PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Twisty Kneereaper (ranked 955 p4p, 490 weight class) and Al Ghouti (ranked 140 p4p, 71 weight class). Ghouti is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by DAM - JASADIK-HOM. 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.

Kneereaper
vs
Ghouti

177 cm
28
170
12 - 8 - 0

177 cm
26
174
9 - 3 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
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 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Twisty Kneereaper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Al Ghouti!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kneereaper throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ghouti is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Ghouti throws a hook but Kneereaper avoids it easily.
Kneereaper sizes up Ghouti with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Kneereaper misses with a left hand
and Ghouti cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kneereaper lands with a straight right. Ghouti didn't see that one coming.
Ghouti moves away from the strike by Kneereaper.
Kneereaper sets himself, and Ghouti steps forward looking for the clinch! Kneereaper avoids it this time.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Kneereaper enables Ghouti to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Kneereaper manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.

Kneereaper is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Ghouti is in close to Kneereaper's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Ghouti trying to control but Kneereaper is working from the bottom.

Ghouti avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Kneereaper throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kneereaper looking for a guillotine here but Ghouti defends easily.
Ghouti is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Ghouti distracts Kneereaper with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Ghouti cracks Kneereaper with a solid left hand.
Kneereaper can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Ghouti controls the pace.

Kneereaper is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Kneereaper looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Ghouti passes Kneereaper's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Kneereaper is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Ghouti's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Ghouti's back!
Kneereaper is hanging on to Ghouti's back as he tries to escape.

Kneereaper is looking for the choke from the back position but Ghouti is controlling his hands well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ghouti defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.

Kneereaper has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Ghouti has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!

Kneereaper has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Ghouti tries to escape but Kneereaper has the hooks in and won't let him break free.

Ghouti is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ghouti trying to control the hands but Kneereaper won't let him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Kneereaper looking for the RNC.

Ghouti fending off the submission attempt from Kneereaper.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kneereaper looking for the choke but no joy.
Kneereaper doesn't have the hooks in and Ghouti manages to turn into his guard.
Ghouti trying to control but Kneereaper is working from the bottom.
Ghouti lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ghouti landing with the ground and pound.
Ghouti works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Ghouti is nestled in close to Kneereaper, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Kneereaper works his way to full guard. Good work.

Kneereaper working for a triangle but Ghouti defends it easily.

Kneereaper has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Ghouti can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Kneereaper has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Ghouti can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Ghouti landing some decent shots from guard.
Ghouti distracts Kneereaper with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

Kneereaper looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Kneereaper is looking for a triangle but Ghouti pushes his legs off easily.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Ghouti's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Ghouti is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Ghouti landing with the ground and pound.

Kneereaper throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Ghouti scoring with some ground and pound.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Al Ghouti will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Ghouti takes one to the side of the head.
Kneereaper throws a looping overhand right but Ghouti ducks down to avoid it.
Ghouti misses with an uppercut
and Kneereaper counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kneereaper dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ghouti. That did some damage!

Ghouti darts in and clinches Kneereaper up against the cage.
Kneereaper tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ghouti's elbow.
Kneereaper blocks a body shot from Ghouti.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ghouti.
A head punch on the inside from Ghouti fails to land.
Ghouti doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ghouti struggles to land a body shot inside as Kneereaper controls his hands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Ghouti jumps guard and drags Kneereaper to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Kneereaper passes easily into side control. Nice work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ghouti is trying to get back to half guard.
Ghouti manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Ghouti is looking to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ghouti trying to hold on to Kneereaper's head to control him but Kneereaper postures up.
Kneereaper wants to pass to mount but Ghouti is defending the position.

Kneereaper is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Ghouti doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Kneereaper.

Kneereaper is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Ghouti defends it well.
Kneereaper is looking to advance position but Ghouti won't allow it.

Kneereaper wants to work for an arm triangle but Ghouti is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Ghouti controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Kneereaper is pressing down on Ghouti's thigh, looking to free his foot. Ghouti is holding on for now.
Kneereaper uses his free foot to push down on Ghouti's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Ghouti.
Ghouti has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ghouti sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Kneereaper trying to pass the guard but Ghouti defending well.
Ghouti keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.

Kneereaper is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Ghouti trying to control but Kneereaper postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ghouti gets full guard.
Ghouti looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Ghouti is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Ghouti keeping full guard, as Kneereaper tries to pass.
Al Ghouti has got the better of the ground game so far.
Ghouti tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Kneereaper pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ghouti is keeping the position for now.
Ghouti lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Ghouti keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Kneereaper's head.

Kneereaper had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Ghouti defends it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ghouti trying to control the position from guard on top but Kneereaper is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Ghouti avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Ghouti postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Kneereaper had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Ghouti defends it easily.

Kneereaper is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Kneereaper working for a triangle but Ghouti defends it easily.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Ghouti's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kneereaper being controlled here, momentarily.
Ghouti chips away with some ground and pound.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Twisty Kneereaper will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Ghouti misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kneereaper.
Ghouti tries to clinch there but Kneereaper circles away.
Ghouti slips a straight right by Kneereaper.
It seemed like Ghouti was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Kneereaper misses with a hook.
Ghouti throws a jab but it's blocked by Kneereaper.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Ghouti!
Nice takedown defense from Kneereaper. No joy for Ghouti on that attempt.
Ghouti with a body punch. A glancing blow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ghouti throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kneereaper sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kneereaper was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Ghouti has his takedown stuffed
and Kneereaper counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Jab by Ghouti.
Twisty Kneereaper is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ghouti looks to score with a jab to the body but Kneereaper is just out of range.
A jab from Kneereaper misses.
Kneereaper throws a lazy uppercut
and Ghouti connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kneereaper misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ghouti.
Kneereaper misses with a straight right.
Kneereaper looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Kneereaper is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ghouti.
Ghouti is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Ghouti scores with a hook to the body. Kneereaper takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

Ghouti clinches with his opponent.
Kneereaper tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kneereaper blocks a body shot from Ghouti.
Kneereaper tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kneereaper tries to pull guard but Ghouti won't allow it.
Ghouti tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kneereaper's elbow.
Nice body punch from Ghouti - that landed with a thud.
Kneereaper misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ghouti blocking some punches.
Ghouti scores with a nice hook to the head.

Ghouti lands a takedown into guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ghouti trying to control but Kneereaper is working from the bottom.

Kneereaper is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Ghouti rolls with it to try and escape but Kneereaper cranks on the arm and Ghouti is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Twisty Kneereaper!
Twisty Kneereaper decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.