PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Jules Caesar (ranked 1833 p4p, 3945 weight class) and Riley Knox (ranked 244 p4p, 465 weight class). Knox has chosen Roy Jones Jr - I Smoke, I Drink feat. Mr. Magic & Youngbloodz) as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Caesar
vs
Knox

185 cm
34
206
26 - 18 - 0

188 cm
28
216
15 - 3 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

Vegan Gains
MKFC

Conviction
TRAP A-LOT

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jules Caesar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Riley Knox!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Taro Takaoka and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Knox fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Caesar, pushing him back against the ropes.
Knox throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Caesar blocks it with crossed arms.
Caesar with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Caesar swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Caesar is trying to push Knox away but Knox has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Knox tries to work over Caesar's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Caesar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Caesar struggles to land a body shot inside as Knox controls his hands.
A knee to the head by Caesar.
Knox lands a left hand.
Caesar comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Riley Knox has been cut.
Caesar blocking some punches.

Caesar's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Knox walks into a stiff left hand from Caesar.

Knox tries to keep at a distance but Caesar has taken the fight into the clinch.
Knox lands with a right to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knox with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knox trying to control the position but instead, Caesar has worked for underhooks and has pushed Knox into the ropes.
Knox lands with a light punch inside.
Caesar blocks a body shot from Knox.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knox scores with a shot to the side of Caesar's head.
Caesar lands a shoulder strike.
Caesar tries to land a knee to the head but Knox blocks with his arms.
Knox lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Knox misses with a body punch.
Knox misses with a punch on the inside.
Knox's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Knox lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Caesar backwards.
Caesar lands an elbow inside.
Caesar lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Knox is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Caesar is defending well for now.
Knox taking a breather.
Caesar misses with a hook to the ribs.
Knox lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knox using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Caesar has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Knox tries to stall but Caesar uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Knox looking to slow down the pace here.
Knox is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Caesar makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Knox blocks the elbow strike.
Knox fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caesar landing knees to the body.

Caesar breaks the clinch.
A jab from Caesar misses.
Knox takes one on the button.
Knox throws a hook to the side of Caesar's head but Caesar sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Knox moves out of range of the body kick from Caesar.
Caesar swings for the body but Knox moves out of range.
Knox moves out of range as Caesar throws a body kick.
Caesar lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Caesar misses with a low kick.
Knox loads up on a big right hand but Caesar slips the punch.

Knox drops a shoulder and throws a biiiig uppercut that drops Caesar onto his butt! Caesar pops straight back to his feet to convince the referee that he's OK to continue.

It looks like Jules Caesar has been cut.
A jab from Knox misses.
Caesar throws a quick counter head kick but Knox was just out of range.
Caesar connects with a solid leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caesar misses with a hook. Knox ducked under it nicely.
Jules Caesar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Knox stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Caesar.
Knox misses with an uppercut
and Knox takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Knox misses with a leg kick.
Knox walks into a straight right hand from Caesar.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Knox checks a leg kick.
Knox is looking to clinch.
Caesar was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Caesar lands a right hook to the body.
Caesar throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Knox.
Caesar connects with a crisp jab.
Sloppy strikes from Knox. Those never looked like landing.
Caesar scores with a decent looking hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knox buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knox misses with a leg kick
and Caesar counters with a nice body kick.
Knox on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Caesar. Caesar obviously looking to wear him down.
Knox swats away the attempt to clinch by Caesar.
Caesar throws a hook but Knox blocks it.
Caesar blocks the body kick.

Caesar lands a head kick that bluckles Knox and drops him to the canvas. He's still conscious but it looks like it's going to take him the full 10 seconds to get back his senses! He's up on 9 and seems to be just about OK to continue.... the referee agrees and we're back to the action with Caesar no doubt looking to push for a finish!
Knox rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Caesar makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Caesar throws a leg kick but Knox sees it coming and moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fight stays on the outside here - Knox looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Knox throws out a loose jab but Caesar uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jules Caesar dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Knox drives through and clinches with Caesar against the ropes.
Knox tries to land knees in the clinch but Caesar avoids the damage to the body.
Riley Knox seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Knox working some nice short punches in the clinch.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Caesar throws an elbow but misses.
Caesar blocks a body shot from Knox.
Knox blocks an uppercut.
Knox throws a head punch that misses.
Caesar avoiding damage as Knox throws knees to the body.
Caesar on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Caesar avoiding damage as Knox throws knees to the body.
Knox digs a right hand into Caesar's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Caesar's gas tank.
Knox controlling the action here for a moment.

Caesar breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knox tries to clinch
and Caesar counters with an outside leg kick.
Knox throws the left hand but Caesar avoids the punch easily.
A little feinted left hand from Caesar on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Caesar tries a head kick but it misses.
Knox ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Caesar moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knox connects with a crushing straight, right on the bridge of Caesar's nose, sending him crumpling to the mat! That's really rocked Caesar - is he going to beat the count??? 4,5,6,7,8,9.....10 - he's not made it - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Riley Knox!
During a confident post fight interview, Riley Knox thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.