PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Noel Contemprato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricky Knee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Contemprato
vs
Knee

175 cm
19
165 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

168 cm
22
161 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent knees
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Noel Contemprato!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ricky Knee!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Elvis Blanc and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knee takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Knee looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Contemprato throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Knee fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Contemprato manages to avoid it.
Contemprato looks to land a left hand but Knee moved out of range nicely.
Contemprato throws a lazy right hand but Knee sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Knee throws a sloppy head kick and Contemprato moves out of range easily.
Contemprato avoids the body shot from Knee.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knee wants to clinch.
Knee fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Contemprato loads up on a big right hand but Knee slips the punch.
Contemprato lands the left hand.
Knee tries to close the distance and clinch up but Contemprato swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Knee wants to clinch.
Contemprato connects with a good right hand that stumbles Knee. Knee circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Contemprato swats away the attempt to clinch by Knee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Contemprato avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Knee moves in looking to clinch but Contemprato pushes him off.
Knee thows a body shot but no joy.
Knee is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Knee tries to close the distance and clinch but Contemprato swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Contemprato lands with an overhand left.
Contemprato thuds his right hand into Knee's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Contemprato swats away the attempt to clinch by Knee.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Contemprato scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Knee throws a sloppy head kick and Contemprato moves out of range easily.
Knee wants to clinch up but Contemprato keeps it at a distance.
Knee tries to clinch but Contemprato moves out of range.
Contemprato is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Knee fails with an attempt to clinch.
Knee tries to clinch up but Contemprato circles away and keeps his distance.
Knee is looking to clinch but Contemprato is avoiding it.
Knee fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Contemprato fails to land with a series of punches.
Contemprato throws a looping overhand right but Knee ducks down to avoid it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Knee looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Knee avoids a punch combination nicely.
Knee moves in looking to clinch but Contemprato pushes him off.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Contemprato displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Contemprato with a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Noel Contemprato 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.

A lazy left from Contemprato finds it's target.
Jab from Contemprato.
Knee throws a head kick but Contemprato moves out of range.
Knee defending well as Contemprato loads up on a big left hand.
Contemprato lands with an overhand left.
Contemprato looks to land a left hand but Knee moved out of range nicely.
A head kick misses from Knee.
Contemprato takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Knee looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
No joy there for Contemprato, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Noel Contemprato is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knee throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Knee misses with an uppercut. Contemprato saw that one coming.
Knee moves away from the strike by Contemprato.
Knee throws a sloppy head kick and Contemprato moves out of range easily.
Knee tries to clinch there but Contemprato circles away.
Knee is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Contemprato throws a hook but Knee avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Knee moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Contemprato is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Knee.
Ricky Knee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Contemprato lands with a nice combination. Knee backs away looking to recover.
Knee avoids a punch combination nicely.
Contemprato pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Knee wants to clinch up but Contemprato keeps it at a distance.
Contemprato tests Knee's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Contemprato takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Contemprato throws a right and a left that Knee avoids nicely.
Contemprato takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Knee fails with an attempt to clinch.
Knee tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Knee is looking to clinch.
Knee tries to clinch there but Contemprato circles away.
Contemprato throws a nice looking combination but Knee bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knee moves out of range of the strikes.
Contemprato is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Contemprato scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Knee is looking to clinch.
Knee misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Contemprato.
Knee is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Contemprato.
Knee fails in his attempt to clinch.
Contemprato misses with an uppercut.
Knee wants to clinch.
Knee bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Noel Contemprato dominated that second 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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Contemprato misses with a straight left.
Contemprato connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A combination from Contemprato does no damage.
Contemprato chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Knee can pounce on him.
Contemprato scores with a crisp jab that stopped Knee in his tracks.
Contemprato avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Contemprato thows a left - swing and a miss!
Contemprato throws a predictable looking body shot
and Knee counters with an outside leg kick.
Knee throws a leg kick but Contemprato sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Knee looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knee tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Contemprato paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Contemprato throws out a loose jab but Knee uses good head movement to avoid it.
Knee steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Contemprato.
Knee tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Contemprato paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Contemprato avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Knee closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Knee with a knee to the head.
Contemprato lands a nice uppercut.
Contemprato wants to break free but Knee has control.
Knee tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Contemprato avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Contemprato tries to break free but Knee pushes him back against the cage.
Contemprato can't break the clinch.
Knee tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Contemprato tries to break free but Knee pushes him back against the cage.
Knee lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Contemprato breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Contemprato keeps the fight on the outside.
Knee throws a body punch but Contemprato moves out of range.
Knee wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Knee throws a quick inside leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Knee looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A slow jab from Contemprato misses its intended target.
Ricky Knee has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knee moves out of range of the strikes.
Knee fails with an attempt to clinch.
Knee avoids a punch combination nicely.
A nice combination there by Contemprato.
Contemprato looks to land a combination but Knee avoids it well.
Knee throws a head kick but Contemprato moves out of range.
Knee throws a head kick that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knee tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Contemprato cracks Knee with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Knee tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Contemprato throws a combination. Knee tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Knee takes one to the chin there.
Knee moves in looking to clinch but Contemprato pushes him off.
Knee needs to keep his hands up - Contemprato had a free shot at his head there.
Knee lands a head kick!

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Noel Contemprato.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Contemprato, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Noel Contemprato!