PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jeremy Barrett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rockford Knight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Knight comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Stars that Play with Laughing Sams Dice by Jimi Hendrix kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Barrett
vs
Knight

194 cm
35
245 lbs
31 - 8 - 0

206 cm
37
276 lbs
35 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Museum of Monsters & Madmen

Museum of Monsters & Madmen

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 31 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Jeremy Barrett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 35 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rockford Knight!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knight throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Knight connects with a looping right hand.
Knight feints and then cracks Barrett's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Barrett down.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Barrett, right into the meat.
Knight closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Barrett looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Barrett feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Knight's calf.
Barrett takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
An inside leg kick lands from Knight.

Barrett gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Barrett looking to throw knees to the head but Knight is blocking nicely.
Knight misses with a body punch.
Knight takes a shot to the head.
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!
Barrett lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Knight.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Knight.
A short right from Barrett.
Knight lands a hook that snaps the head of Barrett backwards.
Knight tries a body shot but Barrett blocks it.
Barrett misses with a knee strike.
Barrett has a couple of punches blocked by Knight.
Barrett takes a shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Barrett fails to land.

Knight breaks the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Barrett looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Knight is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Knight misses with a low kick.
Knight takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Nice defenses there by Barrett.
Barrett tried to counter with a leg kick but Knight avoided it.
Knight throws out a loose jab but Barrett uses good head movement to avoid it.
Knight takes a swing at Barrett's ribcage but misses.
Barrett ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Barrett fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Knight is out of range.
Barrett swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Barrett loads up on a big right hand but Knight slips the punch.
Jeremy Barrett seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Knight tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Knight throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Barrett throws a lazy right hand but Knight sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barrett misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Knight.
Barrett tries to clinch
and Knight counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Knight connects with a single shot there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barrett catches Knight with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

It looks like Rockford Knight has been cut.
Knight checks the leg kick.
Knight slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Knight fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Knight has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A big right from Barrett misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Knight! But no joy.
Barrett attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Knight swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A jab from Barrett misses.
Barrett is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Barrett takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A punch lands to the side of Knight 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Knight throws the kick towards the body but Barrett avoids it.
Barrett blocks a leg kick.
Knight avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Barrett scores with a sloppy right hand. Knight should have avoided that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barrett throws a push kick but Knight slaps the foot to one side.
Barrett slips a jab from Knight.
Donk. Knight catches Barrett right on the button with a cross.
Barrett gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Knight counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Knight throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Knight looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A looping hook to the body misses from Knight. Barrett does a little dance to reset his feet.
Barrett waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Knight.
Barrett moves out of range of the body kick from Knight.
Barrett fails in his attempt to clinch.
Barrett digs a good hook to Knight's body.
Knight paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Knight slips under a jab.
Knight swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Barrett tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Knight misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barrett.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knight jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Barrett tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Knight was well out of range. Poor timing from Barrett.
Barrett looks to land a right hand but Knight moved out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barrett scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Barrett throws a nice outside leg kick.
Barrett throws a nice looking combination but Knight bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Barrett bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Knight's head backwards.
Knight moves out of range as Barrett strikes.
Knight blocks a jab.
Good leg kick by Barrett there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Barrett lands a jab to the head.
Barrett misses with a head kick.
Barrett avoids a kick to the body.
Knight scores with a punch to the head.

Barrett darts in and clinches Knight up against the cage.
Knight lands a right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A right hook to the body lands for Knight.
Barrett scores with a nice hook to the head.
Knight lands with a left to the head.
Knight tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Barrett's elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jeremy Barrett will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Rockford Knight's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Knight slips a jab from Barrett.
Knight connects with a solid leg kick.
Knight darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Knight checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Barrett defending well as Knight loads up on a big left hand.
A counter left hand to the body from Barrett misses its target.
Knight misses with a straight right.
Barrett cracks Knight with a right hand to the side of the head.
Barrett takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Knight ducks under a wild hook from Barrett.
Barrett throws a jab but it's blocked by Knight.
Knight misses with a straight right.
Knight moves out of range of the body kick.
A jab from Knight misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knight misses with a looping left.
Knight slips a jab from Barrett.
Knight finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Barrett tries to land a leg kick but Knight saw it coming and moves away.
Barrett connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Knight's hands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knight uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Barrett has time to react.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knight keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Barrett.
Knight throws a body shot but no joy.
Knight punishes Barrett's body with a nice straight punch.
Knight explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Knight, right into the meat.
Barrett wants to slow Knight down by chopping away at his legs.
Knight slips a jab from Barrett.
Barrett throws a low kick but it's checked well by Knight.
Knight works Barrett's body with a nice hook.
Knight ducks under a wild hook from Barrett.
Barrett backing away here, and Knight unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Knight moves out of range of the strikes.
Knight scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Barrett lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Knight at a distance.
Barrett throws a hook but Knight blocks it.
Barrett moves out of range of the body kick.
Knight lands a head kick!

It looks like Jeremy Barrett has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knight lands a head kick. Barrett smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Knight. Barrett does a little dance to reset his feet.
Knight misses with a straight left.
Knight throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Barrett takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Barrett throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Knight was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Knight jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Knight takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A head kick misses from Barrett.
A nice inside leg kick there by Knight. That's going to slow Barrett down.
Barrett takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Knight lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Barrett misses with an uppercut. Knight saw that one coming.
Barrett lands a jab to Knight's midsection.
Knight missing with a left hand there. Barrett was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Barrett scores with the left hand. Knight knows he should have avoided that one.
Knight cracks Barrett with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barrett takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Barrett keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Barrett tries to clinch up.
Knight ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Barrett backing away here, and Knight unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Barrett tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Knight throws a head kick that misses.
Barrett moves out of range of the body kick from Knight.
Knight cracks Barrett with a good jab.

Barrett forces Knight back against the cage and clinches.
Barrett is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Knight has a couple of punches blocked by Barrett.
Barrett has a couple of punches blocked by Knight.

Knight breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Barrett misses with an uppercut.
Knight moves out of range of the body kick.
Nice shot by Knight.
Knight lands a body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barrett throws a hook but Knight blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knight fakes the leg kick and cracks Barrett in the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Knight dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Barrett tries to clinch
and Knight counters with a solid body kick.
Knight scores with a spinning back kick!
Barrett gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Knight.
Rockford Knight seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Knight throws a nice outside leg kick.
Knight is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Barrett stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Knight scores with a nice head shot.
Knight scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Knight works Barrett's body with a nice hook.
Knight bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Barrett's head backwards.
Barrett takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
The crowd cheers as Knight lands an impressive looking overhand right. Barrett doesn't seem phased though.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Knight scores with a kick to the midsection.
Barrett stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Knight.
Knight misses the shot to the body.
Barrett on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rockford Knight 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 minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Barrett takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Barrett gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Knight.
Knight cracks Barrett with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Barrett throws an off balance right hand

and Knight counters with a crisp right hand that drops Barrett! Knight lets Barrett back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

Barrett is rocked!
Knight lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Barrett falls backwards - clearly groggy! Knight dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:20 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rockford Knight!
A very excited looking Rockford Knight 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.