PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Porthos Knox (ranked 1613 p4p, 1986 weight class) and Dominic Trujillo (ranked 223 p4p, 277 weight class). Knox kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is One Step Closer | Linkin Park. Dominic Trujillo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Knox
vs
Trujillo

177 cm
29
175
14 - 12 - 2

175 cm
41
174
28 - 16 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 12 - 2, fighting out of London, Porthos Knox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Dominic Trujillo!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knox thows a left - swing and a miss!
Trujillo throws out a loose jab but Knox uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dominic Trujillo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Trujillo wants to slow Knox down by chopping away at his legs.
Trujillo takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Trujillo takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Knox ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Trujillo moves away.
Knox uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Trujillo.
Trujillo avoids the body shot from Knox.
Knox misses with a hook.
Trujillo throws a body shot but no joy.
Knox is looking to counter punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knox scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Trujillo doesn't seem bothered though.
Trujillo throws out a loose jab but Knox uses good head movement to avoid it.
Trujillo looks to score with a jab to the body but Knox is just out of range.

Trujillo shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Trujillo showed some decent athleticism there.
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 keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trujillo is looking to take a break and control but Knox is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Knox is looking for a sweep. Trujillo is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Knox wants to control but Trujillo is keeping busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Trujillo slows the pace down in half guard.
Trujillo prevents Knox from improving his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Trujillo stalling.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
A jab from Trujillo misses.
Trujillo lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Porthos Knox is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Knox scores with a decent looking hook.
Knox walks into a left hand.
Knox missing with a left hand there. Trujillo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Trujillo digs a good hook to Knox's body.
Knox looks to land a right hand but Trujillo moved out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trujillo throws the left hand but Knox avoids the punch easily.
Trujillo scores with a body shot.
Trujillo misses with a straight right.
Trujillo staying out of range there.
Trujillo lands a glancing blow to the side of Knox's head.
Trujillo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Knox was well out of range. Poor timing from Trujillo.
Trujillo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Trujillo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A telegraphed right hand from Knox misses the target.
Trujillo misses with a wild body shot.
Trujillo ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Trujillo misses with a looping left.
Trujillo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Trujillo connects with a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knox keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Trujillo.
Knox looks to throw the jab but Trujillo is out of range.
Trujillo will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Trujillo misses with a lunging right hand
and Knox counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Trujillo slips a straight right by Knox.
Trujillo looks to score with a jab to the body but Knox is just out of range.
Trujillo slips under a jab.
A shot to the liver by Trujillo. Beautiful body shot.
Trujillo misses with an uppercut
and Knox connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Trujillo throws a lazy right hand but Knox sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Knox looks to land a left hand but Trujillo moved out of range nicely.
Trujillo lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Trujillo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Knox jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Dominic Trujillo will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Knox takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Trujillo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Trujillo throws a leg kick
enabling Knox to counter with a crisp jab.
Trujillo looks to land a right hand but Knox moved out of range.
Trujillo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Trujillo misses with a looping right.
Trujillo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Knox is looking to counter punch.
Trujillo shoots in but no luck this time.
Trujillo throws a body punch but Knox moves out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Knox on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Trujillo ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice defenses there by Knox.
Knox was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Trujillo throws out a loose jab but Knox uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dominic Trujillo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Trujillo misses the shot to the body.
Trujillo throws a body shot but no joy.
Knox throwing a counter right hand but Trujillo manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knox looks to score with a jab to the body but Trujillo is just out of range.
Knox moves out of range as Trujillo strikes.
It looked like Knox wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Donk. Knox catches Trujillo right on the button with a cross.
Knox waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Trujillo.
Knox steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Trujillo.
Knox throwing a counter right hand but Trujillo manages to avoid it.
Trujillo takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Nice straight punches there by Knox. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Knox.
Trujillo misses with a takedown attempt - Knox sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
A slow jab from Trujillo misses its intended target.
Knox is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Knox moves away from the strike by Trujillo.
Trujillo misses with a straight left.
Knox misses the shot to the body.
Trujillo misses with a takedown attempt - Knox sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Knox swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Porthos Knox has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dominic Trujillo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Knox misses.
Trujillo takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Trujillo misses the shot to the body.
A little feinted left hand from Knox on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Knox lands a lovely overhand right.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Trujillo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Knox manages to avoid it.
A big right from Knox misses.
Knox misses with a wild body shot.
Knox connects with a single shot there.
Trujillo misses with a body shot.
Trujillo fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
An attempted straight right counter from Knox misses the target.
Trujillo misses with a straight right.
Knox gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knox throws a sloppy body shot
and Trujillo counters with a stiff right hand.
Knox lands with a shot to the body.
Knox takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Trujillo throws the left hand but Knox avoids the punch easily.
Knox ducks under a wild hook from Trujillo.
Knox takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Trujillo misses with an uppercut
letting Knox counter with a right hand.
Trujillo ducks under a wild hook from Knox.
Trujillo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Knox moves away.
Trujillo tests Knox's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Trujillo throws a body punch but Knox moves out of range.
Trujillo throws a lazy uppercut
and Knox counters with a stiff right hand.
Knox connects with a nice looking jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A looping hook to the body misses from Knox. Trujillo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Knox fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Knox misses with an uppercut. Trujillo saw that one coming.
Trujillo looks to throw the jab but Knox is out of range.
Knox swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Knox slips under a jab from Trujillo.
A looping hook to the body misses from Trujillo. Knox does a little dance to reset his feet.
A little feinted left hand from Knox on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Trujillo connects with a nice looking jab.
Trujillo lands a slapping body shot.
A big left from Knox misses.
Knox misses with a straight left.
Trujillo shoots in for a takedown but Knox shows good takedown defense.
Trujillo misses with a leg kick
and Trujillo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
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 Porthos Knox will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Trujillo getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A lazy left from Trujillo finds it's target.
Trujillo swings away with a body shot that misses
and Knox counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Knox moves out of range of the strikes.
Knox swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Trujillo swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Knox takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Knox misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Trujillo.
And Trujillo tries to counter it with a takedown but Knox pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Knox drops his hands momentarily and Trujillo takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A big left from Knox misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trujillo punishes Knox's body with a nice straight punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Trujillo. Knox does a little dance to reset his feet.
Trujillo throws a lazy uppercut
and Knox counters with a stiff right hand.
Trujillo throws the left hand but Knox avoids the punch easily.
Trujillo misses with a lunging right hand
letting Knox counter with a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trujillo looks to throw the jab but Knox is out of range.
Knox uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Trujillo has time to react.
Trujillo misses the shot to the body.
A quick step to the side and Knox tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Trujillo misses with a looping left.
Knox looks to land a right hand but Trujillo moved out of range.
Knox takes a swing at Trujillo's ribcage but misses.
Knox misses with a hook
and Trujillo counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Trujillo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Knox throws out the jab.
Trujillo throws a big shot that misses.
Trujillo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Knox.
An attempted straight right counter from Knox misses the target.
Knox moves out of range as Trujillo strikes.
Trujillo misses with a looping left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trujillo on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Trujillo shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A quick step to the side and Knox tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Knox on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Trujillo misses with a wild body shot.
Knox throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Trujillo fails with a takedown attempt.
Knox's corner calls for a 1-2. Knox obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Trujillo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The crowd cheers as Trujillo lands an impressive looking overhand right. Knox doesn't seem phased though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knox swings for the body but Trujillo moves out of range.
Trujillo swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Trujillo misses with a straight left.
A counter left hand to the body from Knox misses its target.
Trujillo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Knox uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Trujillo.
Knox is looking to counter punch.
Knox connects with a jab.
Trujillo attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Trujillo lands a glancing blow to the side of Knox's head.
Knox ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Trujillo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A big right from Knox misses.
Knox misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Trujillo.
Trujillo misses with a low kick as Knox jumps back.
Trujillo throws a leg kick which misses Knox's front leg but catches the back leg as Knox tries to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trujillo misses with a looping right.
Trujillo throws a jab when Knox was well out of range.
Knox ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

Knox closes the distance and clinches.
Trujillo tries to throw a body punch but Knox avoids it by throwing Trujillo back against the cage.
Trujillo swings wildly with an uppercut but Knox uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knox's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Trujillo is working for takedown but Knox is calmly controlling the position for now.
Porthos Knox has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dominic Trujillo.
Trujillo is working Knox over against the cage.
Knox is struggling to control the position.
Knox taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Trujillo wants a takedown but no success here.
Trujillo struggles to land a body shot inside as Knox controls his hands.
Trujillo is looking for a takedown.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Dominic Trujillo.
I think Trujillo has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dominic Trujillo!
Dominic Trujillo tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
In defeat, Porthos Knox stepped up to the mic, saying '"If you haven't lost in this sport, you haven't fought the right guys yet." (Matt Hughes)'.