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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Chuck Knuckle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Frost (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Frost is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Your as Cold as Ice. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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145 lbs
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165 cm
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142 lbs
6 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Chuck Knuckle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tony Frost!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Konstantin Menshow and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Frost tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Knuckle was well out of range. Poor timing from Frost.
Tony Frost seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Frost lands a nice hook to Knuckle's body. Knuckle takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Knuckle takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Knuckle tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Frost manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Frost throws the left hand but Knuckle avoids the punch easily.
Frost lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Knuckle at a distance.
Frost misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Knuckle tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Frost was well out of range. Poor timing from Knuckle.
Frost rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Knuckle counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That kick from Frost tenderised Knuckle's leg. Knuckle is trying to keep his angry face on.
Frost circles away from the clinch attempt.
Knuckle moves away from the strike by Frost.
Frost just misses with a punch to the body.
Knuckle fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Frost manages to avoid it.
Frost misses with a jab, cross combination.
Frost misses with a wild combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Frost lands a jab to the nose.
Knuckle slips a jab and a cross from Frost.
Frost throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Knuckle takes one to the side of the head.
Frost misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Frost throws a hook but Knuckle blocks it.
Frost swats away the attempt to clinch by Knuckle.
Knuckle scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Frost lands a nice leg kick that just misses Knuckle's sensitive parts.
Knuckle tries to bum rush Frost with a series of wild strikes but Frost uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Frost tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Frost is trying to stall.
Knuckle misses with a short punch on the inside.
Frost lands a hook that snaps the head of Knuckle backwards.
Knuckle tries to break free but Frost pushes him back against the cage.
Knuckle blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Frost lands a right hand.
Knuckle wants to get back to striking at distance but Frost won't allow it.
Knuckle lands with a right to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Frost blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A right hand to the body from Frost.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Knuckle.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Frost.
Frost misses with a knee to the head.
Frost lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Frost lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Knuckle misses with a body punch.
Frost fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Knuckle gets through Frost's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Frost gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Frost struggles to land a body shot inside as Knuckle controls his hands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frost tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Frost misses with some punches.
Knuckle tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Knuckle blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Knuckle lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short right from Knuckle on the inside.
Knuckle blocks an uppercut.
Knuckle scores with a shot to the side of Frost's head.
Frost scores with a knee to the head.
Frost with a knee to the head.
Knuckle throws a punch but it's blocked by Frost.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Knuckle tries a body shot but Frost blocks it.
Knuckle has a couple of punches blocked by Frost.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Knuckle.
Knuckle blocks an uppercut.
Frost lands a nice uppercut.
Knuckle is trying to break the clinch but Frost is controlling him.
A head punch on the inside from Frost fails to land.
Frost misses with a punch on the inside.
Frost trying to land knees to the body.
Frost misses with a punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knuckle blocks a body shot from Frost.
Knuckle tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Frost blocks an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knuckle pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Frost lands an elbow inside that Knuckle shrugs off.
Knuckle tries to work over Frost's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Frost doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Frost lands with a light punch inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Frost.
Frost looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Frost pushes off an throws an elbow but Knuckle leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Frost misses with some punches.
Knuckle is working Frost over against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Frost fails to land.
A knee to the head by Frost.
Frost throws an elbow but it misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Frost using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Knuckle has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Knuckle is working Frost over against the cage.
Frost looks winded!
Frost looking to throw knees to the head but Knuckle is blocking nicely.
Knuckle tries to break free but Frost pushes him back against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Knuckle.
Frost avoids the elbow strike from Knuckle, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tony Frost dominated that round.
That's time! Knuckle's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Frost looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Frost dodges the punch combination from Knuckle.
Frost throws a body punch but Knuckle moves out of range.
Frost fails to land with a series of punches.
Frost throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Frost clobbers Knuckle with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Frost throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Knuckle sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Knuckle scores with a takedown into Frost's guard.
Frost has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Knuckle off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Frost misses with an uppercut
and Knuckle counters with a left to the body.
Knuckle moves in looking to clinch but Frost pushes him off.
Frost throws a hook but Knuckle avoids it easily.
The fighters circling - Frost throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knuckle moves into the clinch.
Knuckle dodges an elbow strike from Frost.
Frost keeps control of Knuckle as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Frost swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Knuckle lands with a short shot to the head.
Knuckle lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Frost backwards.
Knuckle stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Frost is breathing heavily.
Frost trying to control the position but instead, Knuckle has worked for underhooks and has pushed Frost into the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Knuckle.
Knuckle drags the fight down to the ground.
Knuckle wants to stand and escape but Frost is having none of it.
Frost missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Knuckle wants to stand up but Frost is controlling him.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Knuckle working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Frost.
Knuckle wants to stand and escape but Frost is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Frost throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Knuckle is looking to stand up but Frost isn't so interested in that idea.
Frost postures up and lands a big shot to Knuckle's brow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Frost postures up in Knuckle's guard and throws a big left but Knuckle blocks it.
Knuckle wants to stand up but Frost is controlling him.
Frost content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Knuckle is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Frost with a flurry of punches that miss.
Frost throws a big right hand that misses.
Frost postures up in Knuckle's guard and throws a big left but Knuckle blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knuckle working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Frost.
Frost throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Frost prevents Knuckle from getting back to his feet.
Frost throwing strikes from guard but Knuckle blocks nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Frost throwing strikes but missing.
Frost prevents Knuckle from getting back to his feet.
Knuckle avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Frost cracks Knuckle with a solid left hand.
Knuckle is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Frost is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Frost with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knuckle is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Knuckle preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Knuckle wants to stand and escape but Frost is having none of it.
Frost thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Frost trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Frost drops back, looking for a kneebar! Knuckle looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Knuckle looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Knuckle!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Frost is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Knuckle is controlling him well.
Frost throws Knuckle to one side and escapes!
Knuckle misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice defenses there by Knuckle.
Frost will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Frost takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
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 Chuck Knuckle will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're 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.
Knuckle fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Knuckle steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Frost.
Frost misses the shot to the body.
Frost throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Frost scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Knuckle bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Knuckle blocks a head kick by Frost.
Both fighters circling a little - Frost finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Knuckle wants to clinch up but Frost keeps it at a distance.
Knuckle keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Frost lands a nice shot to the body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Frost lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Knuckle has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Knuckle and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Knuckle looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knuckle throws out a loose jab but Frost uses good head movement to avoid it.
Knuckle displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Frost throws out the jab.
Frost throws a combination that misses
and Knuckle counters with a straight right hand.
Knuckle misses with a series of wild punches.
Chuck Knuckle is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Knuckle takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Knuckle lands a really nice looking cross but Frost seems unphased.
Frost misses with a head kick.
Frost throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Frost takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Frost lands a right hook to the body.
Tony Frost seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Frost tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Knuckle makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Knuckle there.
Frost lands with an overhand left.
Frost misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Knuckle closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Frost lands a hook that snaps the head of Knuckle backwards.
Knuckle misses with a punch to the body.
Knuckle works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Frost softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Knuckle doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Frost tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Knuckle lands a shot to the body.
Knuckle manages to pull guard.
Frost prevents Knuckle from getting back to his feet.
Frost loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Knuckle pushes Frost off and scrambles back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frost scores with a jab to the head.
Knuckle's jab looks to have found its range, popping Frost under the eye.
Frost is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Knuckle.
Frost swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Knuckle avoids a punch combination nicely.
Frost connects with a single shot there.
Frost will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Knuckle slips a jab and a cross from Frost.
Knuckle is looking to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knuckle shoots in and drives through. Frost sprawls well.
Frost moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Frost throws a hook but Knuckle blocks it.
Knuckle lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Knuckle misses with a double jab
and Frost counters with a three punch combo that has Knuckle backing up. Knuckle nods at Frost to acknowledge the strikes.
A big right from Frost misses.
Knuckle looks to land a combination but Frost avoids it well.
Knuckle tries to close the distance and clinch but Frost swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Knuckle on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Frost. Frost obviously looking to wear him down.
Knuckle swings widly with a right hand
and Frost counters with a head kick. That will keep Knuckle thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knuckle misses with a double jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Chuck Knuckle.
I think Knuckle has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 27:30
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 29:29
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 29:28
The fight is ruled a draw!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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