PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Knox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gino Abate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Knox might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to The Exploited- Beat The Bastards. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Knox
vs
Abate

188 cm
23
162 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

173 cm
18
156 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Inexperienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Johnny Knox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gino Abate!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, John Roberts and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Abate slips a straight right by Knox.
Knox showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Abate.
Abate throws a series of punches but Knox moves out of range.

Knox has managed to clinch.
Knox has Abate pressed against the cage, preventing Abate from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A frustrated look appears on Abate's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Knox lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Gino Abate has been cut.
Abate wants to break the clinch but can't.
Knox is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Abate is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Abate blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Knox looking to throw knees to the head but Abate is blocking nicely.
Abate wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Knox is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Knox holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Knox throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Abate blocks it with crossed arms.
A frustrated look appears on Abate's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Knox lands a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abate wants to break free but Knox has control.
Abate is trying to push Knox away but Knox has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Abate is trying to push Knox away but Knox has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Knox lands a knee to the head.
Abate is looking to break free of the clinch but Knox has double underhooks.
Knox using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Abate has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Knox keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Abate's efforts to push away.
Knox has Abate pressed against the cage.
Abate has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Knox using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Abate has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Abate wants to break free but Knox has control.
Knox with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knox has Abate pressed against the cage, preventing Abate from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Abate can't break the clinch.
Abate wants to get back to striking at distance but Knox won't allow it.
Abate is trying to break the clinch but Knox is controlling him.
Abate wants to break the clinch but can't.
Knox tries a knee to the head but Abate blocks it.
Knox tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Abate is trying to break the clinch but Knox has him pressed against the cage.
Abate is trying to push Knox away but Knox has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Knox really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Knox is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Abate is trying to break the clinch but Knox is controlling him.
Knox tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knox prevents Abate from breaking the clinch.
Knox landing knees to the head.
Abate looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Abate looks winded!
Knox has Abate pressed against the cage, preventing Abate from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Abate tries to break the clinch but Knox is controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knox is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Abate is keeping busy.
Knox has Abate pressed against the cage.
Knox looking to throw knees to the head but Abate is blocking nicely.
Abate wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Abate is trying to push Knox away but Knox has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Abate has had enough of the clinch but Knox keeps him there for the moment.
Knox with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Knox with a knee to the head.
Abate is trying to break free.
Abate wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Knox has him pressed against the cage.
Knox tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Abate pushes Knox back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Abate working hard to break the clinch.
Abate has had enough of the clinch but Knox keeps him there for the moment.
Knox using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Abate has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abate wants to break the clinch but can't.
Knox stalling in the clinch but Abate improves position.
Knox with a knee to the head.
Abate lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Knox taking a breather.
Abate tries to break the clinch but Knox is controlling the position.
Knox throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Abate blocks it with crossed arms.
Abate is pressed up against the cage. Knox has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Abate down to the mat. Abate avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Abate blocks a head kick by Knox.
Abate throws a series of strikes that have Knox backpedaling.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Abate lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Abate.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Abate scores with the left hand. Knox knows he should have avoided that one.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Abate throws a right and a left that Knox avoids nicely.
Abate blocks a head kick by Knox.
Some wild striking there from Abate.
Abate keeps the fight on the outside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Johnny Knox will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Gino Abate's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Knox fails with an attempt to clinch.
Abate lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Knox tries to close the distance and clinch up but Abate swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Knox takes the fight into the clinch.
Abate has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Knox looking to throw knees to the head but Abate is blocking nicely.
Johnny Knox has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Knox tries a knee to the head but Abate blocks it.
Knox throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Abate blocks it with crossed arms.
Abate blocks an uppercut.
Knox with a knee to the head.
Abate blocking some punches.
Knox displaying some good clinch control by pressing Abate up against the cage.
Knox using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Abate has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Abate is trying to force a seperation but Knox has the dominant position.
Abate tries to circle away but Knox has him pinned against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abate tries to circle away but Knox has him pinned against the cage.
Knox tries to score a body lock takedown but Abate shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Abate wants to break free but Knox has control.
Knox keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Abate's efforts to push away.
Abate has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Knox swings wildly with an uppercut but Abate uses good head movement to avoid it.
Knox misses with a knee to the head.
Abate has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Abate stops a takedown attempt from Knox.
Knox throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Abate blocks it with crossed arms.
Abate looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Knox tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knox misses with a knee strike.
Knox prevents Abate from breaking the clinch.
Knox prevents Abate from breaking the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Abate.
Abate wants to break free but Knox has control.
Abate is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Knox tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Abate wants to break the clinch but can't.
Knox prevents Abate from breaking the clinch.
Knox has Abate pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Abate manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johnny Knox. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Abate wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Knox is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Abate wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Knox has him pressed against the cage.
Abate is trying to break the clinch but Knox has him pressed against the cage.
Abate avoiding damage as Knox throws knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Abate tries to break free but Knox pushes him back against the cage.
Abate wants to get back to striking at distance but Knox won't allow it.
Knox throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Abate blocks it with crossed arms.
Abate tries to break the clinch but Knox is controlling the position.
Knox misses with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knox keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Abate's efforts to push away.
Knox tries to stall but Abate uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Abate tries to circle away but Knox has him pinned against the cage.
Abate is trying to break free.
Knox misses with a knee to the head.
Abate wants to break free but Knox has control.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Abate takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A head punch on the inside from Knox fails to land.
Abate tries to break free but Knox pushes him back against the cage.
Abate wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Abate has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Knox with a knee to the head.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Abate in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Abate working hard to break the clinch.
Abate has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knox throws a knee to the head but misses.
Knox keeps control of Abate as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Abate has had enough of the clinch but Knox keeps him there for the moment.
Abate can't break the clinch.
Knox is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Abate is keeping busy.
Abate is trying to break free.
Knox looking to throw knees to the head but Abate is blocking nicely.
Knox pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Abate wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Abate as Knox tries to tie him up.
Knox with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Abate can't break the clinch.
Knox with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knox keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Abate's efforts to push away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Gino Abate will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Gino Abate's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Some wild striking there from Abate.
Knox pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Abate misses with a head kick.
Abate throws a nice looking combination but Knox bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Knox misses with a two punch combination.
Abate lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Knox circles away quickly and effectively.
No joy there for Abate, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Abate throws a series of punches but Knox avoids them all with ease.
Knox tries to clinch up.
Knox takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Abate blocks a head kick by Knox.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Knox misses with an uppercut. Abate saw that one coming.
Knox tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Abate paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Knox tries to clinch there but Abate circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - Abate scores with a four punch combination!
Knox throws a head kick that Abate semi-blocks.
Abate throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Abate rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Knox moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Abate will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gino Abate seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Knox shoots in and drives through. Abate sprawls well.

Knox clinches up against the cage.
Knox tries to land a knee to the head but Abate blocks with his arms.
Abate wants to break free but Knox has control.
Abate wants to break free but Knox has control.
Knox tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Abate tries to circle away but Knox has him pinned against the cage.
Knox is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.

Abate manages to break the clinch.
Abate moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abate tries to bum rush Knox with a series of wild strikes but Knox uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gino Abate is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Knox fails with an attempt to clinch.
Knox tries to clinch but Abate is having none of it.
Knox tries to clinch but Abate is having none of it.
Abate fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Knox checks it well.
Abate rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Knox moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Knox wants to clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knox throws a head kick that half lands.
Abate misses with a two punch combination.
Knox throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Abate's waist but Abate gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Knox off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johnny Knox. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Abate falls off balance throwing a combination

and Knox counters by clinching up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abate is trying to force a seperation but Knox has the dominant position.
Knox lands a right hand.
Abate prevents the takedown attempt.
Abate can't break the clinch.

Abate pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Knox wants to clinch
letting Abate counter with a right hand.
Abate slips under a jab.
A punch combination from Abate misses.
Abate keeps the fight on the outside.
Abate throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Knox tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Abate manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Abate lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Knox circles away quickly and effectively.
Knox tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knox fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Abate will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Knox is looking to clinch.
Knox is looking to clinch but Abate is avoiding it.
Abate throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Abate swinging wildly here.
Knox doesn't manage to clinch there - Abate circles away.
Abate swats away the attempt to clinch by Knox.
Knox shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Abate sprawls well. Abate wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Knox gets slowly back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Abate throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Johnny Knox.
I think Knox has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 29:28
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 29:28
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnny Knox!
Johnny Knox really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that KaotiX Fight Gear logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.