PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Rico Dominguez (ranked 2522 p4p, 119 weight class) and Ashton Knuckles (ranked 3677 p4p, 177 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Dominguez
vs
Knuckles

162 cm
23
145 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

160 cm
27
138 lbs
7 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Good kicks
Powerful

Juggernaut And Gladiators(90% Laundry)

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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rico Dominguez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ashton Knuckles!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Sergei Dronov and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dominguez drives through and clinches with Knuckles against the cage.
Knuckles looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Dominguez digs a right hand underneath Knuckles's ribcage. Knuckles let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short left from Dominguez.

Knuckles tightens his grip and picks Dominguez up, before dumping him to the ground. Dominguez manages to land in guard.

Dominguez looking for a guillotine here but Knuckles defends easily.
Dominguez lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Dominguez stands and throws Knuckles's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Knuckles keeping his opponent close.
Knuckles regains half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Knuckles looks like he's trying to stand up.
Dominguez landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dominguez prevents Knuckles from standing back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dominguez missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Knuckles is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Dominguez lands strikes from half guard.
Knuckles is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Dominguez scores with a couple of nice shots.
Dominguez slips a nice elbow through Knuckles's hands, connecting with Knuckles's forehead.
Dominguez scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Dominguez has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Knuckles slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

Dominguez avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Dominguez is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Dominguez keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Knuckles's head.

Knuckles working for submissions but it's allowed Dominguez to get to half guard.
Dominguez trying to control the action but Knuckles is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knuckles wants to get back to full guard.
Dominguez working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Dominguez lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Dominguez prevents Knuckles from improving his position.
Dominguez scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knuckles is staying active underneath Dominguez, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Knuckles tries to roll over but Dominguez keeps him under control.
Ground and pound from Dominguez.
Dominguez drops an elbow to the side of Knuckles's head.
Dominguez passes to full mount!
Dominguez scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

Knuckles is rocked!
Dominguez postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Knuckles looks a forlorn figure.
Knuckles is still in real trouble! Can Dominguez finish him?
Dominguez connects with a bit shot that sees Knuckles covering up! More strikes from Dominguez and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Dominguez is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rico Dominguez!
A relieved looking Rico Dominguez thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.