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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Bronco (ranked 773 p4p, 101 weight class) and Bobby Knuckles (ranked 1569 p4p, 204 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Johnny Bronco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bobby Knuckles!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Vladimir Khabensky and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knuckles ducks under a wild hook from Bronco.
Bronco takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Knuckles.
A cross from Bronco lands.
Bronco throws a hook but Knuckles avoids it easily.
Knuckles feints a counter leg kick.
Bronco misses with a few strikes there.
Knuckles has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Bronco drives through and clinches with Knuckles against the cage.
Knuckles working aggressively here.
Knuckles lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bronco misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bronco lands a nice uppercut.
Knuckles misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Knuckles.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Knuckles breaks from the clinch.
Bronco misses the shot to the body.
Knuckles connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Knuckles looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bronco misses with a wild combination.
It seemed like Knuckles was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bronco misses with a hook
and Knuckles counters with a right hand to the body.
Bronco throws a hook to the side of Knuckles's head but Knuckles sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bronco misses with a combination
and Knuckles counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Bronco throws a hook to the side of Knuckles's head but Knuckles sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Knuckles blocks a jab.
Johnny Bronco seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bronco throws the left hand but Knuckles avoids the punch easily.
Knuckles was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Bronco uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Knuckles.
Knuckles moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Bronco takes a swing at Knuckles's ribcage but misses.
Bronco pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Knuckles let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Bronco misses with a double jab
and Knuckles counters with a nice body kick.
Bronco throws a right hand that misses
and Knuckles counters with a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knuckles lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Bronco swings widly with a right hand
and Knuckles counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knuckles lands with a cross.
Knuckles misses with an attempted mid kick.
Knuckles scores with a jab to the body.
Bronco digs a good body shot into Knuckles's ribs.
Bronco misses with a lunging right hand
and Knuckles makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Bronco misses with a right hand
and Knuckles counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Knuckles throws a nice inside leg kick.
Knuckles throws a half hearted mid kick.
Bronco throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Knuckles.
Bronco loads up on a big right hand but Knuckles slips the punch.
Bronco looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Knuckles lands an overhand right.
Bronco with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The fighters circling - Bronco throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bronco looks to score with a jab to the body but Knuckles is just out of range.
Bronco misses with a looping right.
Bronco throws a poor cross that misses
and Knuckles counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Bronco thinking.
Knuckles throws a quick inside leg kick.
Knuckles throws a nice outside leg kick.
Bronco rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Knuckles counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Knuckles keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bronco.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Knuckles! But no joy.
Bronco takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Bronco scores with a jab. Knuckles acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Bronco looks to clinch
and Knuckles counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Knuckles throws a nice inside leg kick.
Bronco misses with a looping left.
Knuckles throws out a counter right but Bronco avoids it with no problem.
Bronco is looking to clinch but Knuckles is avoiding it.
Bronco throws a body shot but no joy.
Knuckles looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Bronco is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Knuckles's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Nice cross by Bronco.
That's four 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!
Bronco walks into a stiff left hand from Knuckles.
Knuckles fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Bronco lands a jab to Knuckles's midsection.
Knuckles thuds his right hand into Bronco's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Bronco missing with a left hand there. Knuckles was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Knuckles moves out of range of the strikes.
Knuckles is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Bronco with a body shot.
Good standup being displayed there by Bronco as he connects with a hook.
Bronco misses with a jab to the body
and Knuckles counters with a nice leg kick.
Knuckles tries to keep at a distance but Bronco has taken the fight into the clinch.
Knuckles digs a right hand into Bronco's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bronco's gas tank.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bronco blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bronco tries to throw a body punch but Knuckles avoids it by throwing Bronco back against the cage.
Knuckles throws a head punch that misses.
Knuckles swings wildly with an uppercut but Bronco uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bobby Knuckles dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Bronco gets a clinch.
Knuckles lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bronco backwards.
A shot in the inside from Bronco.
Bronco misses with a punch to the body.
Knuckles blocks a body shot from Bronco.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Knuckles creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bronco tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bronco blocks an uppercut.
Knuckles escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Knuckles connects with the punch.
Bronco has Knuckles up against the cage in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bronco doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Knuckles lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bobby Knuckles seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bronco.
Bronco tries to throw a body punch but Knuckles avoids it by throwing Bronco back against the cage.
Bronco can't find room to land a body shot as Knuckles controls the action.
Knuckles doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bronco tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Knuckles's elbow.
Knuckles has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bronco tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Knuckles's elbow.
A short right from Knuckles.
Bronco misses with a hook to the ribs.
Knuckles breaks the clinch.
Bronco gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Nice body punch from Bronco.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Knuckles.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bronco creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Knuckles working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bronco misses with a body punch.
Knuckles pushes Bronco back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Knuckles tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Knuckles escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bronco misses with a shot to the body
enabling Knuckles to counter with a crisp jab.
Knuckles walks into a stiff left hand from Bronco.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bronco misses the shot to the body.
Bronco swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Knuckles has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Bronco misses its intended target.
Bronco takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Knuckles lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Bronco on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Bronco walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Bronco misses with an uppercut
and Knuckles cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Knuckles cracks a nice hook into Bronco's ribs.
Bronco missing with a left hand there. Knuckles was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Knuckles lands a nice looking body shot.
Bronco tries to clinch up but Knuckles circles away and keeps his distance.
Knuckles throws a low kick but Bronco avoids it.
Bronco swinging wildly here.
Knuckles lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bronco misses with a left hand
and Bronco takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bronco tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Knuckles was well out of range. Poor timing from Bronco.
Bronco misses with a body punch
and Knuckles counters with a straight right hand.
Bronco falls off balance throwing a combination
and Knuckles counters with a right hand to the body.
Bronco fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Bronco tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Knuckles counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bronco tries to close the distance and clinch but Knuckles swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A countering left hand to the body from Knuckles misses.
Knuckles drops his hands momentarily and Bronco takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Bobby Knuckles seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Knuckles feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bronco's calf.
Knuckles moves away from the strike by Bronco.
Knuckles appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Knuckles paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A big right from Bronco misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bronco throws a right hand that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
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!
A big right from Bronco misses.
Bronco is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Bronco throws a poor cross that misses
and Knuckles counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bronco throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bronco with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Knuckles to score with a decent uppercut.
Bronco throws a right hand that misses
and Knuckles counters with a stiff right hand.
Knuckles throws a low kick, looking for Bronco's leg but Bronco calmly moves out of range.
A jab from Bronco misses.
Knuckles delivers a nice body kick.
Bronco misses with a hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Knuckles. Bronco does a little dance to reset his feet.
Knuckles lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Bronco throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Knuckles counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Bronco thinking.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice shot lands for Knuckles.
Bronco throws the left hand but Knuckles avoids the punch easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bobby Knuckles showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Bronco's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!
Knuckles lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Knuckles cracks a nice hook into Bronco's ribs.
Bronco takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Knuckles moves out of range of the strikes.
Knuckles scores with a leg kick.
Knuckles misses with a body kick.
A good leg kick by Knuckles.
Knuckles wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Bronco chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Knuckles can pounce on him.
Bronco misses with a left hand
and Knuckles counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bronco stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Knuckles.
Bronco misses with a lunging right hand
and Knuckles counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bronco drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Knuckles fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Bronco drives through and clinches with Knuckles against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bronco misses with a punch on the inside.
Knuckles breaks from the clinch.
Bronco misses with a body shot.
Knuckles throws out a counter right but Bronco avoids it with no problem.
Bronco throws a poor cross that misses
letting Knuckles counter with a right hand.
Knuckles slips under a jab.
Bronco looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Knuckles moves away from the strike by Bronco.
Bronco looks to land a combination but Knuckles avoids it well.
Knuckles fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A good leg kick by Knuckles.
Knuckles scores with a spinning back kick!
A looping hook to the body misses from Knuckles. Bronco does a little dance to reset his feet.
Knuckles with a nice cross.
Knuckles stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Bronco takes a swing at Knuckles's ribcage but misses.
Johnny Bronco has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bronco tries to clinch but Knuckles moves away
and Knuckles counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Bronco thinking.
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!
Bronco looks to throw the jab but Knuckles is out of range.
Knuckles throws out a powerful jab.
Knuckles fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Knuckles ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Knuckles only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Knuckles moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Bronco lands a nice shot that snaps Knuckles's head back.
Bobby Knuckles is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
A slapping body kick lands there for Knuckles.
Knuckles fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bronco.
An inside leg kick lands from Knuckles.
Bronco has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Knuckles has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
It looks like Bobby Knuckles has been cut.
Knuckles keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A cross from Knuckles lands.
Bronco will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Knuckles stuns Bronco with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bronco misses with an uppercut
and Knuckles counters with a nice body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bronco. Knuckles does a little dance to reset his feet.
Knuckles appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Bronco misses with a combination
and Knuckles counters with a nice body shot.
Bronco takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Knuckles cracks Bronco with an open hand slap.
A shot to the body from Bronco misses
and Knuckles counters with a solid body kick.
Knuckles lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Knuckles delivers a nice body kick.
Knuckles connects with a jab.
Bronco throws a series of punches but Knuckles moves out of range.
Knuckles lands with a kick to the temple. Bronco shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bronco moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Nice jab there from Knuckles.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bronco misses with an uppercut.
Knuckles swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A jab from Knuckles finds it's way through Bronco's defenses.
Bronco throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Knuckles scores with a jab.
Bronco lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Knuckles circles away quickly and effectively.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bronco stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Knuckles.
Bronco throws out a loose jab but Knuckles uses good head movement to avoid it.
Knuckles throws out a counter right but Bronco avoids it with no problem.
Bronco misses with a right hand
and Knuckles counters with a straight right hand.
Knuckles connects with a leg kick. Bronco looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Bronco swings widly with a right hand
and Knuckles counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice body punch from Knuckles.
Bronco scores with a punch to the head.
Bronco throws a big shot that misses.
Knuckles tries a quick counter leg kick but Bronco is wise to it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bobby Knuckles comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Knuckles winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 27:30
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bobby Knuckles!
During a confident post fight interview, Bobby Knuckles thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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