PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Archibald Knox (ranked 830 p4p, 112 weight class) and Magnus Pyke (ranked 409 p4p, 59 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Knox
vs
Pyke

185 cm
23
190 lbs
11 - 2 - 0

190 cm
23
193 lbs
13 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

KOMBAT KLOTHING

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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 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Archibald Knox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Magnus Pyke!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Chris Saunders and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knox lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

It looks like Magnus Pyke has been cut.
Knox drops his hands momentarily and Pyke takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Pyke punishes Knox's body with a nice straight punch.

Knox clinches up against the cage.
Knox blocking some punches.
Knox lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Pyke scores with a shoulder strike.
Knox tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pyke's elbow.

Knox breaks from the clinch.
Pyke throws a hook but Knox blocks it.
Knox takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Magnus Pyke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pyke throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Knox cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pyke avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pyke fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Knox.
Knox avoids the body shot from Pyke.
Knox looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Knox lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Pyke has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Pyke and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knox keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pyke steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Knox.
Pyke pushes Knox away with a front kick.
Pyke throws a push kick but Knox slaps the foot to one side.
Knox was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Pyke lands with an overhand left.
Knox is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Pyke throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Knox on the side of the head.
Knox jabs at Pyke's body.
Knox sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Pyke throws a head kick but Knox moves out of range.
Knox on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
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!
Knox throws a body shot but no joy.
Knox feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Pykes jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knox takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Knox changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Pyke.
Knox closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Knox on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Pyke misses with a kick to the body.
Knox looks to throw the jab but Pyke is out of range.
Donk. Pyke catches Knox right on the button with a cross.
Knox throws a quick inside leg kick.
Pyke looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Knox misses with an uppercut
enabling Pyke to counter with a crisp jab.
Pyke lands a nice hook to Knox's body. Knox takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Knox moves forwards but Pyke connects with a nice, crisp jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knox throws a hook to the side of Pyke's head but Pyke sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pyke bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Pyke is trying to counter with his kicks.
Knox tries to close the distance and clinch but Pyke swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pyke throws a leg kick
and Knox counters with a stiff right hand.
Knox misses with a hook.
Pyke steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Crunch! Pyke slams his shin into Knox's torso.
Pyke connects with a nice looking jab.
Knox throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pyke.
Knox takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
The fighters circling - Knox throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A countering left hand to the body from Pyke misses.
Pyke with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Pyke uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Knox.
Pyke connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pyke scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Pyke bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Knox's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Pyke connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Knox scrambles back to his feet.
Pyke throws a lazy body kick
and Knox counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Pyke throws a leg kick which misses Knox's front leg but catches the back leg as Knox tries to avoid it.
Pyke is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Knox had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Knox misses with a two punch combination.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Pyke.
An inside leg kick lands from Pyke.
Knox misses with a looping right.
Knox throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Knox moves into range and clinches up with Pyke.
Pyke misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Knox.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Magnus Pyke dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Magnus Pyke's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Knox moves out of range of the leg kick from Pyke.
Knox stuns Pyke with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Knox uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pyke.
A looping hook to the body misses from Knox. Pyke does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pyke feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Knoxs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Pyke throws a body kick that misses.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Pyke - that will leave a mark!
Magnus Pyke seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Knox swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pyke digs a good hook to Knox's body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pyke lands a nice looking body kick.
Pyke uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Knox.
The fighters circling - Pyke throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Knox misses with an uppercut. Pyke saw that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick from Pyke lands but Knox takes it in his stride.
Pyke listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Pyke jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Knox waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Pyke.
Pyke uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Knox.
Knox will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Pyke lands with a good body shot.
Crunch! Pyke slams his shin into Knox's torso.
Pyke displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Knox throws out the jab.
Nice body punch from Pyke.
Pyke has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Knox gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Pyke counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Pyke keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pyke fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Knox looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
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!
Pyke misses with a straight right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pyke lands a right hook to the body.
Knox throws a right hand that misses
and Pyke counters with a thumping low kick.
Pyke thuds his shin into the meat of Knox's side.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Knox throws a predictable looking body shot
and Pyke counters with a thumping low kick.
Knox loads up on a big right hand but Pyke slips the punch.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Knox crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Pyke - the referee stops the clock and Knox gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Pyke. Knox manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Pyke lands with a slapping head kick.
Pyke throws a wild body kick that Knox sees coming a mile off.
Knox takes one to the side of the head.
Knox blocks the body kick.
Pyke connects with an inside leg kick.
Pyke tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Knox was well out of range. Poor timing from Pyke.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pyke moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Knox connects with a jab.
Knox throws a low kick but Pyke avoids it.
Knox throws the left hand but Pyke avoids the punch easily.
Pyke appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.

Knox closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Knox throws a punch but it's blocked by Pyke.
Pyke misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Pyke fails to land.
Pyke working aggressively here.
Pyke prevents a body shot from Knox.
Knox misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A hook to the body from Knox.
Pyke lands with a left to the head.
Pyke softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knox has Pyke pressed against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Knox fails to land.
Pyke has a couple of punches blocked by Knox.

Knox pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pyke. Knox does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pyke ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pyke misses with a leg kick
and Knox counters with a nice uppercut.
Knox gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Pyke.
Pyke circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pyke lands a jab to Knox's midsection.
Pyke stuns Knox with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Knox misses with a body shot.
Pyke cracks Knox with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Magnus Pyke showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Magnus Pyke's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Knox looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A telegraphed right hand from Pyke misses the target.
Knox is looking to land body kicks.
Pyke connects with a body shot.
Pyke misses with a lunging right hand
and Knox counters with a one-two to the body.
Pyke lands a high kick!
Knox doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Knox takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Pyke misses with an attempted mid kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Pyke. That's going to slow Knox down.
Pyke looks to score with a jab to the body but Knox is just out of range.
Pyke lands with an overhand left.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knox bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knox misses with a right hand
and Pyke counters with a nice uppercut.
Knox walks into a stiff left hand from Pyke.
Pyke throws a leg kick that is checked
and Knox counters with a straight right hand.
Pyke thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Knox if he has to take too many more of those.
Knox looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Pyke ducks right into an uppercut from Knox.
Pyke lands with a good body shot.
Knox takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Knox scores with a jab to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pyke swings for the body but Knox moves out of range.
Pyke connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Knox's hands.
Knox lands a jab.
Archibald Knox has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Pyke is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Knox misses the target.
Pyke is still on wobbly legs! Can Knox finish him?
Pyke moves away from the strike by Knox.
Pyke seems to have recovered his senses.
Pyke scores with a nice right hand.
Pyke connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Knox's hands.
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.

Knox moves into the clinch.

Pyke pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pyke scores with a kick to the body.
Pyke cracks Knox with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Knox takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Knox throws a sloppy body shot
and Pyke counters with a nice low kick that buckles Knox's knee momentarily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Knox uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pyke.
Knox with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Pyke to score with a decent uppercut.
Pyke lands a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knox takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Pyke misses with a shot to the body
and Knox counters with a straight right hand.
Good leg kick by Pyke there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Pyke scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
That kick from Knox tenderised Pyke's leg. Pyke is trying to keep his angry face on.

Knox rushes Pyke and presses him up against the cage.
Knox blocking some punches.
Knox looking to slow down the pace here.
Pyke gets through Knox's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Knox tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Knox misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pyke letting Knox take a breather here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knox misses with a punch on the inside.
Knox misses with a punch on the inside.
Knox looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Knox gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Pyke.
Archibald Knox has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Knox misses with a hook from the clinch.
Magnus Pyke is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

Knox escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pyke throws a nice inside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knox swings for the body but Pyke moves out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Pyke misses.
Jab from Pyke.
Knox throws an overhand right that lands on Pyke's shoulder, as Pyke tries to avoid the shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Magnus Pyke comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Pyke winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Josh West scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 27:30
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Magnus Pyke!
Magnus Pyke thanked the fans post fight for their support.