PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Knox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and dequavius brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Knox kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is "On My Way to the Cage" by Rollins Band. This should be fireworks!

Knox
vs
brown

185 cm
22
212 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
18
190 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Knox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, dequavius brown!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Jorge Garcia and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Knox gets in close and instigates a clinch.
brown looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Knox is leaning against brown and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Knox stalling.
Knox lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down brown.
Good body shot from Knox.
Knox lands a hook that snaps the head of brown backwards.
Knox lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down brown.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knox lands a body punch in the clinch.
Knox is working brown over against the cage.
Knox throws a blind hook that connects with the side of browns head.
Knox works on brown's body with a couple of short punches.
Knox stalling the fight.
Good body shot from Knox.
A short body shot lands from Knox as the two fighters clinch.

Knox pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Knox drives through and clinches with brown against the cage.
Knox works on brown's body with a couple of short punches.
Knox digs a right hand into brown's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on brown's gas tank.
Knox throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Knox lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down brown.
Knox lands a nice shot to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Knox.
Knox lands a body punch in the clinch.
Knox lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down brown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knox lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down brown.
A right hand to the body from Knox.
Knox is working brown over against the cage.
Knox scores with a hook to the body.
Knox works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Knox lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Knox.
Knox is working brown over against the cage.
Knox is working brown over against the cage.
Knox digs a right hand into brown's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on brown's gas tank.
Good body shot from Knox.
A right handed body shot lands from Knox.
Knox presses brown against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Knox.
A short right from Knox.
Knox lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short body shot lands from Knox as the two fighters clinch.
Knox lands a body shot in the clinch.

brown escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Knox moves into the clinch.
brown drops down looking for an ankle pick but Knox pulls his leg out and moves away.

brown changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Knox looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knox is trying to improve his position.
Knox is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Knox trying to hold on to brown's head to control him but brown postures up.
Knox is positioning himself well to prevent brown advancing to mount.
brown misses with a head shot. Knox uses the momentum to regain guard.
brown won't allow Knox to sweep him here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knox controlling brown's posture.
brown won't allow Knox to sweep him here.
Knox seems keen to control brown's posture.
brown trying to control but Knox is working from the bottom.
brown trying to stand up but can't free himself from Knox's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
brown preventing the sweep.
brown should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

Knox is working an open guard so brown takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

Knox closes the distance and clinches.
Knox lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of brown backwards.
Knox scores with an uppercut up the middle.
brown trying to control the position but instead, Knox has worked for underhooks and has pushed brown into the cage.
Knox lands an uppercut.
Knox is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Knox pushes brown back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Knox lands a shot to the body.
Knox is working brown over against the cage.
brown tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Knox smiles and moves away.
brown chopping away at his opponent's legs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Knox dominated that round.
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.

Knox scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

Knox has brown up against the cage in a clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Knox.
A body shot lands from Knox.
Knox digs a right hand into brown's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on brown's gas tank.
Knox lands a body shot in the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Knox.
Knox lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down brown.
Knox slowing the pace effectively.
Knox gets underhooks to prevent brown's takedown attempt.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Knox.
brown can't get the takedown.
Knox stops a takedown attempt from brown.
John Knox has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of dequavius brown.
brown working aggressively here.
Knox lands a body punch in the clinch.

Knox manages to break the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Knox throws a leg kick
and brown counters with a good, hard body kick but Knox shrugs it off.

brown closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Knox to the mat! Knox manages to get full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Knox seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
brown stopping the sweep attempt from Knox.
brown tries to free his leg and advance position but Knox is retaining full guard.
Knox has control of brown's left arm, preventing brown from doing any damage.
brown throwing strikes from guard but Knox blocks nicely.
Knox wants to sweep but no luck.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
brown trying to control but Knox is working from the bottom.
brown might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Knox kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A cross from Knox lands.
brown tries to close the distance and clinch but Knox swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
brown will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
The fight stays on the outside here - brown looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Knox scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Knox fails in his attempt to clinch.
John Knox is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Knox is looking to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

brown has Knox up against the cage in a clinch.
Knox lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
brown jumps guard but Knox stands there with brown around his waist. brown gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Knox lands a body punch.
brown wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Knox lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Knox stops a takedown attempt from brown.
Knox is leaning against brown and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Knox.
brown tries to break the clinch but Knox is controlling the position.
brown trying to land knees to the body.
brown trying to land knees to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Knox for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Knox creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
brown jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Knox walks away with a smile on his face. brown gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Knox looks to throw the jab but brown is out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
brown shoots for a double leg takedown but Knox sprawls well. He's pushed brown's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
brown misses with a body shot.
brown 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 brown off to one side.
brown lands a jab-cross combination.
Knox tries to clinch up

and brown counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by brown.
brown jumps guard but Knox stands there with brown around his waist. brown gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Good body shot from Knox.
A body shot lands from Knox.
A right hook to the body lands for Knox.
Knox stalls.
brown jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Knox walks away with a smile on his face. brown gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Knox dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Knox keeps the fight on the outside.
Knox misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Knox fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with brown, pushing him back against the cage.
Knox lands with a short shot to the head.
Knox is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that brown can do to turn this around?
brown's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Knox digs a right hand into brown's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on brown's gas tank.
Knox scores with a shoulder strike.
Knox stalling the fight.
Knox is working brown over against the cage.
brown jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Knox walks away with a smile on his face. brown gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Knox tries to clinch up but brown circles away and keeps his distance.
Knox throws a right and a left that brown avoids nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knox moves in looking to clinch but brown pushes him off.
brown goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Nice takedown defense from Knox. No joy for brown on that attempt.
Knox falls off balance throwing a combination

and brown counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knox lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt brown or not.
Knox pressing his opponent against the cage.
A body shot lands from Knox.
Knox gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from brown.
John Knox has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of dequavius brown.
Nice body punch from Knox - that landed with a thud.
Knox digs a right hand into brown's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on brown's gas tank.
Knox is leaning against brown and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
brown fails to pull guard.
brown wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Knox digs a right hand into brown's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on brown's gas tank.
Knox is pushing brown up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

Knox's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Knox clinches but brown breaks the clinch
and brown makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Knox throws a series of strikes that have brown backpedaling.

Knox rushes brown and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
brown is trying to break the clinch but Knox has him pressed against the cage.
Knox is trying to break free.
brown is looking to break free of the clinch but Knox has double underhooks.

brown ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. brown no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Knox stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. brown swivels though and keeps the full guard.

brown has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Knox can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

brown had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Knox is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. brown Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Knox's back instead.
Knox turns into brown and is now in his guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knox slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Knox looking to pass the guard.
brown trying to control the position.
brown is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Knox won't allow brown to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Knox looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
John Knox is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Knox preventing the sweep.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
brown is trying to keep Knox in close.
dequavius brown has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Knox closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Knox showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Knox, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:26
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 30:26
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 30:26

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