PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kappa Knox (ranked 288 p4p, 1005 weight class) and Kirov Sturmovik (ranked 39 p4p, 149 weight class). Knox comes to the cage accompanied by 'Til I Collapse | Eminem. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Knox
vs
Sturmovik

189 cm
31
195
18 - 12 - 1

190 cm
28
195
8 - 0 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kappa Knox!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kirov Sturmovik!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Chris Downing and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knox misses with an uppercut.
Sturmovik throws a nice looking combination but Knox bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Knox blocks the body kick.
Knox dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Knox lands a high kick!
Knox scores with a leg kick.
Sturmovik throws an overhand right that lands on Knox's shoulder, as Knox tries to avoid the shot.
Knox connects with a looping right hand.
A left lands for Sturmovik.
Knox moves out of range as Sturmovik throws a body kick.
Knox throws a low kick but Sturmovik avoids it.
Knox scores with a kick to the midsection.
We've been told by Knox's head coaches at Prizm Jiu Jitsu & MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Sturmovik swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Knox.
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!
Sturmovik is looking to land body kicks.
Knox throws a lazy uppercut

and Sturmovik counters with a combination of strikes to the head and body that crumple Knox!

Knox is rocked!
Sturmovik is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Oh Knox is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sturmovik lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Sturmovik has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sturmovik is looking to work some ground and pound but Knox has wrist control.
Sturmovik throwing strikes from guard but Knox blocks nicely.
Knox seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Sturmovik trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Knox seems to have got his legs back now.
Knox is adopting a defensive guard.
Sturmovik throws a strike but Knox rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Sturmovik is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Knox is controlling him.

Sturmovik pushes Knox off and scrambles back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sturmovik throws out a loose jab but Knox uses good head movement to avoid it.
Knox throwing a counter right hand but Sturmovik manages to avoid it.
Sturmovik tries to land a body kick
and Knox cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sturmovik darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Sturmovik gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Sturmovik connects with the punch.
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 misses with a hook. Sturmovik ducked under it nicely.
Sturmovik looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Knox throws a quick inside leg kick.
Knox scoring well with a low kick there.
Sturmovik is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Sturmovik gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Knox avoiding damage as Sturmovik throws knees to the body.
Sturmovik doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sturmovik has a couple of punches blocked by Knox.
Sturmovik throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Knox blocks it with crossed arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Knox escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sturmovik doesn't manage to clinch there - Knox circles away.
Sturmovik swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Knox counters with a good low kick that Sturmovik was not able to check.
Sturmovik is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Knox.
Sturmovik throws a hook to the side of Knox's head but Knox sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Knox half committed to a counter leg kick.
Good exchange - Sturmovik coming out on top.
A slow jab from Sturmovik misses its intended target.
Sturmovik is looking to clinch but Knox is avoiding it.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Knox, as that shot connected.
Knox fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sturmovik looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Sturmovik throws out a loose jab but Knox uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sturmovik scores with a sloppy right hand. Knox should have avoided that one.
Knox with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sturmovik wants to clinch up but Knox keeps it at a distance.
Sturmovik swings widly with a right hand
and Knox counters with a stiff right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knox connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Sturmovik momentarily.
Knox scores with a jab to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knox turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Knox pushes Sturmovik away with a front kick.
Knox throws a lazy head kick
and Sturmovik cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A nice inside leg kick there by Knox. That's going to slow Sturmovik down.
Knox circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sturmovik walks into a straight right hand from Knox.
Sturmovik throws a predictable looking body shot
and Knox counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Sturmovik tries to clinch there but Knox circles away.
It looked like Knox wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Sturmovik misses with a series of wild punches.
Knox avoids the body shot from Sturmovik.
Knox uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sturmovik.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Knox circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sturmovik misses with a hook.
Knox walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Sturmovik misses with a wild body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Kirov Sturmovik 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.

Sturmovik feints a jab and as Knox dips his head, Sturmovik unleashes a brutal head kick that catches Knox right on the jaw! Timbeeer! Knox falls backwards in slow motion, only propped up by the cage! Sturmovik smiles a psychotic smile as he stares down his unconscious opponent. That is a scary man.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Kirov Sturmovik!
Kirov Sturmovik is the new middleweight champion!
Kirov Sturmovik managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, KOMBAT KLOTHING, into his post fight interview.
The defeated Kappa Knox had this to say: '"If you haven't lost in this sport, you haven't fought the right guys yet." (Matt Hughes)'.