PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jake Glen Pliskin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Knocks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Glen Pliskin
vs
Knocks

178 cm
25
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
19
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Tends to cut

Brute

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jake Glen Pliskin !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Brian Knocks!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Elvis Blanc and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knocks wants to clinch.
Knocks blocks a head kick by Pliskin .
Pliskin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pliskin throws a head kick that misses.
Knocks takes a head kick and keeps coming.

It looks like Brian Knocks has been cut.
Pliskin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A good leg kick by Knocks.
A good leg kick by Knocks.
Pliskin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Knocks looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
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!

Knocks clinches with his opponent.
Knocks tries to land a knee to the head but Pliskin blocks with his arms.
Pliskin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Knocks with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Jake Glen Pliskin has been cut.
Knocks tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pliskin avoids it.
Pliskin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Come on Knocks - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knocks lands a knee to the head.
Knocks tries to land knees in the clinch but Pliskin avoids the damage to the body.
Knocks lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pliskin backwards.
Pliskin tries to break the clinch but Knocks is controlling the position.
Knocks fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Knocks misses with a knee strike.
A knee to the head by Knocks.
A bit of stalling here from Knocks.
Pliskin has had enough of the clinch but Knocks keeps him there for the moment.
Knocks tries a knee to the head but Pliskin blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knocks misses with a knee strike.
Pliskin blocks an elbow strike from Knocks.
Knocks working aggressively here.
Pliskin wants to break the clinch but can't.
Knocks looking to throw knees to the head but Pliskin is blocking nicely.
Pliskin blocks an elbow strike from Knocks.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Knocks trying to land knees to the body.
Knocks tries to land a knee to the head but Pliskin blocks with his arms.
Knocks goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pliskin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Knocks misses with a knee strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knocks throws an elbow that misses.
Knocks misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pliskin .
Knocks looks winded!
Pliskin can't break the clinch.
Pliskin has had enough of the clinch but Knocks keeps him there for the moment.
Knocks using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pliskin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Knocks tries to land a knee to the head but Pliskin blocks with his arms.
Knocks has Pliskin pressed against the cage, preventing Pliskin from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Pliskin has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Pliskin dodges an elbow strike from Knocks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pliskin is trying to push Knocks away but Knocks has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Pliskin is trying to push Knocks away but Knocks has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Pliskin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pliskin tries to break free but Knocks pushes him back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Knocks.
Knocks is struggling to control the position.
Knocks misses with a knee to the head.
Pliskin managing to block the knees to the body from Knocks.
Pliskin can't break the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Knocks tries to land knees in the clinch but Pliskin avoids the damage to the body.
Pliskin is trying to push Knocks away but Knocks has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Pliskin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Knocks has him pressed against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brian Knocks dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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 head kick misses from Pliskin .
Pliskin tries a head kick but it misses.
Pliskin throws a sloppy head kick and Knocks moves out of range easily.
Knocks misses with a two punch combination.

Knocks clinches with his opponent.
Pliskin wants to get back to striking at distance but Knocks won't allow it.
Knocks displaying some good clinch control by pressing Pliskin up against the cage.
Knocks misses with a punch on the inside.
Knocks content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Pliskin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Pliskin has had enough of the clinch but Knocks keeps him there for the moment.
Knocks trying to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pliskin tries to circle away but Knocks has him pinned against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pliskin .
Pliskin has had enough of the clinch but Knocks keeps him there for the moment.
Pliskin is working for takedown but Knocks is calmly controlling the position for now.
Knocks keeps control of Pliskin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Knocks looking to throw knees to the head but Pliskin is blocking nicely.
The referee calls for Knocks to work.
Knocks trying to land knees to the body.
Pliskin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Pliskin blocking some punches.
Knocks pushes off an throws an elbow but Pliskin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Knocks fails to land.
Knocks tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Knocks prevents Pliskin from breaking the clinch.
Pliskin wants to break the clinch but can't.
Knocks stalling against the cage.
Knocks looking to throw knees to the head but Pliskin is blocking nicely.
Knocks misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Knocks using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pliskin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Brian Knocks seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Knocks is breathing heavily.
Knocks stalling.
Pliskin blocks an elbow strike.
Pliskin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knocks has a couple of punches blocked by Pliskin .
Knocks will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Pliskin up against the cage.
Knocks trying to control the position but instead, Pliskin has worked for underhooks and has pushed Knocks into the cage.
Pliskin prevents a body shot from Knocks.
Knocks keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pliskin 's efforts to push away.
Knocks prevents Pliskin from breaking the clinch.
Pliskin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pliskin fails to pull guard.
Pliskin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Knocks has him pressed against the cage.
Knocks is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pliskin is defending well for now.
Nice elbow from Knocks.
Pliskin tries to circle away but Knocks has him pinned against the cage.
Knocks trying to land knees to the body.
Knocks tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Pliskin is trying to break the clinch but Knocks is controlling him.
Knocks throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Knocks is trying to maintain a safe position but Pliskin gets an underhook and turns Knocks into the cage.
Pliskin is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brian Knocks showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Knocks avoids the head kick by Pliskin .
Pliskin misses with a head kick.
Pliskin looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Knocks avoids the head kick by Pliskin .
Pliskin pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Knocks rushes Pliskin and presses him up against the cage.
Knocks landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Pliskin manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

Knocks gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Jake Glen Pliskin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Knocks is looking to clinch.
Knocks on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Knocks throws a low kick but it's checked well by Pliskin .
Pliskin throws a head kick but Knocks moves out of range.
Pliskin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Knocks takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Pliskin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knocks tries to clinch up but Pliskin circles away and keeps his distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knocks fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pliskin pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Knocks fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Pliskin , pushing him back against the cage.
Knocks looking to throw knees to the head but Pliskin is blocking nicely.
Pliskin blocks an uppercut.
Knocks tries to land a knee to the head but Pliskin blocks with his arms.
Knocks has Pliskin pressed against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Pliskin 's face as he tries to break the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Knocks throws an elbow but misses.
Knocks crunches a lovely knee into Pliskin 's ribcage.
Pliskin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Knocks has him pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pliskin can't break the clinch.
Pliskin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pliskin wants to break free but Knocks has control.
Knocks pushes off an throws an elbow but Pliskin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Pliskin as Knocks tries to tie him up.
Knocks has Pliskin pressed against the cage, preventing Pliskin from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Pliskin blocks the elbow strike.
Knocks can't find room to land a body shot as Pliskin controls the action.
Knocks tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knocks is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Pliskin is keeping busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knocks throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pliskin blocks it with crossed arms.
Knocks struggles to land a body shot inside as Pliskin controls his hands.
Pliskin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Knocks has him pressed against the cage.
Pliskin is trying to pull guard but Knocks turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Knocks misses with a knee to the head.
Knocks displaying some good clinch control by pressing Pliskin up against the cage.
Knocks keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pliskin 's efforts to push away.
Knocks prevents Pliskin from breaking the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knocks swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Knocks tries to land knees in the clinch but Pliskin avoids the damage to the body.
Pliskin has had enough of the clinch but Knocks keeps him there for the moment.
Pliskin wants to break free but Knocks has control.
Pliskin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Pliskin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Knocks has him pressed against the cage.
Knocks keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pliskin 's efforts to push away.
Pliskin tries to break the clinch but Knocks is controlling the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Knocks trying to stall but Pliskin improves his position.
Jake Glen Pliskin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brian Knocks is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Pliskin wants a takedown but no success here.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Brian Knocks.
I've got Knocks winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 William Peck scores the fight 27:30
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 27:30
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brian Knocks!