PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Knox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricky Morton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Knox comes to the cage accompanied by Paint It Black By The Rolling Stones. The crowd seem to be enjoying Morton's choice of entrance music: Rock N Roll-Led Zeppelin. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Knox
vs
Morton

193 cm
23
215 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

180 cm
23
220 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Firebird Designs
Firebird Designs

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 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Tommy Knox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ricky Morton!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, John Roberts and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morton checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Knox scores with a head kick.

It looks like Ricky Morton has been cut.
Morton lets loose with a powerful body kick. Knox will feel that in the morning.

Morton shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Morton showed some decent athleticism there.
Knox gets full guard.
Morton is looking to work some ground and pound but Knox has wrist control.
Morton pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Knox is keeping the position for now.
Morton throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knox keeping full guard, as Morton tries to pass.
Morton looking to sit in guard and control but Knox gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Knox will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Knox is in close to Morton's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Knox is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Morton lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Knox!
Morton looking to control but Knox is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morton breaks from Knox's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Morton trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Knox tries to lock up and control but Morton gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morton throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Morton throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Knox because Morton loaded up on that one.
Knox is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Knox is squirming around, avoiding Morton's attempts to control the action.
Morton misses with a head shot.
Morton lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Knox manages to work a leg through to get back to half guard here. Good work there by Knox, under a barage of strikes from Morton.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knox moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Morton sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Knox's guard.
Morton thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Morton perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Ground and pound from Morton.

Knox is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Morton pulls his head out easily.
Morton works his way into full mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricky Morton dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ricky Morton's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

A clash of legs there as Morton blocks the low kick.
Morton fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Knox.
Knox misses the shot to the body.
Morton moves out of range of the strikes.
Morton shoots in for a double leg but Knox sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Knox loads up on a big right hand but Morton slips the punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knox fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Morton manages to avoid it.
Knox lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Morton throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Knox's waist but Knox gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Morton off to one side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morton throws a leg kick but Knox moved away.
A slow jab from Morton misses its intended target.
Morton swings for the body but Knox moves out of range.
Morton gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Morton swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Knox counters with a left to the body.
Morton is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

Morton bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Knox is looking for a sweep.

Knox throws Morton to one side and escapes!
Knox connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Knox throws a big shot that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morton will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Morton just misses with a punch to the body.
Knox moves out of range as Morton strikes.
Morton misses the body punch
and Morton takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A telegraphed right hand from Knox misses the target.
Morton ducks under a wild hook from Knox.
A looping hook to the body misses from Morton. Knox does a little dance to reset his feet.
Knox swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Knox turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Morton fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Knox.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morton fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Knox checks it well.
A bone on bone clash there as Morton blocks the leg kick.
Morton finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Knox drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Morton swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A low kick from Morton misses
and Knox counters with a nice leg kick.
Morton connects with a body shot.
Morton throws a body kick the misses
and Knox cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Knox fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Morton uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Knox.
Morton throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Knox.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Morton misses.
Morton steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Knox.
Morton turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Morton throws an overhand right that lands on Knox's shoulder, as Knox tries to avoid the shot.
Morton connects with a body shot.
Knox is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Morton scores with a shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
An inside leg kick lands from Morton.
Morton blocks a head kick by Knox.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Knox scores with a crisp jab that stopped Morton in his tracks.
Knox thows a body shot but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Tommy Knox will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ricky Morton's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Nice sprawl there from Knox as Morton shoots in.
Morton throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Knox throws a right and a left that Morton avoids nicely.
Morton misses with a hook to the body
and Morton takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Morton lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Morton takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Morton scores with a decent looking hook.
Morton uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Knox.
Morton throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Knox's waist but Knox gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Morton off to one side.
Morton walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Morton slips a straight right by Knox.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knox throws a looping overhand right but Morton ducks down to avoid it.
Morton is looking to score with low kicks.
A jab from Knox misses.
Morton blocks a leg kick.
Knox scores with a jab to the body.
Knox dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Morton. That did some damage!
Morton takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Knox lands a nice looking body shot.
Knox fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Morton checks it well.
Morton takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Knox misses with a leg kick
and Morton counters with a flying knee. Nice.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morton checks a leg kick.
Knox throws a combination. Morton tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Knox uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knox swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Knox throws a hook to the side of Morton's head but Morton sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Knox tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Knox throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Knox moves into range and connects with a jab.
Knox scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Morton tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Knox was well out of range. Poor timing from Morton.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knox throws a hook but Morton avoids it easily.
Knox cracks a nice hook into Morton's ribs.
Knox missing with a left hand there. Morton was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Knox pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Knox works over Morton's head and body with a nice combination.
Knox thows a body shot but no joy.
Morton needs to keep his hands up - Knox had a free shot at his head there.
Morton doesn't succeed with the takedown
enabling Knox to counter with a crisp jab.
Tommy Knox has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ricky Morton.
Knox tried to score with a low kick but Morton checks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morton defending well as Knox loads up on a big left hand.
The fighters circling - Morton throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Knox takes a swing at Morton's ribcage but misses.
Morton shoots in for a takedown but Knox shows good takedown defense.
Knox looks to land a combination but Morton avoids it well.
Morton misses with a jab to the body
and Knox counters with a series of strikes. Morton will be more careful next time no doubt.
Morton bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Knox tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Morton was well out of range. Poor timing from Knox.
Tommy Knox is winning the standup battle so far.
Morton throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Tommy Knox is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Morton fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Knox has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tommy Knox showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Knox has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight 29:28
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tommy Knox!