PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Kristofer Knap (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Satillo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Frank Satillo will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Knap
vs
Satillo

190 cm
25
270 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

215 cm
25
260 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Great elbows
Very strong

Excellent MT
Granite chin

Dynamic Nutrition $25 159 Recovery

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kristofer Knap!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Frank Satillo!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Daniel Blasius and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knap lands a jab.

It looks like Frank Satillo has been cut.
Knap wants to clinch but Satillo slips to the side
and Satillo counters with a leg kick.
Knap swings for the body but Satillo moves out of range.
Satillo swats away the attempt to clinch by Knap.
Satillo connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Knap's hands.
Satillo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Knap is looking to clinch but Satillo is avoiding it.
Satillo scores with a leg kick.

Knap drives through and clinches with Satillo against the ropes.
Satillo lands a left hand.
Satillo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knap blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Satillo lands with a light punch inside.
Knap blocks an uppercut.

Knap breaks the clinch.

Satillo clinches.
Knap is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Satillo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Knap wants to break free but Satillo has control.
A nice left hand lands by Satillo.
Knap struggles to land a body shot inside as Satillo controls his hands.
Satillo throws a punch but it's blocked by Knap.
Satillo stalling in the clinch but Knap improves position.
Satillo tries to throw a body punch but Knap avoids it by throwing Satillo back against the ropes.
Satillo can't find room to land a body shot as Knap controls the action.
Satillo keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Knap's efforts to push away.
Satillo avoiding damage as Knap throws knees to the body.
Satillo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Knap pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Satillo throws a nice head kick!
An inside leg kick lands from Satillo.
Satillo avoids the head kick by Knap.
Knap misses with a lunging right hand
and Satillo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Satillo connects with a solid leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knap misses with a looping right.
Satillo lands with a nice combination. Knap backs away looking to recover.
Knap slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

Satillo moves into the clinch.
Satillo comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Satillo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Knap avoids a wild elbow strike from Satillo.
Still in the clinch, Satillo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Satillo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Satillo misses with the head strike.

Knap breaks from the clinch.
Satillo fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Nice cross by Satillo.
Knap loads up on a big right hand but Satillo slips the punch.
Crunch! Satillo slams his shin into Knap's torso.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knap cracks Satillo with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Satillo defending well as Knap loads up on a big left hand.
Satillo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Knap.

Knap pushes Satillo up against the ropes in a clinch.
Knap avoids the elbow strike from Satillo, against the ropes.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Knap looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Satillo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Satillo lands a hook to the side of the head.
Knap blocks a body shot from Satillo.
Satillo tries to work over Knap's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Knap blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Satillo scores with a nice hook to the head.
Satillo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Knap blocks a body shot from Satillo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Satillo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Knap's elbow.
Knap wants to break the clinch but can't.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Satillo misses with a punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Satillo.
Satillo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Satillo pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Satillo lands a body shot.
Satillo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Satillo throws an elbow that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Satillo.
Knap is trying to break free.
Satillo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Knap's elbow.
Satillo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Knap wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Satillo has him pressed against the ropes.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Satillo.
Satillo tries to land knees in the clinch but Knap avoids the damage to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Satillo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Satillo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Knap is trying to break free.
Satillo creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Knap's defenses.
Knap tries to circle away but Satillo has him pinned against the ropes.
Knap is looking to break free of the clinch but Satillo has double underhooks.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Knap takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Knap on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Satillo.
Satillo slowing the pace effectively.
Knap trying to land knees to the body.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Satillo lands a left hand that snaps the head of Knap backwards.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Satillo prevents Knap from breaking the clinch.
Knap managing to block the knees to the body from Satillo.
A short left from Satillo.
Knap blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Satillo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Knap's elbow.
Satillo digs a right hand underneath Knap's ribcage. Knap let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Satillo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Knap is looking to break free of the clinch but Satillo has double underhooks.
A short body shot lands from Satillo as the two fighters clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Satillo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Satillo struggles to land a body shot inside as Knap controls his hands.
Knap looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Satillo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Satillo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Knap fails in his attempt to clinch.
Knap misses with a hook. Satillo ducked under it nicely.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Knap does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Satillo doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Knap wants to clinch up but Satillo keeps it at a distance.
Satillo throws an overhand right that lands on Knap's shoulder, as Knap tries to avoid the shot.
Satillo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Knap manages to avoid it.
Satillo connects with a single shot there.
A slow jab from Knap misses its intended target.
Knap throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Satillo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Satillo, right into the meat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Knap looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Knap throws a shot from downtown. Satillo moves away and avoids it.
Knap fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Knap scores with a jab to the head.
Satillo lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Knap is looking to clinch.
Satillo slips a jab from Knap.
Knap throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Satillo cracks the inside of Knap's front leg.
Knap scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

That has opened up Frank Satillo's cut even more.
Knap waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Satillo.
Knap is breathing heavily.
Satillo takes one to the side of the head.
A combination from Knap does no damage.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Satillo.
Knap just misses with a punch to the body.
Satillo plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Knap swings widly with a right hand
letting Satillo counter with a right hand.
Knap tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Satillo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Satillo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Satillo avoids a kick to the body.
Satillo changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Satillo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Satillo throws a head kick that Knap semi-blocks.
Knap throws a poor cross that misses
and Satillo counters with a leg kick.
Satillo doesn't manage to clinch there - Knap circles away.

Satillo forces Knap back against the ropes and clinches.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A short uppercut from Satillo.
Satillo taking a breather.
Satillo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Knap dodges an elbow strike from Satillo.

And that's the end of the fight!
Frank Satillo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Satillo has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Paul Aken scores the fight for Frank Satillo!
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight for Frank Satillo!
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight for Frank Satillo!

Frank Satillo wins by unanimous decision!