PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Archibald Knox (ranked 36 p4p, 103 weight class) and Captain Gonza (ranked 8 p4p, 15 weight class). Gonza is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Many Men. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Knox
vs
Gonza

185 cm
36
190
32 - 19 - 0

192 cm
35
185
29 - 13 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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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 32 - 19 - 0, fighting out of New York, Archibald Knox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 13 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Captain Gonza!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Hirohito Nitta and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knox connects with a crisp jab.
Gonza misses with an uppercut. Knox saw that one coming.
A looping hook to the body misses from Knox. Gonza does a little dance to reset his feet.
Knox takes a swing at Gonza's ribcage but misses.
Gonza appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Knox looks for the body kick but Gonza saw that one coming.
Gonza with the inside leg kick.
Knox on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Gonza moves out of range of the strikes.
Gonza with a nice calf kick.
Gonza takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Knox throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gonza sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Knox takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Knox misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gonza.
Knox scores with a crisp jab that stopped Gonza in his tracks.
Knox throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knox looks to land a left hand but Gonza moved out of range nicely.
Knox misses with the combination.
Knox throws a looping overhand right but Gonza ducks down to avoid it.
Knox throws a hook but Gonza avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knox has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Knox there as he acknowledges the shot.
Knox throws the left hand but Gonza avoids the punch easily.
Gonza scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Gonza.
Archibald Knox seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
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 throws out a loose jab but Gonza uses good head movement to avoid it.
Knox tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gonza swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gonza scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Knox swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Gonza! But no joy.
A leg kick checked by Gonza.
Knox has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Knox misses with a double jab.
Good standup being displayed there by Gonza as he connects with a hook.
Gonza connects with a body shot.
A nice leg kick lands there from Gonza.
Gonza defending well as Knox loads up on a big left hand.
Gonza connects with a crisp jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Knox throws a body shot but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonza staying out of range there.
Gonza bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Knox's head.
Gonza on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Knox. Knox obviously looking to wear him down.
A nice inside leg kick there by Knox. That's going to slow Gonza down.
Gonza moves out of range of the strikes.
Gonza connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Gonza slips under a jab from Knox.
Knox swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Knox tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gonza closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Gonza comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Knox looks for the body kick but Gonza saw that one coming.
Knox just misses with a punch to the body.
Gonza looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Knox misses with a looping right.
A cross from Gonza lands.
Gonza looks to throw the jab but Knox is out of range.
Knox takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Gonza tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knox lands a nice shot that snaps Gonza's head back.
Knox bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Knox clinches.
Knox fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gonza wants to get back to striking at distance but Knox won't allow it.

Gonza manages to break the clinch.
Knox jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gonza lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Good shot there by Gonza.
Jab by Knox.
Knox stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gonza.
Gonza has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Gonza lands a jab.
Knox throws a shot from downtown. Gonza moves away and avoids it.
Gonza gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knox throws a hook but Gonza avoids it easily.
Knox looks to land a left hand but Gonza moved out of range nicely.
Gonza throws a body shot but no joy.
Knox seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Knox misses with a shot to the body
and Gonza cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Gonza misses its intended target.
Knox misses with a straight right.
Knox on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Gonza is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Knox had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Gonza moves out of range as Knox strikes.
Knox bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Gonza wants to slow Knox down by chopping away at his legs.
Knox misses the shot to the body.
Gonza buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Knox lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Gonza has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Gonza and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Knox lands a lovely overhand right.
Knox chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Gonza can pounce on him.
Gonza walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Knox checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Gonza throws a big shot that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Knox jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Knox tries a low kick but Gonza avoids it.
Knox motions for Gonza to come forward. Knox throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Knox cracks Gonza with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Archibald Knox will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Knox fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
The fighters circle momentarily. Gonza darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Knox lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Knox changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Gonza misses with a low kick as Knox jumps back.
A telegraphed right hand from Knox misses the target.
Gonza lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Archibald Knox is winning the standup battle so far.
Gonza throws a looping overhand right but Knox ducks down to avoid it.
A big right from Knox misses.
Knox looks to land a right hand but Gonza moved out of range.
Gonza moves forwards but Knox connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A swing and a miss from Knox.
Knox loads up on a big right hand but Gonza slips the punch.
Knox throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Knox misses with a looping left.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Knox. Gonza does a little dance to reset his feet.
Knox tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gonza was well out of range. Poor timing from Knox.
Gonza only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Knox needs to keep his hands up - Gonza had a free shot at his head there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knox staying out of range there.
Knox moves out of range of the strikes.
Knox is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Knox swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Knox misses the shot to the body.
Gonza steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Knox.
Gonza lands with a nice body punch.
Knox misses with an uppercut
and Gonza counters with a right hand to the body.
Knox misses with a left hand
and Gonza counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Gonza swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Knox swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Knox takes a jab right on the kisser.
Gonza jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gonza misses with a wild body shot.
A little feinted left hand from Knox on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Gonza moves out of range of the body kick.
Knox backing away here, and Gonza unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Knox misses the body punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick from Knox, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gonza misses with a body shot

and Knox counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Knox pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gonza misses with a looping left.
Knox jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Knox misses the shot to the body.
Knox throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Knox swings away with a body shot that misses
and Gonza counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gonza ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Knox's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Gonza connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Knox scrambles back to his feet.
Gonza misses with a hook.
Knox misses with a lunging right hand
and Gonza counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gonza has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Knox finds it's way round the side to connect with Gonza's head.
An inside leg kick lands from Gonza.
Gonza ducks under a wild hook from Knox.
Gonza misses with a low kick as Knox jumps back.
Knox lands the left hand.
Knox throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knox just misses with a punch to the body.
Knox ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gonza moves away.
Gonza staying out of range there.
Gonza bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gonza gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Knox.
Knox throws a lazy right hand but Gonza sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Good shot there by Knox.
Knox throws a lazy right hand but Gonza sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gonza misses with an uppercut.
Gonza throws a hook to the side of Knox's head but Knox sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Knox tries to clinch up.
Gonza keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Gonza jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gonza on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Knox tries to clinch up.
Knox tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gonza misses with a hook.
Knox wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Knox uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gonza.
Knox waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gonza.
Knox looks for the body kick but Gonza saw that one coming.
Knox takes a swing at Gonza's ribcage but misses.
Gonza buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knox fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Gonza has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Knox connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Gonza uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Knox.
Gonza slips a straight right by Knox.
Good work by Knox as he checks the leg kick.
Knox scores with a body shot.
Knox walks into a stiff left hand from Gonza.
Gonza lands with a shot to the body.
Gonza with a hook.
Knox checks the leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Gonza.
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 Archibald Knox will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Knox misses with a hook
and Knox takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Knox swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Gonza counters with a straight right hand.
Knox pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gonza now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Knox misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gonza.
Knox uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gonza.
An attempted straight right counter from Knox misses the target.
Gonza moves out of range of the strikes.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Gonza! But no joy.
Gonza scores with a body shot.
Knox checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A big left from Knox misses.
Gonza throws a hook but Knox blocks it.
Gonza avoids the head kick by Knox.
Gonza uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Knox.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knox scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Knox throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice uppercut lands for Gonza. That snapped Knox's head back.
Gonza waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Knox.
Knox looks to score with a jab to the body but Gonza is just out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonza blocks a low kick nicely.
Knox is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Knox tried to score with a low kick but Gonza checks it.
Gonza lands a nice looking body shot.
Gonza with the inside leg kick.
Gonza scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Knox doesn't seem bothered though.
A big right from Gonza misses.
Knox is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Gonza.
A big left from Knox misses.
Knox throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A low kick lands for Gonza.
Gonza avoids the body shot from Knox.
Knox throws a body kick, spinning off balance
enabling Gonza to counter with a crisp jab.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Knox, as that shot connected.
Gonza steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Knox.
Gonza throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Knox is looking to counter punch.
Gonza pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Knox misses with a wild body shot.
Gonza dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Knox. That did some damage!
Captain Gonza has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Archibald Knox is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knox fails in his attempt to clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knox on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Gonza. Gonza obviously looking to wear him down.
Gonza loads up on a big right hand but Knox slips the punch.
Gonza tries to move into range but Knox moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Knox pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gonza throws an off balance right hand
and Knox counters with a thumping low kick.
Gonza walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Knox checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Knox on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Knox swings for the body but Gonza moves out of range.
Gonza tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Knox lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A swing and a miss from Gonza.
Knox is looking to counter punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Knox. Gonza does a little dance to reset his feet.
A little jabbing left from Gonza on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gonza. Knox does a little dance to reset his feet.
Knox checks the leg kick.
As Gonza backs away, Knox returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Knox misses the shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knox looks to throw the jab but Gonza is out of range.
A leg kick checked by Knox.
Knox lands a nice hook to Gonza's body. Gonza takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Gonza missing with a left hand there. Knox was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice cross by Knox.
Gonza takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Gonza throws the left hand but Knox avoids the punch easily.
Knox lands an overhand right.
Knox cracks Gonza with a good jab.
Gonza tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Knox was well out of range. Poor timing from Gonza.
Knox tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Knox moves out of range of the strikes.
Knox with a nice calf kick.
Gonza uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Knox.
Gonza connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
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 cracks Gonza with an open hand slap.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knox slips under a jab from Gonza.
Gonza on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Knox. Knox obviously looking to wear him down.
Gonza darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Gonza walks into a straight right hand from Knox.
Gonza takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A head kick misses from Knox.
Knox avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Knox moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Knox throws a nice inside leg kick.
Gonza is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Knox.
Knox throws a lazy right hand but Gonza sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Knox missing with a left hand there. Gonza was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Knox scores with a kick to the midsection.
Knox throws a half hearted mid kick.
Gonza looks to land a right hand but Knox moved out of range.
Gonza scoring well with a low kick there.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Archibald Knox.
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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 30:29
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:29
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Archibald Knox!
Archibald Knox looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'Switched it up , my manager is class. Camara is 2nd string - we are Convicted. Good night.'.