PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Porthos Knox (ranked 2555 p4p, 2516 weight class) and Exeudo Oni (ranked 331 p4p, 327 weight class). Knox comes to the cage accompanied by One Step Closer | Linkin Park. Oni has chosen Alice Cooper - Welcome To My Nightmare as his entrance music. Exeudo Oni has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Knox
vs
Oni

177 cm
31
175
15 - 15 - 2

182 cm
27
179
9 - 8 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 15 - 2, fighting out of London, Porthos Knox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Exeudo Oni!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Oni darts in and clinches Knox up against the cage.
Nice body punch from Oni - that landed with a thud.
Knox lands with a left to the head.
Oni lands a nice shot to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Oni.
Knox stalling.
Knox misses with a hook to the ribs.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Knox.

Knox breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Oni lands an overhand right.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Oni has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Oni shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A swing and a miss from Oni.
Knox's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Oni connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Knox scrambles back to his feet.
Oni ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A decent looking cross lands there for Oni.
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!
Oni shoots and misses
and Knox counters with a stiff right hand.
Oni misses with a left hand
and Knox counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Oni throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Knox takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oni gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Knox counters with a nice uppercut.
Porthos Knox has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Exeudo Oni.
Oni looks to land a left hand but Knox moved out of range nicely.
Knox lands with a good body shot.
Knox misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Oni.
Oni throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Knox lands a nice hook to Oni's body. Oni takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Oni misses with a low kick as Knox jumps back.
Knox misses with a straight left.
Oni looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Oni lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Knox circles away quickly and effectively.
Oni swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Knox counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Oni scores with a punch to the head.
Oni throws a lazy right hand but Knox sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Knox throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Oni with a jab.
Oni shoots for a takedown but Knox saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Oni slips a straight right by Knox.
Oni doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Knox counters with a stiff right hand.
Knox misses with a straight left.
Oni throws a lazy uppercut
and Knox counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A jab from Oni finds it's way through Knox's defenses.
A slow jab from Knox misses its intended target.
Knox looks to land a right hand but Oni moved out of range.
Oni moves away from the strike by Knox.
Knox looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A slow jab from Oni misses its intended target.
Horrible takedown attempt by Oni or perhaps it was just good defense by Knox, which made it look bad.
Knox is looking to counter punch.
Oni misses with a looping right.
Oni misses with an uppercut. Knox saw that one coming.
Oni misses with a wild body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oni throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Oni throws a low kick but it's checked well by Knox.
Knox throws a shot from downtown. Oni moves away and avoids it.
Knox lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Oni misses with a two punch combination.
Oni throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Knox sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Good standup being displayed there by Knox as he connects with a hook.
Good exchange - Oni coming out on top.
Oni takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

Oni moves into range and clinches up with Knox.
Knox avoiding damage.
Knox prevents the takedown attempt.
Oni softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Oni presses Knox against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Knox lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knox is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knox works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Knox lands a right hand.

Knox pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Knox throws a body shot but no joy.
Oni takes one to the chin there.
A big left from Oni misses.
Exeudo Oni seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Oni throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Oni shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Knox counters with a nice uppercut.
Knox doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Oni falls off balance throwing a combination
and Knox counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Knox throws a hook but Oni blocks it.
Oni avoids the body shot from Knox.
Oni misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Knox.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Porthos Knox will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Oni avoids a punch combination nicely.
Oni now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Oni swings for the body but Knox moves out of range.
A big right from Knox misses.
Oni looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Knox scores with a jab. Oni acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Oni throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Knox counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Oni throws a poor cross that misses
and Knox counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Horrible takedown attempt by Oni or perhaps it was just good defense by Knox, which made it look bad.
Oni throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Knox cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Some wild striking there from Oni.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oni throws an off balance right hand
and Oni takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Oni misses with a takedown
and Knox counters with a straight right hand.
Oni swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oni shoots in looking for a takedown. Knox tries to sprawl out of it but Oni keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Knox manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Porthos Knox has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Exeudo Oni.
Oni throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Oni throws a shot from downtown. Knox moves away and avoids it.
Knox scores with a jab.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Knox stalls.

Knox's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Oni misses with a right hand
and Knox counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Oni throws a poor cross that misses
and Knox counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Oni fails with the takedown
and Knox counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nice cross by Knox.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good work by Knox as he checks the leg kick.
Oni misses with an uppercut
and Knox counters with a nice uppercut.
Oni uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Knox.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Oni misses with an uppercut.
Oni doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Knox counters with a nice body shot.

Oni closes the distance and clinches.
Oni swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Still in the clinch, Knox scores with a nice short uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Knox.
A hook to the body from Knox.
Oni is breathing heavily.
Knox stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Knox.
Porthos Knox has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Knox lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Knox tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Oni's elbow.
Knox working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Knox lands a left hand.
Knox tries to throw a body punch but Oni avoids it by throwing Knox back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oni goes for a takedown attempt but Knox pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Knox throws a hook but Oni blocks it.

Oni closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Knox lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Knox taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Oni is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Knox lands a hook to the side of the head.
Knox swings wildly with an uppercut but Oni uses good head movement to avoid it.
Knox lands a left hand that snaps the head of Oni backwards.

Oni breaks the clinch.
Knox lands with a straight right. Oni didn't see that one coming.
Oni throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Knox counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Oni connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Oni moves away from the strike by Knox.
Oni gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Oni takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knox checks a leg kick.
Knox throwing a counter right hand but Oni manages to avoid it.
Oni throws a lazy right hand but Knox sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Knox swings widly with a right hand
and Oni connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Oni misses with a leg kick
and Knox counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Oni throws a body punch but Knox moves out of range.
Oni throws a combination that misses
and Knox counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Oni takes a swing at Knox's ribcage but misses.
Oni throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A big left from Knox misses.
A low kick from Oni misses
and Knox counters with a stiff right hand.
Oni takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

Oni closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Knox scores with a shot to the side of Oni's head.
Oni tries to throw a body punch but Knox avoids it by throwing Oni back against the cage.
Knox lands a hook that snaps the head of Oni backwards.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Porthos Knox dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Oni drives through and clinches with Knox against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Knox.
Oni lands with a left to the head.
Knox is stalling here.
Knox lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Knox doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Knox tries to throw a body punch but Oni avoids it by throwing Knox back against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Knox throws a head punch that misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Oni misses with a hook from the clinch.
Knox tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Oni's elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Knox pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Knox is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Oni can do to turn this around?
Oni fails with the takedown
and Knox counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Oni swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Knox counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Oni thinking.
Knox needs to keep his hands up - Oni had a free shot at his head there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oni takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Knox displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Oni throws out the jab.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Knox checks a leg kick.
Oni takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Oni takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Knox misses the jab.
Oni misses the body punch
and Knox counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Knox misses with an uppercut.
Knox on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Oni swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Knox counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Knox lands with a right hand.
Oni throws a lazy right hand but Knox sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Porthos Knox is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Knox blocks a leg kick.
Knox lands a jab to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Oni throws a predictable looking body shot
and Knox connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Exeudo Oni has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oni with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Oni misses with a right hand
and Knox counters with a stiff right hand.
Oni misses with a takedown
and Knox counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Oni takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Knox lands a jab.
Oni throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Knox is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Oni keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Knox.
Oni takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Knox looks to land a left hand but Oni moved out of range nicely.
Knox misses with a hook. Oni ducked under it nicely.
Knox lands a lovely overhand right.
Knox cracks Oni with a right hand to the side of the head.
Knox scores with a shot to the body.
Porthos Knox is winning the standup battle so far.
Knox works Oni's body with a nice hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knox works the jab nicely.
Oni falls off balance throwing a combination
and Knox counters with a straight right hand.
Oni has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Knox shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

Oni has closed the distance and engaged Knox in a clinch.
Knox blocking some punches.
A bit of stalling here from Knox.
Knox scores with a nice hook to the head.
Knox scores with a shot to the side of Oni's head.
Knox scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Oni can't find room to land a body shot as Knox controls the action.
Knox makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Oni misses with a punch to the body.

Knox escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Knox throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Oni throws a lazy uppercut
and Knox counters with a stiff right hand.
A cross from Knox lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oni tries for a takedown but Knox circles away easily
and Knox counters with a stiff right hand.
Porthos Knox has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Exeudo Oni.
Oni will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Porthos Knox is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Oni clinches up with Knox and pushes him back against the cage.
Knox lands a right hand.
Knox lands a shoulder strike.
Oni misses with a body punch.
Knox softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Oni is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Knox is defending well.
Knox lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Oni swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right from Knox on the inside.
Oni can't get the takedown.

Oni manages to break the clinch.
Knox scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Oni doesn't seem bothered though.

And that's the end of the fight!
Porthos Knox showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Knox has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Porthos Knox!
Our winner, Porthos Knox, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.