PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zeta Knox (ranked 175 p4p, 859 weight class) and Radio Philips (ranked 30 p4p, 121 weight class). Knox comes to the cage accompanied by Five Finger Death Punch | Bad Company . Radio Philips has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Knox
vs
Philips

205 cm
35
289
31 - 20 - 0

202 cm
32
260
17 - 14 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 31 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Zeta Knox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 14 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Radio Philips!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Albert Achterberg and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Philips moves away from the strike by Knox.
Philips throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Philips connects with a leg kick.
Philips throws a leg kick
and Knox counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

It looks like Radio Philips has been cut.
Radio Philips seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Philips tries to clinch but Knox moves away
and Knox counters with a stiff right hand.
Knox misses with a straight left.
Knox takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Philips avoids the body shot from Knox.
Philips misses the jab.
Knox is looking to counter punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Philips misses with a double jab
and Knox cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Philips takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Philips takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knox takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Philips defending well as Knox loads up on a big left hand.
Philips lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Philips tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Knox manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Philips looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Knox takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Philips looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Philips misses with a head kick.
Knox is looking to counter punch.
Philips lands a nice leg kick that just misses Knox's sensitive parts.
Knox on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Philips clinches with his opponent.
Knox managing to block the knees to the body from Philips.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knox blocks an elbow strike from Philips.
Philips tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Philips misses with a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knox tries a body shot but Philips blocks it.
I was talking to Knox's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.

Knox breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Knox throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Knox tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Philips was well out of range. Poor timing from Knox.
Knox dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Knox looks to land a left hand but Philips moved out of range nicely.
Knox keeps the fight on the outside.
Philips lands with a good body shot.
Philips lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Good shot there by Philips.
Knox throws a body shot but no joy.
As Knox backs off Philips throws a huge counter combo but Knox manages to avoid it all.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Knox.
Philips throws a right hand that misses
and Knox counters with a straight right hand.
A shot to the body from Knox misses
enabling Philips to counter with a crisp jab.
Philips throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Philips slips a jab from Knox.
Philips lands a nice leg kick that just misses Knox's sensitive parts.
Nice jab there from Knox.
Philips is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Philips throws the kick towards the body but Knox avoids it.
Knox throws a hook to the side of Philips's head but Philips sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knox throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Philips counters with a straight right hand.
A clash of legs there as Knox blocks the low kick.
Philips takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
The fighters circling - Knox throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knox throws a hook but Philips avoids it easily.
Knox takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Knox misses with a left hand
and Philips counters with a big right hand! Oh Knox is in trouble here! Philips follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Radio Philips!
During a confident post fight interview, Radio Philips thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
In defeat, Zeta Knox stepped up to the mic, saying '"If you haven't lost in this sport, you haven't fought the right guys yet." (Matt Hughes) '.