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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jason Knight (ranked 2506 p4p, 3509 weight class) and Ares Praetorian (ranked 317 p4p, 424 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Praetorian's choice of entrance music: Azure Eagles Soaring. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Jason Knight!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ares Praetorian!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Konstantin Menshow and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knight misses with a shot to the body
and Praetorian counters with a three punch combo that has Knight backing up. Knight nods at Praetorian to acknowledge the strikes.
Praetorian misses with a looping right.
Praetorian has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Knight is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Praetorian's jab looks to have found its range, popping Knight under the eye.
Praetorian dodges the punch combination from Knight.
Knight loads up on a big right hand but Praetorian slips the punch.
Knight has closed the distance and engaged Praetorian in a clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Praetorian.
Praetorian breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Praetorian throws a sloppy head kick and Knight moves out of range easily.
Praetorian avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Praetorian throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Praetorian moves out of range of the strikes.
Praetorian changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knight tests Praetorian's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Knight lands with a nice combination. Praetorian backs away looking to recover.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knight lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Praetorian jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Knight is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Knight comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Praetorian misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Knight.
Knight throws an off balance right hand
and Knight takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A slow jab from Knight misses its intended target.
Knight is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Knight is looking to clinch but Praetorian is avoiding it.
A little jabbing left from Praetorian on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Knight fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Praetorian looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Praetorian takes a swing at Knight's ribcage but misses.
Knight was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Knight connects with a nice looking jab.
Knight lands with an uppercut that bounces Praetorian off the cage and back into range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knight connects with a body shot.
Nice uppercut lands for Praetorian. That snapped Knight's head back.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knight waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Praetorian.
Knight looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Praetorian circles away from the clinch attempt.
Knight throws a hook to the side of Praetorian's head but Praetorian sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Praetorian doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Knight lands a nice looking body shot.
Knight ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jason Knight seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Praetorian misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Knight.
Knight misses with a hook.
Knight displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Praetorian throws out the jab.
Knight moves into range and clinches up with Praetorian.
Knight blocks an uppercut.
Praetorian escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Praetorian gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Knight.
Knight scores with a nice right hand.
Praetorian circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Praetorian keeps the fight on the outside.
Knight slips under a jab from Praetorian.
Praetorian drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Praetorian walks into a left hand.
Knight throws a series of punches but Praetorian moves out of range.
Knight scores with a crisp jab that stopped Praetorian in his tracks.
Praetorian lands with a cross.
Knight throws a shot from downtown. Praetorian moves away and avoids it.
Knight tries to clinch but Praetorian moves out of range.
Praetorian looks to score with a jab to the body but Knight is just out of range.
Knight has Praetorian up against the cage in a clinch.
Praetorian breaks the clinch.
Knight misses with a straight right.
Praetorian keeps the fight on the outside.
Knight wants to clinch.
Praetorian throws out a counter right but Knight avoids it with no problem.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Praetorian connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Knight momentarily.
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!
Knight avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Knight is looking to counter punch.
Praetorian throws a body punch but Knight moves out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Knight.
Knight just misses with a punch to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Praetorian.
Knight takes a swing at Praetorian's ribcage but misses.
Praetorian swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A swing and a miss from Knight.
No joy there for Praetorian, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Praetorian scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Knight works Praetorian's body with a nice hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Jason Knight will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Praetorian drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Jason Knight is winning the standup battle so far.
Praetorian looks to clinch
and Knight counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Knight scores with a nice right hand.
Praetorian throws a head kick but Knight moves out of range.
Knight misses with a few strikes there.
Knight tries to close the distance and clinch but Praetorian swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Praetorian circles away from the clinch attempt.
Knight has closed the distance and engaged Praetorian in a clinch.
Praetorian breaks from the clinch.
Praetorian dips to his left and cracks Knight with an uppercut!
Knight closes the distance and clinches.
Knight lands a right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Knight.
Knight cracks Praetorian with a nice body shot.
Praetorian misses with the head strike.
Praetorian blocks a body shot from Knight.
Praetorian breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Knight blocks a head kick by Praetorian.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Praetorian ducks under a wild hook from Knight.
Knight swinging wildly here.
Sloppy strikes from Knight. Those never looked like landing.
The fighters circling - Knight throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Knight has taken the fight to the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Knight.
Praetorian escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Knight keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Knight avoids a punch combination nicely.
Knight lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Knight lands a really nice looking cross but Praetorian seems unphased.
Praetorian avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Praetorian throws out a counter right but Knight avoids it with no problem.
Praetorian throws a leg kick
and Knight counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knight tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Praetorian was well out of range. Poor timing from Knight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Praetorian with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Knight to score with a decent uppercut.
Praetorian takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Praetorian is rocked!
Knight drops Praetorian with a huge uppercut! Praetorian drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Knight is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jason Knight!
An out of breath Jason Knight thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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hype
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