PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ted Bundy (ranked 900 p4p, 38 weight class) and Zeta Knox (ranked 1049 p4p, 48 weight class). Knox has chosen Five Finger Death Punch | Bad Company as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Bundy
vs
Knox

225 cm
25
300 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

205 cm
28
290 lbs
12 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Vegan Gains

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ted Bundy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Zeta Knox!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shirou Masuda and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Knox instigates a clinch.
Bundy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Knox.
Knox avoiding damage as Bundy throws knees to the body.

Bundy gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Knox tries to roll over but Bundy keeps him under control.
Bundy wants to lay and pray for a moment but Knox keeps working.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bundy prevents Knox from improving his position.
Bundy looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Knox with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bundy not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Bundy throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Knox on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Bundy is trying to control. Knox wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Bundy thows a huge punch but Knox dodges it nicely.
Bundy looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Bundy will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knox keeping hold of Bundy's head, controlling as best he can.
Knox wants to control but Bundy is keeping busy.
Knox keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Bundy working the head and body with strikes.
Knox wants to get back to full guard.
Bundy missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
We've been hearing that Bundy has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Bundy throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Knox blocking the ground and pound attempt from Bundy.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Bundy connects with a nice short shot to Knox's temple.
Knox blocking the ground and pound attempt from Bundy.
Bundy prevents Knox from improving his position.
Bundy throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knox has hold of Bundy's hands but Bundy slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Well, if Bundy is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Knox is refusing to be controlled, as Bundy sits in half guard.
Knox desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Knox is looking to control Bundy's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Knox avoid being mounted?
Bundy tries to pass the half guard into mount. Knox knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Bundy connects with a nice short shot to Knox's temple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bundy prevents Knox from improving his position.
Bundy missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Knox is controlling Bundy's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Knox is looking for a sweep. Bundy is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Bundy throwing shots but Knox is blocking nicely.
Knox is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Bundy is working for a submission of some sort.
Bundy thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Bundy trying to control from half guard but Knox is working away.

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.
Bundy throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Bundy lands strikes from half guard.
Bundy throwing shots but Knox is blocking nicely.
Bundy takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Knox tries to roll over but Bundy keeps him under control.
Bundy is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Bundy missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bundy working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Knox wants to control but Bundy is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Bundy trying to pass the guard but Knox defending well.
Bundy has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Knox blocking the ground and pound attempt from Bundy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ted Bundy dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Knox tries to bum rush Bundy with a series of wild strikes but Bundy uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Knox misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bundy feinted with a counter takedown.
Knox takes one to the side of the head.
Knox tries to clinch but Bundy is having none of it.
Knox misses with an uppercut. Bundy saw that one coming.
Knox throws a body shot but no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knox clobbers Bundy with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Bundy staying out of range there.
Bundy throwing a counter right hand but Knox manages to avoid it.
Knox falls off balance throwing a combination

and Bundy counters with a shoot takedown. Knox fights it but they end up in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bundy trying to control the position from guard on top but Knox is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bundy throwing strikes but missing.
Bundy working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Knox's head.
Knox avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Knox looking to control.
Bundy throwing strikes but missing.
Knox wants to sweep but no luck.
Bundy with a flurry of punches that miss.
Bundy trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bundy postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Bundy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Knox can do to turn this around?
Bundy postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bundy working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bundy with a nice head shot there.
Bundy keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Knox's head.
Bundy trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Bundy chips away with some ground and pound.

Knox is rocked!
Bundy missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bundy scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Knox is still in real trouble! Can Bundy finish him?
Bundy loads up on a big left hand. Knox felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Bundy looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Knox can't hide his disappointment, as Bundy celebrates the victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ted Bundy!
Ted Bundy decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.