PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Enrique Mcintyre (ranked 5509 p4p, 0 weight class) and New Knee (ranked 8166 p4p, 0 weight class). New Knee is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Mcintyre
vs
Knee

189 cm
21
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
22
199 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Enrique Mcintyre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, New Knee!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Skip Squint and Chris Dean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Knee shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Mcintyre napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Knee is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Mcintyre is looking to regain half guard here but Knee keeps moving and retains side control.
The ground and pound from Knee seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.

Knee goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Mcintyre rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Knee's guard! Nice work there by Mcintyre!
Mcintyre missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Mcintyre tries to stand but Knee is controlling from the bottom.

Mcintyre gets to his feet. Knee looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Knee tries a head kick but it misses.

Knee closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Mcintyre breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Knee moves into range and clinches up with Mcintyre.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mcintyre prevents a body shot from Knee.
Mcintyre letting Knee take a breather here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Knee works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Mcintyre has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Mcintyre manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Knee manages to get himself to full guard.

Mcintyre lands a couple of elbows.
Mcintyre prevents Knee from getting back to his feet.
Mcintyre working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Mcintyre accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Mcintyre lands a couple of elbows.
Knee is looking to stand up but Mcintyre isn't so interested in that idea.
Mcintyre with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Mcintyre got a little sloppy there for a moment and Knee has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Mcintyre has managed to get both his arms back between Knee's legs - danger averted.
Mcintyre scoring with some ground and pound.
Knee trying to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mcintyre postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Mcintyre postures up and lands a big shot to Knee's brow.
Mcintyre lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Mcintyre works over Knee with some ground and pound from guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Knee is working an open guard so Mcintyre takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Knee moves in looking to clinch but Mcintyre pushes him off.
Knee tries to clinch up.

Knee closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Mcintyre did well to prevent Knee getting side control.

Knee is working for a kimura but Mcintyre is defending it quite comfortably.
Knee looks winded!
Knee tries to stand but his arm is trapped.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knee wants to control but Mcintyre is keeping him busy.
Knee trying to mount his opponent but Mcintyre defends it.
Mcintyre is looking for a sweep. Knee is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Mcintyre is controlling Knee's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Knee wants to lay and pray for a moment but Mcintyre keeps working.
Mcintyre is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Knee seems to be looking for submissions.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Knee stands up from half guard.

Knee feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Knee is fighting to break Mcintyre's control of his arms but Mcintyre is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Knee wants to control from the top but Mcintyre keeps moving.
Mcintyre lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Mcintyre scoring with punches to the head and body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Enrique Mcintyre dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Knee closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Knee with the ground and pound but Mcintyre regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Knee throwing shots but Mcintyre is blocking nicely.
Mcintyre makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Mcintyre.
Mcintyre wants to stand and escape but Knee is having none of it.

Knee stands up from Mcintyre's guard - Knee perhaps looking for a knockout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Mcintyre scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Mcintyre is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Knee is just riding it out for now. Mcintyre eventually gives up the hold.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcintyre prevents Knee from standing back up.
Knee wants to control but Mcintyre is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Mcintyre thows a huge punch but Knee dodges it nicely.
Knee avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Mcintyre.
Mcintyre is thwarting Knee's attempts to control the position.
Knee is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Mcintyre wants to work for an arm triangle but Knee is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Mcintyre working the head and body with strikes.

Mcintyre seems to be looking for submissions.
Mcintyre is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Knee can do to turn this around?
Knee tries to roll over but Mcintyre keeps him under control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knee is trying to control but can't.
Knee is looking to improve his position.
Knee is trying to control but can't.

Mcintyre is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Mcintyre seems to be looking for submissions.
Mcintyre working over Knee with some ground and pound. Knee looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Mcintyre is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Knee doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Mcintyre.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Mcintyre is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mcintyre prevents Knee from standing back up.

Knee has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Mcintyre is on him like a limpet, forcing Knee back against the cage.
Mcintyre taking a breather.

Knee manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Knee avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Knee is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Mcintyre drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Knee gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Knee wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mcintyre has him pressed against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mcintyre wants to get back to striking at distance but Knee won't allow it.

Mcintyre breaks from the clinch.

Knee moves into range and clinches up with Mcintyre.
Knee taking a breather.
Knee is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mcintyre is defending well for now.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Knee jumps guard and drags Mcintyre to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mcintyre landing with the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Knee is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

New Knee showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Mcintyre tries to score a power double leg takedown but Knee sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Mcintyre somewhat.
Knee tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
No joy there for Mcintyre, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Knee stuffs the takedown.
The fight stays on the outside here - Knee looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knee displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Mcintyre has his takedown stuffed
enabling Knee to counter with a crisp jab.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Enrique Mcintyre. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mcintyre takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Knee lands a two punch combo.

It looks like Enrique Mcintyre has been cut.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Knee shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Knee trying to stand up but can't free himself from Mcintyre's guard.
Knee won't allow Mcintyre to get back to his feet.
Knee looking to pass the guard.
Knee content to stall in guard here.
Let's hope that Knee has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Knee decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Mcintyre keeps the fight on the outside.

Knee feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Mcintyre might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knee is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Mcintyre looking to hit a scissor sweep but Knee is one step ahead there.
Knee postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Knee stands up and waves to Mcintyre to follow him.
Knee throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

Mcintyre is rocked!
Mcintyre backs away from a small jab... but Knee lunges forward with a huge superman punch! Mcintyre crumples to the ground as his mouth piece is sent flying! Knee with a spectacular finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). New Knee!