PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sandy Conner (ranked 25067 p4p, 3862 weight class) and Marshall Knight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Conner
vs
Knight

167 cm
18
205
0 - 6 - 0

197 cm
25
202
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Hates pizza

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sandy Conner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marshall Knight!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Emerson Jorge and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Conner looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Conner misses with a takedown attempt - Knight sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Knight lands a big uppercut and Conner crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Conner looks OK. Knight waves Conner back to his feet!

It looks like Sandy Conner has been cut.
Conner looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Knight is fending him off so far but Conner persists. Nope, Knight circles away and we're back to standing.
And Knight tries to counter it with a takedown but Conner pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Knight cracks Conner with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Conner tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Knight pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Conner is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marshall Knight!