PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jed Knight (ranked 685 p4p, 94 weight class) and John Marston (ranked 1091 p4p, 147 weight class). Marston has chosen Bleed It Out as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Knight
vs
Marston

182 cm
31
172 lbs
19 - 6 - 0

178 cm
26
171 lbs
14 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jed Knight!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Marston!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Daniel Bishop and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knight just misses with a punch to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Knight.
Marston cracks the inside of Knight's front leg.
Crunch! Knight slams his shin into Marston's torso.
Knight cracks Marston with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Marston just misses with a punch to the body.
Knight throws an overhand right that lands on Marston's shoulder, as Marston tries to avoid the shot.
Marston swings for the body but Knight moves out of range.
Knight swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Knight tries a low kick but Marston avoids it.
Marston connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Marston keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Marston scores with the left hand. Knight knows he should have avoided that one.
Marston misses with a hook to the body
and Knight counters with a stiff right hand.
Marston works the jab nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Knight defending well as Marston loads up on a big left hand.
Knight misses with a wild body shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Marston! But no joy.
Knight misses with a wild body shot.
Good work by Knight as he checks the leg kick.
Knight throws a body shot but no joy.
Knight throws a shot to the body.
Knight ducks under a wild hook from Marston.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knight fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Marston manages to avoid it.
Knight moves out of range of the strikes.
Marston ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Knight moves away.
Marston misses with a hook.
Marston defending well as Knight loads up on a big left hand.
Knight is looking to wear down Marston with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Knight lands a nice looking body kick.
Marston checks the leg kick nicely there.
Knight takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A telegraphed right hand from Marston misses the target.
Marston uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Knight.
Knight scores with a hook to the body. Marston takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Donk. Marston catches Knight right on the button with a cross.
Knight scores with a leg kick.
Marston misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Knight takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Knight throws an overhand right that lands on Marston's shoulder, as Marston tries to avoid the shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Marston throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Marston cracks Knight with an open hand slap.
Knight looks to score with a jab to the body but Marston is just out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knight avoids the head kick by Marston.
A jab from Marston does it's job there.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Knight crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Marston - the referee stops the clock and Knight gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Marston. Knight manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Marston missing with a left hand there. Knight was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Knight defending well as Marston loads up on a big left hand.
Knight misses with a body shot.
Sloppy strikes from Marston. Those never looked like landing.
Knight appears to be looking for a big counter.
Marston looks to throw the jab but Knight is out of range.
Marston misses with a hook. Knight ducked under it nicely.
Knight fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Marston has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Knight is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Marston.
Marston loads up on a big right hand but Knight slips the punch.
Knight cracks a nice hook into Marston's ribs.
John Marston seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Marston steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Knight. That one must have hurt.
Knight lands a glancing blow to the side of Marston's head.
Marston throws a jab when Knight was well out of range.
Marston scores with a nice right hand.
Marston avoids the body shot from Knight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marston takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Knight throws a leg kick but Marston checks it.
Nice defenses there by Knight.
Knight is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Knight lands with a hook. Marston tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Knight tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Marston is able to avoid easily.
Marston walks into a jab.
Marston fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Knight on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Knight throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Marston swings for the body but Knight moves out of range.
Knight ducks under a wild hook from Marston.
Marston catches Knight with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Marston throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Knight counters with a thumping low kick.
Knight lands a nice shot that snaps Marston's head back.
Marston is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Knight had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Marston waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Knight.
A big left from Marston misses.
Marston's jab looks to have found its range, popping Knight under the eye.
Knight throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Marston misses with a lunging right hand
and Knight counters with a left to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knight avoids a kick to the body.
Knight takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Knight is looking to land body kicks.
Marston cracks Knight with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Knight lands a right hook to the body.
Marston lands a right hook to the body.
A bone on bone clash there as Marston blocks the leg kick.
Knight uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Marston.
Marston misses the body punch
and Knight counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Marston thinking.
Marston throws a body punch but Knight moves out of range.
Marston scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Knight looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Marston is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Knight.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Marston throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Marston on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Knight takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Marston misses with a straight right.
Decent striking displayed by Knight there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but John Marston will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Knight ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Knight jabbing away but nothing is landing.
It seemed like Marston was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Knight misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Marston.
Knight keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Marston.
Marston lands a head shot.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Marston in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Marston has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Marston there as he acknowledges the shot.
Knight cracks the inside of Marston's front leg.
Knight dodges the punch combination from Marston.
Knight checks the leg kick.
Marston throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Knight on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Marston lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Knight tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Marston was well out of range. Poor timing from Knight.
John Marston seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Marston lands a body shot.
Marston throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Marston misses the shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knight scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Knight lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knight throws a body punch but Marston moves out of range.
Donk. Marston catches Knight right on the button with a cross.
Marston takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Knight just misses with a punch to the body.
Marston misses with a series of wild punches.
Marston moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Knight swings for the body but Marston moves out of range.
Marston takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Marston ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Knight moves away.
A solid body kick from Knight.
Marston throws a good cross that connects.
Good shot there by Knight.
Marston takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marston tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Knight was well out of range. Poor timing from Marston.
Knight scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Marston doesn't seem bothered though.
Knight misses with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knight ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Marston moves away.
Marston rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Knight counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Knight looks to score with a jab to the body but Marston is just out of range.
Knight avoids the body shot from Marston.
Knight throws a predictable looking body shot
and Marston counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A looping hook to the body misses from Knight. Marston does a little dance to reset his feet.
Marston is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Knight with a body shot.
Knight lands a head kick. Marston smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Marston avoids the body shot from Knight.
Marston is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Knight.
Knight uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Marston.
Knight slips under a jab from Marston.
Knight swings for the body but Marston moves out of range.
Knight swings for the body but Marston moves out of range.
Marston moves into range and connects with a jab.
Marston lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Knight circles away quickly and effectively.
Marston lands an overhand right.
Knight ducks right into an uppercut from Marston.
Marston digs a good body shot into Knight's ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knight jabs at Marston's body.
Knight misses with a wild body shot.
Marston appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Knight looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Knight avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Marston swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Knight steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Marston.
Marston throws an overhand right that lands on Knight's shoulder, as Knight tries to avoid the shot.
Knight tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Marston was well out of range. Poor timing from Knight.
No joy there for Knight, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Knight takes a swing at Marston's ribcage but misses.
Knight listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Marston throws a looping overhand right but Knight ducks down to avoid it.
Knight jabs Marston to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Some wild striking there from Marston.
Knight throws a leg kick but Marston checks it.
Marston catches Knight with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Marston changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Knight finds it's way through Marston's defenses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head kick misses from Knight.
It seemed like Marston was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Knight takes a swing at Marston's ribcage but misses.
Marston rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Knight moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Knight throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Marston needs to keep his hands up - Knight had a free shot at his head there.
A slow jab from Knight misses its intended target.
Knight fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Marston manages to avoid it.
Marston lunges at Knight with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Knight's hand.
Knight misses with a jab to the body
and Marston counters with a nice uppercut.
Marston lunges at Knight with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Knight's hand.
Marston lands with a good body shot.
Marston jabs at Knight's body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Knight slips a jab from Marston.
Nice defenses there by Knight.
Knight fires out a quick counter leg kick but Marston just manages to avoid it.
No joy there for Marston, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Knight just misses with a punch to the body.
Knight lands a jab to Marston's midsection.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but John Marston will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Marston throws an overhand right that lands on Knight's shoulder, as Knight tries to avoid the shot.
Marston staying out of range there.
Knight swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Marston misses with a kick to the body
and Knight counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Marston with a hook.
Knight ducks right into an uppercut from Marston.
Knight lands with a shot to the body.
Knight looks to score with a jab to the body but Marston is just out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Knight. Marston does a little dance to reset his feet.
Knight ducks under a wild hook from Marston.
Marston throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Marston dips to his left and cracks Knight with an uppercut!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marston scores with a sloppy right hand. Knight should have avoided that one.
Marston digs a good body shot into Knight's ribs.
Knight gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Marston.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knight slips under a jab from Marston.
Knight throws a body punch but Marston moves out of range.
Marston cracks Knight with a good jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marston connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Marston checks a leg kick.
Knight keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Knight swings widly with a right hand
and Marston counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Knight missing with a left hand there. Marston was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
It seemed like Marston was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Knight takes a swing at Marston's ribcage but misses.
Knight wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Marston uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Knight.
Knight staying out of range there.
Marston throws a lazy uppercut
and Knight counters with a stiff right hand.
A lazy body kick from Knight
and Marston counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Knight throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Knight misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Marston.
Knight misses with a wild body shot.
Marston throws an overhand right that lands on Knight's shoulder, as Knight tries to avoid the shot.
Knight takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Knight fails to land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Marston fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Marston throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Knight avoids the body shot from Marston.
Knight blocks a low kick nicely.
Knight throws a leg kick which misses Marston's front leg but catches the back leg as Marston tries to avoid it.
Marston throws a hook but Knight blocks it.
Marston stuns Knight with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Jed Knight has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Knight scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Marston doesn't seem bothered though.
A shot to the liver by Knight. Beautiful body shot.
Marston throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Knight counters with a nice body shot.
Knight uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Marston.
Marston steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Knight.
Knight connects with a body shot that sends Marston's belly button to the back.
Marston misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Knight.
Marston thows a left - swing and a miss!
A counter left hand to the body from Knight misses its target.
Knight throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Marston unleashes a big counter combination but Knight bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Marston avoids the body shot from Knight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marston goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Knight throws a low kick, looking for Marston's leg but Marston calmly moves out of range.
Marston now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Knight throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Marston looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A decent looking cross lands there for Marston.
Marston missing with a left hand there. Knight was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Marston throws a shot from downtown. Knight moves away and avoids it.
Marston throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Knight counter with a right hand.

It looks like John Marston has been cut.
Marston lands a nice hook to Knight's body. Knight takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Knight looks to score with a jab to the body but Marston is just out of range.
Marston misses with an uppercut.
Knight goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Marston is looking for the big counter here.
Marston throws a hook to the side of Knight's head but Knight sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Marston displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knight throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Marston lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Marston.
Marston takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Knight looks to score with a jab to the body but Marston is just out of range.
Marston throws a combination that misses
enabling Knight to counter with a crisp jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knight misses with a wild body shot.
Knight tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Marston is able to avoid easily.
Marston swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Knight steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Marston.
Knight swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Knight keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Knight ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Knight is looking to counter with a body kick.
Marston connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Nice cross by Marston.
Knight throws a body punch but Marston moves out of range.
Marston looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Knight swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Knight misses the target.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Marston! But no joy.
Knight throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Marston counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Marston takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Marston is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Knight.
A counter left hand to the body from Knight misses its target.
Knight lands a lovely overhand right.
Marston changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Marston with a body punch. A glancing blow.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Marston comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Marston has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Marston!
In his post fight interview, John Marston gave a big smile as he said 'I dunno sounds like a lot of effort to me. I think I'd prefer red dead 2 and pornhub'.
The defeated Jed Knight had this to say: 'Back to the lab. I'll be back though.'.