PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Beta Knox (ranked 883 p4p, 1856 weight class) and Tom Rivers (ranked 116 p4p, 229 weight class). Knox comes into the arena with Anthrax | Fight Em Till You Can't blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Knox
vs
Rivers

172 cm
39
161
23 - 21 - 0

178 cm
34
157
18 - 12 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Beta Knox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tom Rivers!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Frank Dennis and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knox cracks Rivers with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Knox slips under a jab.
Nice defenses there by Rivers.
A telegraphed right hand from Rivers misses the target.
An attempted straight right counter from Knox misses the target.
Knox swings for the body but Rivers moves out of range.
Knox checks the leg kick nicely there.
Knox has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Underground Rio in the buildup to the fight.
Rivers misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Knox misses with a looping left.
Knox bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Rivers's head.
Knox swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rivers throws an overhand right that lands on Knox's shoulder, as Knox tries to avoid the shot.
Knox cracks Rivers with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Rivers scores with a leg kick.
Rivers displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Knox throws out the jab.
Knox throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Knox thows a left - swing and a miss!
Knox connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A looping hook to the body misses from Knox. Rivers does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rivers moves out of range as Knox strikes.
Knox waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rivers.
Despite the aggression on Rivers's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivers cracks Knox with a good jab.
Knox throws an overhand right that lands on Rivers's shoulder, as Rivers tries to avoid the shot.
Knox jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Rivers gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Knox.
Knox tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Rivers has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Rivers walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Knox checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Rivers doesn't manage to clinch there - Knox circles away.
Rivers slips under a jab.
Rivers slips a straight right by Knox.
Knox looks to land a right hand but Rivers moved out of range.
Rivers fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Knox.
An inside leg kick from Rivers misses.
Knox tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rivers was well out of range. Poor timing from Knox.
Knox swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Knox looks to throw the jab but Rivers is out of range.
Knox looks to land a right hand but Rivers moved out of range.
Rivers lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

It looks like Beta Knox has been cut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Knox scores with a nice right hand.
Rivers avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knox scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Rivers throws a big shot that misses.
Knox is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Knox throws a right and a left that both miss.
Knox blocks a head kick by Rivers.
It looked like Knox wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Rivers ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rivers misses the jab.
Knox is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Knox is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rivers.
Rivers tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Knox was well out of range. Poor timing from Rivers.
Knox drops down looking for a counter takedown but Rivers sprawls and moves away.
Knox scores with the left hand. Rivers knows he should have avoided that one.
Knox throws a body punch but Rivers moves out of range.
Knox misses the shot to the body.

Rivers drives through and clinches with Knox against the cage.
Rivers lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Rivers misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rivers throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A head punch on the inside from Knox fails to land.

Knox breaks from the clinch.
Knox throws a right and a left that both miss.
A little jabbing left from Rivers on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knox misses with an uppercut.
Knox throws a nice looking combination but Rivers bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rivers thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rivers takes one on the button.
Knox waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rivers.
Rivers tries to score with a low kick but Knox moves his leg out of the way.
Knox throws a jab but it's blocked by Rivers.
Rivers is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Knox with a body shot.
Rivers has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Knox finds it's way round the side to connect with Rivers's head.
Rivers misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rivers. Knox does a little dance to reset his feet.
A quick step to the side and Knox tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rivers tries to close the distance and clinch but Knox swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Knox drops down looking for a counter takedown but Rivers sprawls and moves away.
Knox has a takedown stuffed.
Knox ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Knox takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Knox misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rivers.
Knox throws an overhand right that lands on Rivers's shoulder, as Rivers tries to avoid the shot.
Rivers misses the shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knox blocks a jab.
A big right from Knox misses.
Knox misses with a straight left.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rivers scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Rivers lands with a right hand.
Knox fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Tom Rivers is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Knox chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rivers can pounce on him.
Knox throws a right hand that Rivers ducks under and follows up with a left that Rivers also avoids with ease.
Rivers on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Knox throws a hook but Rivers avoids it easily.
Knox misses with a body shot.
Rivers thows a left - swing and a miss!
Knox takes a head kick and keeps coming.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Knox misses with a straight right.
A shot to the liver by Knox. Beautiful body shot.
Rivers tries to clinch up.

Knox closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Rivers quickly recovers to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Beta Knox dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Beta Knox's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Knox misses with an uppercut
enabling Rivers to counter with a crisp jab.
Knox gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Knox lands with an uppercut that bounces Rivers off the cage and back into range.

Rivers gets a clinch.
Knox wants to take the fight to the mat but Rivers manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Rivers.
Rivers stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Rivers lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Knox is rocked!
Rivers lands a shot to the body.
Oh Knox is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rivers lands a right hand that snaps the head of Knox backwards.
Rivers lands with a right to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rivers misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rivers.
Knox tries for a takedown but Rivers manages to get underhooks.
Knox wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rivers lands with a right to the head.
Knox goes for a takedown in the clinch but Rivers prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Beta Knox. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Good body shot from Rivers.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rivers lands a nice uppercut.
Rivers lands a nice uppercut.
Rivers lands a nice shot to the body.
Rivers works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rivers.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knox tries for a takedown but Rivers manages to get underhooks.
Rivers works on Knox's body with a couple of short punches.
Rivers lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Knox.
Rivers scores with a nice hook to the head.
Rivers dips a shoulder and cracks Knox with a mighty uppercut! Knox falls back against the cage and Rivers unloads with a barrage of strikes! Knox is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Rivers screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tom Rivers!
After winning the bout, Tom Rivers thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.