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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Denzel Knives (ranked 2765 p4p, 299 weight class) and Gerardo Abellan (ranked 2936 p4p, 316 weight class). Knives comes to the cage accompanied by Remember The Name. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Gerardo Abellan enters the cage!
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160 lbs
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180 cm
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157 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Denzel Knives!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Gerardo Abellan!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Peter Branson and Winston Alpacca.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Abellan has Knives up against the cage in a clinch.
Knives escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Abellan misses with an uppercut. Knives saw that one coming.
Knives takes one on the button.
Knives throws a lazy right hand but Abellan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Abellan has taken the fight to the clinch.
Abellan blocking some punches.
A left hand lands to the body for Abellan.
Abellan blocks an uppercut.
Abellan misses with some punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Knives.
Knives blocks an uppercut.
Abellan misses with the head strike.
Abellan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Knives has a couple of punches blocked by Abellan.
Knives takes a shot to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knives blocks an uppercut.
Knives blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Knives lands a hook that snaps the head of Abellan backwards.
Knives tries to throw a body punch but Abellan avoids it by throwing Knives back against the cage.
Knives doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Knives tries to work over Abellan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Knives.
Abellan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Knives gets through Abellan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Knives blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Knives.
Still in the clinch, Abellan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Abellan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Abellan misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Abellan fails to land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abellan misses with some punches.
Knives manages to break the clinch.
Knives lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knives bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Abellan connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Abellan takes the fight into the clinch.
Knives working aggressively here.
Knives lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Knives misses with a punch to the body.
Abellan misses with a punch on the inside.
Knives misses with some punches.
Abellan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Abellan swings wildly with an uppercut but Knives uses good head movement to avoid it.
Knives working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Abellan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Abellan.
Knives misses with a punch on the inside.
Abellan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Knives misses with a body punch.
We've been informed that Abellan has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Knives digs a right hand underneath Abellan's ribcage. Abellan let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Knives definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Knives blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Abellan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Abellan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Abellan throws a head punch that misses.
Abellan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Abellan swings wildly with an uppercut but Knives uses good head movement to avoid it.
Abellan misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Abellan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Knives misses with some punches.
Abellan lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knives leaning against his opponent.
Knives manages to break the clinch.
Knives thows a left - swing and a miss!
Knives takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A big left from Abellan misses.
Abellan throws a hook but Knives blocks it.
Knives is looking to counter punch.
A jab from Abellan misses.
Knives tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Abellan was well out of range. Poor timing from Knives.
Knives misses with a hook
and Abellan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Abellan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Knives was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Knives falls off balance throwing a combination
and Abellan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gerardo Abellan dominated that round.
That's time! Knives's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Abellan connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Nice defenses there by Knives.
Abellan walks into a jab.
Abellan moves into the clinch.
Abellan blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Abellan fails to land.
Abellan has a couple of punches blocked by Knives.
Knives lands a left hand that snaps the head of Abellan backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Abellan.
Abellan misses with a hook from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knives lands a shot to the body.
Abellan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Abellan prevents a body shot from Knives.
A shot in the inside from Knives.
Knives tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knives blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Knives blocking some punches.
Abellan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Knives escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Abellan takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Abellan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Knives.
A countering left hand to the body from Abellan misses.
Knives misses with a straight left.
Abellan might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Knives changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A slow jab from Knives misses its intended target.
Abellan paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Knives ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Abellan moves away.
Abellan throws an off balance right hand
letting Knives counter with a right hand.
Knives misses with a jab to the body
and Abellan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Knives lands with a nice body punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knives moves forwards but Abellan connects with a nice, crisp jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Abellan. That snapped Knives's head back.
Abellan lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Knives misses the shot to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Abellan! But no joy.
Knives misses with a body shot.
Abellan closes the distance and clinches.
A head punch on the inside from Knives fails to land.
Knives blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Knives blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Knives lands a right hand.
Abellan blocks an uppercut.
Abellan misses with the head strike.
Abellan blocking some punches.
Abellan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Abellan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knives throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Abellans head.
Knives lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Knives leaning his opponent against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Abellan.
Knives breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Abellan scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Knives doesn't seem bothered though.
Knives takes one to the side of the head.
Abellan looks to land a right hand but Knives moved out of range.
Knives blocks a jab.
Knives throws an off balance right hand
enabling Abellan to counter with a crisp jab.
Knives is looking to wear down Abellan with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Abellan avoids the body shot from Knives.
Abellan tries to move into range but Knives moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
It looks like Gerardo Abellan has been cut.
Abellan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knives manages to break the clinch.
Abellan clinches up against the cage.
Knives blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Knives.
A head punch on the inside from Knives fails to land.
Abellan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Knives misses with some punches.
Knives blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Abellan lands a nice shot to the body.
Knives misses with some punches.
Abellan has a couple of punches blocked by Knives.
Abellan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Knives blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Knives blocks an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Gerardo Abellan will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Gerardo Abellan's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Knives moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Abellan stuns Knives with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Knives moves out of range of the strikes.
Knives lands a head shot.
Abellan scores with a sloppy right hand. Knives should have avoided that one.
Abellan on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Abellan is rocked!
Abellan misses with a looping left.
Abellan is still on wobbly legs! Can Knives finish him?
Abellan throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Knives counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Abellan scores with a jab to the body.
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!
Abellan gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Knives gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Abellan is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Denzel Knives!
Denzel Knives decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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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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