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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Iota Knox (ranked 2669 p4p, 167 weight class) and Takeshi Sendou (ranked 5394 p4p, 245 weight class). Knox comes to the ring accompanied by The Blacker The Berry | Kendrick Lamar. The crowd seem to be enjoying Sendou's choice of entrance music: Skillet - Feel Invincible. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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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
7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Iota Knox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Takeshi Sendou!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Seu Braga and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knox connects with a single shot there.
Knox misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sendou appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Sendou misses with a low kick.
Knox pushes Sendou away with a front kick.
Nice defenses there by Sendou.
Sendou looks to land a left hand but Knox moved out of range nicely.
Sendou finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Knox is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Sendou.
Sendou takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Knox cracks Sendou with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Knox throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sendou drops his hands momentarily and Knox takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Knox moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Knox connects with a good right hand that stumbles Sendou. Sendou circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knox connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Knox misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Knox misses with a kick to the body.
A slow jab from Knox misses its intended target.
Knox punishes Sendou's body with a nice straight punch.
Knox misses with a double jab.
Sendou steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sendou. That's going to slow Knox down.
Knox throws a lazy right hand but Sendou sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Knox throws a jab but it's blocked by Sendou.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knox lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Knox has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Relentless Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Knox lands a really nice looking cross but Sendou seems unphased.
Sendou walks into a left hand.
Sendou throws a body shot but no joy.
An attempted straight right counter from Knox misses the target.
Knox uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sendou.
Sendou throws a hook but Knox avoids it easily.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Knox scores with a one two! Sendou had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Knox misses with a wild body shot.
Knox tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sendou was well out of range. Poor timing from Knox.
A swing and a miss from Knox.
Knox lands with a straight right. Sendou didn't see that one coming.
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!
Nice jab there from Knox.
Knox thuds his shin into the meat of Sendou's side.
Knox lands a jab to the nose.
Knox works Sendou's body with a nice hook.
Sendou throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Knox lands with an overhand left.
Knox checks a low kick from Sendou.
Sendou connects with a body shot that sends Knox's belly button to the back.
Knox is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sendou throws a solid leg kick but Knox takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Sendou.
Knox moves out of range of the leg kick from Sendou.
Sloppy strikes from Knox. Those never looked like landing.
Knox misses with a head kick.
Sendou moves out of range of the body kick.
Knox throws a series of punches but Sendou moves out of range.
Knox looks to land a right hand but Sendou moved out of range.
Sendou moves into the clinch.
Sendou blocks a body shot from Knox.
Sendou blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sendou tries to land knees in the clinch but Knox avoids the damage to the body.
Still in the clinch, Knox scores with a nice short uppercut.
Knox misses with the head strike.
Sendou misses with a short punch on the inside.
Knox lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Knox goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Knox lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sendou backwards.
Knox lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sendou backwards.
Knox lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sendou backwards.
Sendou blocks an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sendou is leaning against Knox and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Knox.
Nice body punch from Knox.
Knox tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sendou blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Knox misses with the head strike.
A body shot lands from Knox.
Sendou struggles to land a body shot inside as Knox controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sendou.
Sendou misses with a punch to the body.
Knox cracks Sendou with a nice body shot.
Knox blocking some punches.
Sendou tries to work over Knox's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sendou wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Knox has him pressed against the ropes.
Nice body punch from Knox - that landed with a thud.
Sendou blocks an uppercut.
Knox lands a hook that snaps the head of Sendou backwards.
Knox avoids the elbow strike from Sendou, against the ropes.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Knox.
Knox managing to block the knees to the body from Sendou.
Knox blocking some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knox goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sendou breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Knox fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sendou pivots, looking for a leg kick but Knox is out of range and Sendou settles back down.
Sendou throws a leg kick but Knox moved away.
Knox swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sendou swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A punch combination from Knox misses.
Knox misses with a jab, cross combination.
A left and a right from Knox both land. Nice combination.
Sendou has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Sendou gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Knox throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Knox slips a jab from Sendou.
Sendou throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Some wild striking there from Knox.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A telegraphed right hand from Sendou misses the target.
Sendou is looking to score with low kicks.
Knox misses with a wild body shot.
Knox misses with the combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Iota Knox dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Sendou misses with a wild body shot.
Sendou takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Knox thuds a left hand into Sendou's body.
Sendou takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Knox works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Sendou defending well as Knox loads up on a big left hand.
Iota Knox seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Knox scoring well with a low kick there.
Knox's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Knox duly obliges.
Sendou lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Sendou walks into a straight right hand from Knox.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knox takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A nice inside leg kick there by Knox. That's going to slow Sendou down.
Sendou thumps Knox with a low kick.
A slow jab from Sendou misses its intended target.
Knox lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Knox lands with a right hand.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sendou connects with an inside leg kick.
Knox jabs at Sendou's body.
A big left from Knox misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sendou lands with a thumping leg kick.
Knox misses with a hook.
Iota Knox is winning the standup battle so far.
Knox thuds his shin into the meat of Sendou's side.
Knox steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sendou.
Sendou wants to slow Knox down by chopping away at his legs.
Knox misses with a body kick.
Sendou motions for Knox to come forward. Sendou throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
An inside leg kick from Sendou misses.
Sendou takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Knox takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Sendou takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Knox scores with a nice right hand.
Sendou takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Knox misses the jab.
Knox lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sendou circles away quickly and effectively.
Sendou has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knox connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Sendou takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Knox closes the distance and lands a one-two.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sendou looks to score with a jab to the body but Knox is just out of range.
Knox was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Sendou ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sendou digs a good hook to Knox's body.
Knox throws a right hand that Sendou ducks under and follows up with a left that Sendou also avoids with ease.
As Knox backs off Sendou throws a huge counter combo but Knox manages to avoid it all.
Nice defenses there by Knox.
Sendou throws the kick towards the body but Knox avoids it.
Sendou feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Knox's calf.
A head kick misses from Knox.
Knox is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sendou can do to turn this around?
Sendou keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Knox.
A bone on bone clash there as Knox blocks the leg kick.
Knox moves out of range as Sendou strikes.
It looked like Knox was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Knox misses with a wild body shot.
Jab, jab by Knox - just one landing.
Knox throws a push kick but Sendou slaps the foot to one side.
Sendou moves out of range as Knox strikes.
Knox ducks under a wild hook from Sendou.
Knox just misses with a punch to the body.
Sendou misses with a looping left.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sendou finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Knox checks the leg kick nicely there.
Knox moves out of range of the body kick.
Sendou has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Knox.
Sendou takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Knox. Sendou shrugs it off though.
Sendou jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Knox fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Knox scores with a jab to the body.
Sendou throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Knox lands with a straight right. Sendou didn't see that one coming.
A combination from Knox does no damage.
Knox throws a sloppy head kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Danga de danga de dang - Sendou scores with a four punch combination!
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!
Sendou throws a solid leg kick but Knox takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Sendou.
Sendou goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Knox moves out of range as Sendou throws a body kick.
Sendou scores with a body shot.
Knox lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sendou at a distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sendou moves out of range of the body kick from Knox.
Knox punishes Sendou's body with a nice straight punch.
Sendou misses with a wild body shot.
Knox scores with the left hand. Sendou knows he should have avoided that one.
Knox feints a jab promting Sendou to slip. Knox then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Sendou slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Knox.
Knox chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sendou showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Knox.
Knox throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Knox ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Sendou keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Knox works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Knox is looking to score with low kicks.
Knox throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Knox swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Iota Knox dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Knox will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sendou throws a looping overhand right but Knox ducks down to avoid it.
Knox lands a jab to Sendou's midsection.
Sendou throws a nice outside leg kick.
Sendou takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Knox dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sendou. That did some damage!
Sendou throws a solid leg kick but Knox takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Sendou.
Knox fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sendou looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Knox scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Sendou doesn't seem bothered though.
Sendou throws a chopping leg kick but Knox manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Sendou takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Knox with a hook.
Knox throws a right and a left that Sendou avoids nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sendou is looking to score with low kicks.
Knox avoids a punch combination nicely.
Knox lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knox throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Sendou misses with a kick to the body.
Knox is looking to counter the offense by Sendou and move into the clinch.
Sendou is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Sendou walks into a stiff left hand from Knox.
Sendou on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Sendou lands a glancing blow to the side of Knox's head.
Sendou takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Knox lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice defenses there by Sendou.
Sendou throws a wild body kick that Knox sees coming a mile off.
Knox fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Sendou on the side of the head.
Knox scores with a jab. Sendou acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Sendou throws out a loose jab but Knox uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sendou misses the jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The fighters circling - Sendou throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A bone on bone clash there as Knox blocks the leg kick.
Sendou looks to land a right hand but Knox moved out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sendou takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Knox swings for the body but Sendou moves out of range.
Knox connects with a crisp jab.
Sendou throws a hook but Knox avoids it easily.
Knox throws the left hand but Sendou avoids the punch easily.
Sendou rushes Knox and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Sendou goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sendou swings wildly with an uppercut but Knox uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sendou's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sendou dodges the punch combination from Knox.
Knox wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Knox misses with a straight left.
Nice cross by Knox.
Knox lands with a nice body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knox lands an overhand right.
Sendou throws a right hand that Knox ducks under and follows up with a left that Knox also avoids with ease.
Sendou moves out of range as Knox throws a body kick.
Sendou feints a counter leg kick.
Sendou lands a right hook to the body.
Knox throws a one two combo.
Knox misses with the combination.
Knox just misses with a punch to the body.
Knox throws a series of punches but Sendou avoids them all with ease.
Knox thows a left - swing and a miss!
Knox thows a left - swing and a miss!
Knox misses with a few strikes there.
Sendou misses with a body kick.
Sendou takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Knox fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sendou looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
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!
Sendou 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.
Knox throws an overhand right that lands on Sendou's shoulder, as Sendou tries to avoid the shot.
Knox misses with a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sendou scores with a hook to the body. Knox takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Knox looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Knox will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Knox scores with a nice head shot.
Sendou fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Knox manages to avoid it.
Knox wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Sendou lands with an overhand left.
Sendou is looking to land body kicks.
Knox throws the left hand but Sendou avoids the punch easily.
Knox goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Knox throws a sloppy body shot
and Knox takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sendou dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Knox. That did some damage!
Sendou displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Knox throws out the jab.
A nice side step and Sendou releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Knox missing with a left hand there. Sendou was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sendou throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Knox stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Sendou throws a jab but it's blocked by Knox.
And that's the end of the fight!
Iota Knox showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Knox has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight for Iota Knox!
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight for Iota Knox!
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight for Iota Knox!
Iota Knox wins by unanimous decision!
A very excited looking Iota Knox made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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