PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between James Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ellis Knight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ellis Knight acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Jones
vs
Knight

186 cm
19
185 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

182 cm
25
193 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ellis Knight!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, William Gold and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jones shoots in for a takedown but Knight shows good takedown defense.
Jones with a poor takedown

and Knight moves into the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for James Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Knight scores with a shoulder strike.
Jones is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Knight pulls him back up using the underhooks.

Knight jumps into guard, dragging Jones to the mat.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Knight is on top in guard.

Knight postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Knight scoring with punches to the head and body.
Jones is striking from the bottom but Knight uses the opportunity to pass into half guard.
Knight moves into full mount! Jones won't be happy about that!
Jones takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jones wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Knight has both hooks in and is working for a choke. Jones is in real trouble here. Knight gets an arm under the chin and tightens the submission attempt... is this the end? Yes, Jones is tapping out! Knight wins by rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Ellis Knight!