PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Demolition Ax (ranked 3463 p4p, 4408 weight class) and Marcus Knight (ranked 383 p4p, 0 weight class). Marcus Knight has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Demolition Ax's chin.

Ax
vs
Knight

190 cm
25
240
2 - 0 - 0

190 cm
23
220
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Demolition Ax!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marcus Knight!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Eddie Farnsworth and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Knight.
Demolition Ax seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Knight goes for a double leg but Ax avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Ax continues to drive forward.
Knight misses with a takedown attempt - Ax sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Demolition Ax has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marcus Knight.

Ax shoots in and bounces Knight off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Ax wants to pass the guard but Knight is keeping the position.

Knight is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Ax defends well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ax showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ax postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ax looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Ax working some strikes from top position.
Ax seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Ax cracks Knight with a solid left hand.
Ax wants to control from the top but Knight keeps moving.
Ax distracts Knight with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ax with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ax looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Ax has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ax accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Knight has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Ax has passed into side control.
Knight looks to move to half guard but instead Ax has passed into mount! Damn!
Ax lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Knight looks winded!

Ax jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Knight manages to avoid the submission attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ax slows the pace down.
Ax scores with punches from side control.
Ax creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
The referee asks Ax politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Ax prefers to stall for the moment though.
Ax's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

Ax is trying to get an arm triangle but Knight is defending well.
Ax is putting a hurting on Knight here, landing some big shots from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ax moves into full mount!
Ax scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Knight?
Ax lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Knight takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ax softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Knight is out cold! Ax jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Demolition Ax!