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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shane Del Rosario (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Knope (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Shane Del Rosario!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ben Knope!
The judges for this bout are Chris Dean, Bruno Hogan and Ben Hemmingworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Del Rosario misses with a looping left.
Del Rosario clinches up with Knope and pushes him back against the cage.
Del Rosario has a couple of punches blocked by Knope.
Knope dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Del Rosario misses with a hook from the clinch.
Del Rosario pushes Knope back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Del Rosario prevents a takedown attempt there.
Del Rosario swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Del Rosario misses with some punches.
Knope wants a takedown.
Del Rosario goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Del Rosario.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Del Rosario lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Del Rosario keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Knope's efforts to push away.
Del Rosario misses with a punch on the inside.
Knope stalling the fight.
Knope blocking some punches.
Knope breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Del Rosario moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Del Rosario uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Knope.
Knope throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Del Rosario thinks about countering with a head kick.
Del Rosario throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Knope bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Del Rosario connects with an inside leg kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Del Rosario!
A big left from Knope misses.
Nice defenses there by Knope.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Knope.
Shane Del Rosario has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ben Knope.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Knope checks a leg kick.
Del Rosario displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Knope throws out the jab.
A little feinted left hand from Del Rosario on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Del Rosario does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jab from Del Rosario.
Knope checks the leg kick nicely there.
Knope cracks Del Rosario with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Knope throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Del Rosario on the side of the head.
Knope throws a jab when Del Rosario was well out of range.
Del Rosario lunges at Knope with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Knope's hand.
Del Rosario knocks out Knope with a massive right hand! The ref tackles Del Rosario before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. Del Rosario picks up the big W with a huge KO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Shane Del Rosario!
Shane Del Rosario seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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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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