PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lalama Amana (ranked 2855 p4p, 354 weight class) and Aramis Knox (ranked 5073 p4p, 517 weight class). Knox has chosen You're Going Down | Sick Puppies as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Amana
vs
Knox

162 cm
27
167 lbs
17 - 14 - 0

181 cm
21
178 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lalama Amana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Aramis Knox!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Glass and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Amana throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Knox sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Knox works the jab nicely.
Knox misses with a straight right.
Amana throwing a counter right hand but Knox manages to avoid it.

Knox clinches up against the cage.
Amana has a couple of punches blocked by Knox.
A left hand lands to the body for Amana.
Amana lands a right hand.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Knox.
Amana blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Amana breaks from the clinch.

Knox instigates a clinch.
Knox misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Amana fails to land.
A short uppercut from Amana.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Amana as Knox tries to tie him up.

Amana breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Knox has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Amana is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Knox misses the shot to the body.
It looked like Amana was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Knox.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Knox takes a swing at Amana's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knox connects with the punch.
Knox throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Knox throws a right hand that misses
and Amana cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

It looks like Aramis Knox has been cut.
Amana throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Knox sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Amana misses with a hook
and Knox connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Knox tries to clinch up but Amana circles away and keeps his distance.
Amana throws a hook to the side of Knox's head but Knox sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A looping hook to the body misses from Amana. Knox does a little dance to reset his feet.
Knox connects with a nice looking jab.
Knox keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Amana.
Amana moves out of range as Knox strikes.
Knox is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Amana throws a right hand that misses
and Knox counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Knox tries to clinch but Amana moves out of range.
Amana throws a jab when Knox was well out of range.
Knox looks to land a right hand but Amana moved out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Knox clinches with his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knox lands with a right to the head.
Amana swings wildly with an uppercut but Knox uses good head movement to avoid it.
Amana is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Knox's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Still in the clinch, Amana scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Knox fails to land.
Knox scores with a shot to the side of Amana's head.
Knox scores with a shot to the side of Amana's head.
Amana throws a head punch that misses.
A hook to the body from Amana.
Knox working aggressively here.
A hook to the body from Knox.
Knox has a couple of punches blocked by Amana.
Knox misses with a hook from the clinch.
Knox misses with a short punch on the inside.
Knox swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Knox misses with a punch to the body.
Knox lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Amana escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Knox throws a body punch but Amana moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knox fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Amana avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Amana on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Knox fails with an attempt to clinch.
Aramis Knox is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Knox connects with the punch.
Amana moves away from the strike by Knox.
An attempted straight right counter from Amana misses the target.
Amana displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Knox throws out the jab.
Amana takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Knox misses the jab.
Knox is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Amana had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Knox misses with an uppercut.
Amana is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Knox.
Amana looks to land a right hand but Knox moved out of range.
Amana takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Amana throws a body punch but Knox moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knox looks to clinch
and Amana counters with a lovely straight right hand!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Amana's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Knox connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Amana scrambles back to his feet.
Knox cracks Amana with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Knox with a nice cross.
Amana takes a jab right on the kisser.
Knox is looking to clinch but Amana is avoiding it.
Knox moves out of range of the strikes.
Knox keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Knox looks to land a right hand but Amana moved out of range.
Knox closes the distance looking to clinch
and Amana connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A jab from Amana misses.
Knox keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Knox keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Amana.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aramis Knox dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Aramis Knox's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Knox tests Amana's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Amana slips under a jab.
The fighters circling - Amana throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Knox fails in his attempt to clinch.
Aramis Knox seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Knox tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Amana was well out of range. Poor timing from Knox.
Amana swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Amana scores with a takedown into Knox's guard.
Knox seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Amana trying to stand up but can't free himself from Knox's guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Amana stands up from Knox's guard - Amana perhaps looking for a knockout.
Knox misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Amana.
Amana throwing a counter right hand but Knox manages to avoid it.
Knox uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Amana.
Knox takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Sloppy strikes from Amana. Those never looked like landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knox misses with a left hand
and Amana counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Amana misses with a looping right.
The fighters circling - Amana throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Knox is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Amana is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Amana throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Knox sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Aramis Knox seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Knox tries to clinch up.
A decent looking cross lands there for Knox.
Amana connects with a jab.
Amana throws a lazy right hand but Knox sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Knox lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Amana swings for the body but Knox moves out of range.
Knox now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Knox has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Amana throws a body punch but Knox moves out of range.

Knox rushes Amana and presses him up against the cage.
A short left from Amana.
Knox lands a hook that snaps the head of Amana backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A shot in the inside from Amana.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Knox blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Knox blocking some punches.
Amana lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Knox.
Knox misses with a short punch on the inside.
Amana tries to break the clinch but Knox is controlling the position.
Amana can't find room to land a body shot as Knox controls the action.
Knox throws a head punch that misses.
A short right from Knox.
Knox blocks an uppercut.
Knox lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Amana or not.
Amana misses with the head strike.
Good body shot from Amana.
Amana throws a punch but it's blocked by Knox.
Amana tries to throw a body punch but Knox avoids it by throwing Amana back against the cage.
Amana misses with a body punch.
Amana throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Knoxs head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Knox.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Amana lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Knox or not.
A head punch on the inside from Amana fails to land.
Amana working aggressively here.
Amana blocks an uppercut.
Amana blocks an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Knox.
Knox tries a body shot but Amana blocks it.
Knox jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Amana walks away with a smile on his face. Knox gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Knox tries to close the distance and clinch but Amana swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Knox looks to land a combination but Amana avoids it well.
Knox cracks Amana with a good jab.
Knox jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Knox misses with a left hand
and Amana counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Knox throws a body shot but no joy.
Knox throws a lazy right hand but Amana sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Knox slips under a jab from Amana.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Amana throws a body shot but no joy.
Amana scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Knox throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Knox waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Amana.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Amana slips a jab from Knox.
Amana was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Knox throws a hook but Amana avoids it easily.
Knox lands a body shot.
Amana has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Knox finds it's way round the side to connect with Amana's head.

Amana looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Knox regains full guard. Nicely done.
Knox has a closed guard, preventing Amana from standing up.
Amana has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Knox seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lalama Amana dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Aramis Knox's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Knox swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Amana keeps the fight on the outside.
Knox moves in looking to clinch but Amana pushes him off.

Amana manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Knox on his heels. He'll look to pass Knox's guard now, I'm sure.
Knox is pulling down on Amana's head to control his posture.
Amana wanted to stand there but Knox had control of the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knox pulls Amana in close to prevent any damage.
Amana postures up.
Knox seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Amana trying to stand up but can't free himself from Knox's guard.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Knox misses with a looping right.
Knox lands a nice shot to the body.
Knox misses with a body shot.
Amana slips under a jab.
Knox ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Knox ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Amana moves away.
Amana misses with a left hand
and Amana takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Amana misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Knox to counter with a crisp jab.
Nice uppercut there from Amana.
Amana uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Knox.
Amana misses with a hook. Knox ducked under it nicely.
Amana throws a hook but Knox avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Amana misses with a wild body shot.
Amana just misses with a punch to the body.
Knox scores with a nice strike.
Knox tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Amana counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That has opened up Aramis Knox's cut even more.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A looping hook to the body misses from Knox. Amana does a little dance to reset his feet.
Amana throws a combination that misses
and Knox connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Knox ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Amana moves away.
Amana fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Knox manages to avoid it.
Knox tries to clinch but Amana is having none of it.
Amana is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Knox misses with a jab, cross combination.
Amana ducks under a wild hook from Knox.
A decent looking cross lands there for Amana.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Amana takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Amana misses with a body shot.
Knox changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Amana is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A cross from Knox lands.
Amana throws a big shot that misses.
Knox tries to counter with a clinch but Amana shakes him off and moves away.
Jab by Knox.
Amana throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Knox forces Amana back against the cage and clinches.
Amana can't find room to land a body shot as Knox controls the action.
Amana looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Knox pulls guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Amana being controlled here momentarily.
Amana would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Knox holds on and takes a little breather.
Amana wants to stand but Knox has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Amana might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Amana being controlled here momentarily.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Knox is trying to control the position but Amana postures up.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Amana swings for the body but Knox moves out of range.
Knox let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.

And that's the end of the fight!
Aramis Knox comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Knox 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aramis Knox!
During a confident post fight interview, Aramis Knox thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.