PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dean Gaines (ranked 1125 p4p, 1995 weight class) and Terrance Knight (ranked 143 p4p, 235 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Gaines
vs
Knight

182 cm
26
194
12 - 7 - 0

182 cm
24
192
5 - 5 - 1

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World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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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 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dean Gaines!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Terrance Knight!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Alec Ball and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knight swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Knight cracks Gaines with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Gaines waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Knight.
Knight fails to land with a series of punches.
Knight missing with a left hand there. Gaines was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Knight dives in for a single leg takedown but Gaines sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
We've been told by Gaines's head coaches at Temple of Fitness that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Gaines moves out of range as Knight strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knight's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Gaines connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Knight scrambles back to his feet.
Gaines uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Knight.
As Knight tries to get set, Gaines tries to push him back and clinch up but Knight manages to avoid the attempt.
Knight thows a left - swing and a miss!
Knight uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Gaines has time to react.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gaines lands a nice looking body shot.
Gaines gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Knight shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Gaines sprawls well. Gaines wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Knight gets slowly back to his feet.
Gaines was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
The crowd cheers as Knight lands an impressive looking overhand right. Gaines doesn't seem phased though.
Knight misses with a right hand
and Gaines counters with a straight right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gaines is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Knight.
A decent looking cross lands there for Gaines.
Knight steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gaines.
Knight fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gaines manages to avoid it.
Knight throws a poor cross that misses
and Gaines counters with a straight right hand.
Gaines misses with a lunging right hand
and Knight counters with a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knight throws a body punch but Gaines moves out of range.
Gaines is looking to counter punch.
The fighters circling - Gaines throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Knight bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gaines lands a slapping body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knight shoots in looking for a takedown but Gaines manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Knight's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Dean Gaines has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Terrance Knight.
Knight fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Knight lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Knight gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Gaines.
Nice uppercut there from Knight.
Gaines misses with a body shot.
Knight changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Knight paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Gaines swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Knight misses with a hook.
Gaines takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knight just misses with a punch to the body.
A little feinted left hand from Gaines on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Knight keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gaines.
Knight with the counter takedown but Gaines avoids it easily.
Knight misses the shot to the body.
Gaines was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Knight. Gaines does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dean Gaines is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Knight shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Gaines controlling the position well.
Knight missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Gaines is pressing down on Knight's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Knight throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Gaines preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Knight working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Knight trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Knight stops Gaines from standing up.
Knight throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Gaines keeping moving, preventing Knight from controlling successfully.
Knight cracks Gaines with a solid left hand.
Gaines looking for a sweep. Not yet Gaines, not yet.
Knight being controlled here momentarily.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Gaines looking for a sweep. Not yet Gaines, not yet.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Gaines slips under a jab.
Gaines is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
A big right from Gaines misses.
Knight is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Gaines with a body shot.
Gaines misses with a looping right.
Knight changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Knight looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Gaines is fending him off so far but Knight persists. Nope, Gaines circles away and we're back to standing.
Gaines lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A big right from Gaines misses.
Gaines on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Terrance Knight seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Knight misses with a hook.
Gaines was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Gaines takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

Knight fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Gaines sprawls well initially but Knight persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Gaines pushes Knight off looking to stand but Knight dives back in and keeps control.
Knight wants to advance to full mount but Gaines doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Knight sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Gaines wants to get back to his feet but Knight is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Gaines has momentary wrist control but Knight slips an elbow through the middle.
Knight slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Gaines seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Knight content to stall in guard here.
Gaines looking for a sweep. Not yet Gaines, not yet.
Gaines pulls Knight in to control the position.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Gaines throws a shot from downtown. Knight moves away and avoids it.
Knight scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Gaines misses with a body shot.
Knight is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
A shot to the body from Gaines misses
enabling Knight to counter with a crisp jab.
Gaines looks to land a left hand but Knight moved out of range nicely.
Knight with the counter takedown but Gaines avoids it easily.
Knight is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Gaines had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Knight rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Gaines counter with a right hand.
Knight dives in and grabs Gaines's left leg, looking for a takedown. Gaines pushes down on Knight's head and hops out.
Gaines went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Knight stuns Gaines with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A jab from Knight finds it's way through Gaines's defenses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Terrance Knight will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Gaines swings for the body but Knight moves out of range.
Knight misses the shot to the body.
Knight rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Knight takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gaines misses with a right hand
letting Knight counter with a right hand.
Gaines misses with a looping left.
Knight wants to counter with a clinch but Gaines pushes him away.
Knight slips a jab from Gaines.
Knight feints the counter takedown.
Gaines misses with a series of wild punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knight takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knight misses with a hook to the body
and Gaines cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gaines takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Gaines connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Knight uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gaines.
Some wild striking there from Gaines.
Knight bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Knight shoots in but Gaines avoids the takedown attempt easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gaines ducks under a wild hook from Knight.
An attempted straight right counter from Gaines misses the target.
Knight uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gaines.
Knight steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gaines.
Jab, jab by Knight - just one landing.
Knight ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Knight with the counter takedown but Gaines avoids it easily.
A jab from Knight misses.
Gaines is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Knight tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gaines was well out of range. Poor timing from Knight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knight takes a jab right on the kisser.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gaines tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Knight was well out of range. Poor timing from Gaines.
Knight throws a sloppy body shot
and Gaines counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Knight will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gaines wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Knight, as that shot connected.
Knight cracks Gaines with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Nice takedown defense from Gaines. No joy for Knight on that attempt.
Knight lands a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gaines moves out of range of the strikes.
Knight gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Gaines.
Gaines throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Knight takes a swing at Gaines's ribcage but misses.
Gaines throws a body shot but no joy.
Knight feints the counter takedown.
The fighters circling - Gaines throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Knight feints the counter takedown.
Gaines uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Knight.
Knight shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Gaines but Gaines pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Gaines was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Dean Gaines has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Terrance Knight.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Good exchange - Gaines coming out on top.
A telegraphed right hand from Knight misses the target.
Gaines misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Knight.
Knight fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Gaines looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Knight swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Knight walks into a left hand.
Gaines cracks Knight with an open hand slap.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Knight takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Gaines misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gaines jabs Knight to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Gaines misses the jab.
Gaines takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gaines misses with a lunging right hand
and Knight cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Knight fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Gaines looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Knight misses with a straight right.
Gaines looks to land a right hand but Knight moved out of range.
Knight is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Knight ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gaines moves away.
Knight throws an off balance right hand
and Gaines cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gaines uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Knight.
Gaines is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Knight.
Gaines throws a hook but Knight avoids it easily.
Knight throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gaines.
Gaines misses with a hook. Knight ducked under it nicely.
Gaines scores with a jab to the head.

Knight closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Gaines to the mat! Gaines manages to get full guard.

Gaines 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.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Knight.
Gaines struggles to land a body shot inside as Knight controls his hands.
Gaines throws a head punch that misses.
A short right from Gaines.
Gaines tries a body shot but Knight blocks it.
Knight blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Knight goes for a takedown in the clinch but Gaines prevents it.
Gaines gets underhooks to prevent Knight's takedown attempt.
Gaines blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Gaines fails to land.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Knight tries for a takedown but Gaines manages to get underhooks.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gaines.
Knight wants to get back to striking at distance but Gaines won't allow it.
Gaines tries to throw a body punch but Knight avoids it by throwing Gaines back against the cage.
Gaines lands a body punch in the clinch.
Gaines misses with some punches.
Gaines lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Gaines fails to land.
Gaines softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Knight drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Knight goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Gaines uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A big left from Gaines misses.
Gaines uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Knight.
It looked like Gaines wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Knight misses with an uppercut
and Gaines counters with a straight right hand.
Nice sprawl there from Gaines as Knight shoots in.
Gaines uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Knight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gaines throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Knight feints the counter takedown.
Dean Gaines is winning the standup battle so far.
Gaines throws a series of punches but Knight avoids them all with ease.
Knight bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gaines throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Knight moves away from the strike by Gaines.
Knight keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gaines.
Knight scores with the left hand. Gaines knows he should have avoided that one.
Knight uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gaines.
Knight fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Gaines on the side of the head.
Knight moves out of range as Gaines strikes.
A jab from Knight does it's job there.
Knight with a lazy takedown attempt
and Gaines counters with a stiff right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gaines throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Knight lands with a good body shot.
Knight fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gaines manages to avoid it.
Gaines throws a lazy right hand but Knight sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gaines swings widly with a right hand
letting Knight counter with a right hand.
Knight has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Gaines throws the left hand but Knight avoids the punch easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jab by Knight.
Knight misses with a jab to the body
and Gaines counters with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knight ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gaines throws the left hand but Knight avoids the punch easily.
Knight lands the left hand.
Gaines swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gaines connects with a looping right hand.
Knight shoots and misses
and Gaines counters with a straight right hand.
Dean Gaines has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Terrance Knight.
Gaines throws a good cross that connects.
Gaines misses with a series of wild punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gaines throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Knight sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Knight dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Knight defending well as Gaines loads up on a big left hand.
Gaines takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Gaines throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gaines throws a body shot but no joy.
And Knight tries to counter it with a takedown but Gaines pushes his down on his head and steps out.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Knight staying out of range there.
Gaines misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Knight.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Gaines misses with an uppercut

and Knight counters with a shoot takedown. Gaines fights it but they end up in guard.
Knight trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gaines working a defensive guard here.
Gaines looking to hit a scissor sweep but Knight is one step ahead there.
Gaines is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Knight has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Knight accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Gaines is trying to keep Knight in close.
Knight throws a big elbow that misses.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters, thinking about a standup.

Gaines has his feet on Knight's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Gaines throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A shot to the body from Knight misses
and Gaines counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Knight tries for a takedown but Gaines circles away easily
and Gaines counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Knight slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Gaines lands a jab to Knight's midsection.
Knight ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gaines moves away.
A counter left hand to the body from Gaines misses its target.
Gaines waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Knight.
Gaines misses with a looping right.
Gaines misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Knight to counter with a crisp jab.
Gaines ducks under a wild hook from Knight.
Gaines is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Gaines moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Knight throws a lazy right hand but Gaines sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A quick step to the side and Gaines tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Knight misses with a wild body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gaines. Knight does a little dance to reset his feet.
Knight waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gaines.
Gaines listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A slow jab from Knight misses its intended target.
Gaines throws a body punch but Knight moves out of range.
A left lands for Gaines.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gaines throws a lazy uppercut
and Knight connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Knight lands with a hook. Gaines tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Knight connects with a good right hand that stumbles Gaines. Gaines circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Knight misses with a left hand
and Gaines counters with a straight right hand.
Gaines feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Knights jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Nice defenses there by Gaines.
Knight misses the jab.
Gaines swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Knight counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Gaines's corner calls for a 1-2. Gaines obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Knight swings widly with a right hand
and Gaines counters with a one-two to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dean Gaines showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Gaines 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dean Gaines!
A very excited looking Dean Gaines 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.
Terrance Knight spoke after the fight, saying 'Damn... Just Damn...'.