PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Porthos Knox (ranked 741 p4p, 101 weight class) and Mike Dairy (ranked 1672 p4p, 216 weight class). Knox comes to the cage accompanied by One Step Closer | Linkin Park. Dairy has chosen The Box as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Knox
vs
Dairy

177 cm
22
175 lbs
6 - 2 - 1

180 cm
21
180 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 1, fighting out of London, Porthos Knox!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Dairy!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Chad Campbell and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knox slips a straight right by Dairy.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Dairy scores with a hook to the body.
Dairy misses with a punch to the body.
Knox goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dairy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dairy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Knox lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dairy backwards.
Dairy lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Dairy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Knox blocks a body shot from Dairy.
Dairy misses with some punches.
Dairy lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Dairy lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Knox or not.
Knox misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knox goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dairy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dairy lands with a short shot to the head.
Still in the clinch, Knox scores with a nice short uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dairy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dairy misses with a punch on the inside.
Dairy pushes Knox back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Knox fails to land.
Dairy lands with a left to the head.
Dairy tries to work over Knox's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dairy lands a body shot in the clinch.
Knox goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dairy lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dairy lands a shot to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Dairy.
Knox swings wildly with an uppercut but Dairy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dairy can't find room to land a body shot as Knox controls the action.
Dairy blocking some punches.
Dairy struggles to land a body shot inside as Knox controls his hands.
Dairy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Knox misses with a shot to the kidneys.
We've been informed that Dairy 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 right hand to the side of the head by Dairy.
Dairy misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch on the inside from Knox fails to land.
Dairy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Knox working aggressively here.
Knox lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Dairy.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Knox.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knox swings wildly with an uppercut but Dairy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dairy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dairy misses with the head strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knox lands a nice uppercut.
Knox swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Knox goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Knox lands a body shot.
Dairy misses with some punches.
Dairy pushes Knox back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Knox struggles to land a body shot inside as Dairy controls his hands.
Dairy lands a left hand.
Dairy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Knox swings wildly with an uppercut but Dairy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dairy struggles to land a body shot inside as Knox controls his hands.
Knox swings wildly with an uppercut but Dairy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dairy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Knox lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Knox scores with a nice short uppercut.
Dairy misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dairy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Knox tries to work over Dairy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Knox lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Dairy misses with a body punch.
Dairy tries to throw a body punch but Knox avoids it by throwing Dairy back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Knox.
Knox tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dairy's elbow.
Dairy takes a shot to the head.
Nice body punch from Knox.
A nice left hand lands by Knox.
Dairy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dairy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dairy can't find room to land a body shot as Knox controls the action.
Knox can't find room to land a body shot as Dairy controls the action.
Knox lands with a light punch inside.
A short uppercut from Knox.
Knox swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dairy tries to work over Knox's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Knox throws a head punch that misses.
Knox scores with an uppercut up the middle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dairy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Knox lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Dairy.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dairy.
Dairy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dairy.
Knox blocks a body shot from Dairy.
Knox softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Knox misses with a short punch on the inside.
Knox lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Knox.
A nice left hand lands by Dairy.
A short right from Dairy.
Knox tries to work over Dairy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Knox lands a body shot in the clinch.
Dairy takes a shot to the head.
Dairy misses with some punches.
Knox is leaning against Dairy and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dairy blocking some punches.
Knox throws a head punch that misses.
Knox fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dairy struggles to land a body shot inside as Knox controls his hands.
Dairy blocks a body shot from Knox.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Porthos Knox will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Dairy slips a straight right by Knox.
Knox defending well as Dairy loads up on a big left hand.
Dairy throws a hook but Knox avoids it easily.
Knox staying out of range there.
Dairy misses the jab.
A decent looking cross lands there for Knox.
Dairy smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
No luck for Knox with that takedown attempt.
Dairy takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Knox keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dairy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knox avoids the body shot from Dairy.
A cross from Knox lands.
No joy there for Dairy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Knox ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Knox looks to score with a jab to the body but Dairy is just out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dairy takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Dairy throws a series of strikes that have Knox backpedaling.
Dairy missing with a left hand there. Knox was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Knox was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Dairy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dairy throws a right and a left that both miss.
Knox is looking to counter the offense by Dairy and move into the clinch.
Dairy throws the left hand but Knox avoids the punch easily.
Knox staying out of range there.
Knox tries to counter by clinching up but Dairy breaks away and moves out of range.
Mike Dairy seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dairy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Knox.
Knox bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Knox throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Dairy on the side of the head.
A left and a right from Knox both land. Nice combination.
Dairy takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A looping hook to the body misses from Dairy. Knox does a little dance to reset his feet.
Knox showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dairy.
Knox jabs Dairy right on the nose. Dairy blinks but takes it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dairy misses with a wild body shot.
Knox is looking to counter punch.
Dairy misses with a shot to the body

and Knox counters by clinching up.
Knox is working Dairy over against the cage.
Knox misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dairy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Knox lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Knox stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Dairy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Knox blocks an uppercut.
Dairy has a couple of punches blocked by Knox.
Knox scores with a nice hook to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Nice body punch from Knox.
Dairy is breathing heavily.
Knox prevents a body shot from Dairy.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dairy.
A short left from Knox.
Dairy tries to work over Knox's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dairy struggles to land a body shot inside as Knox controls his hands.
Knox lands with a left to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dairy misses with a body punch.
Knox lands an uppercut.
Knox blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Porthos Knox has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A nice right hand lands inside from Knox.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dairy.
Knox lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short left from Knox.
Dairy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Knox lands a shoulder strike.
Knox lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Knox.
A short uppercut from Knox.
Knox lands with a right to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dairy tries to work over Knox's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Dairy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Knox.
Knox scores with a hook to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Knox.
A right hook to the body lands for Knox.
A short right from Knox.
Knox misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knox lands with a short shot to the head.

Dairy is rocked!
Knox lands with a left to the head.
Dairy is still on wobbly legs! Can Knox finish him?
Knox is working Dairy over against the cage.
A hook to the body from Knox.
A short left from Knox.
Knox cracks Dairy with a nice body shot.
Dairy tries to throw a body punch but Knox avoids it by throwing Dairy back against the cage.
Dairy's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short body shot lands from Knox as the two fighters clinch.
Knox lands a body punch.
Knox lands a body punch.
Knox pushes Dairy back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Dairy seems to have recovered his senses.
Knox scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Still in the clinch, Knox scores with a nice short uppercut.
Dairy avoiding damage as Knox throws knees to the body.
Knox gets through Dairy's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Knox.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Knox pushes Dairy against the cage. Knox is working some dirty boxing. Knox pushes off with a quick right hook! Dairy goes down! Dairy 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 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Porthos Knox!
Porthos Knox retains his welterweight title!
An out of breath Porthos Knox thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
Mike Dairy was interviewed post fight and said 'Losing sucks, but its kill or be killed in here. I don't remember too much of it at the moment, but I hope I put on a good showing while it lasted. I'll be back, thanks to everyone.'.