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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lars Bishop (ranked 3155 p4p, 3026 weight class) and Patrick Knight (ranked 382 p4p, 367 weight class). Patrick Knight will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Lars Bishop!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Patrick Knight!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Franklyn Lucas and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bishop shoots in and drives through. Knight sprawls well.
Knight looks to land a combination. Bishop sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
It looks like Lars Bishop has been cut.
Bishop tries to score a power double leg takedown but Knight sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Bishop somewhat.
Bishop shoots in looking for a takedown. Knight tries to sprawl out of it but Bishop keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Knight manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lars Bishop. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Knight closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bishop changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Knight fights it off and pushes away nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knight closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Knight with the ground and pound but Bishop uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Knight prevents Bishop from getting back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bishop is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Knight must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Bishop has Knight pulled in close to control his posture.
Bishop looking to control.
Knight trying to control the position from guard on top but Bishop is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bishop working a defensive guard here.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Bishop on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Bishop tries to get out of the position.
Knight trying to control but Bishop is working from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Bishop gets the takedown into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knight is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Bishop working the ground and pound.
Knight has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Knight takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Knight is not content to let Bishop control the position.
Bishop working the body and head with strikes.
Bishop lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Knight is trying to buck Bishop off.
Bishop has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Bishop lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Knight down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knight is working to avoid the ground and pound but Bishop connects with a decent elbow.
Knight can't do much from the bottom here.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Bishop lands an elbow.
Bishop lands a big elbow and you can see that really hurt Knight! Bishop senses the opportunity and scores with more strikes - he's put Knight out! The ref tackles him out of the way to prevent him landing more strikes - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Lars Bishop!
Lars Bishop is the new heavyweight champion!
After winning the bout, Lars Bishop thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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