PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Chris Knox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anton Egorov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chris Knox has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Knox
vs
Egorov

182 cm
20
190 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

191 cm
22
195 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Broken Halo Pride Nutrition
Firebird Designs

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chris Knox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Anton Egorov!
The judges for this bout are , and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Egorov gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Egorov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Knox.
Knox buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Knox throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Knox goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Knox waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Egorov.
Knox checks a leg kick nicely.
Knox closes the distance and clinches up with Egorov, looking for a takedown. Knox pushes Egorov against the cage but Egorov circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Egorov with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Egorov connects with a high kick.
Knox takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Knox fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Knox misses with a looping left.

Knox scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Knox throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Egorov gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Egorov makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Egorov.
Knox won't allow Egorov to sweep him here.
Egorov preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Knox looking to pass the guard.
Egorov controls Knox momentarily but Knox frees himself.
Knox has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Egorov is proving hard to escape from.

Egorov is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Knox defends well.
Egorov not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knox trying to stand up but can't free himself from Egorov's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Egorov trying to keep a closed guard but Knox is proving a slippery customer.
Egorov is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Knox tries to free his leg and advance position but Egorov is retaining full guard.
Knox is breathing heavily.

Knox stands and steps away. Egorov gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Egorov lands with a kick to the temple. Knox shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Knox takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Egorov throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knox takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Egorov misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nice body kick there by Egorov.
Egorov lands a slapping body shot.
Egorov looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Knox takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Nice uppercut lands for Egorov. That snapped Knox's head back.
Egorov turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Egorov.
Egorov lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Egorov fails to land with a series of punches.
A cross from Egorov lands.
Egorov blocks the body kick.
Egorov scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Egorov misses with a head kick.
Egorov jabs at Knox's body.
Anton Egorov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Egorov dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Knox. That did some damage!
Egorov goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Egorov scores with a hook to the body. Knox takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Egorov lands with a nice body punch.
Anton Egorov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Egorov connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Knox momentarily.
Egorov cracks the inside of Knox's front leg.
Egorov misses with a wild combination.
Egorov wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Knox walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Egorov scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Knox doesn't seem bothered though.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Egorov misses with a low kick.
Egorov throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice cross by Egorov.
Egorov throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Knox's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anton Egorov dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Knox moves out of range of the body kick.
Knox tries to move into range but Egorov moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Egorov has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Knox tries to close the distance and clinch but Egorov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Egorov stuns Knox with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Egorov is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Knox rather than just go for the knockout.
Egorov scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
A telegraphed right hand from Knox misses the target.
Knox dodges the punch combination from Egorov.
A left lands for Egorov.
Knox takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Egorov scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
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!
Egorov swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Knox.
Egorov turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Egorov lands a glancing blow to the side of Knox's head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Egorov scores with a jab.
Egorov listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Egorov throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Egorov lands with a slapping head kick.
Egorov's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Egorov duly obliges.
Egorov scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Knox is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Egorov lands a head kick. Knox smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Egorov slips under a jab from Knox.
Egorov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Knox was well out of range. Poor timing from Egorov.
Egorov lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Egorov 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.
Egorov lands with an overhand left.
Knox doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Egorov feints and then cracks Knox's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Knox down.
Egorov lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Knox at a distance.
Egorov lands with a shot to the body.
Egorov bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Knox's head.
Egorov lands the left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Egorov stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Knox uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Egorov.
Egorov walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Knox checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Egorov smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Knox is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Egorov's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Egorov swings for the body but Knox moves out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Egorov.
Egorov closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Egorov throws a leg kick which misses Knox's front leg but catches the back leg as Knox tries to avoid it.
Knox blocks a head kick by Egorov.
Egorov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Knox on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Egorov. Egorov obviously looking to wear him down.
Egorov scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Knox blocks a low kick nicely.
Egorov lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Knox backs up against the cage.
Egorov connects with a solid leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Egorov throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Egorov, right into the meat.
Egorov throws a right hand that Knox ducks under and follows up with a left that Knox also avoids with ease.
Egorov has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Egorov lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Knox blocks the body kick.
Knox drops his hands momentarily and Egorov takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Egorov clobbers Knox with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Egorov connects with a nice looking jab.
Egorov fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Knox on the side of the head.
A good leg kick by Egorov.
Egorov smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Egorov lands a head shot.
Egorov lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knox blocks a head kick by Egorov.
Knox looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Egorov tries to score with a low kick but Knox moves his leg out of the way.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knox avoids the body shot from Egorov.
Egorov throws a leg kick but Knox checks it.
Knox checks a leg kick nicely.
Egorov tries to bum rush Knox with a series of wild strikes but Knox uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Egorov stuns Knox with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A left and a right from Egorov both land. Nice combination.
Egorov darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Egorov lands a head kick. Knox smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
An inside leg kick lands from Egorov.
Egorov connects with a nice looking jab.
Anton Egorov seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Egorov throws a leg kick that is checked

and Knox counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Egorov bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Knox's guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Egorov wants to control from the top but Knox keeps moving.
Egorov advances to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anton Egorov showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Knox takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Egorov tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Egorov misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Knox throws the kick towards the body but Egorov avoids it.
Egorov lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Knox on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Egorov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Knox.
Knox has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Egorov finds it's way round the side to connect with Knox's head.
Egorov throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Egorov scores with a hook to the body. Knox takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Egorov stuns Knox with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Egorov.
Egorov connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Knox's hands.
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.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Egorov lands a right hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Egorov lands a really nice looking cross but Knox seems unphased.
Egorov throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Knox takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Egorov fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Egorov scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Knox doesn't seem bothered though.
An inside leg kick lands from Egorov.
Knox takes one to the chin there.
Egorov with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Egorov darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Egorov stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Egorov ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Egorov dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Egorov keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Egorov changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Egorov lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Egorov lands a right hook to the body.
Egorov lands a slapping body shot.
Egorov connects with a right hand. Knox shakes it off.
Egorov throws a leg kick that misses.
Egorov throws a body kick that misses.
Knox doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Knox takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A solid leg kick lands there for Egorov.
Knox takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Egorov throws a nice inside leg kick.
Egorov connects with a solid leg kick.
Knox takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A shot to de liver by Egorov. Beautiful body shot.
Knox on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Egorov throws a sloppy head kick and Knox moves out of range easily.
Egorov cracks Knox with a right hand to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Egorov. That's going to slow Knox down.
Egorov throws a leg kick but Knox moved away.
Knox takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Egorov throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Egorov moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Egorov misses with a wild body shot.
Egorov scores with a jab to the head.
A chopping leg kick lands by Egorov.
Egorov cracks a nice hook into Knox's ribs.
A solid leg kick lands there for Egorov.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Egorov, as that shot connected.
Nice jab there from Egorov.
Egorov lands with an uppercut that bounces Knox off the cage and back into rage.
Egorov sizes up Knox with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Egorov throws a nice head kick!
Knox tries to move into range but Egorov moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Egorov scores with a one two! Knox had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Both fighters circling a little - Egorov finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
A jab from Egorov finds it's way through Knox's defenses.
Nice shot by Egorov.
Egorov getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Egorov chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Anton Egorov is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Knox chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Egorov can pounce on him.
Egorov throws a nice head kick!

Knox is rocked!
Egorov throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Knox.
Oh Knox is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Egorov lands with a right that hurts Knox. Knox looks to clinch but Egorov throws a short knee that drops Knox. This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch and Knee). Anton Egorov!