PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zeta Knox (ranked 1204 p4p, 2282 weight class) and Kevin Shinnie (ranked 56 p4p, 112 weight class). Knox's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Five Finger Death Punch | Bad Company . Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Knox
vs
Shinnie

205 cm
29
290
14 - 13 - 0

190 cm
36
275
25 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin

Fenrir Fightgear - Anno 2013

Core Combat

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 14 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Zeta Knox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kevin Shinnie!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, James Ackerman and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knox tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Knox is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Shinnie.
A swing and a miss from Knox.
Knox slips a jab from Shinnie.
Knox tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Shinnie paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Shinnie scores with the left hand. Knox knows he should have avoided that one.
Shinnie with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Shinnie looks to land a right hand but Knox moved out of range.
Knox swings and misses with a hook to the body.
As Knox backs off Shinnie throws a huge counter combo but Knox manages to avoid it all.
Knox throws a hook but Shinnie blocks it.
Some wild striking there from Shinnie.
Knox seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shinnie scores with a push kick.

Knox moves into the clinch successfully.
Shinnie is trying to force a seperation but Knox has the dominant position.

Shinnie manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shinnie throws a shot from downtown. Knox moves away and avoids it.
Knox tries to counter by clinching up but Shinnie breaks away and moves out of range.
Knox uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Shinnie has time to react.
Shinnie throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Shinnie lands a two punch combo.
Knox throws a lazy right hand but Shinnie sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Donk. Knox catches Shinnie right on the button with a cross.
Shinnie stuns Knox with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Shinnie lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

It looks like Zeta Knox has been cut.
Shinnie gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

It looks like Kevin Shinnie has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shinnie throws a leg kick which misses Knox's front leg but catches the back leg as Knox tries to avoid it.
Knox has been working on his boxing with his coaches at BAK training in the buildup to the fight.
Shinnie missing with a left hand there. Knox was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Knox has managed to clinch.
Shinnie is trying to force a seperation but Knox has the dominant position.

Shinnie breaks the clinch.
Shinnie wants to land a leg kick but Knox is out of range.
Knox tries to counter by clinching up but Shinnie breaks away and moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shinnie throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Knox counters with a stiff right hand.
Knox lands a jab to the head.
Shinnie needs to keep his hands up - Knox had a free shot at his head there.
Knox lands a right hook to the body.
Knox misses with a hook. Shinnie ducked under it nicely.
Knox is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
BOOM! Knox lands a beautiful left hook that drops Shinnie. Shinnie tries to recover but Knox is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Shinnie lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zeta Knox!
Zeta Knox seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.