PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Gonna Spanked (ranked 2357 p4p, 116 weight class) and Shovel Knight (ranked 2668 p4p, 130 weight class). Knight comes into a darkened arena with his song building. X Gon' Give It To Ya kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Gonna Spanked has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Spanked
vs
Knight

187 cm
43
145 lbs
48 - 22 - 2

170 cm
30
144 lbs
18 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 48 - 22 - 2, fighting out of New York, Gonna Spanked!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shovel Knight!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knight dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Spanked. That did some damage!
Knight takes one on the button.
Spanked fails in his attempt to clinch.
Spanked looks to score with a jab to the body but Knight is just out of range.
Knight has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Knight chopping away at his opponent's legs.

Knight has taken the fight to the clinch.
Knight pushes Spanked back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Knight - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Spanked misses with a punch to the body.
Spanked misses with a punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Spanked creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Knight blocks an uppercut.
Knight effectively controlling the action here.
Knight blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Spanked working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Knight.
Spanked really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Spanked fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Spanked working aggressively here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Spanked throws a punch but it's blocked by Knight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knight pressing his opponent against the cage.
Spanked misses with a hook from the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Spanked creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short left from Knight.
Spanked fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Knight misses with a hook to the ribs.
Spanked misses with a punch on the inside.
Knight throws a head punch that misses.
Spanked struggles to land a body shot inside as Knight controls his hands.
Still in the clinch, Knight scores with a nice short uppercut.
Knight lands a right hand.
Spanked prevents a body shot from Knight.
Spanked misses with the head strike.
Knight lands a hook that snaps the head of Spanked backwards.
Knight lands a left hand.
Spanked misses with a hook to the ribs.
Spanked tries a body shot but Knight blocks it.
Spanked misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knight stalls.
Knight blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Spanked swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Spanked misses with a hook from the clinch.
Knight taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Spanked lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Knight lands with a left to the head.
Knight throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Spanked misses with a punch to the body.
Knight working aggressively here.
Knight presses Spanked against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Spanked.
Spanked throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Spanked digs a right hand into Knight's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Knight's gas tank.
Knight gets through Spanked's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Knight blocking some punches.
Spanked being controlled against the cage.
Spanked goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knight prevents a body shot from Spanked.
Spanked tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Knight's elbow.
Knight can't find room to land a body shot as Spanked controls the action.
Spanked tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Knight's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Spanked blocking some punches.
Knight swings wildly with an uppercut but Spanked uses good head movement to avoid it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Spanked.
Spanked swings wildly with an uppercut but Knight uses good head movement to avoid it.
Knight misses with the head strike.
Spanked misses with some punches.
Knight lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Spanked backwards.
Spanked working aggressively here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knight blocks an uppercut.
A short left from Knight.
Spanked misses with a punch to the body.
Spanked tries to work over Knight's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Knight misses with some punches.
Knight tries to work over Spanked's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Knight swings wildly with an uppercut but Spanked uses good head movement to avoid it.
Knight lands with a light punch inside.
Spanked tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Knight's elbow.
Spanked tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Knight lands a left hand that snaps the head of Spanked backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knight blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Knight blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Spanked misses with the head strike.
A short right from Knight on the inside.
Spanked tries a body shot but Knight blocks it.
Knight scores with a hook to the body.
Knight throws a head punch that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shovel Knight dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Spanked throws the kick towards the body but Knight avoids it.
Spanked jabs Knight right on the nose. Knight blinks but takes it well.
Gonna Spanked seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Knight connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Knight tries to clinch but Spanked moves out of range.
Spanked was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Good leg kick by Knight there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Knight dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Spanked. That did some damage!
Knight throws a lazy right hand but Spanked sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Knight on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Knight ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

Knight darts in and clinches Spanked up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Knight.
Knight throws a punch but it's blocked by Spanked.
Knight throws a punch but it's blocked by Spanked.
Spanked tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Knight lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Shovel Knight seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Spanked misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Spanked fails to land.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Spanked.
Spanked misses with some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Spanked on the inside.
Spanked lands a hook to the side of the head.
Spanked lands a hook that snaps the head of Knight backwards.
Spanked throws a punch but it's blocked by Knight.
Knight blocks an uppercut.
Spanked gets through Knight's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Spanked swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Spanked blocks a body shot from Knight.
Knight blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Spanked.
Spanked lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Knight.
A hook to the body from Spanked.
Knight lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Spanked throws a head punch that misses.
Knight gets through Spanked's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Spanked lands on the inside with an uppercut.
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 pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Spanked working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Knight is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Spanked.
Spanked lands a body punch in the clinch.
Knight blocking some punches.
Knight gets through Spanked's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Knight lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Knight taking a breather.
Spanked can't find room to land a body shot as Knight controls the action.
Spanked lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Knight backwards.
Knight is still on wobbly legs! Can Spanked finish him?
A short body shot lands from Spanked as the two fighters clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Knight.
Spanked fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Spanked misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Spanked.
Spanked swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Knight blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Spanked swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Spanked misses with the head strike.
Knight blocks an uppercut.
Spanked throws a head punch that misses.
Knight blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Spanked tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Spanked misses with the head strike.
Spanked swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Spanked misses with a short punch on the inside.
Knight blocks an uppercut.
Spanked misses with the head strike.
Spanked misses with the head strike.
Spanked tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Spanked.
Spanked misses with the head strike.
Spanked tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Spanked misses with a punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spanked throws a head punch that misses.
Spanked working aggressively here.
Knight blocking some punches.
Spanked misses with the head strike.
Spanked swings wildly with an uppercut but Knight uses good head movement to avoid it.
Knight blocks an uppercut.
Knight blocks an uppercut.
Spanked swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Spanked fails to land.
Spanked misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Spanked fails to land.
Spanked misses with the head strike.
Knight misses with a body punch.
Spanked misses with the head strike.
Spanked misses with a punch on the inside.
Spanked has a couple of punches blocked by Knight.
Spanked misses with a hook from the clinch.
Knight blocking some punches.
Spanked tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Spanked working aggressively here.
Knight blocking some punches.
Spanked misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Spanked fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Spanked.
Spanked swings wildly with an uppercut but Knight uses good head movement to avoid it.
Spanked swings wildly with an uppercut but Knight uses good head movement to avoid it.
Spanked throws a punch but it's blocked by Knight.
Spanked working aggressively here.
Knight blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Spanked misses with a punch on the inside.
Knight blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Spanked has a couple of punches blocked by Knight.
Spanked has a couple of punches blocked by Knight.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Spanked misses with a hook from the clinch.
Spanked misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Spanked.
Spanked tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Spanked tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Spanked working aggressively here.
Spanked throws a punch but it's blocked by Knight.
Spanked swings wildly with an uppercut but Knight uses good head movement to avoid it.
Spanked misses with a hook from the clinch.
Spanked swings wildly with an uppercut but Knight uses good head movement to avoid it.
Spanked swings wildly with an uppercut but Knight uses good head movement to avoid it.
Spanked tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spanked misses with a hook from the clinch.
Spanked prevents a body shot from Knight.
Nice body punch from Spanked - that landed with a thud.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Knight.
Spanked throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Spanked fails to land.
Spanked working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Spanked fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Spanked fails to land.
Spanked throws a punch but it's blocked by Knight.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Spanked.
Spanked blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Spanked has a couple of punches blocked by Knight.
Knight blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Spanked misses with a short punch on the inside.
Spanked swings wildly with an uppercut but Knight uses good head movement to avoid it.
Knight blocks an uppercut.
Spanked misses with some punches.
Spanked misses with the head strike.
Spanked working aggressively here.
Knight throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Spanked fails to land.
Knight misses with a short punch on the inside.
Spanked misses with the head strike.
Spanked throws a head punch that misses.
Knight blocking some punches.
Spanked is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Knight can do to turn this around?
Knight misses with a hook to the ribs.
Spanked lands a nice shot to the body.
Knight blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Spanked.
A head punch on the inside from Spanked fails to land.
Knight seems to have recovered his senses.
Knight avoiding damage.

Knight breaks from the clinch.
Spanked is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Knight closes the distance and clinches.
Knight lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Spanked backwards.
Spanked's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short right from Knight on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gonna Spanked dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Spanked connects with a single shot there.
Knight connects with a nice looking jab.
Shovel Knight is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Knight clinches up with Spanked and pushes him back against the cage.
A short right from Knight.
Knight blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Spanked tries to work over Knight's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Spanked works on Knight's body with a couple of short punches.
Knight lands a shoulder strike.
Knight blocking some punches.
Knight misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Knight blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Knight softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Spanked misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Spanked.
Knight misses with the head strike.
Knight blocking some punches.
Knight lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Spanked misses with a hook from the clinch.
Knight blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spanked throws a punch but it's blocked by Knight.
A nice left hand lands by Spanked.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Knight.
Knight pushes Spanked back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Spanked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Spanked.
Spanked lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Spanked blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Spanked misses with a short punch on the inside.
Knight lands a hook to the side of the head.
Knight working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Spanked is rocked!
Spanked pushes Knight against the cage. Spanked is working some dirty boxing. Spanked pushes off with a quick right hook! Knight goes down! Knight tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Spanked moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gonna Spanked!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Gonna Spanked waved his t-shirt featuring Reaper Combatwear's logo in front of the cameras.