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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Beta Knox (ranked 579 p4p, 890 weight class) and Emilio Rojas (ranked 73 p4p, 112 weight class). Knox comes to the cage accompanied by Anthrax | Fight Em Till You Can't. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Knox
vs
Rojas

172 cm
37
161
21 - 18 - 0

175 cm
36
168
20 - 16 - 0

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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 21 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Beta Knox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 16 - 0, fighting out of New York, Emilio Rojas!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Percy O'Donnell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rojas uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Knox.
Rojas throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Rojas takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Rojas throws a hook but Knox avoids it easily.
Emilio Rojas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rojas looks for the body kick but Knox saw that one coming.
Knox throws a big shot that misses.
Rojas looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Knox bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rojas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rojas looks for the body kick but Knox saw that one coming.
Knox throws a series of punches but Rojas moves out of range.
Rojas throws a sloppy head kick and Knox moves out of range easily.

Rojas gets caught napping as Knox dives in and scores a takedown. Rojas manages to retain guard.

Rojas pushes Knox off and gets back to his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rojas jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rojas misses with a body punch
and Knox counters with a nice uppercut.
Rojas moves away from the strike by Knox.
Rojas is looking for the big counter here.
Rojas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rojas blocks a jab.
Knox looks to score with a jab to the body but Rojas is just out of range.
Knox lunges at Rojas with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Rojas's hand.
Nice shot by Knox.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knox on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Knox fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rojas manages to avoid it.
A combination from Rojas does no damage.
Rojas scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Rojas throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Emilio Rojas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Knox throws a lazy right hand but Rojas sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rojas throws a looping overhand right but Knox ducks down to avoid it.
Knox looks to land a left hand but Rojas moved out of range nicely.
Knox throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Knox throws a big shot that misses.
Rojas swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Rojas defending well as Knox loads up on a big left hand.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Knox is defended easily by Rojas.
Knox lands with a cross.
We've been hearing reports that Knox has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Knox misses with a hook.
Rojas looks to throw the jab but Knox is out of range.
Knox lands with a straight right. Rojas didn't see that one coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rojas changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rojas lands a nice shot that snaps Knox's head back.
Rojas moves out of range as Knox strikes.
Rojas looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Knox fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
A big left from Knox misses.
Knox takes one to the side of the head.
Rojas is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Knox.
We've been informed that Rojas has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Knox lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Rojas at a distance.
Knox displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rojas throws out the jab.
Rojas drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Knox is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Rojas moves out of range as Knox strikes.
Knox misses with an uppercut. Rojas saw that one coming.
Knox scores with a jab. Rojas acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Knox with a lazy takedown attempt
letting Rojas counter with a right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Beta Knox. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rojas lands a right hook to the body.
A lazy left from Knox finds it's target.
Rojas scores with a decent looking hook.
Knox is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Rojas lands a jab to the head.
Rojas throws a head kick that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knox connects with a body shot that sends Rojas's belly button to the back.
Some wild striking there from Rojas.
Rojas displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Knox.
Donk. Knox catches Rojas right on the button with a cross.
Rojas is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Knox.
Rojas defending well as Knox loads up on a big left hand.

Knox shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

Rojas has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Knox is on him like a limpet, forcing Rojas back against the cage.

Rojas breaks from the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rojas cracks Knox with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Rojas stuffs the takedown attempt from Knox. Knox gets slowly back to his feet.
Knox misses with a wild combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rojas takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The crowd cheers as Rojas lands an impressive looking overhand right. Knox doesn't seem phased though.
Knox connects with a single shot there.
Knox closes this distance looking for a takedown but Rojas circles away.
Rojas unleashes a big counter combination but Knox bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Knox takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Rojas takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Rojas stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A big left from Rojas misses.
Rojas throws a hook but Knox avoids it easily.
Knox throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rojas counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Knox lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Nice jab there from Rojas.
Rojas misses with the combination.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Knox throws out a loose jab but Rojas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rojas throws a hook to the side of Knox's head but Knox sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Knox swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Knox throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Knox looks to land a right hand but Rojas moved out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Emilio Rojas will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Knox misses with a looping right.
Knox misses with a straight left.
Knox uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rojas.
Rojas takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Knox takes a swing at Rojas's ribcage but misses.
Rojas moves away from the strike by Knox.
Rojas throws a big shot that misses.
Knox bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Knox misses with a looping left.
A big left from Knox misses.
Rojas tests Knox's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Rojas swings widly with a right hand

and Knox counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Knox stops Rojas from getting back to his feet.
Knox scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knox seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Knox throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Rojas to regain full guard.
Knox postures up and lands a big shot to Rojas's brow.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Rojas pushes Knox off and gets back to his feet.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Knox.
Rojas is pushing Knox's head away, looking to escape. Knox manages to hold on to the position though.

Rojas bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Rojas with a nice cross.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rojas throws a jab but it's blocked by Knox.
Rojas throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Knox stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Knox jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rojas with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Knox to score with a decent uppercut.
Rojas misses with a straight right.
Emilio Rojas seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Knox misses with an uppercut.
Rojas swings widly with a right hand
letting Knox counter with a right hand.
Rojas scores with a jab to the jaw.
Knox tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rojas was well out of range. Poor timing from Knox.
Despite the aggression on Rojas's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Rojas on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Rojas misses with a body shot.
Knox will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Knox throws a shot from downtown. Rojas moves away and avoids it.
Rojas throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rojas ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rojas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rojas punishes Knox's body with a nice straight punch.
Nice straight punches there by Rojas. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Rojas.
Rojas staying out of range there.
Knox scores with a nice head shot.
Rojas defending well as Knox loads up on a big left hand.
Rojas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Knox.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knox lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Rojas swings for the body but Knox moves out of range.
Rojas scores with a head kick. Knox tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Knox throws out a loose jab but Rojas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rojas connects with a body shot.
Rojas throws a jab when Knox was well out of range.
Rojas cracks a nice hook into Knox's ribs.
Knox uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rojas.
Knox uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rojas.
Knox ducks under a wild hook from Rojas.
Knox scores with a jab. Rojas acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Rojas rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Knox counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Rojas jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Knox lands with a straight right. Rojas 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!
Knox lands a jab to the head.
Knox misses with an uppercut.
Knox ducks under a wild hook from Rojas.
Knox throws a big shot that misses.
Knox takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rojas. Knox does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rojas uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Knox.
Knox avoids the head kick by Rojas.
Knox lands with a nice body punch.
Rojas wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Knox lands a glancing blow to the side of Rojas's head.
Knox looks to throw the jab but Rojas is out of range.
Knox takes a swing at Rojas's ribcage but misses.
Knox throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rojas sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Knox is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rojas.
Knox takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Knox takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Rojas misses with a straight right.
Knox is looking to counter punch.
Rojas works Knox's body with a nice hook.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Knox waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rojas.
Rojas misses with a kick to the body
and Knox counters with a nice uppercut.
Knox slips a straight right by Rojas.
Rojas stuffs the takedown attempt from Knox. Knox gets slowly back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Emilio Rojas will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Knox's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Rojas uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Knox.
Knox throws a looping overhand right but Rojas ducks down to avoid it.
Rojas looks to land a right hand but Knox moved out of range.
Knox shoots in looking for a takedown. Rojas tries to sprawl out of it but Knox keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Rojas manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Rojas is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Knox with a body shot.
Knox thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rojas lands a nice shot to the body.
Rojas throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Knox stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Rojas throws a lazy right hand but Knox sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rojas ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Knox thows a left - swing and a miss!
Knox missing with a left hand there. Rojas was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knox shoots in but Rojas avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Rojas will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rojas misses with a wild body shot.
Knox moves out of range as Rojas strikes.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Rojas lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Knox has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Knox and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knox throws a big shot that misses.
Knox ducks under a wild hook from Rojas.
Rojas throws a hook to the side of Knox's head but Knox sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rojas looks to score with a jab to the body but Knox is just out of range.
Knox pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Knox misses with an uppercut.
Rojas staying out of range there.
Knox misses with an uppercut. Rojas saw that one coming.
Rojas keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Knox.
A nice side step and Rojas releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Rojas looks to land a left hand but Knox moved out of range nicely.
Rojas scores with the left hand. Knox knows he should have avoided that one.
Rojas has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A swing and a miss from Rojas.
Knox throws a shot from downtown. Rojas moves away and avoids it.
Knox misses with a double jab.
Rojas is trying to counter with his kicks.
Knox throws a looping overhand right but Rojas ducks down to avoid it.
Rojas misses with an uppercut.
Knox misses with a body shot.
Knox lands a jab to the nose.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knox slips under a jab from Rojas.
A swing and a miss from Rojas.
Knox went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Rojas looks for the body kick but Knox saw that one coming.
Rojas's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Knox connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Rojas scrambles back to his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knox slips a jab from Rojas.
Nice defenses there by Knox.
Rojas thows a left - swing and a miss!
Knox takes one to the chin there.
Knox staying out of range there.
Rojas ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Rojas ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Knox moves away.
Knox avoids the head kick by Rojas.
Nice cross by Rojas.
Rojas misses with a body kick.
Knox looks to land a right hand but Rojas moved out of range.
Knox throws a jab but it's blocked by Rojas.
Rojas slips a jab and a cross from Knox.
Rojas just misses with a punch to the body.
Rojas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Emilio Rojas is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knox digs a good hook to Rojas's body.
A jab from Knox does it's job there.
Rojas takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Rojas throws out a powerful jab.
Rojas pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rojas looks to throw a body kick
and Knox counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rojas lands with a nice combination. Knox backs away looking to recover.
Knox ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Knox throwing a counter right hand but Rojas manages to avoid it.
Rojas bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Beta Knox has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Knox misses with a hook.
Rojas throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rojas misses with a hook. Knox ducked under it nicely.
Knox paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A thudding body kick lands there by Rojas!
Rojas ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Knox scores with a nice head shot.
Knox blocks a jab.
Rojas tries a head kick but it misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knox pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rojas is looking for the big counter here.
Knox throws a hook but Rojas blocks it.
Good standup being displayed there by Knox as he connects with a hook.
Knox avoids the body shot from Rojas.
An attempted straight right counter from Knox misses the target.
Rojas ducks under a wild hook from Knox.
Rojas slips a straight right by Knox.
Knox throws a body shot but no joy.
Knox throws an overhand right that lands on Rojas's shoulder, as Rojas tries to avoid the shot.
A jab from Knox misses.
Rojas slips a jab from Knox.
Rojas throws a hook but Knox avoids it easily.
It looked like Knox wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Rojas throws a hook but Knox avoids it easily.
Rojas moves out of range of the strikes.
Knox slips a straight right by Rojas.
Knox uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rojas.
Knox defending well as Rojas loads up on a big left hand.
Rojas moves away from the strike by Knox.
Rojas thinks about the counter body kick.
Rojas bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Knox's head backwards.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Emilio Rojas.
Well Rojas has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Emilio Rojas!
A very excited looking Emilio Rojas 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.