PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Knox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diamond Phillips (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Knox comes into the arena with "Another Body Murdered" blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Knox
vs
Phillips

185 cm
22
213 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

193 cm
23
215 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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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 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Knox!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Diamond Phillips!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Alyssa Summers and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Phillips keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Phillips throws a right and a left that both miss.
Phillips misses the shot to the body.
Knox is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

It looks like John Knox has been cut.
Phillips rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Knox moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Knox misses with an attempted mid kick.
Diamond Phillips seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Phillips takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Phillips misses with a jab, cross combination.
Knox is looking to clinch.
Knox misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Phillips.
Knox tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Knox throws a half hearted mid kick.
Knox shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Phillips as he jumps to the side.
Knox throws a looping overhand right but Phillips ducks down to avoid it.
Knox throws a half hearted mid kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knox dodges the punch combination from Phillips.
Knox tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Phillips paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Knox tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Phillips needs to keep his hands up - Knox had a free shot at his head there.
Phillips misses with a hook to the body
and Knox counters with a nice leg kick.
Phillips swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Knox showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Phillips.
A combination from Phillips does no damage.
Knox fails with an attempt to clinch.
Knox throws a sloppy head kick and Phillips moves out of range easily.
Phillips swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Phillips lands with a cross.
Phillips lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Knox backs up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Phillips throws a hook to the side of Knox's head but Knox sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Knox misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Phillips.
Phillips tests Knox's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Knox misses with a double jab.
Phillips throws a series of punches but Knox moves out of range.
Phillips lands with an overhand left.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Phillips falls off balance throwing a combination
and Knox counters with a straight right hand.
Phillips rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Knox moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Phillips fails to land with a series of punches.
Phillips throws a hook to the side of Knox's head but Knox sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Phillips misses the shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knox wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Phillips lands a jab to the nose.

John Knox's cut is getting worse.
An inside leg kick lands from Knox.
Phillips looks gassed!
Phillips cracks Knox with a right hand to the side of the head.
A punch combination from Phillips misses.
Phillips checks a low kick from Knox.
Knox changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Phillips tries to avoid it but Knox manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Phillips to the ground. Phillips escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Phillips looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Knox tries to clinch but Phillips moves out of range.
Phillips leaves Knox with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Knox. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Knox throws a wild body kick that Phillips sees coming a mile off.
Knox throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Phillips falls off balance throwing a combination
and Knox counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Knox throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Phillips counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knox is looking to chop away at Phillips's legs.
A combination from Phillips does no damage.
Phillips looks to land a combination but Knox avoids it well.
Knox throws a hook to the side of Phillips's head but Phillips sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Knox misses with a body kick.
Knox throws a push kick but Phillips slaps the foot to one side.
Phillips throws a combination that misses
and Knox counters with a low kick, right behind Phillips 's knee.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Phillips fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Phillips drops Knox with a nice combination! Phillips dives into Knox's guard, looking to finish!

Knox is rocked!

Phillips gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Diamond Phillips dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Knox's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Knox throws the kick towards the body but Phillips avoids it.
Knox throws a hook to the side of Phillips's head but Phillips sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Diamond Phillips is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Phillips swinging wilding here.
Phillips throws a series of punches but Knox avoids them all with ease.
Knox thows a left - swing and a miss!
Phillips misses with a looping right.
Phillips lands a right hook to the body.
Phillips scores with a punch to the head.
Phillips dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Phillips misses with a double jab
and Knox counters with a nice leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Knox slips a straight right by Phillips.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Phillips misses with an uppercut. Knox saw that one coming.
Phillips throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A nice combination there by Phillips.
Knox walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

John Knox's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Phillips misses with a combination
and Knox counters with a nice uppercut.
Phillips misses with a shot to the body
and Knox counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Diamond Phillips seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Phillips takes a kick to the side of the head.
Phillips throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Knox.
Knox dodges the punch combination from Phillips.
Phillips slaps away a takedown attempt from Knox, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Phillips scores with the left hand. Knox knows he should have avoided that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Phillips misses with a shot to the body
and Knox counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Knox moves away from the strike by Phillips.
Danga de danga de dang - Phillips scores with a four punch combination!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Phillips misses with a double jab
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Knox fails with an attempt to clinch.
Phillips throws a combination that misses
and Knox counters with a solid body kick.
Knox throws a combination. Phillips tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Knox throws a nice looking combination but Phillips bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A bone on bone clash there as Phillips blocks the leg kick.
Phillips takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phillips falls off balance throwing a combination
and Knox counters with an inside leg kick.
Phillips throws a lazy right hand but Knox sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Phillips misses with a series of wild punches.
Knox pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Phillips swings for the body but Knox moves out of range.
Phillips blocks a head kick by Knox.
Phillips scores with a jab to the head.
Knox misses with a head kick.

Knox moves into the clinch.
Knox goes for a takedown attempt but Phillips pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Diamond Phillips is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Phillips throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Phillips slaps away a takedown attempt from Knox, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Knox. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Phillips misses with a combination
and Knox makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Phillips throws a nice looking combination but Knox bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Phillips scores with a nice strike.
A punch combination from Phillips misses.

Knox drives through and clinches with Phillips against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A short right from Phillips.
Phillips lands with a short shot to the head.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Knox. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Phillips is leaning against Knox and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Phillips lands with a right to the head.
Phillips lands with a left to the head.
Knox stalling in the clinch but Phillips improves position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Diamond Phillips will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on John Knox's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Phillips throws an overhand right that lands on Knox's shoulder, as Knox tries to avoid the shot.
Phillips lands with a nice combination. Knox backs away looking to recover.
Knox ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Phillips moves away.
Knox throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Knox takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Knox connects with a solid leg kick.
No joy there for Phillips, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Knox scores with a crisp jab that stopped Phillips in his tracks.
Knox moves forwards but Phillips connects with a nice, crisp jab.

Jeez, John Knox's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Knox scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Phillips doesn't seem bothered though.
Phillips on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Knox on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Phillips checks a low kick from Knox.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Phillips scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Oh Knox is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Phillips misses with a double jab.
Phillips lands with a cross.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at John Knox's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Diamond Phillips!
Diamond Phillips is the new light heavyweight champion!