PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Arthur The Knight (ranked 5297 p4p, 272 weight class) and First Last (ranked 4768 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

The Knight
vs
Last

168 cm
25
145 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

173 cm
25
135 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

Project Mayhem

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Arthur The Knight!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, First Last!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Summer Carpenter and Francis DeMontford.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Knight connects with a crisp jab.
The Knight scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Last misses with a series of wild punches.
The Knight lands a lovely overhand right.
Last moves in looking to clinch but The Knight pushes him off.

The Knight moves into range and clinches up with Last.
The Knight misses with a punch on the inside.
The Knight misses with a short punch on the inside.
Last blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Last manages to pull guard.
Last has a closed guard, preventing The Knight from standing up.
The Knight wants to stand and escape but instead Last has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Last is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Last won't allow The Knight to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Last gets to his feet. The Knight looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

The Knight has closed the distance and engaged Last in a clinch.
The Knight misses with a punch on the inside.
Last tries to pull guard but The Knight forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from The Knight fails to land.
Last is trying to maintain a safe position but The Knight gets an underhook and turns Last into the cage.
Last drops down looking for an ankle pick but The Knight pulls his leg out and moves away.
The Knight connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Last momentarily.
Last misses with a head kick.
Last is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Last tries to close the distance and clinch up but The Knight swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Last misses with a left hand
and The Knight connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The Knight darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The Knight clinches up against the cage.
Last wants to take the fight to the mat but The Knight manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Arthur The Knight has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of First Last.
The Knight scores with a shot to the side of Last's head.

Last lands a takedown into guard.
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!
The Knight not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Last is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The Knight controls Last momentarily but Last frees himself.
Last tries to free his leg and advance position but The Knight is retaining full guard.
Last is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Last wants to control from the top but The Knight keeps moving.
The Knight pulls Last in close to his closed guard and prevents Last from doing any damage or advancing position.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
The Knight thuds his right hand into Last's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
The Knight throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Last on the side of the head.

Last closes the distance and pushes The Knight back into the cage.
The Knight misses with a punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, The Knight scores with a nice short uppercut.
The Knight gets through Last's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Last swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Knight fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Last wants a takedown but no success here.
A bit of stalling here from Last.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
The Knight tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The Knight working aggressively here.
Last changes levels and goes for a takedown here. The Knight fights it off and pushes away nicely.

The Knight fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Last, pushing him back against the cage.
Last blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The Knight lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Knight lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The Knight scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Last ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Last no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.

The Knight stands up from guard. Let's bang!
The Knight dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Last moves into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arthur The Knight dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

The Knight clinches up against the cage.
Last blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The Knight tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The Knight misses with the head strike.
The Knight working aggressively here.
Last misses with some punches.

Last ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Last no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Last wants to stand but The Knight is controlling the position.
Last working a defensive guard here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Knight wanted to stand there but Last had control of the position.
The Knight is fighting to break Last's control of his arms but Last is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
The Knight wanted to stand there but Last had control of the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Last is controlling The Knight's posture.
The Knight wants to stand and escape but instead Last has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

The Knight is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Last is controlling him.
Last seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

Last is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Last stops The Knight from standing up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Last with a flurry of punches that miss.
Last passes into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The Knight pushes Last off looking to stand but Last dives back in and keeps control.
Last passes to full mount!
Last postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. The Knight looks a forlorn figure.

The Knight is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Last locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! The Knight is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). First Last!
First Last 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.