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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Aramis Knox (ranked 96 p4p, 588 weight class) and James Cole (ranked 14 p4p, 71 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Knox might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to You're Going Down | Sick Puppies. This should be a great matchup!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Aramis Knox!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 2, fighting out of New York, James Cole!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shigeki Sano and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cole has Knox up against the cage in a clinch.
Cole misses with a hook from the clinch.
Knox blocking some punches.
Cole throws a punch but it's blocked by Knox.
Knox wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cole manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Cole is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Cole has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Knox can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cole can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Knox controls the pace.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cole not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knox engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Knox's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Our spies down at at Total Impact MMA/KT inform us that Cole has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Knox continues to stall.
Knox has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cole throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Knox escapes and throws Cole's legs to the side, diving into side control!
You can see the frustration on Cole's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Cole is trying to improve his position.
Knox taking a breather here.
Cole tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Knox wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
A control attempt from Cole but he's now mounted!
Knox looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cole is squirming around, avoiding Knox's attempts to control the action.
Cole is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Cole working to try and regain half guard.
Cole is still trying to improve position.
Knox controlling from the full mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cole can't escape the position.
Cole tries to hold on but Knox postures up.
Knox tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Knox trying to control but Cole is having none of it.
Cole tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Knox controlling the pace for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cole regains half guard.
Knox prevents Cole from improving his position.
Knox slows the pace down in half guard.
Cole looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Still in half guard, Knox seems content to control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Cole is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Knox pulls his head out easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Aramis Knox dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Knox takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Cole takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Knox cracks Cole with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Cole steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Knox.
Knox misses with a looping right.
Knox throws a shot from downtown. Cole moves away and avoids it.
Cole moves out of range as Knox strikes.
Knox scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Cole throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Knox on the side of the head.
It looks like Aramis Knox has been cut.
Cole has Knox up against the cage in a clinch.
Knox wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Knox lands a right hand that snaps the head of Cole backwards.
Knox working hard to break the clinch.
Cole has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Knox uses from the top position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cole has his foot on Knox's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Knox works his way back into a safe position though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knox controls from within his opponent's guard.
Cole working a defensive guard here.
Aramis Knox overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Knox seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Cole is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Cole working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Knox doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Knox manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Knox trying to control but Cole is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Cole has his foot on Knox's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Knox works his way back into a safe position though.
Knox content to stall in guard here.
Knox wants to control from the top but Cole keeps moving.
Knox got a little sloppy there for a moment and Cole has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Knox has managed to get both his arms back between Cole's legs - danger averted.
Cole is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Cole throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Knox escapes and throws Cole's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Knox slows the pace down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knox tries to advance to mount but Cole denies him.
Cole tries to bench press Knox off him but Knox keeps the position.
Both fighters take a look at the clock.
Cole is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Knox controls the position.
You can see the frustration on Cole's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Cole is not content to let Knox control the position.
Knox is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cole can do to turn this around?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Knox is staying tight to Cole's torso, preventing him from escaping.
You can see the frustration on Cole's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Knox takes a little break here. Cole wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Cole is looking for a sweep.
Cole keeps trying to improve his position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Knox controls the position.
Cole is trying to improve his position.
Knox controlling the position from side mount.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Aramis Knox dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Aramis Knox's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Knox paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Knox is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cole.
Knox tests Cole's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Knox misses with a body shot.
Cole misses with a double jab.
Cole swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Cole takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Knox connects with a body shot that sends Cole's belly button to the back.
Knox lands a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knox scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Cole tries to close the distance and clinch up but Knox swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cole misses with a shot to the body
and Knox counters with a nice uppercut.
Cole rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Knox moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A little feinted left hand from Knox on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
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!
Cole keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cole swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cole on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Cole tries to clinch
and Knox counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Knox throws a combination. Cole tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Cole uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Knox.
Cole misses with a left hand
and Knox makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Knox is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cole.
A little jabbing left from Cole on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Cole slips a jab from Knox.
Cole cracks Knox with a good jab.
Cole works the jab nicely.
Knox throws a shot from downtown. Cole moves away and avoids it.
Aramis Knox is winning the standup battle so far.
Cole misses with a body shot.
Knox scores with a decent looking hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice straight punches there by Knox. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Knox.
Cole is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cole throws a right hand that misses
and Knox counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A swing and a miss from Knox.
Knox lands a lovely overhand right.
Cole closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Cole working aggressively here.
Knox manages to break the clinch.
Knox lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Knox throws an overhand right that lands on Cole's shoulder, as Cole tries to avoid the shot.
Knox moves out of range of the strikes.
Cole swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Knox scores with a punch to the head.
Cole moves out of range of the strikes.
Knox misses with a wild body shot.
Cole looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Knox fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cole takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knox throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Cole to counter with a crisp jab.
A big right from Knox misses.
Cole moves out of range as Knox strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Knox. Cole does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cole looks to score with a jab to the body but Knox is just out of range.
The fighters circling - Cole throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Knox uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cole.
Knox showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cole.
Knox blocks a jab.
Good standup being displayed there by Knox as he connects with a hook.
A left and a right from Knox both land. Nice combination.
Knox throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cole throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cole misses with a jab to the body
letting Knox counter with a right hand.
Knox misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Cole counters with a stiff right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knox looks to score with a jab to the body but Cole is just out of range.
Knox scores with a hook to the body. Cole takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Knox misses with a hook.
Cole wants to counter with a clinch but Knox pushes him away.
A telegraphed right hand from Cole misses the target.
Knox was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Knox looks to score with a jab to the body but Cole is just out of range.
Cole misses with an uppercut
and Knox counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Knox will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Knox pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cole looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Cole tries to bum rush Knox with a series of wild strikes but Knox uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Cole scores with a body shot.
Cole defending well as Knox loads up on a big left hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Aramis Knox clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Aramis Knox's cut.
That's time! Knox's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
A big left from Knox misses.
Knox throws a jab when Cole was well out of range.
Cole throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cole uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Knox.
Cole slips a jab from Knox.
Knox misses with a straight left.
Cole throws a poor cross that misses
and Knox counters with a left and a right that stings Cole.
Cole swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Knox throws a right and a left that both miss.
As Knox backs off Cole throws a huge counter combo but Knox manages to avoid it all.
Nice defenses there by Cole.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knox throws a series of punches but Cole moves out of range.
Cole throws an overhand right that lands on Knox's shoulder, as Knox tries to avoid the shot.
Cole tries to clinch up but Knox circles away and keeps his distance.
Knox takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Cole throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knox tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cole was well out of range. Poor timing from Knox.
Jab from Knox.
Knox misses with an uppercut
and Cole cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cole swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Knox throws a big counter combination but Cole scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Knox dodges the punch combination from Cole.
Cole misses with a body punch
and Knox counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Cole thinking.
A telegraphed right hand from Knox misses the target.
Cole swinging wildly here.
Cole gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Knox.
Knox lands a jab to the nose.
Cole has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cole throws out a powerful jab.
Cole throws a lazy right hand but Knox sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Knox swings for the body but Cole moves out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cole shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Knox takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Knox lands with a shot to the body.
Knox throws an overhand right that lands on Cole's shoulder, as Cole tries to avoid the shot.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Cole!
Cole throws a right hand that Knox ducks under and follows up with a left that Knox also avoids with ease.
Knox ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Cole swings for the body but Knox moves out of range.
Knox on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Cole is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Knox.
Cole avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cole feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Knoxs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A telegraphed right hand from Cole misses the target.
A counter left hand to the body from Knox misses its target.
Knox slips a straight right by Cole.
Cole lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Knox throws an off balance right hand
and Cole counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Knox lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Cole tries to clinch up.
Knox cracks Cole with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Knox throws a shot from downtown. Cole moves away and avoids it.
Knox uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Cole has time to react.
Cole loads up on a big right hand but Knox slips the punch.
Cole throws a predictable looking body shot
and Cole takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knox throws a body shot but no joy.
Sloppy strikes from Cole. Those never looked like landing.
Knox swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knox avoids a punch combination nicely.
Knox wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A punch lands to the side of Cole 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Cole displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Knox throws out the jab.
Knox throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cole takes a swing at Knox's ribcage but misses.
Knox ducks under a wild hook from Cole.
Cole walks into a left hand.
Cole tries to clinch up.
Knox misses with a straight right.
Knox scores with a punch to the head.
Knox misses with a straight left.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Aramis Knox will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Aramis Knox's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Knox blocks a jab.
Cole gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Cole misses with a punch on the inside.
Knox lands a body punch.
Knox is trying to break the clinch but Cole is controlling him.
Cole tries to work over Knox's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Knox pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cole takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Knox dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Knox misses with a looping left.
Knox cracks Cole with a good jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cole jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cole misses with a body shot.
Cole swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Knox scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Good standup being displayed there by Cole as he connects with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knox lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
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.
Cole is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Knox.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Knox escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Knox tries to keep at a distance but Cole has taken the fight into the clinch.
Cole misses with the head strike.
Knox escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cole lands with a nice body punch.
Cole throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Knox.
Cole closes the distance looking to clinch
and Knox counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
James Cole has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cole throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Knox counters with a stiff right hand.
Cole missing with a left hand there. Knox was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cole wants to clinch up but Knox keeps it at a distance.
Cole loads up on a big right hand but Knox slips the punch.
Knox was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Cole dodges the punch combination from Knox.
A jab from Knox misses.
Knox lands a nice hook to Cole's body. Cole takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Cole takes a jab right on the kisser.
Cole thows a left - swing and a miss!
Knox connects with a body shot that sends Cole's belly button to the back.
Knox misses with a body shot.
Cole looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Knox fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cole manages to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knox throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Knox throws a lazy right hand but Cole sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Knox lands a head shot.
Knox throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cole sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Cole! But no joy.
Cole swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Knox counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cole wants to clinch.
Cole tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Knox was well out of range. Poor timing from Cole.
An attempted straight right counter from Knox misses the target.
Cole takes one to the chin there.
Knox displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
A shot to the liver by Knox. Beautiful body shot.
Cole throws a right hand that misses
and Knox counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Knox throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cole walks into a straight right hand from Knox.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knox dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Knox swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Aramis Knox is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Cole takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Knox lands a body shot.
Cole throws a nice looking combination but Knox bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Knox misses with an uppercut.
Cole wants to clinch.
Nice defenses there by Knox.
Cole misses with a body shot.
Donk. Cole catches Knox right on the button with a cross.
And that's the end of the fight!
Aramis Knox showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Knox, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 50:45
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 50:45
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aramis Knox!
Aramis Knox retains his lightweight title!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Aramis Knox waved his t-shirt featuring Voodoo Nutrition's logo in front of the cameras.
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