PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Maksimilian Tchepikov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Knox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Tchepikov
vs
Knox

201 cm
27
298 lbs
12 - 4 - 1

225 cm
22
300 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Maksimilian Tchepikov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Johnny Knox!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Aleksandr Martynov and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tchepikov scores with a body shot.
Knox misses with a kick to the body.
Johnny Knox seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tchepikov misses with a body shot.
Tchepikov bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Knox's head backwards.
Tchepikov displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Knox throws out the jab.
Knox fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Tchepikov on the side of the head.

Tchepikov darts in and clinches Knox up against the cage.
Tchepikov lands a right hand.
A right hook to the body lands for Tchepikov.
Tchepikov lands a right hand that snaps the head of Knox backwards.
Knox has a couple of punches blocked by Tchepikov.
Knox blocking some punches.
A hook to the body from Tchepikov.
Knox looks gassed!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knox working hard to break the clinch.
Nice body punch from Tchepikov.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Tchepikov.
Tchepikov fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Tchepikov.
Knox is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tchepikov lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Knox.
Tchepikov softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tchepikov softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short right from Tchepikov on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Tchepikov.
Tchepikov scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tchepikov digs a right hand into Knox's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Knox's gas tank.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tchepikov keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Knox's efforts to push away.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Tchepikov.
Nice body punch from Tchepikov.
A short right from Tchepikov on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Tchepikov.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Knox.
A right hook to the body lands for Tchepikov.
Tchepikov lands with a short shot to the head.
Tchepikov lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Knox or not.
Tchepikov lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Knox backwards.
Tchepikov lands a hook that snaps the head of Knox backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tchepikov.
Tchepikov scores with a shoulder strike.

Knox is rocked!
Tchepikov lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Knox.
Knox is trying to break the clinch but Tchepikov has him pressed against the cage.
Tchepikov lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Knox.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tchepikov.
Tchepikov lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tchepikov softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Tchepikov.
Tchepikov digs a right hand into Knox's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Knox's gas tank.
Tchepikov is working Knox over against the cage.
Tchepikov lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Knox.
Tchepikov softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tchepikov lands with a left to the head.
Tchepikov works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Tchepikov lands a shoulder strike.
Tchepikov works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Tchepikov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Knox takes a shot to the head.
Tchepikov lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Knox.
Tchepikov works on Knox's body with a couple of short punches.
Tchepikov throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Knoxs head.
Tchepikov is working Knox over against the cage.
Tchepikov lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tchepikov makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tchepikov scores with a nice hook to the head.
Tchepikov keeps control of Knox as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Knox misses with a punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tchepikov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tchepikov scores with a hook to the body.
Tchepikov throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Tchepikov works on Knox's body with a couple of short punches.
A short uppercut from Tchepikov.
Knox blocking some punches.
Knox jumps guard but Tchepikov stands there with Knox around his waist. Knox gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Knox is looking to break free of the clinch but Tchepikov has double underhooks.
Tchepikov softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tchepikov.
A short left from Tchepikov.
A left hand lands to the body for Tchepikov.
A right hand to the body from Tchepikov.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tchepikov softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tchepikov stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Tchepikov digs a right hand underneath Knox's ribcage. Knox let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Tchepikov is leaning against Knox and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Tchepikov gets through Knox's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tchepikov misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tchepikov lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A shot in the inside from Tchepikov.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Tchepikov.
Tchepikov lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short left from Tchepikov.
Tchepikov scores with a hook to the body.
Tchepikov scores with a shoulder strike.
Tchepikov lands with a right to the head.
Tchepikov is leaning against Knox and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Tchepikov working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nice body punch from Tchepikov.
Tchepikov lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Tchepikov digs a right hand underneath Knox's ribcage. Knox let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Tchepikov lands with a light punch inside.
Tchepikov lands a left hand that snaps the head of Knox backwards.
Tchepikov misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Knox lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short right from Tchepikov.
Tchepikov doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tchepikov scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tchepikov misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Maksimilian Tchepikov dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Tchepikov tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Knox avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Knox swinging wildly here.
A jab from Knox misses.
Knox throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tchepikov.
Johnny Knox is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Knox lands a lovely overhand right.
Nice shot lands for Tchepikov.
Knox tries a head kick but it misses.
Tchepikov lands with a shot to the body.
A head kick misses from Knox.
Knox is breathing heavily.
Tchepikov is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

Tchepikov instigates a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tchepikov softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Knox breaks the clinch.
Tchepikov blocks a head kick by Knox.
Tchepikov avoids a kick to the body.
Tchepikov fails to land with a series of punches.
A jab from Tchepikov finds it's way through Knox's defenses.
Tchepikov with a jab.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Knox.
Knox tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nice jab there from Tchepikov.
A jab from Tchepikov finds it's way through Knox's defenses.
Donk. Tchepikov catches Knox right on the button with a cross.
Knox throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Knox takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Tchepikov rushes Knox and presses him up against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tchepikov.
Tchepikov lands a body punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tchepikov lands with a right to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tchepikov creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Tchepikov throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Knoxs head.
Tchepikov lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Knox is still on wobbly legs! Can Tchepikov finish him?
Knox takes a shot to the head.
Tchepikov lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Knox to his knees! Tchepikov keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Maksimilian Tchepikov!