PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Darsin Bleak (ranked 278 p4p, 578 weight class) and Trane Knox (ranked 35 p4p, 72 weight class). Knox has chosen Blue World | John Coltrane as his entrance music. Darsin Bleak could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Trane Knox's chin.

Bleak
vs
Knox

180 cm
22
160
9 - 0 - 0

176 cm
22
165
5 - 3 - 0

Great wrestler
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

HARDCORE Threads
Hardcore Alchemy

Voodoo Nutrition
Money Inc. (160Q with Proof ) 165$

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Darsin Bleak!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Trane Knox!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Daniel Franklin and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bleak is trying hard to land a takedown here. Knox sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Bleak swings for the body but Knox moves out of range.
Knox ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Knox swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Bleak scores with a jab to the body.
Knox throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bleak throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Knox misses with a looping left.
Bleak throws a body punch but Knox moves out of range.
A little jabbing left from Knox on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A swing and a miss from Bleak.
Bleak lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bleak is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Knox fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bleak manages to avoid it.

Bleak scores with a takedown into Knox's guard.
Bleak passes Knox's left leg - he's now in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knox blocking the ground and pound attempt from Bleak.
Bleak is looking to advance position but Knox won't allow it.
Knox is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Knox has hold of Bleak's hands but Bleak slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Knox moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Knox working a defensive guard here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Knox wants to sweep but no luck.
Bleak lands a couple of elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bleak passes Knox's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Bleak working the head and body with strikes.
Knox works his way to full guard. Good work.
Knox trying to control the position.
Bleak is working Knox over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Bleak tries to free his leg and advance position but Knox is retaining full guard.
Knox lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Bleak is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Knox is aware though and is defending well.

Bleak looking for a guillotine here but Knox defends easily.
Knox with a nice head shot there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Bleak has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Knox can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Knox trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Knox working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Bleak's head.
Bleak lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Knox keeping full guard, as Bleak tries to pass.
Bleak stopping the sweep attempt from Knox.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bleak loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Bleak throwing strikes from guard but Knox blocks nicely.
Bleak wants to pass the guard but Knox is keeping the position.

Knox throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Knox can't keep his opponent in guard - Bleak advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Bleak 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.
Knox is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Bleak scores with a couple of nice shots.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Darsin Bleak dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Bleak avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bleak just misses with a punch to the body.
Knox scores with a jab. Bleak acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Knox takes one to the chin there.
Knox lands a nice shot to the body.
Bleak slips a jab and a cross from Knox.
Bleak throws the left hand but Knox avoids the punch easily.
Knox throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bleak tries to counter with a takedown but Knox is quick to defend against it.
Bleak lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A swing and a miss from Knox.
Bleak half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bleak moves out of range of the strikes.
Knox throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bleak shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Knox pinned against the cage. Knox gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bleak throws a lazy right hand but Knox sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bleak shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Knox as he jumps to the side.
Bleak fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Knox looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

Bleak shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Knox has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Bleak is working away from the top position though.
Bleak wants to pass to mount but Knox is defending the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knox wants to get back to full guard.
Knox blocking the ground and pound attempt from Bleak.
Bleak lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Bleak trying to control the pace.

Bleak is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Knox has managed to free his arm - good work.
Bleak is just content to waste time from the top position. Knox takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bleak stopping the sweep attempt from Knox.
Bleak wants to pass the guard but Knox is keeping the position.
Darsin Bleak overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bleak trying to move into half guard but instead Knox has managed to sweep!

Bleak escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Knox gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Knox trying to control the position from guard on top but Bleak is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Bleak throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Knox wants to pass the guard but Bleak is keeping the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Bleak looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Knox has picked Bleak up and slammed him! Bleak can't keep hold of the triangle and Knox manages to pass to side control!
Bleak tries to bench press Knox off him but Knox keeps the position.
Knox trying to control the position but Bleak is working away.
Bleak tries to buck Knox off but Knox is having none of it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bleak is trying to control Knox's posture but Knox avoids it.
Knox working the head and body with strikes.
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 Darsin Bleak will probably get the nod.
That's time! Bleak's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!

Knox throws a body punch but Bleak moves out of range.
Bleak ducks under a wild hook from Knox.
Bleak closes this distance looking for a takedown but Knox circles away.
Knox displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bleak throws out the jab.
Knox looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

Bleak shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Knox is trying to defend but Bleak finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Bleak works his foot free and advances to mount.
Bleak throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knox is in a horrible position here. Bleak smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Bleak working the ground and pound effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bleak scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Knox?
Bleak with good strikes from the mount here!
Bleak lands a big shot there that rocks Knox but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Bleak lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Knox hang on?
Knox is wriggling around trying to escape.
Bleak lands a big elbow.

Knox is rocked!
Bleak cracks Knox with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Knox is still in real trouble! Can Bleak finish him?
Bleak 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.
Knox is desperately trying to improve his position but Bleak has a good base and remains in mount.
Bleak is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Knox can do to turn this around?
The referee warns Knox that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bleak landing strikes, looking to finish!
Bleak drops a big elbow. That's hurt Knox! More shots from Bleak and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Darsin Bleak!
Our winner, Darsin Bleak, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
In defeat, Trane Knox stepped up to the mic, saying '"If you haven't lost in this sport, you haven't fought the right guys yet." (Matt Hughes) '.