PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jeramy Duke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sebastian Kniebel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kniebel is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Dropkick Murphys - The warrior code. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Duke
vs
Kniebel

182 cm
19
193 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

190 cm
19
186 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jeramy Duke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sebastian Kniebel!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Hirohito Nitta and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Duke is looking to clinch.
Kniebel throws a counter combo.
Duke tries to close the distance and clinch but Kniebel swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kniebel is looking for the big counter here.

Kniebel closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Kniebel lands in his opponent's guard.

Duke manages to escape and get back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duke misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Kniebel is looking for the big counter here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duke tries to clinch up
and Duke takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Duke tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kniebel swats him away and circles back towards the center.
It seemed like Kniebel was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.

Duke closes the distance and clinches.

Kniebel lands a takedown into guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Duke is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Kniebel engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Kniebel preventing the sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kniebel content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Kniebel trying to control the position from guard on top but Duke is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kniebel tries to free his leg and advance position but Duke is retaining full guard.
Kniebel is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Kniebel scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Kniebel is pushing down on Duke's leg trying to pass to half guard. Duke is fighting to maintain full guard but Kniebel has managed to sneak the leg through.
Kniebel looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Kniebel lands with a punch from half guard.
Kniebel takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kniebel lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Kniebel working Duke over with strikes.

Duke is rocked!
Duke has hold of Kniebel's hands but Kniebel slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Oh Duke is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kniebel lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Duke! More strikes land and this one is all over! Kniebel jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sebastian Kniebel!
Sebastian Kniebel decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.