PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Blast Knobpunch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Travis Bickle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Travis Bickle will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Knobpunch
vs
Bickle

200 cm
25
255 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

198 cm
25
280 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Experienced

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Knockout power

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Blast Knobpunch!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Travis Bickle!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, David Hoff and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab, jab by Bickle - just one landing.
Bickle has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Knobpunch shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Bickle sprawls well. Bickle wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Knobpunch gets slowly back to his feet.
Bickle connects with a looping right hand.

Knobpunch looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Knobpunch throwing shots but Bickle is blocking nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knobpunch is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

Bickle kicks off Knobpunch and gets to his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bickle throws out a powerful jab.
Knobpunch looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knobpunch goes for a double leg but Bickle avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Bickle continues to drive forward.
Bickle lands a nice shot that snaps Knobpunch's head back.
Bickle throws a shot to the body.
Bickle lands a jab to the head.
Knobpunch definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Knobpunch takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Bickle lands a nice looking body shot.
Bickle defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Knobpunch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Blast Knobpunch. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Knobpunch takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Travis Bickle is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jab by Bickle.
Travis Bickle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Knobpunch fails with the takedown.
Knobpunch shoots in for a takedown but Bickle shows good takedown defense.
Knobpunch is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bickle jabs Knobpunch to the body, keeping him at a distance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bickle feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Knobpunchs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Bickle scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Knobpunch throws a lazy body kick
and Bickle counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Bickle moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

Knobpunch is rocked!
Bickle scores with a hook to the body. Knobpunch takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Oh Knobpunch is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bickle is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Knobpunch had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Bickle drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Knobpunch right on the button. Knobpunch goes down! Bickle follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Bickle gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Travis Bickle!
Travis Bickle is the new heavyweight champion!
In his post fight interview, Travis Bickle gave a big smile as he said 'i'm gonna clean these streets'.