PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zeta Knox (ranked 1108 p4p, 51 weight class) and Ubungu Bamboo Face (ranked 939 p4p, 45 weight class). Knox comes into the arena with Five Finger Death Punch | Bad Company blaring out of the sound system. Ubungu Bamboo Face has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Knox
vs
Bamboo Face

205 cm
24
290 lbs
9 - 8 - 0

205 cm
22
285 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Zeta Knox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ubungu Bamboo Face!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Eddie Farnsworth and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knox scores with a nice strike.
Bamboo Face thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bamboo Face uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Knox.
Knox swings widly with a right hand
and Bamboo Face counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Knox misses with a two punch combination.
Bamboo Face tries to counter by closing the distance.
Bamboo Face just misses with a punch to the body.

Knox clinches with his opponent.
Knox misses with a hook from the clinch.
Knox swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Knox slowing the pace effectively.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knox lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bamboo Face or not.
Knox blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bamboo Face swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Knox.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bamboo Face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bamboo Face blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bamboo Face lands with a short head shot on the inside.
We've been informed that Bamboo Face has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
A short left from Knox.
Bamboo Face lands a shoulder strike.
Knox goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Knox swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Knox misses with a body punch.
Knox struggles to land a body shot inside as Bamboo Face controls his hands.
Knox doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bamboo Face blocks a body shot from Knox.
Knox is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Knox tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bamboo Face throws a punch but it's blocked by Knox.
Bamboo Face misses with some punches.
Knox blocking some punches.
Bamboo Face tries a body shot but Knox blocks it.
Bamboo Face blocks an uppercut.
Bamboo Face misses with some punches.
Bamboo Face lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Knox effectively controlling the action here.
Knox lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Bamboo Face.
Bamboo Face blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Knox has a couple of punches blocked by Bamboo Face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Bamboo Face as the two fighters clinch.
A hook to the body from Knox.
Bamboo Face blocking some punches.
Knox tries to work over Bamboo Face's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bamboo Face blocking some punches.
Bamboo Face pushes Knox back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Knox lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bamboo Face or not.
Knox scores with a nice hook to the head.
Knox lands a nice uppercut.
Knox wants to stall.
Bamboo Face misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bamboo Face doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bamboo Face prevents a body shot from Knox.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bamboo Face tries to work over Knox's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Knox.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bamboo Face.
Knox tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bamboo Face's elbow.
Knox has a couple of punches blocked by Bamboo Face.
Bamboo Face lands a left hand that snaps the head of Knox backwards.
Come on Knox - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Knox tries a body shot but Bamboo Face blocks it.
Knox misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bamboo Face.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bamboo Face throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Knox misses with a shot to the kidneys.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zeta Knox dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

A looping hook to the body misses from Knox. Bamboo Face does a little dance to reset his feet.
Knox looks to land a right hand but Bamboo Face moved out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Bamboo Face! But no joy.
A telegraphed right hand from Bamboo Face misses the target.
Nice defenses there by Bamboo Face.
Bamboo Face ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Knox misses with a straight left.
Bamboo Face tries to clinch but Knox moves out of range.

Knox pushes Bamboo Face up against the cage in a clinch.
Bamboo Face goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bamboo Face throws a punch but it's blocked by Knox.
Knox takes a shot to the head.
Nice body punch from Bamboo Face - that landed with a thud.
A head punch on the inside from Knox fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knox misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short uppercut from Bamboo Face.
Knox swings wildly with an uppercut but Bamboo Face uses good head movement to avoid it.
Knox tries a body shot but Bamboo Face blocks it.
Knox content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Bamboo Face misses with some punches.
Knox lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bamboo Face.
Bamboo Face blocks an uppercut.
Knox pressing his opponent against the cage.
Bamboo Face throws a punch but it's blocked by Knox.
Knox misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knox blocking some punches.
Bamboo Face lands with a right to the head.
Knox misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Knox goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Knox tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Knox working aggressively here.
Zeta Knox has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Knox misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bamboo Face.
Knox tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bamboo Face's elbow.
Knox lands a right hand that snaps the head of Bamboo Face backwards.

It looks like Ubungu Bamboo Face has been cut.
Knox is trying to maintain a safe position but Bamboo Face gets an underhook and turns Knox into the cage.
Bamboo Face throws a punch but it's blocked by Knox.
Knox swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bamboo Face doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Knox is looking to control Bamboo Face's arms but Bamboo Face gets an underhook and turns him. Now Knox has his back to the cage.
Knox is leaning against Bamboo Face and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Knox.
Bamboo Face tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bamboo Face working aggressively here.
Knox blocks an uppercut.
Stalling in the clinch from Knox.
Knox swings wildly with an uppercut but Bamboo Face uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bamboo Face misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bamboo Face working aggressively here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Knox.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bamboo Face blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Knox has a couple of punches blocked by Bamboo Face.
Knox blocking some punches.
Knox digs a right hand into Bamboo Face's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bamboo Face's gas tank.
Knox is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bamboo Face is keeping busy.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Knox.
Knox is pushing Bamboo Face up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Bamboo Face misses with the head strike.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bamboo Face takes a shot to the head.
Knox wants to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zeta Knox dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ubungu Bamboo Face's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Knox tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bamboo Face paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Knox scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Knox jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bamboo Face swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Knox is looking to counter the offense by Bamboo Face and move into the clinch.
Zeta Knox seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Knox looks to land a left hand but Bamboo Face moved out of range nicely.
A little jabbing left from Bamboo Face on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Knox is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bamboo Face can do to turn this around?
Knox throws a lazy right hand but Bamboo Face sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bamboo Face throws out a counter right but Knox avoids it with no problem.
Bamboo Face avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bamboo Face let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Knox connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bamboo Face misses with a right hand
and Knox counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Knox tries to clinch but Bamboo Face is having none of it.
Bamboo Face keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Knox.
Bamboo Face on the wrong end of a nice hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bamboo Face has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Bamboo Face there as he acknowledges the shot.
Knox lands with a cross.
Knox throws a hook to the side of Bamboo Face's head but Bamboo Face sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
It seemed like Bamboo Face was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Bamboo Face throws a lazy right hand but Knox sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Knox has Bamboo Face up against the cage in a clinch.
Knox misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Knox fails to land.
Bamboo Face lands with a light punch inside.
A head punch on the inside from Bamboo Face fails to land.
Knox misses with a punch to the body.
Knox doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Knox tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knox misses with some punches.
Bamboo Face is working Knox over against the cage.
Knox misses with a punch to the body.
Bamboo Face swings wildly with an uppercut but Knox uses good head movement to avoid it.
Knox scores with a shoulder strike.
Knox struggles to land a body shot inside as Bamboo Face controls his hands.
A short left from Bamboo Face.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knox misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bamboo Face lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bamboo Face.
Knox blocking some punches.
Knox blocking some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bamboo Face lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short right from Bamboo Face.
Knox blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bamboo Face throws a head punch that misses.
Knox misses with the head strike.
Bamboo Face throws a punch but it's blocked by Knox.
Knox misses with a body punch.
Bamboo Face tries to throw a body punch but Knox avoids it by throwing Bamboo Face back against the cage.
Bamboo Face lands a hook to the side of the head.
Knox tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Knox misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bamboo Face misses with the head strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knox tries a body shot but Bamboo Face blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Knox.
Knox misses with a punch to the body.
Bamboo Face blocks an uppercut.
Knox swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Knox blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bamboo Face.
Bamboo Face scores with a shot to the side of Knox's head.
Bamboo Face blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bamboo Face lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bamboo Face.
Knox lands a nice uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bamboo Face creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Zeta Knox did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Ubungu Bamboo Face's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A jab lands there for Bamboo Face.
Knox tries to clinch but Bamboo Face is having none of it.
Knox misses with a straight left.
Knox rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bamboo Face connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Zeta Knox is winning the standup battle so far.

Knox moves into range and clinches up with Bamboo Face.
Knox working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bamboo Face scores with a shoulder strike.
Knox scores with a hook to the body.
Knox struggles to land a body shot inside as Bamboo Face controls his hands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bamboo Face has a couple of punches blocked by Knox.
Knox misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bamboo Face misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bamboo Face misses with some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Knox.
Stalling in the clinch from Knox.
Knox stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Bamboo Face blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bamboo Face prevents a body shot from Knox.
A short right from Knox.
Knox tries to work over Bamboo Face's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Knox stalling in the clinch.
Bamboo Face prevents a body shot from Knox.
A body shot lands from Bamboo Face.
Knox throws a punch but it's blocked by Bamboo Face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Bamboo Face.
Knox tries to work over Bamboo Face's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bamboo Face lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Knox blocks an uppercut.
Knox misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bamboo Face can't find room to land a body shot as Knox controls the action.
Bamboo Face lands a body punch.
Knox misses with a body punch.
Bamboo Face misses with a hook from the clinch.
Knox lands a hook to the side of the head.
Knox tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bamboo Face's elbow.
Knox scores with a hook to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Knox fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bamboo Face lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Knox.
Knox blocks a body shot from Bamboo Face.
Bamboo Face blocks an uppercut.
Knox pushes Bamboo Face back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short body shot lands from Knox as the two fighters clinch.
Bamboo Face letting Knox take a breather here.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Knox lands a right hand.
Knox misses with the head strike.
Knox stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knox presses Bamboo Face against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Knox doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Knox misses with the head strike.
A shot in the inside from Knox.
Knox misses with some punches.
Knox stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Bamboo Face blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bamboo Face scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bamboo Face works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knox swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zeta Knox had his way with Ubungu Bamboo Face in that round.
The cut man is working on Ubungu Bamboo Face's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Knox throws a lazy right hand but Bamboo Face sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bamboo Face doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.

Knox darts in and clinches Bamboo Face up against the cage.
Knox blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Knox swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Knox fails to land.
Bamboo Face misses with the head strike.
Bamboo Face tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Knox has Bamboo Face pushed against the cage.
Knox swings wildly with an uppercut but Bamboo Face uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knox digs a right hand into Bamboo Face's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bamboo Face's gas tank.
Knox lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bamboo Face misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bamboo Face misses with the head strike.
Bamboo Face tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Knox tries a body shot but Bamboo Face blocks it.
Bamboo Face throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Bamboo Face doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Knox misses with a punch on the inside.
Bamboo Face throws a punch but it's blocked by Knox.
Knox tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Knox misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bamboo Face doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bamboo Face misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knox misses with some punches.
Bamboo Face can't find room to land a body shot as Knox controls the action.
Bamboo Face misses with a punch to the body.
Knox tries to stall but Bamboo Face uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bamboo Face.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bamboo Face.
Bamboo Face throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bamboo Face.
Knox has a couple of punches blocked by Bamboo Face.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Knox.
Bamboo Face prevents a body shot from Knox.
Bamboo Face prevents a body shot from Knox.
Zeta Knox is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bamboo Face can't find room to land a body shot as Knox controls the action.
Bamboo Face tries a body shot but Knox blocks it.
Bamboo Face misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bamboo Face throws a head punch that misses.
Bamboo Face misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bamboo Face throws a head punch that misses.
Bamboo Face misses with a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Knox throws a head punch that misses.
Bamboo Face misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bamboo Face fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Knox blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Bamboo Face misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ubungu Bamboo Face has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bamboo Face swings wildly with an uppercut but Knox uses good head movement to avoid it.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ubungu Bamboo Face.
Well Knox has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 49:46
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 49:46
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 50:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zeta Knox!
A victorious Zeta Knox thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.