PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Archibald Knox (ranked 262 p4p, 35 weight class) and Hendrik Vermeulen (ranked 243 p4p, 32 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Knox
vs
Vermeulen

185 cm
28
190 lbs
17 - 8 - 0

187 cm
28
204 lbs
23 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Archibald Knox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hendrik Vermeulen!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vermeulen on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Knox throws a hook but Vermeulen blocks it.
Knox throws a hook but Vermeulen avoids it easily.
Vermeulen throws a big shot that misses.
Knox missing with a left hand there. Vermeulen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Vermeulen connects with a crisp jab.
A swing and a miss from Knox.
Knox jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Vermeulen avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Vermeulen scores with a crisp jab that stopped Knox in his tracks.
Nice defenses there by Vermeulen.
Vermeulen swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Vermeulen blocks a head kick by Knox.
Vermeulen has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Knox finds it's way round the side to connect with Vermeulen's head.
Knox throws a lazy uppercut

and Vermeulen counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vermeulen lands an uppercut.
Knox blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Vermeulen.
Knox throws a head punch that misses.
Vermeulen blocking some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knox scores with a shot to the side of Vermeulen's head.
Vermeulen lands a body punch in the clinch.
Vermeulen lands with a light punch inside.
Knox misses with a body punch.
Vermeulen throws a punch but it's blocked by Knox.
Vermeulen pushes Knox back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
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.
Vermeulen lands a shoulder strike.
Vermeulen working aggressively here.
Vermeulen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Knox lands a hook to the side of the head.
Knox working aggressively here.
Knox tries to throw a body punch but Vermeulen avoids it by throwing Knox back against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Knox.
Vermeulen misses with a body punch.
Knox cracks Vermeulen with a nice body shot.
Knox misses with a hook from the clinch.
Knox stops a takedown attempt from Vermeulen.
Knox misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch on the inside from Knox fails to land.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vermeulen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Knox scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vermeulen drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Knox gets the underhooks and prevents it.
A short body shot lands from Vermeulen as the two fighters clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Vermeulen.
Good body shot from Knox.
Vermeulen prevents a body shot from Knox.

Knox breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Knox throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Vermeulen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Knox.
Knox throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Vermeulen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Knox misses with a lunging right hand
and Vermeulen counters with a two punch combo.
Vermeulen moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Knox catches Vermeulen with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

Vermeulen has taken the fight to the clinch.
Vermeulen has Knox pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Knox manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Archibald Knox has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hendrik Vermeulen.
Vermeulen has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Knox is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Vermeulen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vermeulen has a couple of punches blocked by Knox.
Vermeulen throws a punch but it's blocked by Knox.
Vermeulen lands with a short shot to the head.
Vermeulen throws a punch but it's blocked by Knox.
A nice right hand lands inside from Knox.
Knox tries a body shot but Vermeulen blocks it.
Knox scores with a nice hook to the head.
Vermeulen is looking for a takedown.
Knox tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Knox has had enough of the clinch but Vermeulen keeps him there for the moment.
Knox doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Vermeulen misses with a punch on the inside.
Knox can't find room to land a body shot as Vermeulen controls the action.
Vermeulen looking for a takedown.
Vermeulen misses with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Knox.
Vermeulen throws a punch but it's blocked by Knox.
Knox swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Knox throws a punch but it's blocked by Vermeulen.
Knox blocks an uppercut.
Vermeulen misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Knox.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vermeulen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Vermeulen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Knox backwards.
Knox lands with a light punch inside.
Knox blocking some punches.
Vermeulen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Knox stalling in the clinch.
Vermeulen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Knox blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Knox manages to break the clinch.
Vermeulen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Knox throws out the jab.
And Vermeulen tries to counter it with a takedown but Knox pushes his down on his head and steps out.

Knox drops Vermeulen with a beautiful combination! Vermeulen stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Knox is looking for the KO!

It looks like Hendrik Vermeulen has been cut.
Knox uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

Vermeulen is rocked!
Archibald Knox seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Knox throws a shot from downtown. Vermeulen moves away and avoids it.
Vermeulen is still on wobbly legs! Can Knox finish him?
Knox batters Vermeulen with a massive right followed by a huge left! Vermeulen is out on his feet looking like a zombie as Knox lands a final crushing right hand to drop Vermeulen to the mat with a gruesome thud! Knox is running around like a mad man after that fight and for good reason!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Archibald Knox!
Archibald Knox took some time post fight to say the following; 'Slurped on his own blood, mother fucker!'.