PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Five Finger (ranked 1321 p4p, 179 weight class) and Satchmo Knox (ranked 940 p4p, 136 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Knox's choice of entrance music: Riot | Three Days Grace. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Finger
vs
Knox

187 cm
23
206 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

197 cm
22
218 lbs
4 - 3 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Five Finger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 1, fighting out of London, Satchmo Knox!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knox scores with a sloppy right hand. Finger should have avoided that one.
Knox lands a jab to Finger's midsection.
Knox throws a poor cross that misses
and Finger connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

It looks like Satchmo Knox has been cut.
Knox looks to throw the jab but Finger is out of range.
Finger throws the left hand but Knox avoids the punch easily.
Finger walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A shot to the liver by Knox. Beautiful body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knox tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Finger was well out of range. Poor timing from Knox.
Finger is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Knox swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Finger counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Knox thinking.
Knox swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
An attempted straight right counter from Finger misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knox misses with a lunging right hand
and Finger cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Satchmo Knox seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Finger swings widly with a right hand
and Knox counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Knox throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Finger counters with a straight right hand.
Nice cross by Knox.
Finger scores with a nice head shot.
Knox misses with an uppercut.
Knox has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Finger bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Finger walks into a stiff left hand from Knox.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knox ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Finger moves away.
Finger throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Knox throws a hook but Finger blocks it.
Knox connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Finger's hands.
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!
Finger ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Knox moves away.
A jab from Knox misses.
Knox throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It looked like Finger was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Knox.
Finger scores with a sloppy right hand. Knox should have avoided that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knox looks to land a left hand but Finger moved out of range nicely.
Knox just misses with a punch to the body.
Knox 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.
Finger showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Knox.
Finger is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Knox takes a swing at Finger's ribcage but misses.
Finger fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Knox manages to avoid it.
Knox throws out a counter right but Finger avoids it with no problem.
A left lands for Knox.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Finger looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Finger moves out of range as Knox strikes.
Finger throws a big counter combination but Knox scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Knox fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Finger looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Knox misses the shot to the body.
Knox connects with a looping right hand.
Knox throws a looping overhand right but Finger ducks down to avoid it.
A quick step to the side and Finger tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Finger throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knox looks to throw the jab but Finger is out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Satchmo Knox dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Satchmo Knox'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 throws a lazy uppercut
and Finger cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A jab from Finger misses.
Knox pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Knox jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Finger is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Nice defenses there by Finger.
Knox swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Finger was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knox throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Finger appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Finger might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Finger keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Finger swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Knox swings widly with a right hand
and Knox takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knox scores with a jab.
Knox misses with a body shot.
Finger is looking to counter punch.
Knox looks to score with a jab to the body but Finger is just out of range.
Finger bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Knox throws a jab when Finger was well out of range.
Knox looks to land a right hand but Finger moved out of range.
Finger was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Finger on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The fighters circling - Knox throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A counter left hand to the body from Finger misses its target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finger uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Knox.
Finger was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Finger fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Knox has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Knox misses with a right hand
and Finger counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Finger slips under a jab from Knox.
Finger moves away from the strike by Knox.
A lazy left from Knox finds it's target.
Finger smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knox scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knox looks to land a right hand but Finger moved out of range.
Finger bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Knox throws a jab but it's blocked by Finger.
Finger bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Knox throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Finger counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Knox fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Finger steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Knox.
Knox scores with a decent looking hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knox pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Satchmo Knox seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Finger throws a right hand that misses
enabling Knox to counter with a crisp jab.
Knox scores with a hook to the body. Finger takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
It looks like Finger has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Knox works Finger's body with a nice hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Knox. Finger does a little dance to reset his feet.
Knox scores with a decent looking hook.

It looks like Five Finger has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knox cracks a nice hook into Finger's ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Satchmo Knox showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Knox ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Knox lands a jab to the nose.
Knox misses with a body shot.
Finger cracks Knox with a right hand to the side of the head.
Finger jabs Knox to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Finger takes one on the button.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jab by Knox.
Finger 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Finger tries to clinch but Knox is having none of it.
Knox just misses with a punch to the body.
It looked like Finger wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Knox uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Finger.
Finger misses with a right hand
and Knox counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Knox throws a lazy uppercut
and Finger counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Knox is rocked!
Nice shot lands for Knox.
Finger misses with an uppercut.
Knox throws a lazy right hand but Finger sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Five Finger has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knox misses with a right hand
and Finger counters with a crisp right that sends Knox to the canvas! Finger follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:09 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Five Finger!
A victorious Five Finger thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.