PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between New Knox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Ladeia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Knox
vs
Ladeia

188 cm
21
200 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

185 cm
24
185 lbs
8 - 11 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, New Knox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jose Ladeia!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ladeia slaps away a takedown attempt from Knox, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Ladeia fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Ladeia is defended easily by Knox.
Ladeia scores with a nice body kick.
Horrible takedown by Ladeia or perhaps it was just good defense by Knox which made him look bad.
New Knox has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jose Ladeia.
Knox throws a head kick that misses.
Ladeia fails to land the takedown.
Knox slips a jab and a cross from Ladeia.
Knox throws a sloppy head kick and Ladeia moves out of range easily.
Ladeia throws a wild body kick that Knox sees coming a mile off.
Knox defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Ladeia.
Ladeia misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ladeia shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Knox as he jumps to the side.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Ladeia.
Knox shoots in but no luck this time.
Ladeia moves out of range of the body kick from Knox.
Knox swings for the body but Ladeia moves out of range.
Ladeia fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Ladeia shoots in for a takedown but Knox shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Ladeia closes this distance looking for a takedown but Knox circles away.
Ladeia fails with a takedown attempt.
Knox thumps Ladeia with a low kick.
Ladeia blocks a head kick by Knox.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Knox.
Ladeia lands with a shot to the body.
Ladeia misses with a two punch combination.
Ladeia throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Ladeia avoids the head kick by Knox.
Ladeia throws a body kick that misses.
Knox throws a body kick the misses

and Ladeia counters with a shoot takedown. Knox fights it but they end up in guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Ladeia wants to pass the guard but Knox is keeping the position.
Ladeia is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ladeia is looking to advance position but Knox has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Knox won't let Ladeia get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Knox landing shots from mount.
Ladeia trying desperately to get to his feet.
Knox lands a big shot there that rocks Ladeia but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Ladeia is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Ladeia looks gassed!
Knox breaks from Ladeia's wrist control and lands an elbow.

It looks like Jose Ladeia has been cut.
Ladeia squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Knox cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knox punishing his opponent with strikes.
Knox landing strikes from the mount.

The cut above Jose Ladeia's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Knox looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Knox breaks from Ladeia's wrist control and lands an elbow.

Ladeia is rocked!

Jose Ladeia's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Jose Ladeia's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). New Knox!