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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Beta Knox (ranked 2798 p4p, 279 weight class) and Eric Longstreet (ranked 8613 p4p, 566 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Knox might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Anthrax | Fight Em Till You Can't. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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150 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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150 lbs
6 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Beta Knox!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eric Longstreet!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Jorge Garcia and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Longstreet has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Longstreet there as he acknowledges the shot.
Knox's jab looks to have found its range, popping Longstreet under the eye.
Knox lands the left hand.
Knox lands a nice looking body shot.
Knox lands a slapping body shot.
Longstreet moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Knox avoids a punch combination nicely.
Beta Knox seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Longstreet.
Longstreet walks into a jab.
Knox definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knox scores with a shot to the body.
Longstreet looking to score a takedown here. Knox is defending well but Longstreet drives through and ends up in Knox's guard.
Longstreet lands a couple of digs.
Longstreet preventing the sweep.
Knox is controlling Longstreet's posture.
Longstreet won't allow Knox to sweep him here.
Knox is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Knox has momentary wrist control but Longstreet slips an elbow through the middle.
Knox on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Knox tries to get out of the position.
Knox wants to sweep but no luck.
Longstreet passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Longstreet tries to advance to mount but Knox denies him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knox throws up a few punches.
Longstreet throws an elbow but Knox slips to the side and avoids it well.
Longstreet tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Longstreet wants to lay and pray for a moment but Knox keeps working.
Longstreet has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Longstreet working the body and head with strikes.
Knox knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Longstreet on the ground.
Knox is trying to get back to half guard.
Knox is trying to control Longstreet's posture but Longstreet avoids it.
Longstreet is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Knox has escaped the position, nice work there.
Longstreet working away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knox is looking for a sweep.
Knox tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Longstreet presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Longstreet with a couple of short strikes.
Knox is bucking up trying to escape but Longstreet cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Longstreet has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at School of Hard Knocks. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Longstreet punishing his opponent with strikes.
It looks like Beta Knox has been cut.
Longstreet dominating with strikes here.
Longstreet jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Knox manages to avoid the submission attempt.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Knox gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knox is working to get back to half guard.
Knox is working hard here to advance position.
Longstreet is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Knox can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Knox is rocked!
Beta Knox's cut is getting worse.
Knox is in a horrible position here. Longstreet smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Oh Knox is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Beta Knox's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Longstreet connects with a bit shot that sees Knox covering up! More strikes from Longstreet and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Longstreet is our winner by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eric Longstreet!
Eric Longstreet is the new featherweight champion!
Eric Longstreet decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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