PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ben Knox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aaron Alexander (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Knox kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Cinderella Man - Eminem. Aaron Alexander told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Knox
vs
Alexander

177 cm
21
185 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

187 cm
21
185 lbs
6 - 10 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

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 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Ben Knox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Aaron Alexander !
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Paul Tew and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alexander throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Knox counter with a right hand.
Knox swings for the body but Alexander moves out of range.
Alexander scores with a jab. Knox acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Knox misses with a left hand
enabling Alexander to counter with a crisp jab.
Knox fails with an attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alexander falls off balance throwing a combination
and Knox counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Alexander thinking.
Knox misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Knox.
Alexander lands a two punch combo.
Alexander takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Alexander uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Knox.
Knox waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Alexander .
Alexander swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Knox cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

It looks like Aaron Alexander has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knox slips a jab and a cross from Alexander .
Alexander keeps the fight on the outside.
Knox lands a nice looking body shot.
Alexander throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Knox works over Alexander 's head and body with a nice combination.
Alexander throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Knox counters with a left to the body.
Knox looks to land a combination. Alexander sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Knox.
The fight stays on the outside here - Knox looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nice uppercut there from Knox.
Alexander fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Knox is looking to score with low kicks.
Knox misses with a body shot
and Alexander counters with a series of strikes. Knox will be more careful next time no doubt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alexander circles away from the clinch attempt.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Alexander misses with a few strikes there.
Alexander ducks right into an uppercut from Knox.
Knox misses with an attempted mid kick.
Alexander throws a series of punches but Knox moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Alexander needs to keep his hands up - Knox had a free shot at his head there.
Knox works Alexander 's body with a nice hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ben Knox dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Aaron Alexander '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.

Knox misses with a wild body shot.
Ben Knox is winning the standup battle so far.
The fighters circling - Knox throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Alexander uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Knox.
Alexander tries to bum rush Knox with a series of wild strikes but Knox uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Alexander swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alexander throws a combination that misses
and Knox counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Alexander thinking.
Knox ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alexander uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Knox.
Alexander looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Knox throws a right and a left that Alexander avoids nicely.
Alexander ducks under a wild hook from Knox.
Knox tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Alexander paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Alexander moves into range and connects with a jab.
Knox throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Alexander counters with a straight right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alexander misses with a combination
and Knox counters with a stiff right hand.
Knox fails to land with a series of punches.
Aaron Alexander is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Knox swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Knox misses with a jab to the body
and Alexander cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A punch combination from Alexander misses.
Alexander uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Knox.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alexander swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Knox counters with a left and a right that stings Alexander .
Alexander falls off balance throwing a combination
and Knox counters with a nice body kick.
Alexander fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Knox uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Alexander .
Knox dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Alexander takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alexander falls off balance throwing a combination
and Knox counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Knox throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Alexander avoids the body shot from Knox.
Knox tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Knox scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ben Knox dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Aaron Alexander 's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Knox tries to bum rush Alexander with a series of wild strikes but Alexander uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Knox lands with a thumping leg kick.
Alexander misses with a right hand
letting Knox counter with a right hand.

That has opened up Aaron Alexander 's cut even more.
Knox misses with a jab to the body
and Alexander counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Alexander swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Knox makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Knox misses with a series of wild punches.
Ben Knox seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Knox throws a right and a left that Alexander avoids nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knox misses with a lunging right hand
and Alexander counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Alexander misses with a double jab
and Knox counters with a nice uppercut.
Knox throws a right and a left that both miss.
Knox swings for the body but Alexander moves out of range.
Knox changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knox misses the jab.
Knox is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Alexander can do to turn this around?
Knox misses with a straight right.
Alexander walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Alexander falls off balance throwing a combination
and Knox counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Alexander throws a left and a right that both miss
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knox tries to bum rush Alexander with a series of wild strikes but Alexander uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Knox throws a right and a left that Alexander avoids nicely.
Knox throws a lazy uppercut
and Alexander counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Alexander has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Knox fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Knox digs a good hook to Alexander 's body.
Alexander falls off balance throwing a combination
and Knox counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knox keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

The cut above Aaron Alexander 's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Knox tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Alexander paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Knox missing with a left hand there. Alexander was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Alexander throws a big shot that misses.
Ben Knox is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Alexander on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Alexander takes a shot to the body in his stride.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ben Knox showed his dominance in that final round.
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 Chris Edwards scores the fight for Ben Knox!
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight for Ben Knox!
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight for Ben Knox!

Ben Knox wins by unanimous decision!