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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Glass Joe (ranked 1377 p4p, 70 weight class) and Eta Knox (ranked 2231 p4p, 115 weight class). Joe comes to the cage accompanied by La Marseillaise. Knox is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by David Dallas | Runnin'. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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135 lbs
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148 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Glass Joe!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Eta Knox!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knox connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Joe waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Knox.
A big right from Joe misses.
Knox is looking for the big counter here.
Knox throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Knox missing with a left hand there. Joe was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Knox throws a looping overhand right but Joe ducks down to avoid it.
Knox lands with a cross.
A shot to the liver by Joe. Beautiful body shot.
Joe rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Joe takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Joe digs a good hook to Knox's body.
Knox staying out of range there.
Knox misses with a straight left.
Knox swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice uppercut there from Joe.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knox throws a shot from downtown. Joe moves away and avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knox tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Joe was well out of range. Poor timing from Knox.
Joe uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Knox.
Knox throws a hook to the side of Joe's head but Joe sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
It looked like Joe wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Joe looks to score with a jab to the body but Knox is just out of range.
Knox doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Joe is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Knox.
Nice shot lands for Knox.
Knox misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Joe.
An attempted straight right counter from Joe misses the target.
Joe lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Knox at a distance.
Knox gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Knox misses with a punch on the inside.
Joe works on Knox's body with a couple of short punches.
Knox misses with a short punch on the inside.
Joe has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Joe tries to circle away but Knox has him pinned against the cage.
Joe misses with a body punch.
I was talking to Joe's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joe lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Knox backwards.
Knox tries a body shot but Joe blocks it.
A short body shot lands from Joe as the two fighters clinch.
Knox lands with a left to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knox blocks a body shot from Joe.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Joe.
Joe prevents a body shot from Knox.
A head punch on the inside from Knox fails to land.
Knox lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Joe backwards.
Joe blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Joe on the inside.
Joe struggles to land a body shot inside as Knox controls his hands.
Joe misses with a body punch.
Joe tries to circle away but Knox has him pinned against the cage.
Knox lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Joe or not.
Joe struggles to land a body shot inside as Knox controls his hands.
Joe lands a left hand that snaps the head of Knox backwards.
Knox misses with some punches.
Knox goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Joe is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Knox's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Joe lands a nice shot to the body.
A short left from Joe.
Knox working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joe presses Knox against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Joe softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Joe tries to break free but Knox pushes him back against the cage.
Joe goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Joe stalling the fight.
Joe lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Knox backwards.
Knox pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Joe on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Knox takes a swing at Joe's ribcage but misses.
A jab from Joe misses.
Joe throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Knox.
Knox lands a jab to the head.
Joe misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Knox.
A swing and a miss from Joe.
Knox wants to counter with a clinch but Joe pushes him away.
Knox lands with a shot to the body.
A jab from Joe misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joe ducks under a wild hook from Knox.
Joe misses with a looping right.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A looping hook to the body misses from Joe. Knox does a little dance to reset his feet.
Knox looks to score with a jab to the body but Joe is just out of range.
Joe misses with a hook. Knox ducked under it nicely.
Knox throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Joe on the side of the head.
Knox scores with a nice strike.
Knox fails in his attempt to clinch.
Joe appears to be looking for a big counter.
Joe fails to land with a series of punches.
A looping hook to the body misses from Joe. Knox does a little dance to reset his feet.
Joe takes one to the side of the head.
Eta Knox seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Knox looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Knox throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Glass Joe will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Knox lands with a shot to the body.
Knox throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Joe counters with a stiff right hand.
Knox just misses with a punch to the body.
Knox walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Joe moves out of range as Knox strikes.
Knox misses with a wild body shot.
Knox throws a hook to the side of Joe's head but Joe sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Joe takes a swing at Knox's ribcage but misses.
Knox misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Joe.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knox uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Joe.
Joe keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Joe defending well as Knox loads up on a big left hand.
Knox misses with a right hand
and Joe counters with a stiff right hand.
Jab, jab by Knox - just one landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knox throws a lazy right hand but Joe sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Joe lands with an uppercut that bounces Knox off the cage and back into range.
Joe slips under a jab.
An attempted straight right counter from Joe misses the target.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Joe, as that shot connected.
Knox throws a poor cross that misses
and Joe counters with a stiff right hand.
Knox misses with a wild body shot.
Knox swings widly with a right hand
and Knox takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Knox throws a sloppy body shot
and Joe counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Knox is rocked!
Knox swings widly with a right hand
and Joe counters with a huge left! Knox is in big trouble! He's backing up but Joe isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Knox from any more damage. A dominating finish by Joe!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Glass Joe!
Glass Joe retains his bantamweight title!
Glass Joe spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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