks the leg kick nicely there.
Rodriguez looks to throw the jab but Knight is out of range.

Knight gets a clinch.
Rodriguez tries to circle away but Knight has him pinned against the cage.
Rodriguez swings wildly with an uppercut but Knight uses good head movement to avoid it.
A bit of stalling here from Knight.
Knight tries to land knees in the clinch but Rodriguez avoids the damage to the body.
Knight lands a shoulder strike.
Knight tries to land knees in the clinch but Rodriguez avoids the damage to the body.
Knight works on Rodriguez's body with a couple of short punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knight blocks an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Knight.
Rodriguez is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Knight lands with a light punch inside.
Knight lands a nice uppercut.
A short right from Knight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knight misses with a hook to the ribs.
Knight stalling against the cage.
Knight with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Knight stops a takedown attempt from Rodriguez.
Knight tries a body shot but Rodriguez blocks it.
Rodriguez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knight tries to throw a body punch but Rodriguez avoids it by throwing Knight back against the cage.
Knight lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Rodriguez is trying to pull guard but Knight turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Rodriguez has Knight pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Knight manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alex Rodriguez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Knight lands with a right to the head.
A hook to the body from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez letting Knight take a breather here.
Knight scores with a hook to the body.
Knight with a knee to the head.
Knight with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rodriguez takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Alex Rodriguez has been cut.
Knight trying to control the position but instead, Rodriguez has worked for underhooks and has pushed Knight into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez is trying to maintain a safe position but Knight gets an underhook and turns Rodriguez into the cage.
Knight blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Knight trying to control the position but instead, Rodriguez has worked for underhooks and has pushed Knight into the cage.
Knight is working Rodriguez over against the cage.
Knight lands a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rodriguez tries to work over Knight's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rodriguez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Knight lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rodriguez misses with the head strike.
Knight lands a nice uppercut.
Knight misses with a hook from the clinch.
Knight has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Rodriguez seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Knight can turn it around.
Knight tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rodriguez avoids it.
Knight holding his opponent close, against the cage.

Rodriguez gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Rodriguez trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knight is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Rodriguez wants to improve his position but Knight is controlling well.
Knight is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Rodriguez is trying to get back to full guard.
Still in half guard, Knight seems content to control.
Rodriguez tries to get to full guard but Knight has control of the leg.
Knight is taking a breather. Rodriguez says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knight wants to pass to mount but Rodriguez is defending the position.
Knight is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Rodriguez looks out of his depth in this position - he's holding on tight.
Rodriguez tries to reverse the position but Knight maintains control.
Knight looking to control and managing it successfully.
Knight prevents Rodriguez from getting the reversal.
Rodriguez regains half guard.
Rodriguez works his way to full guard. Good work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Boogie Knight dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alex Rodriguez's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Rodriguez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Knight.
Knight thuds his right hand into Rodriguez's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Knight throws a nice outside leg kick.
Rodriguez takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Rodriguez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Knight thows a leg kick but Rodriguez checks it

and Rodriguez counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Rodriguez is trying to control the action in half guard but Knight is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Knight regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Rodriguez.
Knight is adopting a defensive guard.
Knight trying to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodriguez slips nicely into half guard.
Rodriguez not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Knight tries to roll over but Rodriguez keeps him under control.
Knight is trying to maintain the position but Rodriguez is very close to passing his half guard.
Rodriguez looks to land a strike but Knight avoids it nicely and regains full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Rodriguez postures up in Knight's guard and throws a big left but Knight blocks it.
Knight is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Rodriguez stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Knight swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Knight is adopting a defensive guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Rodriguez's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Knight lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Knight wants to pass the guard but Rodriguez is keeping the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Rodriguez had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Knight defends it easily.
Rodriguez 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.
Rodriguez not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Knight stays in close to Rodriguez's body and controls the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rodriguez looking for a sweep. Not yet Rodriguez, not yet.
Rodriguez not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Knight takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Rodriguez misses the shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Knight tries a head kick but it misses.
Rodriguez staying out of range there.
Rodriguez attempts a counter takedown but Knight avoids it well and moves away.
Rodriguez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Knight throws a jab but it's blocked by Rodriguez.
Knight throws a big shot that misses.
Knight lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Knight tries to clinch but Rodriguez is having none of it.
Rodriguez digs a good hook to Knight's body.
A telegraphed right hand from Knight misses the target.
Rodriguez looks to land a left hand but Knight moved out of range nicely.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Rodriguez on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Knight lands a jab to the head.
Boogie Knight is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rodriguez takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Knight lands with a nice body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Boogie Knight showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Alex Rodriguez's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Knight connects with a right hand. Rodriguez shakes it off.
Nice cross by Knight.

Knight gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Rodriguez goes for a takedown attempt but Knight pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Rodriguez with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Knight to score with a decent uppercut.
Knight misses with a head kick.
Knight has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Rodriguez with a lazy takedown attempt
and Knight connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rodriguez throws a lazy uppercut
and Knight counters with a lovely straight right hand!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knight throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rodriguez drops down looking for a counter takedown but Knight sprawls and moves away.
Rodriguez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Knight.
Knight lands with a hook. Rodriguez tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Knight scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Rodriguez doesn't seem bothered though.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rodriguez scores with a sloppy right hand. Knight should have avoided that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Knight moves into the clinch.
Rodriguez working aggressively here.
Knight throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rodriguez is looking to break free of the clinch but Knight has double underhooks.
Knight tries a body shot but Rodriguez blocks it.
Rodriguez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Still in the clinch, Knight scores with a nice short uppercut.
Knight prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alex Rodriguez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Knight tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rodriguez lands a nice uppercut.

Rodriguez has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Knight is trying to keep an underhook but Rodriguez manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Knight is pressing down on Rodriguez's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Rodriguez in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Knight looking to control.
Rodriguez throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Knight works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Boogie Knight is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez preventing the sweep.
Rodriguez tries to free his leg and advance position but Knight is retaining full guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Knight holds on and takes a little breather.
Knight looking to hit a scissor sweep but Rodriguez is one step ahead there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knight bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Rodriguez's guard.

Rodriguez wants to sweep but no luck.

Rodriguez is looking for a triangle here but Knight uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Knight wants to control but Rodriguez is keeping him busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez seems a little lost for a moment, as Knight dominates the positioning.
Rodriguez looks to move to half guard but instead Knight has passed into mount! Damn!
Rodriguez is trying desperately to improve position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knight trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Rodriguez keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Alex Rodriguez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rodriguez is working hard here to advance position.
Knight takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Rodriguez is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Knight controlling from mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Boogie 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 27:30
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Boogie Knight!
An out of breath Boogie Knight thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.