PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Aramis Knox (ranked 2023 p4p, 2122 weight class) and Emanuel Le Delma (ranked 254 p4p, 269 weight class). Le Delma comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Hey Oh kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Knox
vs
Le Delma

181 cm
38
168
32 - 19 - 1

176 cm
28
166
12 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Fantasy Threads

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 32 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aramis Knox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Emanuel Le Delma!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Illya Tyunina and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knox swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Knox moves in looking to clinch but Le Delma pushes him off.
Le Delma raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
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 misses with a hook
and Le Delma cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Knox swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Le Delma shapes to counter with a head kick.

Knox closes the distance and pushes Le Delma back into the cage.
Le Delma can't break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Le Delma breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Aramis Knox seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Le Delma uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Knox.
Knox moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Knox lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Knox.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knox lands an overhand right.
Knox throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Le Delma is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Le Delma moves out of range of the body kick.
Knox throws a combination that misses
and Le Delma counters with a nice uppercut.
Knox throws a body kick that misses.
Le Delma tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Le Delma fakes the leg kick and cracks Knox in the body.
Knox misses with a hook. Le Delma ducked under it nicely.
Knox has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Le Delma.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le Delma connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Knox's hands.
Knox is looking to clinch but Le Delma is avoiding it.
Le Delma moves out of range of the strikes.
Knox avoids a kick to the body.
Knox throws a leg kick but Le Delma moved away.
Knox looks to land a right hand but Le Delma moved out of range.
Le Delma showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Knox.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Knox clinches up with Le Delma and pushes him back against the cage.
Knox goes for a takedown attempt but Le Delma pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Knox tries to close the distance and clinch up but Le Delma swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Le Delma scores with a kick to the midsection.
Knox takes a swing at Le Delma's ribcage but misses.
Le Delma throws a head kick that Knox semi-blocks.
Knox looks to score with a jab to the body but Le Delma is just out of range.
Le Delma connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Knox tries to clinch there but Le Delma circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knox shoots in for a takedown but Le Delma shows good takedown defense.
Le Delma digs a good hook to Knox's body.
Knox throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Knox is looking to clinch but Le Delma is avoiding it.
Le Delma looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Knox fails in his attempt to clinch.
Le Delma is looking for the big counter here.
Knox throws a body shot but no joy.
Knox throws a body shot but no joy.
Le Delma lands with a slapping head kick.
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 Aramis Knox will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Knox swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Le Delma scores with a kick to the midsection.
Le Delma throws a half hearted mid kick.
Knox is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Le Delma.
Le Delma avoids the head kick by Knox.
Le Delma looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Knox throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Le Delma feints a counter leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knox throws a combination that misses
and Le Delma counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Le Delma fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Knox has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Knox lands with a straight right. Le Delma didn't see that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Le Delma scores with a kick to the midsection.
Knox avoids the head kick by Le Delma.
An attempted straight right counter from Knox misses the target.
Knox shoots in looking for a takedown but Le Delma manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Knox's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
A punch combination from Knox misses.
Le Delma tries a head kick but it misses.
No luck for Knox with that takedown attempt.
Le Delma is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Knox wants to clinch.
Le Delma throws a fast counter high kick but Knox manages to duck under it in time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knox pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Le Delma uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Knox.
Le Delma ducks under a wild hook from Knox.
Knox misses with a body kick.
Knox scores with a jab to the jaw.
Le Delma dodges the punch combination from Knox.
Le Delma is trying to counter with his kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knox tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Le Delma throws a fast counter high kick but Knox manages to duck under it in time.
Knox tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Despite the aggression on Le Delma's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Knox throws a nice looking combination but Le Delma bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Le Delma throws a body kick that misses.
Knox throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
As Knox backs off Le Delma throws a huge counter combo but Knox manages to avoid it all.
Knox throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A punch combination from Knox misses.
Knox will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knox blocks a head kick by Le Delma.
It looked like Knox wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Knox throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Knox just misses with a punch to the body.
Knox will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Knox fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Aramis Knox is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Knox tries to clinch up but Le Delma circles away and keeps his distance.
Le Delma is trying to counter with his kicks.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Aramis Knox dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Knox moves in looking to clinch but Le Delma pushes him off.
Knox swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Le Delma counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Knox tries to clinch but Le Delma is having none of it.
Knox looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Knox will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Le Delma lands with a thumping leg kick.
Knox loads up on a big right hand but Le Delma slips the punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knox swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A swing and a miss from Knox.
Le Delma swats away the attempt to clinch by Knox.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Le Delma uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Knox.
Le Delma lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
A combination from Knox does no damage.
Knox looks to throw the jab but Le Delma is out of range.
Knox is looking to clinch but Le Delma is avoiding it.
Le Delma misses with a body kick.
Knox fails with an attempt to clinch.
Knox throws an overhand right that lands on Le Delma's shoulder, as Le Delma tries to avoid the shot.
Le Delma throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
As Le Delma looks to move away, Knox throws a big counter combo but Le Delma just gets out of the way.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le Delma moves out of range of the body kick from Knox.
Le Delma throws a fast counter high kick but Knox manages to duck under it in time.
Le Delma ducks under a wild hook from Knox.
Knox misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Le Delma unleashes a big counter combination but Knox bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Knox throws a combination. Le Delma tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Le Delma moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Le Delma avoids a kick to the body.
Knox misses with a jab to the body
enabling Le Delma to counter with a crisp jab.
Horrible takedown attempt by Knox or perhaps it was just good defense by Le Delma, which made it look bad.
Le Delma raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knox misses with the combination.
Le Delma unleashes a big counter combination but Knox bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Le Delma connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Knox wants to clinch.
Emanuel Le Delma is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A looping hook to the body misses from Knox. Le Delma does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Le Delma uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Knox.
Le Delma appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Knox doesn't manage to clinch there - Le Delma circles away.
Le Delma thinks about the counter body kick.
Knox throws a looping overhand right but Le Delma ducks down to avoid it.
Le Delma lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Knox is looking to clinch.
Aramis Knox is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Le Delma throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Le Delma misses with a head kick.
Emanuel Le Delma has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Le Delma dodges the punch combination from Knox.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Emanuel Le Delma.
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 Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 29:28
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:27
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aramis Knox!
Aramis Knox took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, JUICED Clothing for their support in the buildup to the fight.