PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Riley Knox (ranked 3981 p4p, 20870 weight class) and Claudio Benedetti (ranked 504 p4p, 625 weight class). Knox comes to the ring accompanied by Roy Jones Jr - I Smoke, I Drink feat. Mr. Magic & Youngbloodz). Benedetti comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Atrevete te kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Knox
vs
Benedetti

188 cm
38
216
40 - 14 - 0

193 cm
35
207
27 - 15 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Heavy handed

Conquer
Paddy's Enhancing Drugs (160Q)

Conquer

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 40 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Riley Knox!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Claudio Benedetti!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Taro Takaoka and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Knox has Benedetti up against the ropes in a clinch.
Knox misses with a hook to the ribs.
Knox presses Benedetti against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Benedetti misses with some punches.
Knox scores with a shot to the side of Benedetti's head.
Knox cracks Benedetti with a nice body shot.
Knox lands a left hand that snaps the head of Benedetti backwards.
Knox lands a shot to the body.
Benedetti looks winded!
Good body shot from Knox.
A head punch on the inside from Benedetti fails to land.
Knox scores with a shoulder strike.
Knox blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Knox lands a left hand that snaps the head of Benedetti backwards.
Knox misses with a hook to the ribs.
Knox tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Benedetti blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Benedetti misses with a hook from the clinch.
Benedetti lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knox lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Still in the clinch, Knox scores with a nice short uppercut.
Knox scores with a hook to the body.
Benedetti throws a punch but it's blocked by Knox.
A left hand lands to the body for Knox.
Benedetti throws a punch but it's blocked by Knox.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knox putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Benedetti in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Knox lands a body punch in the clinch.
Knox lands with a left to the head.
Knox presses Benedetti against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Knox lands a shot to the body.
Knox working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Knox tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Benedetti's elbow.
Knox struggles to land a body shot inside as Benedetti controls his hands.
Knox presses Benedetti against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Knox lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Knox scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Knox works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Knox scores with an uppercut up the middle.
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 lands with a short shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knox lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Benedetti backwards.
Knox lands with a left to the head.

Benedetti is rocked!
Knox is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Benedetti misses with some punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Knox.
Benedetti on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Benedetti swings wildly with an uppercut but Knox uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benedetti swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've been informed that Benedetti has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Benedetti misses with some punches.
Knox misses with a body punch.
Knox lands a hook to the side of the head.
Knox trying to stall but Benedetti improves his position.
Knox blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Benedetti swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Knox lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Benedetti avoiding damage as Knox throws knees to the body.
Knox pushes Benedetti back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Knox keeps control of Benedetti as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Benedetti swings wildly with an uppercut but Knox uses good head movement to avoid it.
Knox lands a shot to the body.
Knox working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Benedetti takes a shot to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Knox digs a right hand underneath Benedetti's ribcage. Benedetti let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Knox tries to work over Benedetti's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Knox digs a right hand underneath Benedetti's ribcage. Benedetti let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Knox unloads a knee to the mid-section.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Riley Knox dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Knox drops a shoulder and throws a biiiig uppercut that drops Benedetti onto his butt! Benedetti pops straight back to his feet to convince the referee that he's OK to continue.
Benedetti staying out of range there.
Knox lands a nice shot to the body.
Knox is looking to slow Benedetti down with leg kicks.
Knox scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Benedetti doesn't seem bothered though.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Knox moves into the clinch.
Knox lands a body punch in the clinch.
Knox misses with a body punch.
Knox gets through Benedetti's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Knox is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Benedetti can do to turn this around?
Knox lands a right hand.
Knox lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Benedetti avoiding damage as Knox throws knees to the body.
Knox stalling in the clinch but Benedetti improves position.
Knox lands a hook to the side of the head.
Benedetti is breathing heavily.
Knox gets through Benedetti's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Benedetti is still on wobbly legs! Can Knox finish him?
Knox stalling in the clinch but Benedetti improves position.
Knox lands a left hand.
Benedetti takes a shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Knox as the two fighters clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Knox.
Benedetti takes a shot to the head.

Knox creates a bit of space and cracks Benedetti with an uppercut that drops him to the canvas! Benedetti is wobbled and seems to be struggling to get back to his feet. 3,4,5. He's up! Phew, his manager will be relieved but they're no doubt wondering whether he'll be able to recover properly and get back in the fight!
Benedetti walks into a picture perfect straight right hand from Knox! He's gone down face first to the canvas, unconscious before he even hit the floor! Ohhhh. My. Goodness! That boys and girls was a beautiful knockout! Give that man a biscuit!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Riley Knox!
Riley Knox retains his light heavyweight title!
Our winner, Riley 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.
Claudio Benedetti was interviewed post fight and said '"te voy inyectar con la bacteria"'.