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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bowman Rook (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Milton Knight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bowman Rook has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Bowman Rook!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Milton Knight!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Steve Montenegro and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rook clobbers Knight with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Rook throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Knight wants to clinch up but Rook keeps it at a distance.
Knight lands a jab-cross combination.
Rook moves out of range as Knight throws a body kick.
Rook connects with a body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rook fails with a takedown attempt.
Rook misses with a wild body shot.
Nice body punch from Rook.
Rook ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Knight moves away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rook. Knight does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rook scores with a jab to the body.
Rook throws a front kick aimed at Knight's knee but Knight avoids it well.
Rook closes the distance but Knight moves to the side
and Knight holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Rook trying to stall but Knight improves his position.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rook swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Knight blocks the elbow strike.
Rook misses with a knee to the head.
Knight tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Knight lands a left hand.
Rook is trying to maintain a safe position but Knight gets an underhook and turns Rook into the cage.
Rook blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rook misses with a punch on the inside.
Rook is working for takedown but Knight is calmly controlling the position for now.
Rook tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rook crunches a lovely knee into Knight's ribcage.
Rook is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Knight is defending well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bowman Rook. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rook unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rook lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Rook utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rook lands a nice elbow.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rook just misses with a elbow thrown towards Knight's brow.
Rook lands a right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rook looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Knight tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rook.
Rook keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Knight's efforts to push away.
Rook tries for a takedown but Knight manages to get underhooks.
Knight works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Knight escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rook is looking to wear down Knight with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Rook throws a body punch but Knight moves out of range.
Knight throws a body punch but Rook moves out of range.
Knight misses with a body kick.
Knight lands a nice looking body kick.
Knight gets tackled into the cage by Rook. Rook maintains the clinch.
Knight throws a punch but it's blocked by Rook.
Knight tries to throw a body punch but Rook avoids it by throwing Knight back against the cage.
A short right from Knight.
Knight misses with a body punch.
Knight taking a breather.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knight swings wildly with an uppercut but Rook uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rook misses with an elbow over the top.
Rook misses with a knee to the head.
Rook lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Rook tries a knee to the head but Knight blocks it.
Rook tries a knee to the head but Knight blocks it.
Rook misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Knight.
Knight softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Rook has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Knight is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Knight is trying to stall.
Knight takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rook lands a body punch in the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Knight.
Rook blocks a body shot from Knight.
Rook misses with a knee strike.
Rook creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rook creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knight on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knight blocks an elbow strike.
Rook prevents Knight from breaking the clinch.
Knight misses with a punch on the inside.
Knight on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A body shot lands from Knight.
Rook wants a takedown but no success here.
Knight pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rook tries to clinch up.
Knight checks a low kick from Rook.
Knight on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Knight lands with a straight right. Rook didn't see that one coming.
Rook throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Knight uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rook.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Knight moves out of range of the body kick from Rook.
Rook throws out a loose jab but Knight uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rook fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Knight has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Rook uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Knight.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bowman Rook dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Knight throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Knight tries to work over Rook's front leg with a kick but Rook checks it.
Knight tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rook was well out of range. Poor timing from Knight.
Rook lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Knight circles away quickly and effectively.
Knight fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rook buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Knight blocks the body kick.
Rook tries to clinch up.
Knight has closed the distance and engaged Rook in a clinch.
Knight misses with a punch on the inside.
Rook lands with a right to the head.
Knight breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Knight jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Knight checks a leg kick nicely.
A jab lands there for Rook.
Crunch! Rook slams his shin into Knight's torso.
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!
Knight finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Rook, right into the meat.
Knight fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rook manages to avoid it.
Knight looks to throw the jab but Rook is out of range.
Knight tries to close the distance and clinch but Rook swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Knight blocks the body kick.
Rook pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Rook looks to throw the jab but Knight is out of range.
Horrible takedown by Rook or perhaps it was just good defense by Knight which made him look bad.
Knight tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rook was well out of range. Poor timing from Knight.
Knight scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Rook looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Rook feints and then cracks Knight's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Knight down.
Rook tries to clinch up.
Knight displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Rook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knight throws a body punch but Rook moves out of range.
Rook keeps the fight on the outside.
Rook throws a lazy head kick
and Knight counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rook looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Rook keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Knight.
Rook takes one to the side of the head.
Rook cracks Knight with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Knight lands a jab to Rook's midsection.
Knight throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Knight tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Knight with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Rook to score with a decent uppercut.
Rook shoots for a double leg takedown but Knight sprawls well. He's pushed Rook's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bowman Rook. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Knight pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rook misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Knight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knight fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Bowman Rook seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rook tries to clinch up but Knight circles away and keeps his distance.
Rook fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Knight manages to avoid it.
Rook throws a solid leg kick but Knight takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Rook.
Rook doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Knight gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rook.
Rook wants to take the fight to the mat but Knight manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Knight blocks an elbow strike from Rook.
Knight lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rook backwards.
Knight's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice sprawl there from Knight as Rook shoots in.
Rook misses with a kick to the body
and Knight counters with a nice uppercut.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rook lands a nice looking body kick.
Rook tries to clinch there but Knight circles away.
Knight closes the distance and lands a one-two.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rook bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Knight with a jab.
Knight scores with a jab. Rook acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Rook lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Knight jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Knight moves out of range of the body kick.
Knight uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rook.
Rook throws a body punch but Knight moves out of range.
Rook fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Rook scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rook is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Rook stops Knight from getting back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Bowman Rook will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Rook looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Knight is fending him off so far but Rook persists. Nope, Knight circles away and we're back to standing.
Rook throws a half hearted mid kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rook. Knight does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rook misses the jab.
Rook throws a low kick but Knight avoids it.
Knight lands with a good body shot.
Knight lands a nice looking body kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Knight.
Knight jabs at Rook's body.
Knight scores with a leg kick.
Knight scores with a jab to the jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knight cracks Rook with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Knight moves into range and clinches up with Rook.
Rook with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Knight lands a shoulder strike.
Rook tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knight lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rook has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Knight is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Knight breaks from the clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Knight scores with a shoulder strike.
Rook tries a knee to the head but Knight blocks it.
Knight lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rook backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rook.
Rook with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rook wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bowman Rook. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rook lands a knee to the head.
Knight tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Knight lands an uppercut.
Rook tries to land a knee to the head but Knight blocks with his arms.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knight scores with a nice hook to the head.
Knight gets underhooks to prevent Rook's takedown attempt.
Knight lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rook backwards.
Rook is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knight lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Rook.
Milton Knight has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Oh Rook is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Knight lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Knight lands a body shot.
Knight trying to stall but Rook improves his position.
Knight throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rooks head.
Milton Knight seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Knight can't find room to land a body shot as Rook controls the action.
Knight lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Rook tries to work over Knight's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Knight dips a shoulder and cracks Rook with a mighty uppercut! Rook falls back against the cage and Knight unloads with a barrage of strikes! Rook is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Knight screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Milton Knight!
Our winner, Milton Knight, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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