PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Bill Beukeboom (ranked 2534 p4p, 20308 weight class) and Riley Knox (ranked 360 p4p, 639 weight class). Knox is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Roy Jones Jr - I Smoke, I Drink feat. Mr. Magic & Youngbloodz). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Beukeboom
vs
Knox

185 cm
37
200
35 - 19 - 0

188 cm
36
201
34 - 12 - 0

World class boxer
Cardio machine

World class MT
Good gas tank

Conquer

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 35 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bill Beukeboom!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Riley Knox!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, James Glass and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beukeboom ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Knox moves away.
Beukeboom stuns Knox with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Beukeboom fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

It looks like Riley Knox has been cut.
Knox moves out of range as Beukeboom strikes.
A jab from Beukeboom misses.

Knox closes the distance and clinches.
Beukeboom lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Beukeboom lands a right hand.
Knox blocking some punches.
Knox throws a punch but it's blocked by Beukeboom.
Beukeboom misses with some punches.
Beukeboom managing to block the knees to the body from Knox.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Beukeboom tries a body shot but Knox blocks it.
Knox stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Beukeboom blocks a body shot from Knox.
Knox blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beukeboom fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Beukeboom has a couple of punches blocked by Knox.
Knox swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Knox tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Beukeboom has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Beukeboom goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Knox has a couple of punches blocked by Beukeboom.
Knox misses with a hook from the clinch.
Knox misses with some punches.
Knox tries to throw a body punch but Beukeboom avoids it by throwing Knox back against the ropes.
Beukeboom digs a right hand into Knox's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Knox's gas tank.
Knox misses with a punch to the body.
Beukeboom throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Beukeboom misses with a hook from the clinch.
Beukeboom misses with a body punch.
Knox misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Beukeboom.
A short body shot lands from Knox as the two fighters clinch.
Knox pushes Beukeboom back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Beukeboom misses with a body punch.
Beukeboom lands a body punch.
Beukeboom scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knox tries to work over Beukeboom's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Knox is trying to stall.
Beukeboom avoiding damage as Knox throws knees to the body.
Knox tries to work over Beukeboom's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Knox tries a knee to the head but Beukeboom blocks it.
Knox has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Beukeboom seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Knox can turn it around.
Beukeboom lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A right hook to the body lands for Beukeboom.
Knox tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Beukeboom avoids it.
Beukeboom scores with a nice hook to the head.
Knox misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Knox misses with a punch to the body.
Knox misses with some punches.
A right handed body shot lands from Knox.
Beukeboom misses with a hook to the ribs.
Beukeboom struggles to land a body shot inside as Knox controls his hands.
Beukeboom misses with a hook from the clinch.

Beukeboom pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Beukeboom staying out of range there.
Beukeboom throwing a counter right hand but Knox manages to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Bill Beukeboom dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Riley Knox's cut.
That's time! Beukeboom's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Knox connects with a body shot.
Riley Knox seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Knox lands a nice leg kick that just misses Beukeboom's sensitive parts.

Beukeboom clips Knox with a right and a left that makes him do the chicken dance for a couple of seconds. He touched his left hand down on the canvas so the referee steps between the fighters to give Knox a standing 8 count before we can continue the bout.
Knox misses with a hook.
Knox looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Knox throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Beukeboom counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Knox thinking.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Beukeboom tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Knox was well out of range. Poor timing from Beukeboom.
Beukeboom looks to land a right hand but Knox moved out of range.
Knox glances at the clock... BAM! Beukeboom nails him with a big right hand! A momentary lapse in concentration sends Knox crashing to the mat! The referee steps in and this one is over! Damn, Knox is out of it, he thinks the ref is his opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Bill Beukeboom!
Bill Beukeboom retains his light heavyweight title!