PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nate Knuckles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Prince Symbol (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Knuckles's entrance music is When I'm Gone. A fine choice. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Knuckles
vs
Symbol

188 cm
24
200 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

150 cm
26
196 lbs
13 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Nate Knuckles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Prince Symbol!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Damien Edna and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knuckles throws a right and a left that Symbol avoids nicely.

Symbol scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Knuckles is trying to improve his position.
Symbol working the head and body with strikes.
Symbol is looking to take a break and control but Knuckles is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Symbol throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Knuckles is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Symbol has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Symbol misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Symbol working the ground and pound.
Symbol scores with a couple of short elbows.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Knuckles avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Symbol.
Knuckles wants to get back to his feet.
Knuckles tries to bench press Symbol off him but Symbol keeps the position.
Symbol creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knuckles tries to escape but Symbol is in control.
Symbol throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Knuckles tries to buck Symbol off but Symbol is having none of it.
Knuckles takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Knuckles dodges the ground and pound from Symbol.
Symbol has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Symbol gets to mount! Knuckles was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Symbol lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Knuckles is bucking up trying to escape but Symbol cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Symbol is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Knuckles is breathing heavily.
Symbol looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Knuckles covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Prince Symbol!