PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jorge Rubensson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Knight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that James Knight was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Rubensson
vs
Knight

201 cm
18
245 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

198 cm
25
265 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jorge Rubensson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, James Knight!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, James Glass and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Knight closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Rubensson quickly recovers to half guard.
Knight trying to control the pace.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Let's hope that Knight has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Rubensson throws a combination that misses

and Knight counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Knight.
Knight forces his way into half guard.
Knight keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knight has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Rubensson is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
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.
It looks like Knight might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Knight sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Knight controlling the pace for now.
Poor strikes thrown by Knight there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Knight controlling from mount.
Rubensson wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Knight.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Knight controlling from the full mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Knight dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Knight rushes Rubensson and presses him up against the cage.
Rubensson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rubensson is trying to break the clinch but Knight has him pressed against the cage.

Knight turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Knight manages to end up in side control.
Knight advances to mount.
Knight controlling the position easily from mount.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knight pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

Knight is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Rubensson is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Rubensson flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Knight anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Rubensson and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Knight slips an arm under Rubensson chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Knight has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Knight is squeezing on Rubensson like an anaconda would it's prey. Rubensson fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). James Knight!