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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Iota Knox (ranked 2743 p4p, 154 weight class) and Lee Sakuraba (ranked 6318 p4p, 282 weight class). Knox's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, The Blacker The Berry | Kendrick Lamar. Sakuraba has chosen Pride Theme Song as his entrance music. Lee Sakuraba is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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140 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
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169 cm
25
144 lbs
2 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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Good takedowns
Counter fighter
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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
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Iota Knox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lee Sakuraba!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, William Gold and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knox lands a right hook to the body.
Sakuraba darts in looking for a takedown but Knox gets double underhooks and turns Sakuraba into the cage.
Knox is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Sakuraba.
Knox cracks Sakuraba with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Knox throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
A nice inside leg kick there by Knox. That's going to slow Sakuraba down.
Knox fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Iota Knox seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sakuraba misses with a takedown attempt
and Knox counters with a good, hard body kick but Sakuraba shrugs it off.
Knox lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Sakuraba walks into a stiff left hand from Knox.
Sakuraba is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knox slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Knox displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Knox throws a front kick that sends Sakuraba stumbling back into the cage.
Knox lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Sakuraba is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knox lands a two punch combo.
Sakuraba is still on wobbly legs! Can Knox finish him?
Knox jabs Sakuraba to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Knox scores with a jab. Sakuraba acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Sakuraba takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Iota Knox is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sakuraba ducks right into an uppercut from Knox.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Knox.
Knox rushes Sakuraba and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Knox lands with a left to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knox lands a nice shot to the body.
Knox makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Knox scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short right from Knox on the inside.
Knox creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Sakuraba with a big uppercut! Sakuraba tries to clinch up but Knox pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Sakuraba to the mat! Sakuraba covers up and Knox unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Iota Knox!
Iota Knox very nearly forgot to thank BloodOath 85% Laundry amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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energy
A | B |
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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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