PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zeta Knox (ranked 1827 p4p, 71 weight class) and John Braddock (ranked 248 p4p, 12 weight class). Knox's entrance music is Five Finger Death Punch | Bad Company . A fine choice. Zeta Knox has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Knox
vs
Braddock

205 cm
22
290 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

185 cm
31
285 lbs
16 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Arcticus University: London
BloodOath 85% Laundry

Groove Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Zeta Knox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, John Braddock!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knox takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Jab, jab by Braddock - just one landing.

It looks like Zeta Knox has been cut.
A jab from Braddock finds it's way through Knox's defenses.
Braddock misses with a body shot.

Braddock clinches with his opponent.
Braddock blocks an uppercut.
Knox misses with a hook to the ribs.
Braddock misses with a body punch.
Knox misses with a short punch on the inside.
Knox lands a right hand.
Knox prevents a body shot from Braddock.
A right handed body shot lands from Braddock.
Braddock stalls.
Braddock scores with a hook to the body.
Braddock pushes Knox back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Knox is breathing heavily.
Braddock lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Braddock creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Braddock creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Braddock lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Braddock lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Braddock blocks an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Braddock softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Braddock - that landed with a thud.
Braddock digs a right hand underneath Knox's ribcage. Knox let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Braddock is working Knox over against the cage.
Braddock digs a right hand into Knox's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Knox's gas tank.
Braddock is stalling here.
Braddock makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Braddock cracks Knox with a nice body shot.
Braddock displaying some good clinch control by pressing Knox up against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Braddock.
Knox letting Braddock take a breather here.
Knox has a couple of punches blocked by Braddock.
A short right from Braddock.
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.
A hook to the body from Braddock.
A right handed body shot lands from Braddock.
Braddock lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Braddock scores with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Braddock.

Knox is rocked!
Braddock cracks Knox with a nice body shot.
Oh Knox is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Braddock lands a body shot in the clinch.
Braddock stalling.
Knox seems to have got his legs back now.
Braddock throws a big uppercut that drops Knox! More strikes from Braddock and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Knox lies dazed against the cage as Braddock celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Braddock!
John Braddock spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.