PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Roberto Congo (ranked 2811 p4p, 5427 weight class) and Riley Knox (ranked 445 p4p, 643 weight class). Knox has chosen Roy Jones Jr - I Smoke, I Drink feat. Mr. Magic & Youngbloodz) as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Riley Knox has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Roberto Congo's chin.

Congo
vs
Knox

188 cm
30
197
22 - 8 - 0

188 cm
40
216
43 - 16 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Heavy handed

Conviction

Conquer

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Roberto Congo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 43 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Riley Knox!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Paulo Santos and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Congo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Knox.
Knox throws out a powerful jab.

It looks like Roberto Congo has been cut.
Knox rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Congo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

It looks like Riley Knox has been cut.
Knox wants to clinch
and Congo counters with a nice uppercut.
Knox lands a slapping body shot.
Knox fails in his attempt to clinch.
Congo scores with a nice strike.
Congo misses with a low kick.
Knox scores with a nice head shot.
Congo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Knox was well out of range. Poor timing from Congo.
Congo misses with a kick to the body.
Knox throws out a counter right but Congo avoids it with no problem.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
An inside leg kick from Congo misses.
A little jabbing left from Knox on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Congo jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Congo walks straight into a big right, left combination from Knox and drops to the floor! Oh, he's out cold! He's out cold! Wow, that finish was brutal! Congratulations to Knox as he moves his way up the rankings!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Riley Knox!
Riley Knox seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.