PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bob Pickleson (ranked 4111 p4p, 2849 weight class) and Chuck Knuckles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Pickleson
vs
Knuckles

200 cm
25
250
0 - 0 - 0

198 cm
25
265
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Sakura Style

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bob Pickleson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chuck Knuckles!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Kenichi Hosakawa and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knuckles fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pickleson manages to avoid it.

Pickleson drives through and clinches with Knuckles against the cage.
Pickleson changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Knuckles fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Knuckles slaps away a takedown attempt from Pickleson, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Pickleson tries to clinch
enabling Knuckles to counter with a crisp jab.
Pickleson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Pickleson shoots in but Knuckles avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Knuckles is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Pickleson with a body shot.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bob Pickleson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knuckles misses with a few strikes there.
Pickleson moves to clinch but Knuckles breaks away

and Knuckles counters with a nice right hand that sends Pickleson toppling to the canvas! Pickleson scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Knuckles finish him?!

Pickleson is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pickleson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Pickleson is trying hard to land a takedown here. Knuckles sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
A little jabbing left from Knuckles on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Pickleson is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Knuckles. Beautiful body shot.
Knuckles drops Pickleson with a huge uppercut! Pickleson drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Knuckles is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chuck Knuckles!
In his post fight interview, Chuck Knuckles started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.