PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Carson Tully (ranked 3722 p4p, 2226 weight class) and Marshall Knight (ranked 0 p4p, 251 weight class). Tully kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Aztec Tribe - Pistoleros. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Tully
vs
Knight

180 cm
29
190
10 - 7 - 0

197 cm
25
200
4 - 0 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Great elbows
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Mythical Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Carson Tully!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marshall Knight!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Percy O'Donnell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tully closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Knight quickly recovers to half guard.
Tully prevents Knight from standing back up.
Knight tries to kick Tully off in order to stand up. Tully Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Tully working the head with strikes.
Tully lands a decent elbow from side control.
Tully working the body and head with strikes.
Knight is working to avoid the ground and pound but Tully connects with a decent elbow.
Tully cracks Knight with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tully cracks Knight with a big right hand but Knight just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Knight is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Tully asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Tully lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knight takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Tully working the head and body with strikes.
Tully scoring with punches and elbows.
Tully working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

Knight is rocked!
Tully lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Knight down.
Knight is still in real trouble! Can Tully finish him?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tully scores with punches from side control.
Knight taking a bit of punishment here - Tully scoring with strikes.
Knight takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Knight pushes Tully away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Tully gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Knight seems to have recovered his senses.
Tully cracks Knight with a big elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tully scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Knight is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Tully can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Carson Tully!
An out of breath Carson Tully thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.