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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yardbird Knox (ranked 64 p4p, 106 weight class) and Pauke Murhapuro (ranked 10 p4p, 18 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Knox might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Now's The Time | Charlie Parker. Yardbird Knox has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Yardbird Knox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pauke Murhapuro!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yukihiro Shimada and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murhapuro uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Knox.
A little jabbing left from Murhapuro on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Murhapuro with a nice calf kick.
A punch lands to the side of Murhapuro 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Knox scores with a crisp jab that stopped Murhapuro in his tracks.
Knox misses the jab.
Knox stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Murhapuro.
Knox has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Underground Rio in the buildup to the fight.
Murhapuro keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Murhapuro.
Murhapuro is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Knox knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knox prevents Murhapuro from improving position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murhapuro looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Murhapuro is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Knox knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Murhapuro wants to control but Knox is keeping him busy.
Murhapuro tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Murhapuro is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Knox knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Knox tries to improve position but can't.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Murhapuro is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Knox knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Murhapuro is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Knox is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murhapuro tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Knox can't do much from the bottom here.
Murhapuro in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Knox is tapping! That's the end of the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Pauke Murhapuro!
Yardbird Knox spoke after the fight, saying 'If you haven't lost in this
sport, you haven't fought the right guys yet. (Matt Hughes) '.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
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