PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Cayden Cadman (ranked 2796 p4p, 2404 weight class) and Beta Knox (ranked 333 p4p, 290 weight class). Knox has chosen Anthrax | Fight Em Till You Can't as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Cadman
vs
Knox

176 cm
37
167
24 - 13 - 1

172 cm
43
161
27 - 28 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 13 - 1, fighting out of New York, Cayden Cadman !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 28 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Beta Knox!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Ackerman and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cadman rushes Knox and presses him up against the cage.
Knox is trying to break the clinch but Cadman has him pressed against the cage.
Cadman gets through Knox's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Cadman tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cadman lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Knox tries for a takedown but Cadman manages to get underhooks.
Cadman lands a left hand.
Cadman pushes Knox back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Knox trying to control the position but instead, Cadman has worked for underhooks and has pushed Knox into the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Cadman is stalling here.
Cadman pressing his opponent against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A frustrated look appears on Knox's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Cadman lands a left hand that snaps the head of Knox backwards.
Cadman presses Knox against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Cadman swings wildly with an uppercut but Knox uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Knox fails to land.
Knox swings wildly with an uppercut but Cadman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cadman lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Beta Knox has been cut.
Cadman blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Knox working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Cadman lands a left hand.
Cadman gets through Knox's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Knox tries to throw a body punch but Cadman avoids it by throwing Knox back against the cage.
Knox blocking some punches.
Cadman throws a punch but it's blocked by Knox.
Knox lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cadman lands a nice uppercut.
Cadman throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Knoxs head.
Cadman looking to throw knees to the head but Knox is blocking nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knox is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Cadman is defending well.
Knox avoids the elbow strike from Cadman , against the cage.
Knox is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Cayden Cadman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Beta Knox.
Cadman lands a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knox trying to control the position but instead, Cadman has worked for underhooks and has pushed Knox into the cage.
Cadman lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Knox blocking some punches.
Cadman is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Knox blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Knox has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Cadman seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Knox can turn it around.
Cadman throws a head punch that misses.
Cadman just leaning against Knox, taking a breather.
Knox throws a head punch that misses.
Cadman lands a hook that snaps the head of Knox backwards.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Cadman throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Knoxs head.
Knox blocks an uppercut.
Cadman stalling against the cage.

Knox pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Cadman closes the distance and clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knox blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cadman .
Cadman misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Knox misses with a punch on the inside.
Cadman lands a hook that snaps the head of Knox backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Knox.
Cadman fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Knox.

Knox breaks the clinch.
Nice defenses there by Cadman .
Cadman slips a jab from Knox.
Cadman misses with a low kick as Knox jumps back.
Knox throws a body punch but Cadman moves out of range.
Knox swings for the body but Cadman moves out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Cadman there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cadman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Knox was well out of range. Poor timing from Cadman .
Knox looks to land a right hand but Cadman moved out of range.
Cadman feinted with a counter takedown.
Knox throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Knox takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Cadman ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cadman lands with an uppercut that bounces Knox off the cage and back into range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Cadman gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Knox gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Cadman is trying to control the position but Knox postures up.
Cadman preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Knox throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Cadman has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Cayden Cadman dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Beta Knox's cut.
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.

Donk. Knox catches Cadman right on the button with a cross.

Knox gets tackled into the cage by Cadman . Cadman maintains the clinch.
Cadman blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Knox.

Knox pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cadman misses with a wild combination.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knox takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Cadman ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Knox showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cadman .

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Cadman .
Cadman 's jab looks to have found its range, popping Knox under the eye.
Cadman throws a hook but Knox blocks it.
Cadman stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Knox changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Cadman tries to avoid it but Knox manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Cadman to the ground. Cadman escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Cadman has taken the fight to the clinch.
Cadman lands with a left to the head.
Cadman fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Knox.
Cadman swings wildly with an uppercut but Knox uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knox has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Cadman avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Cadman lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Cadman trying to land knees to the body.
Knox blocks an uppercut.
Knox blocks an uppercut.
Knox tries to work over Cadman 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cadman lands a right hand that snaps the head of Knox backwards.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Cadman as Knox tries to tie him up.
Cadman makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Knox breaks from the clinch.
Cadman connects with a jab.

Cadman closes the distance and clinches.
Cadman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Knox is defending well for now.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cadman .

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cadman gets through Knox's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Cadman is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Knox can do to turn this around?
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Cadman .
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cadman .
Knox tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cadman 's elbow.
Cadman lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Cadman looking to throw knees to the head but Knox is blocking nicely.

Knox's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Cadman clinches.
Cadman misses with some punches.
Cayden Cadman has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Knox tries for a takedown but Cadman manages to get underhooks.
Cayden Cadman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Beta Knox.
Knox doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Knox pressing his opponent against the cage.
Cadman has a couple of punches blocked by Knox.
Cadman gets underhooks to prevent Knox's takedown attempt.
Cadman lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cadman pushes off an throws an elbow but Knox leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Cadman has Knox pressed against the cage.
Cadman effectively controlling the action here.
Knox blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cadman swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cadman lands an uppercut.
Cadman swings wildly with an uppercut but Knox uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cadman lands a right hand.

Knox is rocked!
A short right from Cadman on the inside.
Knox is still on wobbly legs! Can Cadman finish him?
Cadman misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cadman fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Knox lands a takedown into guard.
Cadman looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Cadman has his hands on Knox's head, controlling the position.
Knox loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Cayden Cadman dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Beta Knox's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Cadman takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Knox seems to have recovered his senses.
Knox throws a nice looking combination but Cadman bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cadman throws a jab when Knox was well out of range.
Knox swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Cadman throws a nice outside leg kick.
Cadman moves out of range of the strikes.
Knox keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Knox throws the left hand but Cadman avoids the punch easily.
Cadman tries to counter with a takedown but Knox is quick to defend against it.

Cadman moves into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knox blocking some punches.
Knox doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cadman is trying to stall.
Knox blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cadman creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cadman is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Knox is defending well for now.
Cadman tries a knee to the head but Knox blocks it.
Knox is trying to force a seperation but Cadman has the dominant position.
Knox lands with a light punch inside.
Cadman lands an uppercut.
Cadman lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Knox's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cayden Cadman is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cadman connects with a body shot.

Knox gets tackled into the cage by Cadman . Cadman maintains the clinch.
Knox has a couple of punches blocked by Cadman .
Cadman working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Knox looking for a takedown.
Cadman trying to land knees to the body.
Cadman pushes off an throws an elbow but Knox leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Knox is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Cadman gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
A nice left hand lands by Cadman .

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cadman .

Knox is trying to trip Cadman . He has hold of a leg but Cadman is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Knox persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Knox trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Knox trying to control the position from guard on top but Cadman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Knox missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Cadman has control of Knox's left arm, preventing Knox from doing any damage.
Knox trying to control the position from guard on top but Cadman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cadman seems keen to control Knox's posture.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Nice shot lands for Cadman .

Cadman gets a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cadman .
A head punch on the inside from Cadman fails to land.
Cadman blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Knox can't get the takedown.
Cayden Cadman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Beta Knox.
Knox throws a head punch that misses.
Cadman misses with a short punch on the inside.
Knox has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Cadman is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cadman lands a nice uppercut.
Cadman has a couple of punches blocked by Knox.
Cadman stops a takedown attempt from Knox.
Knox blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Beta Knox has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cadman controlling the action here for a moment.

Knox's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Knox just misses with a punch to the body.
Cadman tries to move into range but Knox moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Cadman with a hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cadman takes one to the side of the head.
Knox keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Knox tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cadman was well out of range. Poor timing from Knox.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cayden Cadman showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Cadman , winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cayden Cadman !
In defeat, Beta 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) '.