PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rick Rude (ranked 1200 p4p, 2845 weight class) and Bobby Knuckles (ranked 43 p4p, 99 weight class). Rude comes to the cage accompanied by Beautiful People by - Marilyn Manson . 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.

Rude
vs
Knuckles

199 cm
26
290
2 - 2 - 0

198 cm
25
290
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Vegan Gains

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rick Rude!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bobby Knuckles !
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Chad Campbell and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rude on the wrong end of a nice hook.

It looks like Rick Rude has been cut.
Rude's corner calls for a 1-2. Rude obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Knuckles falls off balance throwing a combination
and Rude counters with a nice uppercut.

It looks like Bobby Knuckles has been cut.
Knuckles swings widly with a right hand
and Rude counters with a nice uppercut.
Rude lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Knuckles at a distance.
Rude looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Rude ducks under a wild hook from Knuckles .

Rude clinches.
Rude stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Rude lands an uppercut.
Knuckles looks winded!
Rude softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rude lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Knuckles looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Rude is struggling to control the position.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rude.
A short body shot lands from Rude as the two fighters clinch.
Rude lands a nice uppercut.
Rude makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rude working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Stalling in the clinch from Rude.
Rude scores with a shot to the side of Knuckles 's head.
Nice body punch from Rude - that landed with a thud.
Rude scores with a shoulder strike.
Rude lands a left hand that snaps the head of Knuckles backwards.
Rude lands a left hand.

Rude drops Knuckles onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Knuckles is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Knuckles is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rude lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Knuckles or not.
Rude lands a body punch.
Rude scores with a nice hook to the head.
Knuckles is still on wobbly legs! Can Rude finish him?
A right hand to the body from Rude.
Knuckles seems to have recovered his senses.
Rude throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Rude pushes Knuckles back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Knuckles letting Rude take a breather here.
Rude working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rude scores with a shoulder strike.
Rude scores with a nice hook to the head.

Rude drops Knuckles onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Knuckles is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Rude dips a shoulder and cracks Knuckles with a mighty uppercut! Knuckles falls back against the cage and Rude unloads with a barrage of strikes! Knuckles is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Rude screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rick Rude!
In his post fight interview, Rick Rude gave a big smile as he said 'I'm just......RAVISHING '.