PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tyrone Rage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Knubble (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mike Knubble has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Rage
vs
Knubble

179 cm
18
166 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

180 cm
21
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Good in bed

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tyrone Rage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mike Knubble!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Gregory Folan and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knubble wants to clinch.

Rage clinches up with Knubble and pushes him back against the cage.
Knubble using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rage has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Knubble landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees to the body from Rage.
Knubble with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Knubble looking to throw knees to the head but Rage is blocking nicely.
Knubble misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rage.
Rage can't break the clinch.
Rage throws an elbow but it misses.
Rage controlling the action here for a moment.
Rage misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Knubble.
Rage blocks the elbow strike.
Knubble looking to throw knees to the head but Rage is blocking nicely.
Knubble scores a nice knee to the body.
Knubble is pressed up against the cage. Rage has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Knubble down to the mat. Knubble avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Rage is breathing heavily.
Rage wants to clinch up but Knubble keeps it at a distance.

Rage has closed the distance and engaged Knubble in a clinch.
A knee to the head by Knubble.
Knubble on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knubble misses with an elbow strike.
Knubble lands a damaging elbow.
Knubble tries to land knees in the clinch but Rage avoids the damage to the body.
Knubble throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rage blocks it with crossed arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knubble tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rage wants to break the clinch but can't.
Knubble landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rage is trying to stall.
Knubble misses with a knee to the head.
Knubble scores with a knee to the head.
Rage on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rage throws an elbow but it misses.
Knubble with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Knubble using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rage has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rage takes a knee right on the jaw!
Knubble misses with a knee to the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Rage takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Rage is trying to break free.
Knubble landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rage fails to pull guard.
Knees to the body from Rage.
Rage lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
With the fighters up against the cage, Rage throws an elbow but misses.
Knubble using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rage has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Knubble misses with a knee to the head.
Rage looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Knubble avoiding damage as Rage throws knees to the body.

Rage manages to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rage lands a nice looking body kick.

Rage rushes Knubble and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Knubble lands a nice elbow.
Knubble landing knees to the body.
Knubble throws a knee to the head but misses.
Knubble with a knee to the head.
Knubble with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knubble with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Knubble managing to block the knees to the body from Rage.
Knubble misses with a knee strike.
Rage wants to get back to striking at distance but Knubble won't allow it.
Knubble misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rage.
Knubble looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Knubble landing knees to the head.
Knubble throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rage blocks it with crossed arms.
Knubble throws a knee to the head but misses.
Knubble connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rage's face.
Knubble lands an elbow inside.

Rage is rocked!
Knees to the body from Knubble.
Oh Rage is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Knubble connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rage's face.
Rage tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tyrone Rage. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Knubble using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rage has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rage tries to break the clinch but Knubble is controlling the position.
Knubble tries to land a knee to the head but Rage blocks with his arms.
Knubble misses with a knee strike.
Knubble throws a knee to the head but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rage.
Rage seems to have got his legs back now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knubble with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rage lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rage throws an elbow but it misses.
Rage controlling the action here for a moment.
Rage tries to break the clinch but Knubble is controlling the position.
Knubble tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rage lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Knubble takes an elbow to the temple.
Knubble throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rage tries for a takedown. No joy.
Knubble managing to block the knees to the body from Rage.
Rage leaning against his opponent.
Knubble throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rage blocks it with crossed arms.
Knubble looking to throw knees to the head but Rage is blocking nicely.

Rage breaks the clinch.
Rage fails with an attempt to clinch.
Knubble is looking to clinch.
Knubble stuffs the takedown attempt from Rage. Rage gets slowly back to his feet.
Rage avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Knubble fails in his attempt to clinch.
Knubble tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Knubble tries to clinch up but Rage circles away and keeps his distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Knubble doesn't manage to clinch there - Rage circles away.
Rage tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Knubble holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Knubble landing knees to the body.

Rage breaks from the clinch.

Knubble closes the distance and clinches.
Knubble throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rage blocks it with crossed arms.
Rage is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Knubble is keeping busy.
Knubble landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Knubble.
Rage misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Knubble.
Knees in the clinch landing for Knubble.
Nice elbow from Knubble.
Knubble with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Knubble using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rage is trying to break free.
Knubble trying to land knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Knubble managing to block the knees to the body from Rage.
Knubble misses with a knee to the head.
Rage trying to stall but Knubble improves his position.
Rage can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Knubble.
Knubble throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rage blocks it with crossed arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Knubble dominated that round.
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.

Knubble clinches but Rage breaks the clinch

and Rage moves into the clinch.
Knubble tries to land a knee to the head but Rage blocks with his arms.
Knubble tries to land knees in the clinch but Rage avoids the damage to the body.
Rage lands a nice knee to the body.
Knubble throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rage blocks it with crossed arms.
Knubble tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rage looking to throw knees to the head but Knubble is blocking nicely.
Knubble missing with knees to the body.
Rage landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knubble tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rage stalling in the clinch but Knubble improves position.
Rage wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Knubble has him pressed against the cage.
Nice elbow from Knubble.

Rage breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Knubble closes the distance and clinches.
A knee to the head by Knubble.
Rage throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Knubble blocks it with crossed arms.
Knees in the clinch landing for Knubble.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Rage breaks the clinch.
Rage tries to clinch up but Knubble circles away and keeps his distance.
Knubble tries to clinch but Rage moves out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Rage moves into the clinch.
Rage is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Knubble is keeping busy.
Knubble throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rage blocks it with crossed arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rage has Knubble pressed against the cage.
Knubble tries to land a knee to the head but Rage blocks with his arms.
Mike Knubble seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Knubble landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knubble with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Knubble lands a knee to the body.
Rage avoiding damage as Knubble throws knees to the body.
Knubble tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Knubble using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knubble scores with a knee to the head.
Rage takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rage managing to block the knees to the body from Knubble.
Knubble landing knees to the body.
Knubble with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knubble misses with an elbow strike.
Knubble misses with a knee strike.
Rage using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rage is trying to break free.
Knubble blocks an elbow strike from Rage.
Rage taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Knubble avoiding damage as Rage throws knees to the body.
Rage misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Knubble.
Knubble tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rage missing with knees to the body.
Knubble avoiding damage as Rage throws knees to the body.
Rage trying to land knees to the body.
Knubble tries a knee to the head but Rage blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rage misses with an elbow over the top.
Rage has Knubble pressed against the cage.
Knubble tries to land a knee to the head but Rage blocks with his arms.
Rage tries to score a body lock takedown but Knubble shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Knubble landing knees to the head.
Rage is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Knubble throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rage blocks it with crossed arms.
Knubble misses with a knee strike.
Knubble throws a knee to the head but misses.
Knubble tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rage landing knees to the body.
Knubble gets underhooks to prevent Rage's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tyrone Rage. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rage avoiding damage as Knubble throws knees to the body.
Knubble with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rage tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Knubble with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Knubble lands a nice knee to the body.
Knubble throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rage blocks it with crossed arms.
Rage blocks the elbow strike.
Rage managing to block the knees to the body from Knubble.
Knubble lands a knee to the body.
Rage tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knubble lands an elbow just above Rage 's eye.
Stalling in the clinch from Rage.
Rage missing with knees to the body.

Rage manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rage throws a combination. Knubble tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Knubble darts in trying to clinch

and Rage counters by moving into the clinch.
Rage tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knubble letting Rage take a breather here.
Rage is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Knubble is keeping busy.
Knubble missing with knees to the body.
Rage is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Knubble trying to land knees to the body.
Rage wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Knubble looking to throw knees to the head but Rage is blocking nicely.
Knubble trying to land knees to the body.
Knubble tries to land a knee to the head but Rage blocks with his arms.
Knubble tries to land a knee to the head but Rage blocks with his arms.
Knubble throws a knee to the head but misses.
Knubble lands a knee to the body.
Knubble looking to throw knees to the head but Rage is blocking nicely.
Knubble tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Knubble missing with knees to the body.
Knubble gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rage looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knubble landing knees to the head.
Knubble trying to land knees to the body.
Knubble looking to throw knees to the head but Rage is blocking nicely.
The is referee keeping an eye on Rage - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Knubble tries to land a knee to the head but Rage blocks with his arms.
Rage lands an elbow inside.
Knubble tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rage taking a breather.
Knubble tries a knee to the head but Rage blocks it.
Knubble tries a knee to the head but Rage blocks it.
Rage tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rage takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rage is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Knubble misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Rage tries to land a knee to the head but Knubble blocks with his arms.
Knubble tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knubble landing knees to the body.
Knubble tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rage misses with a knee to the head.
Knubble scores with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Knubble.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Mike Knubble will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Knubble tries to clinch up

and Rage counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Rage.
Rage content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Rage wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Knubble has him pressed against the cage.
Rage avoiding damage as Knubble throws knees to the body.
Knubble looking to throw knees to the head but Rage is blocking nicely.
Knubble with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Knubble with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Knubble with a knee to the head.
Knubble connects with a knee to the head.

Rage breaks the clinch.
Rage avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Knubble circles away from the clinch attempt

and Knubble counters by moving into the clinch.
Knubble tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Knubble tries a knee to the head but Rage blocks it.
Knubble misses with a knee to the head.
Knubble trying to land knees to the body.
Rage wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rage dodges an elbow strike from Knubble.

Rage breaks the clinch.
Rage tries to clinch

and Knubble counters by clinching up.
Knubble with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Knubble looking to throw knees to the head but Rage is blocking nicely.
Knubble takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rage blocks an elbow strike from Knubble.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Knubble tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Knubble lands a nice knee to the body.
Knubble misses with a knee strike.
Rage pressing his opponent against the cage.
Knubble with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rage has Knubble pressed against the cage.
Rage misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Knubble.
Knees to the body from Rage.
Rage stalling in the clinch.
Knubble throws an elbow but it misses.
Rage stalling in the clinch.
Rage with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Knubble scores with a knee to the head.
A bit of stalling here from Rage.
Knubble throws a knee to the head but misses.
Knubble tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knubble lands a damaging elbow.
Knubble throws a knee to the head but misses.
Knubble tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knubble misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Rage drags the fight down to the ground.
Knubble missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Knubble throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Knubble throws a strike but Rage rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Knubble looking for a sweep. Not yet Knubble, not yet.
Rage wants to control from the top but Knubble keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rage wanted to stand there but Knubble had control of the position.
Knubble striking off his back but it's not causing Rage any problems.
Knubble wants to sweep but no luck.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Rage circles away from the clinch attempt

and Rage moves into the clinch.
Rage wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rage tries a knee to the head but Knubble blocks it.
Knees to the body from Knubble.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rage scores with a knee to the head.
Rage scores a nice knee to the body.
Knubble on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knubble misses with a knee to the head.
Knubble throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rage is trying to stall.
Knubble missing with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Knubble.
Rage tries to land knees in the clinch but Knubble avoids the damage to the body.
Nice elbow from Knubble.
Knubble missing with knees to the body.
Rage wants to break the clinch but can't.
Knubble lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rage avoiding damage as Knubble throws knees to the body.
Knubble misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rage.
Rage landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knubble throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rage blocks the elbow strike.
Knubble gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rage looking for a takedown.
Knubble tries a knee to the head but Rage blocks it.
Knubble with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Rage breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Rage gets a clinch.
Knubble on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knubble tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for Rage to work.
Knubble tries a knee to the head but Rage blocks it.
Rage pressing his opponent against the cage.
Knubble connects with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Knubble.
Knubble with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Rage breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Knubble avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rage lands with an overhand left.
Rage tries to clinch there but Knubble circles away.
Rage throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rage tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Knubble swivels and escapes.
Knubble tries to clinch

and Rage counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Rage tries to land knees in the clinch but Knubble avoids the damage to the body.
Knubble landing knees to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Knubble lands a big knee to the head and Rage goes down! Knubble pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:52 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mike Knubble!