PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Aramis Knox (ranked 123 p4p, 347 weight class) and Justin Gaethje (ranked 17 p4p, 42 weight class). Knox comes into the arena with You're Going Down | Sick Puppies blaring out of the sound system. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Knox
vs
Gaethje

181 cm
26
167
13 - 4 - 0

175 cm
25
165
9 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Aramis Knox!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Justin Gaethje!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shirou Masuda and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knox cracks Gaethje with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Justin Gaethje seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Knox scores with a nice strike.
A low kick from Gaethje misses
and Knox counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gaethje slips under a jab.
Some wild striking there from Knox.
Gaethje now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Gaethje throws a wild body kick that Knox sees coming a mile off.
Gaethje misses with a body shot.
Gaethje throws a lazy right hand but Knox sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gaethje paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Gaethje lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Knox at a distance.
Knox misses with an uppercut.
Knox takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Knox keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gaethje.
Knox works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gaethje throws a shot to the body.
Knox avoids the body shot from Gaethje.
Gaethje throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Knox throws a series of punches but Gaethje avoids them all with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gaethje pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Knox has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Gaethje.
Knox throws a lazy right hand but Gaethje sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Knox misses with a body shot.
Knox lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Gaethje at a distance.
Knox shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Gaethje eats them both and turns towards Knox to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Knox looks to land a right hand but Gaethje moved out of range.
Knox slips under a jab from Gaethje.
Knox moves into range and connects with a jab.
Knox looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Knox on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
The fighters circling - Knox throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The fighters circle momentarily. Knox darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Knox avoids the body shot from Gaethje.
Knox appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Knox throws a jab when Gaethje was well out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gaethje looks to throw the jab but Knox is out of range.
Gaethje tries to work over Knox's front leg with a kick but Knox checks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gaethje ducks under a wild hook from Knox.
Gaethje uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Knox.
Gaethje takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Gaethje.
Knox throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gaethje tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Knox rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gaethje moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Knox looks to score with a jab to the body but Gaethje is just out of range.
Gaethje misses with an attempted mid kick.
Knox blocks a jab.
Gaethje scores with a hook to the body. Knox takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Gaethje throws a nice inside leg kick.
Gaethje ducks under a wild hook from Knox.
Knox lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Gaethje at a distance.
Gaethje uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Knox walks into a straight right hand from Gaethje.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gaethje cracks a nice hook into Knox's ribs.
A looping hook to the body misses from Knox. Gaethje does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gaethje misses with a leg kick
and Knox counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Gaethje thinking.
Knox takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Gaethje takes one to the side of the head.
Knox throws the left hand but Gaethje avoids the punch easily.
Gaethje missing with a left hand there. Knox was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gaethje throws a leg kick that is checked
and Knox counters with a stiff right hand.
Gaethje walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Knox scores with a body shot.
Knox keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Knox throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gaethje fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Knox manages to avoid it.
Gaethje moves out of range of the strikes.
Knox lands a really nice looking cross but Gaethje seems unphased.
Knox is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
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!
Gaethje throws a body punch but Knox moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knox thows a left - swing and a miss!
A countering left hand to the body from Gaethje misses.
Gaethje throws a leg kick that is checked
and Knox counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gaethje misses with a left hand
and Knox counters with a stiff right hand.
Gaethje buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Gaethje on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Gaethje throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gaethje takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Knox punishes Gaethje's body with a nice straight punch.
Knox ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gaethje moves away.
Gaethje only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Knox misses with a hook.
Knox displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gaethje throws out the jab.
Gaethje misses with an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A nice inside leg kick there by Gaethje. That's going to slow Knox down.
Gaethje blocks a jab.
Knox throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Knox checks the leg kick nicely there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Aramis Knox dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Knox throws a right hand that Gaethje ducks under and follows up with a left that Gaethje also avoids with ease.
Knox slips a straight right by Gaethje.
Knox throws a big counter combination but Gaethje scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
A shot to the liver by Gaethje. Beautiful body shot.
Knox fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Knox on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Nice defenses there by Knox.
Knox misses with a straight left.
Gaethje now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Knox keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gaethje looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Knox misses with a looping right.
Gaethje misses with a wild body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A swing and a miss from Gaethje.
Knox lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Gaethje at a distance.
Knox feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Gaethjes jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Gaethje with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Knox to score with a decent uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gaethje moves out of range as Knox strikes.
Knox throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gaethje blocks a jab.
Gaethje throws a counter combo.
Gaethje lands a nice hook to Knox's body. Knox takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Knox with a nice cross.
Gaethje fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Knox misses with a hook. Gaethje ducked under it nicely.
Gaethje connects with a leg kick.
Knox just misses with a punch to the body.
Gaethje attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Gaethje keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice defenses there by Knox.
Gaethje throws the left hand but Knox avoids the punch easily.
Gaethje swings widly with a right hand
and Knox cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Knox avoids the body shot from Gaethje.
Knox bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Gaethje scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knox misses with a hook.
Gaethje looks to land a combination but Knox avoids it well.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gaethje slips a straight right by Knox.
Knox looks to score with a jab to the body but Gaethje is just out of range.
Knox sizes up Gaethje with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Aramis Knox is winning the standup battle so far.
Gaethje throws a body shot but no joy.
Knox swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Gaethje.
Knox looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Knox keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gaethje throws a leg kick but Knox checks it.
Knox looks to land a right hand but Gaethje moved out of range.
Knox tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gaethje was well out of range. Poor timing from Knox.
A big right from Gaethje misses.
Knox is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Knox misses with a hook. Gaethje ducked under it nicely.
Gaethje lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Knox is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gaethje can do to turn this around?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gaethje dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Knox. That did some damage!
Gaethje throws out a loose jab but Knox uses good head movement to avoid it.
Knox works the jab nicely.
Knox takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Knox fails to land with a series of punches.
Gaethje blocks a jab.
Gaethje fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Knox throws a hook to the side of Gaethje's head but Gaethje sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A bone on bone clash there as Knox blocks the leg kick.
It looked like Knox wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Gaethje scores with a sloppy right hand. Knox should have avoided that one.
Knox takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Gaethje throws a low kick but Knox moves out of range easily.
Knox looks to land a left hand but Gaethje moved out of range nicely.
Knox ducks right into an uppercut from Gaethje.
Knox jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gaethje ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gaethje on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A thudding body kick lands there by Gaethje!
Gaethje misses with a two punch combination.
Knox went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Gaethje does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Gaethje misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gaethje misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Knox.
Knox misses with a body shot.
Knox showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gaethje.
Knox connects with a body shot that sends Gaethje's belly button to the back.
A big left from Knox misses.
Gaethje thuds a left hand into Knox's body.
Gaethje misses with a body shot.
Knox lands a right hook to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Aramis Knox will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Knox lands a right hook to the body.
Knox smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Gaethje tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Knox was well out of range. Poor timing from Gaethje.
Knox works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Knox takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Gaethje with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Knox to score with a decent uppercut.
Knox tests Gaethje's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Gaethje has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Knox slips a straight right by Gaethje.
Gaethje with the inside leg kick.
Knox uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Knox scores with a sloppy right hand. Gaethje should have avoided that one.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gaethje misses with the combination.
Gaethje is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Knox.
Knox throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Knox throws a hook but Gaethje blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knox moves into range and connects with a jab.
Gaethje cracks a nice hook into Knox's ribs.
Gaethje jabs Knox right on the nose. Knox blinks but takes it well.
Gaethje slips a straight right by Knox.
Knox throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gaethje looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Knox connects with a good right hand that stumbles Gaethje. Gaethje circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A telegraphed right hand from Gaethje misses the target.
Knox scores with a jab.
Knox ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gaethje moves away.
Gaethje lands a leg kick that knocks Knox off balance momentarily.
Nice straight punches there by Knox. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Knox.
Knox checks a low kick from Gaethje.
Knox looks to score with a jab to the body but Gaethje is just out of range.
Knox has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Gaethje.
Gaethje misses with the combination.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Gaethje might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Knox has got the better of the exchanges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gaethje uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Knox.
Knox lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A jab from Knox does it's job there.
Gaethje misses with a straight right.
Gaethje misses with a body kick.
It looked like Knox wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Knox misses with a hook.
Knox throws a hook to the side of Gaethje's head but Gaethje sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gaethje lands a right hook to the body.
Knox connects with a crisp jab.
Knox lands a lovely overhand right.
Knox swings for the body but Gaethje moves out of range.
Knox throws a nice looking combination but Gaethje bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A swing and a miss from Knox.
Gaethje loads up on a big right hand but Knox slips the punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gaethje throws a series of punches but Knox moves out of range.
Knox fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A shot to the body from Gaethje misses
and Knox cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Knox scores with a crisp jab that stopped Gaethje in his tracks.
Gaethje throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Knox sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Gaethje. That's going to slow Knox down.
Knox takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Knox paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Knox throws a series of strikes that have Gaethje backpedaling.
Knox blocks a jab.
Knox fails to land with a series of punches.
Gaethje takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Knox scores with a shot to the body.
Knox misses with a hook
and Gaethje counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Gaethje slips a jab from Knox.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gaethje throws a series of punches but Knox moves out of range.
Gaethje throws a lazy right hand but Knox sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gaethje takes a swing at Knox's ribcage but misses.
Knox digs a good body shot into Gaethje's ribs.
Knox lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Gaethje walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Knox uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Gaethje has time to react.
Gaethje throws a shot to the body.
Gaethje is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Knox rather than just go for the knockout.
Knox swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Knox throws a jab but it's blocked by Gaethje.
Nice uppercut lands for Knox. That snapped Gaethje's head back.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Knox scores with a hook to the body. Gaethje takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Gaethje swinging wildly here.
Gaethje is looking to land body kicks.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Aramis Knox clearly takes that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Knox just misses with a punch to the body.
Knox's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Knox duly obliges.
Knox jabs at Gaethje's body.
Gaethje just misses with a punch to the body.
Gaethje tries to score with a low kick but Knox moves his leg out of the way.
Knox loads up on a big right hand but Gaethje slips the punch.
A nice leg kick from Gaethje, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gaethje throws a jab but it's blocked by Knox.
Gaethje swinging wildly here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knox keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Knox keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Knox scores with a shot to the body.
A big right from Knox misses.
Knox scores with a punch to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gaethje misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Knox.
Knox throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gaethje throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Knox on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Knox ducks under a wild hook from Gaethje.
Gaethje steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Knox.
Knox thuds a left hand into Gaethje's body.
Gaethje throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Knox.
Knox lands with an uppercut that bounces Gaethje off the cage and back into range.
Jab by Gaethje.
Knox is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gaethje.
Knox lands a jab to Gaethje's midsection.
Knox lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Gaethje throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Gaethje doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knox throws an overhand right that lands on Gaethje's shoulder, as Gaethje tries to avoid the shot.
Gaethje fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Knox staying out of range there.
Gaethje looks to land a left hand but Knox moved out of range nicely.
Knox loads up on a big right hand but Gaethje slips the punch.
A nice side step and Gaethje releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Knox looks to throw the jab but Gaethje is out of range.
Gaethje misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Knox.
Gaethje moves out of range as Knox strikes.
Gaethje uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Knox.
Gaethje tries to land a leg kick but Knox saw it coming and moves away.
Gaethje tries to land a front kick but Knox steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Gaethje throws a looping overhand right but Knox ducks down to avoid it.
Gaethje misses with a body shot.
A right-left combo lands from Knox.
Gaethje takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knox misses with a body shot.
Knox takes a swing at Gaethje's ribcage but misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Gaethje! But no joy.
Gaethje walks into a jab.
Gaethje throws a head kick that half lands.
Knox works the jab nicely.
Knox uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gaethje.
Gaethje throws a leg kick
and Knox cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Knox throws an overhand right that lands on Gaethje's shoulder, as Gaethje tries to avoid the shot.
Gaethje cracks a nice hook into Knox's ribs.
Knox is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Gaethje motions for Knox to come forward. Gaethje throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Gaethje steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Knox.
Gaethje only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Knox wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Gaethje throws a predictable looking body shot
and Knox counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Knox!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gaethje throws a leg kick but Knox moved away.
Some wild striking there from Knox.
Knox looks to land a left hand but Gaethje moved out of range nicely.
Knox has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Gaethje.
Knox lands an overhand right.
Knox throws a body shot but no joy.
Knox avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gaethje ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Knox moves away.
Knox lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gaethje circles away quickly and effectively.
Gaethje walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Gaethje throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Knox counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A big left from Gaethje misses.
Gaethje throws a low kick but Knox avoids it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Aramis Knox had his way with Justin Gaethje in that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Gaethje slips under a jab from Knox.
Knox takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A low kick from Gaethje is predictable there
and Knox counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Knox takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Knox looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gaethje looks to throw the jab but Knox is out of range.
Gaethje misses with a wild body shot.
A jab from Knox misses.
Gaethje throws a head kick that misses.
Knox swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Knox clobbers Gaethje with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gaethje walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Nice body punch from Knox.
Knox throws out a loose jab but Gaethje uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gaethje throws a chopping leg kick but Knox manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Knox missing with a left hand there. Gaethje was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gaethje throws a big counter head kick but Knox avoids it with no problem.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gaethje displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Knox throws out the jab.
Knox throws out a loose jab but Gaethje uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gaethje tries to move into range but Knox moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Gaethje misses with a low kick.
Knox lands a right hook to the body.
Knox bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Knox lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Gaethje backs up against the cage.
Knox waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gaethje.
Knox lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Gaethje scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Gaethje throws a head kick but Knox moves out of range.
Gaethje connects with a solid leg kick.
Gaethje is looking to chop away at Knox's legs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gaethje wants to land a leg kick but Knox is out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gaethje loads up on a big right hand but Knox slips the punch.
Knox misses with a looping right.
Gaethje throws out a counter right but Knox avoids it with no problem.
Gaethje misses with a body shot.
Knox displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gaethje throws out the jab.
Gaethje uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Knox.
A slow jab from Knox misses its intended target.
Gaethje throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A swing and a miss from Gaethje.
Knox throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gaethje throws a head kick that misses.
Knox throws a right hand that Gaethje ducks under and follows up with a left that Gaethje also avoids with ease.
Gaethje staying out of range there.
The fighters circling - Gaethje throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A nice inside leg kick there by Gaethje. That's going to slow Knox down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knox avoids the head kick by Gaethje.
Gaethje throws a nice outside leg kick.
Gaethje throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gaethje ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Knox misses with a wild body shot.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Knox, as that shot connected.
Knox misses with a hook.
Knox moves away from the strike by Gaethje.
Knox throws a big shot that misses.
Knox takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Justin Gaethje has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gaethje takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Gaethje scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Knox doesn't seem bothered though.
Knox connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Knox misses with a two punch combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Knox.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knox's jab looks to have found its range, popping Gaethje under the eye.
Knox throws a body punch but Gaethje moves out of range.
Gaethje missing with a left hand there. Knox was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Aramis Knox is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Knox uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gaethje.
Knox waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gaethje.
Gaethje lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Gaethje throws a predictable looking body shot
and Knox counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gaethje fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Knox manages to avoid it.
Knox scores with a jab. Gaethje acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Knox lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Knox feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Gaethjes jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Knox tests Gaethje's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Gaethje misses with an uppercut
letting Knox counter with a right hand.
A slow jab from Knox misses its intended target.

And that's the end of the fight!
Aramis Knox showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Knox has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 50:45
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 50:45
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 49:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aramis Knox!
Aramis Knox retains his lightweight title!
Aramis Knox managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Aspire Clothing, into his post fight interview.