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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Christian LeBaron (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Knuckles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Knuckles is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: PRIDE FC opening theme. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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185 lbs
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200 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Excellent boxer
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Christian LeBaron!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Johnny Knuckles!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Jonathan Paton and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knuckles throws a hook to the side of LeBaron's head but LeBaron sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Knuckles lands a head shot.
Knuckles has LeBaron up against the cage in a clinch.
Knuckles tries a body shot but LeBaron blocks it.
LeBaron wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
LeBaron wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Knuckles softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Knuckles scores with a hook to the body.
LeBaron has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
LeBaron is trying to break the clinch but Knuckles has him pressed against the cage.
Knuckles lands a shot to the body.
Knuckles misses with some punches.
Knuckles tried to land a shot to the body but connects with LeBaron's elbow.
Knuckles lands a shoulder strike.
Knuckles lands with a right to the head.
LeBaron wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Knuckles has him pressed against the cage.
LeBaron is trying to force a seperation but Knuckles has the dominant position.
LeBaron manages to break the clinch.
Knuckles has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knuckles keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from LeBaron.
LeBaron misses with a double jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knuckles connects with a looping right hand.
Knuckles jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Knuckles rushes LeBaron and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Knuckles has LeBaron pressed against the cage, preventing LeBaron from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
LeBaron wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nice body punch from Knuckles.
Knuckles lands a hook to the side of the head.
Knuckles keeps the fight in the clinch, despite LeBaron's efforts to push away.
Knuckles prevents LeBaron from breaking the clinch.
LeBaron is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
LeBaron has had enough of the clinch but Knuckles keeps him there for the moment.
A nice right hand lands inside from Knuckles.
Knuckles digs a right hand underneath LeBaron's ribcage. LeBaron let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Knuckles works on LeBaron's body with a couple of short punches.
LeBaron is trying to break the clinch but Knuckles has him pressed against the cage.
LeBaron has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Knuckles.
LeBaron tries to break the clinch but Knuckles is controlling the position.
Knuckles makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knuckles lands a body shot in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
LeBaron prevents a body shot from Knuckles.
Knuckles lands a shot to the body.
LeBaron is trying to break the clinch but Knuckles is controlling him.
LeBaron's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Knuckles lands a body shot in the clinch.
Knuckles tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
LeBaron wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
LeBaron pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Knuckles takes the fight into the clinch.
Knuckles goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
LeBaron tries to break the clinch but Knuckles is controlling the position.
Knuckles prevents LeBaron from breaking the clinch.
Knuckles tried to land a shot to the body but connects with LeBaron's elbow.
Nice body punch from Knuckles - that landed with a thud.
Knuckles prevents LeBaron from breaking the clinch.
Knuckles keeps control of LeBaron as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
LeBaron is trying to break the clinch but Knuckles has him pressed against the cage.
Knuckles lands a right hand.
A left hand lands to the body for Knuckles.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knuckles lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of LeBaron backwards.
A body shot lands from Knuckles.
A hook to the body from Knuckles.
Knuckles lands a right hand.
Knuckles lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of LeBaron backwards.
Knuckles misses with a hook to the ribs.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Knuckles creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Knuckles gets through LeBaron's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
LeBaron has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Knuckles misses with a hook to the ribs.
LeBaron can't break the clinch.
Knuckles tries to work over LeBaron's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
LeBaron is trying to break free.
LeBaron is trying to break the clinch but Knuckles has him pressed against the cage.
Knuckles tried to land a shot to the body but connects with LeBaron's elbow.
A right handed body shot lands from Knuckles.
LeBaron is trying to break the clinch but Knuckles has him pressed against the cage.
Knuckles lands a nice shot to the body.
LeBaron's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
LeBaron tries to circle away but Knuckles has him pinned against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
LeBaron has had enough of the clinch but Knuckles keeps him there for the moment.
LeBaron throws a head punch that misses.
LeBaron is trying to force a seperation but Knuckles has the dominant position.
LeBaron is trying to break the clinch but Knuckles is controlling him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knuckles presses LeBaron against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Knuckles.
Knuckles misses with a hook to the ribs.
LeBaron tries to break the clinch but Knuckles is controlling the position.
Knuckles tries to throw a body punch but LeBaron avoids it by throwing Knuckles back against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Knuckles.
Knuckles lands a left hand that snaps the head of LeBaron backwards.
LeBaron tries to break the clinch but Knuckles is controlling the position.
Knuckles goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Knuckles goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
LeBaron has had enough of the clinch but Knuckles keeps him there for the moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Knuckles scores with a shoulder strike.
LeBaron wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
LeBaron wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
LeBaron wants to break the clinch but can't.
Knuckles lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Knuckles dominated that round.
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.
Knuckles is on the wrong end of a nice combination from LeBaron.
LeBaron bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Christian LeBaron is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
LeBaron fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
LeBaron staying out of range there.
LeBaron swats away the attempt to clinch by Knuckles.
LeBaron uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Knuckles.
LeBaron misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Knuckles throws a hook but LeBaron avoids it easily.
Knuckles staying out of range there.
Knuckles wants to clinch.
LeBaron throws a series of punches but Knuckles avoids them all with ease.
Knuckles drives through and clinches with LeBaron against the cage.
LeBaron is trying to push Knuckles away but Knuckles has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Knuckles tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Knuckles prevents LeBaron from breaking the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knuckles lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Knuckles struggles to land a body shot inside as LeBaron controls his hands.
Knuckles scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Knuckles lands a right hand.
Johnny Knuckles seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Knuckles misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Knuckles working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Knuckles misses with a punch to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Knuckles.
Knuckles tried to land a shot to the body but connects with LeBaron's elbow.
Knuckles misses with a body punch.
Knuckles goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Knuckles can't find room to land a body shot as LeBaron controls the action.
A short right from Knuckles on the inside.
Knuckles misses with a hook to the ribs.
Knuckles working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Good body shot from Knuckles.
Knuckles struggles to land a body shot inside as LeBaron controls his hands.
Knuckles tries to work over LeBaron's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Knuckles tries a body shot but LeBaron blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knuckles cracks LeBaron with a nice body shot.
Nice body punch from Knuckles - that landed with a thud.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
LeBaron is trying to push Knuckles away but Knuckles has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Still in the clinch, Knuckles scores with a nice short uppercut.
LeBaron is looking to break free of the clinch but Knuckles has double underhooks.
LeBaron wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
LeBaron has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
LeBaron tries to break the clinch but Knuckles is controlling the position.
A left hand lands to the body for Knuckles.
Knuckles misses with a punch to the body.
Knuckles goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Knuckles lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
LeBaron is trying to push Knuckles away but Knuckles has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
LeBaron is trying to break the clinch but Knuckles has him pressed against the cage.
Knuckles digs a right hand underneath LeBaron's ribcage. LeBaron let out a lung full of air as it connected.
LeBaron has had enough of the clinch but Knuckles keeps him there for the moment.
Knuckles tries to work over LeBaron's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Knuckles tries to throw a body punch but LeBaron avoids it by throwing Knuckles back against the cage.
LeBaron has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Knuckles lands a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knuckles tries to throw a body punch but LeBaron avoids it by throwing Knuckles back against the cage.
Knuckles keeps control of LeBaron as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Knuckles lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Knuckles presses LeBaron against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Knuckles lands a body punch.
LeBaron is trying to break the clinch but Knuckles is controlling him.
Knuckles scores with an uppercut up the middle.
LeBaron wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Knuckles tried to land a shot to the body but connects with LeBaron's elbow.
Knuckles pushes LeBaron back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
LeBaron prevents a body shot from Knuckles.
Good body shot from Knuckles.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Knuckles goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
LeBaron wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
LeBaron working hard to break the clinch.
Knuckles lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Knuckles lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt LeBaron or not.
LeBaron wants to get back to striking at distance but Knuckles won't allow it.
Knuckles misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
LeBaron wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Knuckles scores with a shot to the side of LeBaron's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Knuckles prevents LeBaron from breaking the clinch.
Knuckles lands with a right to the head.
LeBaron looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Knuckles lands a body punch.
LeBaron takes a shot to the head.
Knuckles lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
LeBaron looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Knuckles lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt LeBaron or not.
Knuckles lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of LeBaron backwards.
Knuckles misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Knuckles tries a body shot but LeBaron blocks it.
Knuckles keeps control of LeBaron as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Knuckles pushes LeBaron back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
LeBaron wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Knuckles misses with a hook to the ribs.
Knuckles presses LeBaron against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A body shot lands from Knuckles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Knuckles showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Knuckles with a nice cross.
LeBaron throws a head kick that half lands.
Knuckles scores with a jab.
Knuckles tries to close the distance and clinch up but LeBaron swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Knuckles has LeBaron up against the cage in a clinch.
Knuckles has LeBaron pressed against the cage, preventing LeBaron from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
LeBaron is looking to break free of the clinch but Knuckles has double underhooks.
Knuckles working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Knuckles is leaning against LeBaron and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
LeBaron wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Knuckles lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Knuckles gets through LeBaron's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
LeBaron wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Knuckles is leaning against LeBaron and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
LeBaron tries to break free but Knuckles pushes him back against the cage.
Knuckles throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knuckles cracks LeBaron with a nice body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
LeBaron tries to break the clinch but Knuckles is controlling the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knuckles misses with a punch to the body.
Knuckles lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Knuckles misses with a punch to the body.
Knuckles presses LeBaron against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Knuckles keeps control of LeBaron as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
LeBaron can't break the clinch.
Knuckles goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Knuckles scores with an uppercut up the middle.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Knuckles creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Knuckles can't find room to land a body shot as LeBaron controls the action.
Knuckles keeps control of LeBaron as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Knuckles can't find room to land a body shot as LeBaron controls the action.
LeBaron is trying to break the clinch but Knuckles has him pressed against the cage.
Knuckles pushes LeBaron back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Knuckles scores with a nice short uppercut.
LeBaron is rocked!
A shot in the inside from Knuckles.
Oh LeBaron is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Knuckles softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Knuckles.
Knuckles lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Knuckles lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down LeBaron.
Knuckles presses LeBaron against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
LeBaron has had enough of the clinch but Knuckles keeps him there for the moment.
Knuckles lands a hook that snaps the head of LeBaron backwards.
Knuckles lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops LeBaron to his knees! Knuckles keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Johnny Knuckles!
During a confident post fight interview, Johnny Knuckles thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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hype
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