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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Three Of Five (ranked 6514 p4p, 3752 weight class) and Dizzy Knox (ranked 585 p4p, 394 weight class). Knox comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Dizzy Gillespie | A Night In Tunisia kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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154
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Three Of Five!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dizzy Knox!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Steve Montenegro and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A cross from Of Five lands.
Knox tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Knox keeps the fight on the outside.
Jab from Of Five.
We've been told by Of Five's head coaches at Zoowie's Funhouse that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Of Five stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Of Five takes the fight into the clinch.
Knox throws a punch but it's blocked by Of Five.
Knox working aggressively here.
Of Five misses with a short punch on the inside.
Of Five lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Knox lands a nice uppercut.
Of Five breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Of Five's jab looks to have found its range, popping Knox under the eye.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knox scores with a nice head shot.
Of Five with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Of Five closes the distance and pushes Knox back into the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Of Five throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Knoxs head.
Knox misses with the head strike.
Knox's coach down at Clinch Pride was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Knox's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Of Five has a couple of punches blocked by Knox.
Of Five throws a punch but it's blocked by Knox.
Knox throws a punch but it's blocked by Of Five.
Of Five breaks from the clinch.
Of Five with the inside leg kick.
Of Five scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Of Five attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Of Five throws a combination that misses
letting Knox counter with a right hand.
Of Five throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Of Five misses with a few strikes there.
Three Of Five seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Of Five 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.
Of Five looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Knox misses the jab.
Of Five throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Knox's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Of Five lands with a nice body kick.
Knox throws a body shot but no joy.
Knox misses with a looping right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Of Five throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Knox clinches with his opponent.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Of Five just misses with a elbow thrown towards Knox's brow.
Knox misses with a short punch on the inside.
Knox misses with a punch on the inside.
Knox swings wildly with an uppercut but Of Five uses good head movement to avoid it.
Knox blocks an elbow strike.
Knox misses with the head strike.
Of Five lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Of Five manages to break the clinch.
Knox takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Knox takes a swing at Of Five's ribcage but misses.
Of Five fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Knox manages to avoid it.
Knox looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Of Five falls off balance throwing a combination
and Knox connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Of Five throws a leg kick but Knox moved away.
A little jabbing left from Knox on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Of Five blocks an uppercut.
Knox is pushing Of Five up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Knox using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knox has a couple of punches blocked by Of Five.
Knox avoids a wild elbow strike from Of Five.
Of Five pushes off an throws an elbow but Knox leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Of Five.
Of Five throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Knox pushes Of Five back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Of Five.
Of Five lands with a right to the head.
Of Five comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
It looks like Dizzy Knox has been cut.
Of Five swings wildly with an uppercut but Knox uses good head movement to avoid it.
Of Five throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Of Five lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Of Five lands a left hand that snaps the head of Knox backwards.
Knox swings wildly with an uppercut but Of Five uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Of Five breaks from the clinch.
Knox checks the leg kick nicely there.
A telegraphed right hand from Of Five misses the target.
Knox checks the leg kick.
Of Five dodges the punch combination from Knox.
Knox throws a sloppy body shot
and Of Five counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Of Five moves away from the strike by Knox.
Of Five moves away from the strike by Knox.
Of Five is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice defenses there by Of Five.
Of Five chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Of Five lands a jab-cross combination.
Knox is rocked!
Of Five dances in with a quick combination. Knox is being worked over with jabs and crosses. Oooh, a right straight from Of Five snaps Knox's head back. Knox stumbles backwards against the cage. Of Five steps forward and delivers a right cross that connects with Knox's jaw, simultaneously knocking him out and sending his mouthpiece into the crowd! There's a worthy souvenir for the fans. This one is over folks. Knox just didn't come prepared.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Three Of Five!
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hype
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