PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Terrell Knight (ranked 326 p4p, 754 weight class) and Simon Soap (ranked 47 p4p, 105 weight class). Knight comes to the cage accompanied by HonestKey- Keep Fightin'. Soap has chosen Clean Up - Barney The Purple Dinosaur as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Knight
vs
Soap

177 cm
23
179
10 - 5 - 0

186 cm
24
185
5 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Terrell Knight!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Simon Soap!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Elvis Blanc and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Soap throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A good leg kick by Soap.
Soap throws out a loose jab but Knight uses good head movement to avoid it.
Soap thumps Knight with a low kick.
Soap on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Knight slips a jab from Soap.

Knight shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Soap's guard.
Knight throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Knight accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Knight connects with a couple of short punches.
Soap avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Knight postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Soap keeping moving, preventing Knight from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knight postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Knight tries to free his leg and advance position but Soap is retaining full guard.
Knight won't allow Soap to get back to his feet.
Knight throwing strikes but missing.
Knight 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.
Knight lands a couple of digs.
Knight passes Soap's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Knight prevents Soap from standing back up.
Soap is in trouble now - Knight has advanced to mount!
Soap is looking to improve his position but Knight isn't that keen on the idea.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knight with shots to the head and body - Soap looks very uncomfortable down there.
Soap really wants to buck Knight off and get back to his feet.
Soap avoids a series of strikes thrown by Knight.
Knight is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Soap taking shots to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Soap is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Knight throwing strikes here but Soap is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Soap is trying to stand.
Knight trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Knight unloads with some shots from mount but Soap bucks and avoids them well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soap is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Knight definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Knight throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Soap wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Soap is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Soap is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Knight throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Knight lands a couple of good shots and Soap has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Knight scores with punches and elbows.
Knight lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knight landing with strikes.
Knight throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
Knight lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Soap is trying to get back to his feet but Knight has full control of the position and if anything, Soap has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Knight throwing sloppy strikes.
Knight missing with punches from the back.
Knight landing with strikes.
Knight scores with strikes from the back.
Knight throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Knight thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
Knight connects with a big shot to the side of Soap's head.
Knight lands shots from the back.
Knight punches the canvas rather than the man.
Soap wants to get back to his feet.
Knight lands shots from the back.
Knight throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
Knight lands a shot to the body.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Soap is trying to get back to his feet but Knight has full control of the position and if anything, Soap has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Knight is landing with strikes. Soap can't take much more of this.
Knight lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Soap hold on?!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Soap covering up well under a series of strikes from Knight.
Knight somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Knight misses with an elbow to the head.
Soap covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Knight has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Soap.
Knight throwing wild punches that miss their target.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Knight missing with punches from the back.
Knight scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Soap is looking for a way out.

Soap is trying to shake Knight off. He's managed it and has hopped back to his feet! Knight won't be happy about giving up the dominant position.
Knight throws a big shot that misses.
Soap misses with a hook. Knight ducked under it nicely.
Knight feinted with a counter takedown.
Soap swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Knight clobbers Soap with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Knight throws a jab but it's blocked by Soap.
Knight throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Soap makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A swing and a miss from Soap.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Soap throws a sloppy head kick and Knight moves out of range easily.
Simon Soap seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Soap defending well as Knight loads up on a big left hand.
Soap looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Soap scores with a leg kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Soap fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Knight.
A swing and a miss from Soap.
Good work by Knight as he checks the leg kick.
Knight scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Jab from Knight.
Soap fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Knight connects with a good right hand that stumbles Soap. Soap circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Knight connects with a right hand. Soap shakes it off.
Knight misses with an uppercut. Soap saw that one coming.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Knight rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Soap counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Knight displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Soap throws out the jab.
Soap throws a quick inside leg kick.
Soap throws a looping overhand right but Knight ducks down to avoid it.
Knight feinted with a counter takedown.
A solid leg kick lands there for Soap.

Knight throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Soap was covering up waiting for the punch and Knight finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Knight is working Soap over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Knight is looking to work some ground and pound but Soap has wrist control.

Soap has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Knight is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Soap lands a left hand that snaps the head of Knight backwards.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Terrell Knight dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Knight ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Soap moves away.
Soap throws a hook but Knight blocks it.
Soap tries to work over Knight's front leg with a kick but Knight checks it.
Knight misses with an uppercut
and Soap connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Soap takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Knight misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Soap looks to throw the jab but Knight is out of range.
Knight tries to counter with a takedown but Soap is quick to defend against it.
Soap shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knight gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Soap.
Soap slips a straight right by Knight.
Knight misses with a body punch
and Soap counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Knight is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Soap takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Simon Soap seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knight uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Soap.
Knight changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
A jab from Soap misses.
It looked like Knight wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Knight throws a body shot but no joy.
Soap throws a leg kick that is checked

and Knight counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Nice strikes from Knight there.
Knight sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Soap defending well though.
Knight throwing shots but Soap is blocking nicely.
Knight lands strikes from half guard.
Terrell Knight overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Knight prevents Soap from improving his position.
Soap wants to get back to his feet.
Soap keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soap is trying to stand up here but Knight is controlling him well.
Soap has hold of Knight's hands but Knight slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Soap is trying to stand.
Soap taking some punishment here, with Knight in his half guard.
Knight is nestled in close to Soap, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knight content to control rather than advance.
Soap felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Knight drops an elbow to the side of Soap's head.
Nice strikes from Knight there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knight scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Knight drops an elbow to the side of Soap's head.
Knight throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Knight prevents Soap from standing back up.
Knight missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Knight looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Soap with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Knight is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Soap is rocked!
Knight thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Soap's head.
Knight wants to pass to mount but Soap is defending the position.
Knight seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knight scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Soap is still in real trouble! Can Knight finish him?
Knight stops Soap from getting back to his feet.
Soap seems to have recovered his senses.

Soap has one foot on Knight's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Good leg kick by Soap.
Soap pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knight tests Soap's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Simon Soap is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Soap moves out of range of the strikes.
Knight throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Soap sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Soap fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Knight.
Soap throws a body punch but Knight moves out of range.
Knight is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Soap smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Knight. Soap does a little dance to reset his feet.
Soap throws a solid leg kick but Knight takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Soap.
Soap misses with a leg kick
and Knight counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Knight lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Soap buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A slow jab from Knight misses its intended target.
Knight misses the shot to the body.
Knight jabs at Soap's body.
Knight throws the left hand but Soap avoids the punch easily.
Knight swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Knight tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Soap was well out of range. Poor timing from Knight.
Soap only half commits to the counter leg kick.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Knight throws a hook but Soap avoids it easily.
Soap thows a left - swing and a miss!
Knight digs a good hook to Soap's body.
Knight throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Soap sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Knight throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Soap.
Knight throws a jab when Soap was well out of range.
Knight throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Knight looks to land a right hand but Soap moved out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Soap throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Knight misses with a straight right.
Knight keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Soap.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Soap stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Knight pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Soap dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Knight. That did some damage!
Soap dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Knight. That did some damage!
Knight throws a jab when Soap was well out of range.
Knight is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Soap can do to turn this around?
Soap throws a right and a left that Knight avoids nicely.
A jab from Soap finds it's way through Knight's defenses.
Soap throws a quick inside leg kick.
A jab from Soap does it's job there.
Knight misses with a wild combination.
Soap misses with a hook. Knight ducked under it nicely.
Knight tries to counter with a takedown but Soap is quick to defend against it.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Soap motions for Knight to come forward. Soap throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Soap fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Soap, as that shot connected.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Knight misses the jab.
Soap throws a leg kick that is checked

and Knight counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Knight drops an elbow to the side of Soap's head.
Knight looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

Soap manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Knight throws a body punch but Soap moves out of range.
Soap flicks out a counter leg kick but Knight steps away.
Knight moves into range and connects with a jab.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Soap waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Knight.
Soap slips a jab from Knight.
Soap ducks under a wild hook from Knight.
A swing and a miss from Soap.
Soap connects with the punch.
Soap misses the jab.
Soap avoids the body shot from Knight.
Knight swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Soap takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
The fighters circle momentarily. Knight darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Terrell Knight dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Soap lands with a thumping leg kick.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Soap enables Knight to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Soap manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Knight working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Knight throws a big elbow that misses.
Knight throwing strikes but missing.
Soap wants to stand up but Knight is controlling him.
Knight with a nice head shot there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Knight accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Knight postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knight throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Soap works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Knight postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Knight throwing strikes from guard but Soap blocks nicely.

Soap manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
Soap misses with a punch to the body.
Knight goes for a takedown in the clinch but Soap prevents it.
Soap lands a left hand.
Soap lands a damaging elbow.
Knight prevents a body shot from Soap.
Soap lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Knight prevents a body shot from Soap.
Knight has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Soap lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Knight or not.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soap working aggressively here.
Soap tries to throw a body punch but Knight avoids it by throwing Soap back against the cage.
Soap pushes Knight back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Knight wants to take the fight to the mat but Soap manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Soap tries to throw a body punch but Knight avoids it by throwing Soap back against the cage.

Knight breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Knight throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knight slips under a jab.
Soap scores with a sloppy right hand. Knight should have avoided that one.
Knight scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Good work by Knight as he checks the leg kick.
Soap lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A looping hook to the body misses from Soap. Knight does a little dance to reset his feet.
Knight drops down looking for a counter takedown but Soap sprawls and moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soap throws a sloppy head kick and Knight moves out of range easily.
Nice jab there from Knight.
Knight uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Soap.
Knight misses the jab.
Knight misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Soap.
Soap uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Knight.
A low kick from Soap misses

and Knight counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Soap!
Knight tries to score with some ground and pound. Soap controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Knight scores with punches from side control.
Knight trying to control the position but Soap is working away.
Knight misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soap avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Knight.
Soap is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Soap tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Soap is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Knight has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Knight throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knight in side control, throwing shots but Soap defends.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Knight trying to control the action but Soap is working from the bottom.
Soap tries to improve position but can't.
Soap tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
Even with his hooks in, Knight manages to miss with strikes from the back.
Soap is trying to get back to his feet but Knight has full control of the position and if anything, Soap has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Knight is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Soap up.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Knight throws strikes from the back but Soap rolls nicely and manages to end up in full guard. Nice work by Soap.
Knight throws a big right hand that misses.
Knight trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Knight with a nice head shot there.
Knight throwing strikes but missing.
Soap is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Knight is controlling him.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Knight cracks Soap with a solid left hand.

Soap has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Knight is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Soap is pressed up against the cage. Knight has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Soap down to the mat. Soap avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Terrell Knight. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Knight ducks under a wild hook from Soap.
Soap bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Knight's head.
Knight looks to land a right hand but Soap moved out of range.
Soap misses with a low kick.
Knight misses with a straight right.
Soap looks to land a right hand but Knight moved out of range.
Simon Soap has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Soap.
Soap with the inside leg kick.
Soap misses with an uppercut

and Knight counters with a takedown into side control.

Soap throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knight swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Soap lands with a cross.

Knight looking for a takedown here - he's got it.

Soap uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Soap is looking to slow Knight down with leg kicks.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Knight takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Soap scores with a head kick. Knight tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Knight ducks under a wild hook from Soap.
Some wild striking there from Knight.
Soap fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Knight has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Soap throws a quick inside leg kick.
Terrell Knight is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Soap throws an overhand right that lands on Knight's shoulder, as Knight tries to avoid the shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Simon Soap comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Knight has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 29:28
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:28
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Terrell Knight!
Terrell Knight retains his welterweight title!
A very excited looking Terrell Knight made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.