PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Evan Duvernay (ranked 5549 p4p, 6499 weight class) and Trane Knox (ranked 534 p4p, 571 weight class). Knox has chosen Blue World | John Coltrane as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Duvernay
vs
Knox

176 cm
20
155
1 - 0 - 0

176 cm
20
165
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

Dangerous GnP
Excellent 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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Evan Duvernay!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Trane Knox!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Arvi Lind and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knox throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Duvernay stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

Duvernay clinches up with Knox and pushes him back against the cage.
Duvernay lands with a light punch inside.
Duvernay blocks an uppercut.
Duvernay lands a right hand that snaps the head of Knox backwards.
I was talking to Duvernay's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Duvernay makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Knox looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
A short left from Duvernay.

Knox escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Duvernay uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Knox.
Knox works the jab nicely.
Duvernay connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knox is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Duvernay.
Knox will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Duvernay is looking for a counter combo.
Knox uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Duvernay has time to react.

It looks like Evan Duvernay has been cut.
A slow jab from Knox misses its intended target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duvernay avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Duvernay was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Knox misses with a body shot.
Knox throws a hook but Duvernay avoids it easily.
Duvernay avoids the body shot from Knox.
A big left from Duvernay misses.
Duvernay keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Knox.
Duvernay swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Duvernay avoids the body shot from Knox.
Duvernay misses with a double jab.
Duvernay scores with a leg kick.
Duvernay fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A big left from Knox misses.
Knox keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knox throws a body shot but no joy.
Duvernay is looking to clinch.
A slow jab from Knox misses its intended target.
Duvernay is looking to counter punch.
Duvernay tests Knox's chin there with a solid looking shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Duvernay uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Knox.
Duvernay appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Knox moves away from the strike by Duvernay.
Duvernay fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Knox has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Knox misses with a wild body shot.
Knox cracks a nice hook into Duvernay's ribs.

Duvernay closes the distance and clinches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Duvernay.
Duvernay lands a left hand that snaps the head of Knox backwards.
Knox working hard to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knox working hard to break the clinch.
Duvernay working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Duvernay has Knox pressed against the cage, preventing Knox from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Knox is trying to break free.
Duvernay lands a right hand that snaps the head of Knox backwards.
Knox tries to break free but Duvernay pushes him back against the cage.
Duvernay scores with a hook to the body.
Knox is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Duvernay pushes Knox back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Duvernay lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Duvernay lands a nice shot to the body.
Knox wants to break the clinch but can't.
Knox wants to get back to striking at distance but Duvernay won't allow it.
Knox looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Duvernay lands a right hand.
Duvernay scores with a hook to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Duvernay.
Duvernay digs a right hand into Knox's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Knox's gas tank.
Knox looks winded!
Duvernay keeps control of Knox as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Duvernay softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Duvernay manages to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by Duvernay.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Duvernay displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Knox throws out the jab.

Duvernay clinches with his opponent.
Knox wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Duvernay lands an elbow just above Knox 's eye.
Duvernay lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Knox backwards.
Duvernay lands with a short shot to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Duvernay.
Duvernay working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Knox wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Duvernay has him pressed against the cage.
Duvernay is leaning against Knox and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Knox wants to get back to striking at distance but Duvernay won't allow it.
Duvernay lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Duvernay softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Duvernay stalls.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Duvernay.
Duvernay stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Knox tries to keep at a distance but Duvernay has taken the fight into the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Knox prevents a body shot from Duvernay.
Duvernay keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Knox's efforts to push away.
Knox tries to break the clinch but Duvernay is controlling the position.

Knox breaks from the clinch.
Duvernay throws a quick inside leg kick.
Knox throws a lazy right hand but Duvernay sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Duvernay clinches up with Knox and pushes him back against the cage.

Duvernay's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Knox lands a nice hook to Duvernay's body. Duvernay takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Knox moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Left hook, right uppercut from Duvernay.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knox lands with a shot to the body.
Knox scores with a body shot.
Knox missing with a left hand there. Duvernay was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Knox throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Knox staying out of range there.
Knox looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Duvernay will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Duvernay is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Knox can do to turn this around?

Duvernay clinches up with Knox and pushes him back against the cage.
Duvernay pushes Knox back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Knox is looking to break free of the clinch but Duvernay has double underhooks.
Knox wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knox blocks a body shot from Duvernay.
Knox looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A body shot lands from Duvernay.
Knox fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Duvernay blocking some punches.
Duvernay misses with a punch to the body.
Knox has had enough of the clinch but Duvernay keeps him there for the moment.
Duvernay comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Knox tries to circle away but Duvernay has him pinned against the cage.

Duvernay manages to break the clinch.

Duvernay has Knox up against the cage in a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Duvernay tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Knox's elbow.
Knox is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Duvernay lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Knox fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Knox is trying to push Duvernay away but Duvernay has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Good body shot from Duvernay.
Duvernay lands a nice uppercut.
Knox is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duvernay lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Trane Knox has been cut.
Duvernay leaning his opponent against the cage.
Knox prevents a body shot from Duvernay.
Knox tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Duvernay avoids it.
Duvernay pushes Knox back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A hook to the body from Duvernay.
Duvernay effectively controlling the action here.
Knox looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Evan Duvernay has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Duvernay lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Duvernay softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Knox is trying to force a seperation but Duvernay has the dominant position.
Duvernay lands a shoulder strike.
Knox is working for takedown but Duvernay is calmly controlling the position for now.
Duvernay pushes Knox back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Duvernay breaks from the clinch.
Knox misses with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duvernay throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Duvernay takes the fight into the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Duvernay lands an elbow inside.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Duvernay.
Knox trying to land knees to the body.

Duvernay breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Duvernay uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Knox.

Duvernay rushes Knox and presses him up against the cage.
Knox blocks a body shot from Duvernay.
Duvernay lands with a short shot to the head.
Knox tries to break the clinch but Duvernay is controlling the position.
Knox misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Knox takes an elbow to the temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Evan Duvernay dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Knox misses with a hook
and Duvernay counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A swing and a miss from Knox.
Duvernay takes a jab right on the kisser.
Knox avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Knox scores with the left hand. Duvernay knows he should have avoided that one.
Duvernay steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Knox.
Knox lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Knox takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Duvernay cracks Knox with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Duvernay has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Knox to stand back up!

Knox is rocked!
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 gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Duvernay gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:52 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Evan Duvernay!
An out of breath Evan Duvernay thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.