PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Jeremy Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sebastian Knopf (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sebastian Knopf will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Jones
vs
Knopf

187 cm
25
205 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

198 cm
25
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Decent elbows
Self confident

Dangerous knees
Solid chin

KAISER

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Jeremy Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Sebastian Knopf!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Phil Schofield and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A lazy body kick from Jones
and Knopf counters with a straight right hand.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Jones blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jones blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Knopf fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jones blocks a body shot from Knopf.
Knopf has had enough of the clinch but Jones keeps him there for the moment.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but Knopf blocks with his arms.
Knopf throws a punch but it's blocked by Jones.
Jones throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice elbow from Jones.

It looks like Sebastian Knopf has been cut.
Knopf looks winded!
Jones lands a nice uppercut.
Knopf takes an elbow to the temple.
Jones avoiding damage as Knopf throws knees to the body.
Jones misses with a knee strike.
Jones with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jones definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Jones lands an elbow that stopped Knopf in his tracks for a moment.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jones lands with a short shot to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jones.
Knopf misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jones.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones lands an elbow inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jones.
Jones scores with a nice hook to the head.
Knopf takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jones lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jones lands an elbow inside that Knopf shrugs off.
Jones connects with a nasty looking knee right to Knopf's face.
Jones landing knees to the head.

Knopf is rocked!

Jones drops Knopf on his ass with a big knee up the middle! Knopf bounces straight back to his feet before the referee can even start a count. We'll have to wait a moment to see if that actually hurt him or not, as he takes the standing 8 count.
Knopf is still on wobbly legs! Can Jones finish him?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A big right followed by a crushing left from Jones knocks Knopf out cold! Ouch - that one's going to be featured in highlight reels for years to come!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Jeremy Jones!
Our winner, Jeremy Jones, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.