PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ronaldo Souza (ranked 22973 p4p, 547 weight class) and Athos Knox (ranked 3317 p4p, 336 weight class). Knox has chosen Click Click Boom | Saliva as his entrance music. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Souza
vs
Knox

185 cm
22
185 lbs
6 - 18 - 1

185 cm
21
188 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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 6 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ronaldo Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Athos Knox!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knox leaves Souza with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Knox doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Knox displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

It looks like Ronaldo Souza has been cut.
Athos Knox seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Souza looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Souza tries to clinch there but Knox circles away.
Sloppy strikes from Knox. Those never looked like landing.
Knox scores with a nice head shot.
Souza shoots in for a takedown but Knox shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Knox has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Souza is landing a low percentage of strikes.

Knox drops Souza with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Souza looks back up at him and smiles so Knox waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.

Souza is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knox lands hard precision jab right on the jaw that stiffens Souza up and sends him tumbling to the mat! The ref grabs Knox from behind before he can pounce. Some folks in the crowd didn't like that stoppage, but I saw Souza's eyes roll way back in his head, he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Athos Knox!
Athos Knox decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.