PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Johny Knox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lex Steele (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Knox
vs
Steele

185 cm
22
193 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Crashforce Voodoo Labs

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Johny Knox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lex Steele!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Albert Achterberg and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knox misses with a double jab.
Steele tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Knox walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Steele checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Steele displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Knox.
Knox connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Knox throws a solid leg kick but Steele takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Knox.
Steele tries to clinch up but Knox circles away and keeps his distance.
Knox fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Knox throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Steele.
Steele tries for a takedown but Knox sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Knox.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johny Knox. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Steele tries to clinch there but Knox circles away.
Steele moves in looking to clinch but Knox pushes him off.
Knox throws a shot from downtown. Steele moves away and avoids it.
Knox circles away from the clinch attempt.
Knox misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Knox misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knox misses with a jab, cross combination.
Knox throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Steele.
Lex Steele is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Knox misses with a body kick.
Knox shoots in for a takedown but Steele shows good takedown defense.
Steele tries to close the distance and clinch but Knox swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Knox avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Knox tries to keep at a distance but Steele has taken the fight into the clinch.
Steele stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Steele tries to land knees in the clinch but Knox avoids the damage to the body.
Steele unloads a knee to the mid-section. Knox lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Steele keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Knox's efforts to push away.
The referee calls for Steele to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steele with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knox tries to break the clinch but Steele is controlling the position.
Steele tries to land knees in the clinch but Knox avoids the damage to the body.
Steele leaning his opponent against the cage.
Knox tries to break the clinch but Steele is controlling the position.
Knox has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Steele tries to land knees in the clinch but Knox avoids the damage to the body.
Steele content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Knox blocks an elbow strike.
Steele has Knox pressed against the cage.
Knox blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A frustrated look appears on Knox's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Steele tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Steele tries to land knees in the clinch but Knox avoids the damage to the body.
Steele blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knox wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Knox works on Steele's body with a couple of short punches.
Knox avoiding damage as Steele throws knees to the body.
Steele stalling in the clinch.
Knox lands a hook to the side of the head.
Steele with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knox on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knox tries to break the clinch but Steele is controlling the position.
Knox is trying to force a seperation but Steele has the dominant position.
Knox tries a body shot but Steele blocks it.
Steele stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Knox is trying to force a seperation but Steele has the dominant position.
Knox is trying to force a seperation but Steele has the dominant position.
Steele is stalling here.
Knox blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Knox looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Steele misses with a knee strike.
Knox on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
A right hook to the body lands for Knox.
Knox on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Steele.
Steele missing with knees to the body.
Knox wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Steele has him pressed against the cage.
Knox letting Steele take a breather here.
Steele is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Steele avoiding damage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Lex Steele.
Steele tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fight stays on the outside here - Steele looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Knox lands a slapping body shot.
Steele is looking to clinch.
Knox misses with a wild combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lex Steele dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Knox lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Steele tries to close the distance and clinch up but Knox swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A swing and a miss from Knox.
Steele moves in looking to clinch but Knox pushes him off.
Knox throws a solid leg kick but Steele takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Knox.
Steele doesn't manage to clinch there - Knox circles away.
Steele fails with an attempt to clinch.
Steele wants to clinch.
Knox looks to land a combination but Steele avoids it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knox avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Knox looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Steele is fending him off so far but Knox persists. Nope, Steele circles away and we're back to standing.
Steele fails with an attempt to clinch.
Knox throws a jab but it's blocked by Steele.
Johny Knox seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Steele gets a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Knox's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Knox on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Steele missing with knees to the body.
Knox tries to circle away but Steele has him pinned against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Steele throws an elbow but misses.
Knox avoids a wild elbow strike from Steele.
Knox managing to block the knees to the body from Steele.
Steele misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Knox.
Steele wants to stall.
Steele displaying some good clinch control by pressing Knox up against the cage.
Knox wants to get back to striking at distance but Steele won't allow it.
Knox tries to circle away but Steele has him pinned against the cage.
Steele is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Knox is defending well for now.
Steele keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Knox's efforts to push away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Steele slowing the pace effectively.
Knox has had enough of the clinch but Steele keeps him there for the moment.
Knox tries to break the clinch but Steele is controlling the position.
Knox is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Knox working hard to break the clinch.
Steele taking a breather.
Steele keeps control of Knox as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Steele stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Knox on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knox presses Steele against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Steele holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Steele tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Knox avoids it.
Knox wants to break free but Steele has control.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Steele throws an elbow but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steele is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Knox is keeping busy.
Steele is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Knox is defending well for now.
Knox controlling the action here for a moment.
Knox on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knox is trying to stall.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Steele trying to land knees to the body.
Knox just leaning against Steele, taking a breather.
Steele just leaning against Knox, taking a breather.
Knox working hard to break the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Steele.
Knox tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Steele's elbow.
The referee is keeping an eye on Steele - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
A frustrated look appears on Knox's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Knox wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Knox presses Steele against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Steele lands an elbow inside that Knox shrugs off.
Knox letting Steele take a breather here.
Knox avoiding damage as Steele throws knees to the body.
Knox wants to break free but Steele has control.
Steele being controlled against the cage.
Knox pushes Steele back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Knox avoiding damage as Steele throws knees to the body.
Knox letting Steele take a breather here.
Steele wants to stall.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Steele will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Knox up against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Lex Steele.
Steele moves in looking to clinch but Knox pushes him off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Johny Knox will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Knox circles away from the clinch attempt.
Knox shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Steele sprawls well. Steele wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Knox gets slowly back to his feet.
Knox swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Steele blocks a head kick by Knox.
Steele fails with an attempt to clinch.
Steele uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Knox.
Steele tries to close the distance and clinch but Knox swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Knox looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Steele is fending him off so far but Knox persists. Nope, Steele circles away and we're back to standing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Steele tries to close the distance and clinch but Knox swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Steele tries to clinch up but Knox circles away and keeps his distance.
Knox rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Steele moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Steele looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Steele is looking to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Steele takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
The crowd cheers as Knox lands an impressive looking overhand right. Steele doesn't seem phased though.
Steele tries to clinch up.
Knox throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Knox throws a series of punches but Steele avoids them all with ease.
Knox looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Steele tries to clinch up but Knox circles away and keeps his distance.
Knox swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Steele moves in looking to clinch but Knox pushes him off.
Steele is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Steele fails in his attempt to clinch.
Knox thows a body shot but no joy.
Steele is looking to clinch but Knox is avoiding it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
A jab from Knox does it's job there.
Knox shoots in for a takedown but Steele shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johny Knox. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Steele fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Steele looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Knox throws a series of punches but Steele avoids them all with ease.
Steele takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Steele tries to clinch but Knox moves out of range.
Knox shoots in looking for a takedown. Steele tries to sprawl out of it but Knox keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Steele manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Knox avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Steele darts in and clinches Knox up against the cage.
Steele stalling against the cage.
Knox takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Johny Knox has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knox blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Steele trying to control the position but instead, Knox has worked for underhooks and has pushed Steele into the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Knox's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Steele misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Knox.
A frustrated look appears on Knox's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A body shot lands from Knox.
Steele tries to land knees in the clinch but Knox avoids the damage to the body.
Steele misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Knox.
Steele leaning against his opponent.
Knox wants to break free but Steele has control.
Steele is trying to stall.
Steele is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Knox is defending well for now.
Steele is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Knox is defending well for now.
Steele's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Knox avoiding damage as Steele throws knees to the body.
Steele is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Steele just leaning against Knox, taking a breather.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Lex Steele.
Knox swats away the attempt to clinch by Steele.
Knox swats away the attempt to clinch by Steele.
Steele wants to clinch up but Knox keeps it at a distance.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Knox misses with a wild combination.
A punch combination from Knox misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Johny Knox.
I think Knox has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 29:28
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johny Knox!