PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Eli Knuckles (ranked 4558 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Tanagul (ranked 9441 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Knuckles might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Fighting Stance. The key to victory for Eli Knuckles has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Knuckles
vs
Tanagul

185 cm
25
189 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

186 cm
18
187 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ White 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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Eli Knuckles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Joe Tanagul!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Winston Alpacca and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knuckles misses with a double jab.
Knuckles fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Knuckles works Tanagul's body with a nice hook.
Nice cross by Knuckles.
A big right from Knuckles misses.
Knuckles pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Knuckles scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

Oooooh!!! Knuckles has knocked Tanagul down with a huge combo! Knuckles steps away and waves a wobbly Tanagul back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

It looks like Joe Tanagul has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knuckles misses with a hook
and Tanagul counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Knuckles thinking.
Eli Knuckles seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tanagul slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Knuckles connects with a crisp jab.
Tanagul misses with a takedown attempt
and Knuckles counters with a straight right hand.

Tanagul is rocked!
Tanagul gets tagged by a hook that puts him to sleep! Knuckles points and yells something to his unconcious foe before strutting off. Tanagul wakes up just in time to hear Knuckles thank his coaches in the post fight interview.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Eli Knuckles!
Eli Knuckles made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'This is only the beginning! '.