PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Eta Knox (ranked 3474 p4p, 158 weight class) and Rodrigo Gracie (ranked 3041 p4p, 142 weight class). Knox comes to the cage accompanied by David Dallas | Runnin'. This should be a great matchup!

Knox
vs
Gracie

172 cm
23
146 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

170 cm
23
144 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Eta Knox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rodrigo Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Knox throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Knox throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Gracie on the side of the head.
The fighters circling - Gracie throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A telegraphed right hand from Knox misses the target.
Gracie fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gracie circles away from the clinch attempt
and Knox takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie has his takedown stuffed
and Knox counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Knox has been working on his boxing with his coaches at London MMA Club in the buildup to the fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knox throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Knox tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gracie was well out of range. Poor timing from Knox.
Eta Knox seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gracie cracks a nice hook into Knox's ribs.
Knox fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Gracie misses the jab.
Gracie looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Nice body punch from Knox.
Knox uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gracie.
Gracie misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knox connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

Gracie is rocked!
Knox shakes his hands by his side, trying to relax. Gracie takes his eyes off the ball for a moment - Knox sees the opportunity and cracks him with a massive hook! Gracie bends double and collapses on top of himself - he's out! The crowd are going absolutely nuts! Wow, what a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Eta Knox!
After winning the bout, Eta Knox thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.