PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yardbird Knox (ranked 3397 p4p, 2876 weight class) and Bert Newton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Knox
vs
Newton

207 cm
37
285
28 - 18 - 0

186 cm
28
263
6 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Yardbird Knox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bert Newton!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Steve Smith and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knox listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Newton.
Knox scores with a body shot.
Newton misses with a takedown
and Knox counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Newton fails with the takedown

and Knox counters with a nice right hand that sends Newton toppling to the canvas! Newton scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Knox finish him?!
Yardbird Knox has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bert Newton.
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!
Newton with a lazy takedown attempt
and Knox counters with a huge left! Newton is in big trouble! He's backing up but Knox isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Newton from any more damage. A dominating finish by Knox!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yardbird Knox!
Our winner, Yardbird Knox, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.