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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ace Knott (ranked 2997 p4p, 365 weight class) and Tony Vazzappo (ranked 3256 p4p, 386 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Great elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Ace Knott!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tony Vazzappo!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Alan Glass and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knott is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Vazzappo.
Vazzappo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Knott.
Vazzappo closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Vazzappo clinches with his opponent.
I was talking to Knott's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Knott.
Vazzappo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Vazzappo falls off balance throwing a combination
and Knott holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Vazzappo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Vazzappo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Vazzappo lands a nice uppercut.
Knott keeps control of Vazzappo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Vazzappo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Knott has him pressed against the ropes.
Knott gets through Vazzappo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knott tries a body shot but Vazzappo blocks it.
Vazzappo lands an uppercut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Vazzappo tries to circle away but Knott has him pinned against the ropes.
Vazzappo wants to break the clinch but can't.
Knott lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Vazzappo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Vazzappo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Knott has him pressed against the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Knott.
Knott has a couple of punches blocked by Vazzappo.
Vazzappo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A body shot lands from Vazzappo.
Vazzappo has a couple of punches blocked by Knott.
Knott blocks a body shot from Vazzappo.
Knott tries to stall but Vazzappo uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Knott swings wildly with an uppercut but Vazzappo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vazzappo is trying to push Knott away but Knott has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Knott keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Vazzappo's efforts to push away.
Vazzappo is trying to break the clinch but Knott has him pressed against the ropes.
A right hook to the body lands for Knott.
Knott throws a head punch that misses.
Vazzappo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Knott has him pressed against the ropes.
Knott lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Vazzappo swings wildly with an uppercut but Knott uses good head movement to avoid it.
Knott is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vazzappo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Knott struggles to land a body shot inside as Vazzappo controls his hands.
Knott lands with a light punch inside.
Vazzappo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Vazzappo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Knott misses with a punch on the inside.
Knott blocks a body shot from Vazzappo.
Knott misses with a short punch on the inside.
Vazzappo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Knott has Vazzappo pressed against the ropes, preventing Vazzappo from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Vazzappo scores with a nice hook to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knott working aggressively here.
Nice body punch from Knott.
Knott lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Vazzappo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Vazzappo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Knott has him pressed against the ropes.
Knott swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Vazzappo stalling in the clinch but Knott improves position.
Vazzappo stalling against the ropes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knott has a couple of punches blocked by Vazzappo.
Vazzappo struggles to land a body shot inside as Knott controls his hands.
Vazzappo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Knott digs a right hand into Vazzappo's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Vazzappo's gas tank.
Knott scores with a nice hook to the head.
Knott lands a hook that snaps the head of Vazzappo backwards.
Knott scores with a hook to the body.
Knott working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Vazzappo breaks from the clinch.
Knott gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Vazzappo wants to break free but Knott has control.
Knott goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Vazzappo.
Vazzappo breaks from the clinch.
Knott bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knott closes the distance and clinches.
Knott misses with some punches.
The referee is keeping an eye on Knott - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knott throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Vazzappo has had enough of the clinch but Knott keeps him there for the moment.
A nice right hand lands inside from Knott.
A hook to the body from Knott.
Vazzappo looks winded!
Vazzappo wants to stall.
Knott misses with a punch on the inside.
Vazzappo blocking some punches.
Vazzappo pushes Knott back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Vazzappo on the inside.
Vazzappo tries to circle away but Knott has him pinned against the ropes.
Vazzappo stalls.
Knott lands a body shot in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Knott fails to land.
Knott keeps control of Vazzappo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Still in the clinch, Knott scores with a nice short uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Knott.
Knott slowing the pace effectively.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ace Knott dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Vazzappo takes one on the button.
Knott closes the distance and clinches.
Knott is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A short right from Knott on the inside.
Knott lands with a light punch inside.
Vazzappo blocking some punches.
Vazzappo wants to break the clinch but can't.
Vazzappo blocking some punches.
Vazzappo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Knott takes a swing at Vazzappo's ribcage but misses.
Knott moves into range and clinches up with Vazzappo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Vazzappo misses with a punch to the body.
Vazzappo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Knott throws a punch but it's blocked by Vazzappo.
Ace Knott has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Knott lands a right hand.
Vazzappo is struggling to control the position.
Vazzappo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Knott fails to land.
Knott is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Vazzappo can do to turn this around?
Vazzappo prevents a body shot from Knott.
Knott misses with a hook to the ribs.
Vazzappo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Knott misses with a body shot.
Vazzappo appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Knott swings for the body but Vazzappo moves out of range.
Knott throws a body shot but no joy.
Knott darts in and clinches Vazzappo up against the ropes.
Knott can't find room to land a body shot as Vazzappo controls the action.
Vazzappo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Vazzappo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Knott moves into the clinch.
Vazzappo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Knotts head.
Knott tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Vazzappo lands a left hand.
Knott misses with some punches.
Vazzappo manages to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vazzappo tries to keep at a distance but Knott has taken the fight into the clinch.
Knott lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vazzappo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Knott closes the distance and clinches.
Knott is working Vazzappo over against the ropes.
Vazzappo wants to break the clinch but can't.
Knott has Vazzappo pressed against the ropes.
Vazzappo gets through Knott's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Vazzappo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A jab from Knott finds it's way through Vazzappo's defenses.
Knott gets tackled into the ropes by Vazzappo. Vazzappo maintains the clinch.
Vazzappo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Vazzappo wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Vazzappo breaks from the clinch.
Knott drives through and clinches with Vazzappo against the ropes.
Vazzappo misses with some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Vazzappo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Knott lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Vazzappo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Knott's elbow.
Knott tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Knott working aggressively here.
Knott misses with a short punch on the inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A head punch on the inside from Knott fails to land.
A nice right hand lands inside from Knott.
Knott has a couple of punches blocked by Vazzappo.
Knott is trying to stall.
Knott has a couple of punches blocked by Vazzappo.
A head punch on the inside from Knott fails to land.
Knott can't find room to land a body shot as Vazzappo controls the action.
Knott misses with a punch on the inside.
Knott scores with a shoulder strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knott stalling in the clinch but Vazzappo improves position.
Vazzappo breaks from the clinch.
Vazzappo moves into the clinch.
Knott makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Knott swings wildly with an uppercut but Vazzappo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Knott misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vazzappo's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Vazzappo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Knott swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Knott misses with a short punch on the inside.
Vazzappo blocking some punches.
Vazzappo wants to stall.
Knott swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Knott content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Vazzappo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Knott avoids it.
Vazzappo manages to break the clinch.
Knott clinches up with Vazzappo and pushes him back against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ace Knott dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
A combination from Vazzappo does no damage.
Knott has Vazzappo up against the ropes in a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Vazzappo's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Vazzappo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Knott has him pressed against the ropes.
Knott tries to throw a body punch but Vazzappo avoids it by throwing Knott back against the ropes.
Vazzappo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Knotts head.
A head punch on the inside from Vazzappo fails to land.
Knott working aggressively here.
Vazzappo wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Knott has him pressed against the ropes.
Knott misses with the head strike.
Vazzappo wants to break the clinch but can't.
Vazzappo digs a right hand into Knott's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Knott's gas tank.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knott swings wildly with an uppercut but Vazzappo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vazzappo manages to break the clinch.
Vazzappo has taken the fight to the clinch.
Knott scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Vazzappo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tony Vazzappo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knott loads up on a big right hand but Vazzappo slips the punch.
Vazzappo on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Knott lands a nice hook to Vazzappo's body. Vazzappo takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Knott gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Vazzappo blocks a body shot from Knott.
Vazzappo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Knott's elbow.
Vazzappo manages to break the clinch.
Knott throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Vazzappo throws a counter combo.
Knott closes the distance and clinches.
Knott working aggressively here.
Knott swings wildly with an uppercut but Vazzappo uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Vazzappo fails to land.
Vazzappo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Knott closes the distance and clinches.
Knott misses with a hook from the clinch.
Vazzappo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Knotts head.
Knott working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Vazzappo blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Knott.
Knott has a couple of punches blocked by Vazzappo.
Knott cracks Vazzappo with a nice body shot.
Vazzappo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Knott instigates a clinch.
Knott prevents Vazzappo from breaking the clinch.
Vazzappo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Knott moves into range and clinches up with Vazzappo.
Knott scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Vazzappo manages to break the clinch.
Knott cracks Vazzappo with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Knott throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Vazzappo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Knott closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
A frustrated look appears on Vazzappo's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Knott lands a body punch.
Vazzappo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The referee is keeping an eye on Knott - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Knott keeps control of Vazzappo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knott looking to slow down the pace here.
Vazzappo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Vazzappo is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.
Vazzappo avoiding damage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Vazzappo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Vazzappo working hard to break the clinch.
Nice body punch from Knott.
Knott prevents a body shot from Vazzappo.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Vazzappo tries to circle away but Knott has him pinned against the ropes.
Knott keeps control of Vazzappo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Vazzappo misses with the head strike.
Knott lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Knott.
Knott slows down the pace here.
A left hand lands to the body for Knott.
Tony Vazzappo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vazzappo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Vazzappo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Knott scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Vazzappo doesn't seem bothered though.
Vazzappo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Knott closes the distance and clinches.
Knott has a couple of punches blocked by Vazzappo.
Knott prevents a body shot from Vazzappo.
Knott lands with a right to the head.
Vazzappo throws a punch but it's blocked by Knott.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vazzappo misses with a punch to the body.
Knott taking a breather.
Vazzappo tries to land knees in the clinch but Knott avoids the damage to the body.
Knott tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Vazzappo throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Knott tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Vazzappo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ace Knott is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Knott struggles to land a body shot inside as Vazzappo controls his hands.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ace Knott showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Knott, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight for Ace Knott!
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight for Ace Knott!
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight for Ace Knott!
Ace Knott wins by unanimous decision!
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