PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Knox (ranked 1829 p4p, 2242 weight class) and Tyke Bison (ranked 272 p4p, 333 weight class). Bison comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Del the Funky Homosapien - Jaw Gymnastics kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! John Knox has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Knox
vs
Bison

185 cm
25
215
3 - 1 - 0

178 cm
25
215
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

White Gorilla
PWNAGE™

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Knox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tyke Bison!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Elvis Blanc and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knox throws a big shot that misses.
Bison looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Bison is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Bison throws a body punch but Knox moves out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A jab from Knox misses.
Knox swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
John Knox seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big left from Knox misses.
A nice side step and Bison releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Knox throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Bison connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Knox blocks a jab.
Knox looks to land a right hand but Bison moved out of range.
Knox takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Knox ducks under a wild hook from Bison.
Knox 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.
Knox with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Knox connects with a crisp jab.
Bison throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Knox misses with a straight right.
Knox walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bison uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Knox.
Bison lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Bison throws a body punch but Knox moves out of range.
Bison throws a body punch but Knox moves out of range.

Knox has closed the distance and engaged Bison in a clinch.
Bison's coach down at 3Band MMA was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Bison's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Knox pushes Bison back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Bison manages to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knox throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bison sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bison ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bison misses with a wild body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Knox misses the target.
Knox misses with a hook
and Bison counters with a stiff right hand.
Bison connects with a single shot there.
Bison just misses with a punch to the body.
Knox connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Knox fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Knox bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bison will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Knox throwing a counter right hand but Bison manages to avoid it.
Knox scores with a body shot.
Bison throws a body punch but Knox moves out of range.
Knox lands a two punch combo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knox misses with a left hand
and Bison counters with a series of strikes. Knox will be more careful next time no doubt.
Knox uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bison.
Bison steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Knox.
Bison displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Knox throws out the jab.
Bison swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knox thuds his right hand into Bison's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

Knox fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bison, pushing him back against the cage.
A short left from Knox.
Knox lands a shoulder strike.
Knox pushes Bison back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Bison is trying to push Knox away but Knox has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Bison can't break the clinch.
Knox can't find room to land a body shot as Bison controls the action.
Knox lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bison backwards.
Bison tries to break the clinch but Knox is controlling the position.
Knox keeps control of Bison as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Knox lands a nice shot to the body.

Knox escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bison lands with a cross.
Bison misses with a hook.
Knox connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Bison looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bison on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Knox connects with a jab.
Bison takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bison misses the shot to the body.
Knox scores with a hook.
Knox lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Bison moves out of range of the strikes.
Knox misses with a straight left.
Bison swings for the body but Knox moves out of range.
Knox lands with a good body shot.
Bison uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Knox.
Knox scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bison doesn't seem bothered though.
Knox scores with a jab to the body.
Knox throws a shot from downtown. Bison moves away and avoids it.
Bison closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Sloppy strikes from Bison. Those never looked like landing.
Bison staying out of range there.
Knox throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bison unleashes a big counter combination but Knox bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Bison fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Knox manages to avoid it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knox cracks a nice hook into Bison's ribs.
Knox throws a shot from downtown. Bison moves away and avoids it.
Bison fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Knox manages to avoid it.
A little feinted left hand from Knox on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knox lands a head shot.
Knox throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bison sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Knox connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Bison's hands.
Knox throws a big shot that misses.
Knox wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Knox loads up on a big right hand but Bison slips the punch.
Bison gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Bison just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice uppercut lands for Knox. That snapped Bison's head back.
Bison displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Knox throws out the jab.
Bison scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Knox tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bison was well out of range. Poor timing from Knox.
Knox dips to his left and cracks Bison with an uppercut!
Bison cracks a nice hook into Knox's ribs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Knox uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bison.
Knox is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Knox missing with a left hand there. Bison was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bison is looking for the big counter here.
Knox slips under a jab from Bison.
Bison throws a hook but Knox avoids it easily.
Knox lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Knox.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

John Knox dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Knox waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bison.
Knox throws a body shot but no joy.
Sloppy strikes from Bison. Those never looked like landing.
Bison digs a good body shot into Knox's ribs.
Bison is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Knox.
Knox throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Knox throws a hook to the side of Bison's head but Bison sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
John Knox is winning the standup battle so far.
Bison with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Knox jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bison's jab looks to have found its range, popping Knox under the eye.
Knox uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bison.
Knox lands a head shot.
Bison misses with a series of wild punches.
Bison misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bison throws a series of punches but Knox moves out of range.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Knox misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bison steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Knox.
Bison looks to throw the jab but Knox is out of range.
A big right from Bison misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knox lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Bison moves out of range of the strikes.
Bison ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Knox moves away.
Bison on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Bison misses with a wild combination.
Knox throws a hook but Bison blocks it.
Bison misses with a double jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Bison misses the target.
A big right from Knox misses.
Knox misses with a left hand
enabling Bison to counter with a crisp jab.
Knox fails to land with a series of punches.
Bison misses with a double jab.
An attempted straight right counter from Knox misses the target.
Knox looks to score with a jab to the body but Bison is just out of range.
Bison slips a straight right by Knox.
A nice side step and Bison releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Bison takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Knox is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bison can do to turn this around?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bison lands a nice hook to Knox's body. Knox takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Knox lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bison misses with an uppercut.
The fighters circle momentarily. Bison darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Knox avoids the body shot from Bison.
Knox swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bison has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Bison keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Knox throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bison sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bison slips a jab from Knox.
Bison doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Bison uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Knox.
Knox is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

Knox gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Knox scores with a hook to the body.
Knox lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short left from Knox.
Knox digs a right hand underneath Bison's ribcage. Bison let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short body shot lands from Knox as the two fighters clinch.
Bison is breathing heavily.
Knox lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Knox lands a shot to the body.

Bison's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Knox darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bison throws a body shot but no joy.
Bison swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Knox misses with a straight right.
A jab from Knox misses.
Bison throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bison moves away from the strike by Knox.
Knox throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Knox throws out a loose jab but Bison uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bison takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Knox takes a swing at Bison's ribcage but misses.
It seemed like Bison was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Knox misses with an uppercut.
Bison jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Knox loads up on a big right hand but Bison slips the punch.
Bison ducks under a wild hook from Knox.

Knox darts in and clinches Bison up against the cage.
Bison is trying to break free.
Bison wants to get back to striking at distance but Knox won't allow it.
Knox softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bison wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Knox has him pressed against the cage.
John Knox has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knox cracks Bison with a nice body shot.
Knox softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Knox struggles to land a body shot inside as Bison controls his hands.
Bison prevents a body shot from Knox.

Bison pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bison takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A telegraphed right hand from Knox misses the target.
Knox lands a nice looking body shot.
Bison tries to bum rush Knox with a series of wild strikes but Knox uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bison takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Knox connects with a jab.
Knox catches Bison with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Bison tries to bum rush Knox with a series of wild strikes but Knox uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Knox connects with a good right hand that stumbles Bison. Bison circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Bison avoids the body shot from Knox.
Bison will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bison fails to land with a series of punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

John Knox dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Knox takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Bison misses the jab.
Bison misses with a hook.
Knox pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Knox throws an overhand right that lands on Bison's shoulder, as Bison tries to avoid the shot.
Knox throws an overhand right that lands on Bison's shoulder, as Bison tries to avoid the shot.
Knox throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bison dips to his left and cracks Knox with an uppercut!
Knox throws a hook but Bison avoids it easily.
Knox connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Knox swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Knox throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Knox takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bison lunges at Knox with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Knox's hand.
Bison on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Bison throws a body shot but no joy.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bison misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Knox.
Bison looks to score with a jab to the body but Knox is just out of range.
Knox pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bison slips a straight right by Knox.
Bison fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Knox manages to avoid it.
Bison's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Knox connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Bison scrambles back to his feet.
Knox slips a jab from Bison.
Bison throws an overhand right that lands on Knox's shoulder, as Knox tries to avoid the shot.
Knox getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Bison fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Knox steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bison.

Knox has closed the distance and engaged Bison in a clinch.
Knox tries to throw a body punch but Bison avoids it by throwing Knox back against the cage.
Knox lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Knox.
Knox digs a right hand into Bison's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bison's gas tank.
Bison takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Knox stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

Bison breaks the clinch.

Knox clinches up against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knox lands a shoulder strike.

Knox breaks from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knox jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Knox scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Knox ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bison takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Decent striking displayed by Knox there.
Knox swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Knox blocks a jab.
Knox swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Bison takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
A big left from Knox misses.
Bison walks into a straight right hand from Knox.
Knox thuds a left hand into Bison's body.
Bison throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bison has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Knox takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Bison connects with a crisp jab.
The fighters circle momentarily. Knox darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

Knox moves into range and clinches up with Bison.
Bison tries to circle away but Knox has him pinned against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bison tries to circle away but Knox has him pinned against the cage.

Bison breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bison takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Knox throws a big shot that misses.
Bison unleashes a big counter combination but Knox bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Bison cracks a nice hook into Knox's ribs.
Bison swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bison avoids a punch combination nicely.
Knox loads up on a big right hand but Bison slips the punch.
Bison fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Knox connects with a right hand. Bison shakes it off.
Bison fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Knox looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Knox smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Knox throws a jab but it's blocked by Bison.
Bison keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bison gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Knox.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bison misses with a two punch combination.
Knox swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Bison misses with a straight left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lazy left from Knox finds it's target.
Knox lands a head shot.
Bison slips a jab and a cross from Knox.
Knox misses with a straight right.
Bison doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Knox throws a looping overhand right but Bison ducks down to avoid it.
Bison misses with a looping left.
Knox getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Knox pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tyke Bison has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bison dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bison blocks a jab.
A shot to the liver by Bison. Beautiful body shot.
Knox scores with a jab. Bison acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Knox misses with a straight right.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Knox swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Knox just misses with a punch to the body.
John Knox is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bison fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Knox looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Bison takes a swing at Knox's ribcage but misses.
It looked like Knox wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Knox showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Knox has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Knox!
In his post fight interview, John Knox started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
Tyke Bison spoke after the fight, saying 'D'oh, d'oh, that thuckth! Back to the drawing board! '.