PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Paulo Almeida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Knox (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.

Almeida
vs
Knox

170 cm
20
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
136 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Inexperienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Paulo Almeida!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Johnny Knox!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Konstantin Menshow and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knox uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Almeida has time to react.

Knox has closed the distance and engaged Almeida in a clinch.
Knox lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Knox fails to land.
Almeida looking for a takedown.
Knox lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Almeida lands a knee to the head.
Almeida misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Knox.
Knox lands a left hand that snaps the head of Almeida backwards.
Knox makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Knox scores with a nice short uppercut.
Knox lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Almeida is rocked!
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Oh Almeida is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Knox lands a nice uppercut.
Knox pushes Almeida against the cage. Knox is working some dirty boxing. Knox pushes off with a quick right hook! Almeida goes down! Almeida tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Knox moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Johnny Knox!