PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antoine Knight (ranked 7448 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joshua White (ranked 24917 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Knight
vs
White

171 cm
21
214 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

180 cm
18
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Antoine Knight!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joshua White!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Lou da Vinci and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White tries for a takedown but Knight sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Knight gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows White to score an easy takedown into full guard.
White has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Knight is proving hard to escape from.
Knight knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for White on the ground.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Knight looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but White puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knight is controlling White's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Knight is trying to maintain the position but White is very close to passing his half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knight pushes White off looking to stand but White dives back in and keeps control.
White wants to stand but Knight has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
White throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
White looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
White wants to pass the guard but Knight is defending well.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

White scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

White tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no White has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
White controls the position.
White trying to control the position but Knight is working away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
White is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Knight pushes White away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, White gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knight is trying to improve his position.
Knight could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
White tries to stand but Knight is controlling his head.
White throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
White fails to land a wild elbow strike.
White is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Knight's shoulder. That is not cool.
Knight is looking to reverse the position.
You can see the frustration on Knight's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Knight is not content to let White control the position.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

White closes the distance and clinches.
White tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
The referee calls for Knight to work.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Stalling in the clinch from White.
White tries to break the clinch but Knight is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joshua White dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

White has managed to clinch.
Knight stalls.

White jumps guard.
Knight works over White with some ground and pound from guard.
White is trying to keep Knight in close.
White has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

White looking for a guillotine here but Knight defends easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now White is on top in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White trying to control but Knight is working from the bottom.
White won't allow Knight to sweep him here.
White is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
White throws a big elbow that misses.
White is looking to advance position but Knight has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!

Knight landing strikes from the mount and White is in trouble!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knight looking to ground and pound but White is blocking nicely.
White tries to get back to half guard but can't.
White tries to hold on but Knight pushes him away.
White wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Knight.

Knight goes for an armbar but White turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from White.
White is fighting to break Knight's control of his arms but Knight is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Knight utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Knight looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
White in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Knight avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
White slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Knight pushes White off and gets back to his feet.
Nice shot by Knight.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Knight misses with a hook. White ducked under it nicely.
White changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
White defending well as Knight loads up on a big left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Antoine Knight will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

White darts in looking for a takedown but Knight gets double underhooks and turns White into the cage.
Knight lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but White circles away quickly and effectively.

Knight clinches up with White and pushes him back against the cage.
White can't break the clinch.
White trying to control the position but instead, Knight has worked for underhooks and has pushed White into the cage.
White letting Knight take a breather here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
White fails to pull guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White wants to get back to striking at distance but Knight won't allow it.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Knight.
White tries to pull guard but Knight holds him up against the cage and eventually White drops back down to his feet.
Antoine Knight has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joshua White.
White drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Knight gets the underhooks and prevents it.
White has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Knight avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
White fails to pull the fight into his guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

White pulls guard.

Knight drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and White dives on top into guard.

White working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Knight wants to sweep but no luck.
Knight is trying to control the position from the bottom.
White trying to control but Knight is working from the bottom.
White missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Joshua White has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
White trying to control the position from guard on top but Knight is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
White stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Knight swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Knight looking to control.
White looking to pass the guard.
White showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

White clinches up with Knight and pushes him back against the cage.
Knight trying to control the position but instead, White has worked for underhooks and has pushed Knight into the cage.
White is trying to drag Knight to the mat but Knight just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

White gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joshua White comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think White has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 28:29
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joshua White!