PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Athos Knox (ranked 713 p4p, 848 weight class) and Obama Filth (ranked 114 p4p, 135 weight class). Knox comes to the cage accompanied by Click Click Boom | Saliva. Filth has chosen Beat the Bastards as his entrance music. Obama Filth has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Knox
vs
Filth

185 cm
32
188
18 - 12 - 2

185 cm
28
193
11 - 8 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 18 - 12 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Athos Knox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Obama Filth!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Filth stuns Knox with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Filth.
Filth misses with a shot to the body
and Filth takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Filth throws a nice head kick!

It looks like Athos Knox has been cut.
Filth just misses with a punch to the body.
Filth lands a head kick!
Filth throws a head kick that half lands.
Filth fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Knox manages to avoid it.
Filth moves away from the strike by Knox.
Knox definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Knox lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A slapping leg kick lands for Filth.
Knox misses with a looping left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knox with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Filth connects with a single shot there.
Filth throws a predictable looking body shot
and Knox counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Knox thows a left - swing and a miss!
Knox rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Filth counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Nice cross by Filth.
Knox throws a shot from downtown. Filth moves away and avoids it.
Knox looks to land a combination but Filth avoids it well.
A clash of legs there as Knox blocks the low kick.
Filth looks to score with a jab to the body but Knox is just out of range.
Filth thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Filth slips under a jab.
Filth is trying to counter with his kicks.
Knox drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A shot to the body from Filth misses
letting Knox counter with a right hand.
Filth misses with a hook. Knox ducked under it nicely.
Nice uppercut lands for Filth. That snapped Knox's head back.
Filth is looking to land body kicks.
Filth walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Filth throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Filth is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Knox rather than just go for the knockout.
Filth cracks Knox with an open hand slap.
Filth fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Knox is out of range.
Filth looks to throw the jab but Knox is out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Filth steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Knox.
Knox lands a body shot.
Filth misses with an uppercut
enabling Knox to counter with a crisp jab.
Filth throws out a loose jab but Knox uses good head movement to avoid it.
Filth uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Knox.
Knox connects with the punch.
A jab from Filth misses.
Filth misses with an attempted mid kick.

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

Filth is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Filth tries to get into range but Knox steps to the side and lands a beautiful hook that drops Filth! He's faceplanted into the mat, ass in the air... he's out cold! That's an image he won't want to show his grandkids when he gets older! Knox scores the big KO victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Athos Knox!
In his post fight interview, Athos Knox started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.