PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kappa Knox (ranked 1485 p4p, 1216 weight class) and Vasiliy Kulik (ranked 199 p4p, 166 weight class). Knox comes into the arena with 'Til I Collapse | Eminem blaring out of the sound system. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Knox
vs
Kulik

189 cm
26
195
11 - 8 - 0

200 cm
24
195
8 - 4 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

****160Q Energy for $150****

The Stuff
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Kappa Knox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Vasiliy Kulik!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Igor Prikhodko and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kulik lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Kulik cracks Knox with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Vasiliy Kulik seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kulik lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Kulik steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Knox. That one must have hurt.
Kulik's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Kulik duly obliges.
Kulik misses with a hook. Knox ducked under it nicely.
Kulik keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Knox.
Kulik lands a jab to Knox's midsection.
Kulik dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knox displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kulik throws out the jab.
Knox throws a chopping leg kick but Kulik manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Kulik lands the left hand.
Kulik throws a sloppy head kick and Knox moves out of range easily.
Kulik is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Kulik fails to land with a series of punches.
Kulik rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Knox moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kulik avoids the head kick by Knox.
Kulik scores with a one two! Knox had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Kulik is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Kulik goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
An inside leg kick lands from Knox.
Knox pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Kulik.
Knox misses with a straight left.
Knox scores with a sloppy right hand. Kulik should have avoided that one.
Knox swings for the body but Kulik moves out of range.
Kulik lands a jab-cross combination.
Kulik misses with a kick to the body.
Knox goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Knox pushes Kulik away with a front kick.
Knox looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Kulik dodges the punch combination from Knox.
Kulik lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Knox at a distance.
Knox looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Kulik tries a head kick but it misses.
Kulik throws a hook but Knox blocks it.
Kulik walks into a left hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knox fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Kulik looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Kulik looks to land a body kick but Knox moved away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Knox drops Kulik with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Kulik looks back up at him and smiles so Knox waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.

Kulik is rocked!
A lazy body kick from Kulik
and Knox makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Kulik is still on wobbly legs! Can Knox finish him?
Kulik looks winded!
Nice defenses there by Kulik.
Nice straight punches there by Kulik. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Kulik.
Kulik seems to have recovered his senses.
Knox lands a body shot.
Knox cracks Kulik with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Knox is throwing punches like he's double parked. Oh my word! Huge right hand from Knox shuts the power down on Kulik. Lights out, game over! Knox is your winner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Kappa Knox!
During a confident post fight interview, Kappa Knox thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.