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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Porthos Knox (ranked 721 p4p, 1212 weight class) and Uniesky Santaban (ranked 109 p4p, 177 weight class). Knox comes to the cage accompanied by One Step Closer | Linkin Park. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 10 - 2, fighting out of London, Porthos Knox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Uniesky Santaban!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Dean Styles and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Santaban.
Santaban thows a leg kick but Knox checks it
letting Knox counter with a right hand.
Santaban thows a left - swing and a miss!
Knox throwing a counter right hand but Santaban manages to avoid it.
Knox swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Santaban listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Knox misses the jab.
Knox loads up on a big right hand but Santaban slips the punch.
Santaban takes the fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knox taking a breather.
Santaban jumps guard but Knox turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Knox breaks the clinch.
Santaban dips to his left and cracks Knox with an uppercut!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knox swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Knox cracks Santaban with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Knox thows a left - swing and a miss!
Knox scores with a shot to the body.
Knox throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Knox comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Some wild striking there from Santaban.
Knox swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Santaban makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Santaban throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santaban throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A counter left hand to the body from Knox misses its target.
Knox showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Santaban.
Knox throws a series of strikes that have Santaban backpedaling.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knox misses the jab.
Santaban only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Santaban is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Santaban avoids the body shot from Knox.
Knox misses with a hook.
Knox misses with a looping right.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knox takes a swing at Santaban's ribcage but misses.
Santaban raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Knox throws a body punch but Santaban moves out of range.
Santaban is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Knox thuds a left hand into Santaban's body.
Santaban throws a shot from downtown. Knox moves away and avoids it.
Knox lands a nice shot to the body.
Santaban throws a predictable looking body shot
and Knox counters with a right hand to the body.
Knox scores with a shot to the body.
Santaban misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Knox appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Knox throws a body shot but no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santaban takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Knox throws a poor cross that misses
and Santaban counters with a nice leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Santaban takes a swing at Knox's ribcage but misses.
Santaban swings for the body but Knox moves out of range.
Knox throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Knox takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Knox looks to throw the jab but Santaban is out of range.
Santaban swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Knox misses with a hook.
Knox changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Knox looks to score with a jab to the body but Santaban is just out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Porthos Knox dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Knox scores with a shot to the body.
Porthos Knox seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Santaban has Knox up against the cage in a clinch.
Santaban manages to break the clinch.
Knox changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice body punch from Knox.
Knox throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Santaban uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Knox.
Santaban looks like he wants to counter punch here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santaban ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Knox moves away.
Knox tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Santaban manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Knox keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knox misses with a wild body shot.
Santaban slips under a jab from Knox.
Knox misses with a jab to the body
and Santaban counters with a leg kick then a big left hand that sends Knox down! Santaban is looking to finish but Knox is intelligently defending himself.
Knox is rocked!
Santaban's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Oh Knox is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Knox wants to sweep here but Santaban controlling him for the moment.
Knox seems to have got his legs back now.
Knox has control of Santaban's left arm, preventing Santaban from doing any damage.
Santaban gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Knox connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knox closes the distance and clinches.
Santaban manages to break the clinch.
Knox just misses with a punch to the body.
Knox takes a swing at Santaban's ribcage but misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Santaban! But no joy.
Knox misses the shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A swing and a miss from Knox.
Santaban misses with an uppercut. Knox saw that one coming.
Santaban throws a left and a right that both miss
and Knox connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Knox swings widly with a right hand
and Santaban counters with a slapping leg kick.
Knox throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knox throws a lazy uppercut
and Santaban counters with a nice leg kick.
Nice jab there from Knox.
Santaban misses with a left hand
letting Knox counter with a right hand.
Porthos Knox is winning the standup battle so far.
Santaban takes one on the button.
Knox digs a good body shot into Santaban's ribs.
Santaban ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Uniesky Santaban is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Santaban looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Knox checks a leg kick.
Santaban keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santaban throws a body punch but Knox moves out of range.
Knox tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Santaban was well out of range. Poor timing from Knox.
Danga de danga de dang - Santaban scores with a four punch combination!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knox fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Santaban slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Santaban throws a lazy uppercut
and Knox counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Santaban ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Knox moves away.
Santaban takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Santaban lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Uniesky Santaban will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Knox tests Santaban's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Santaban misses with a straight left.
Knox misses with a wild body shot.
Santaban cracks Knox's jaw with two stiff jabs then ducks low and throws a soul-severing right uppercut to the mouth!! Knox slumps to the ground with blood on his lips. The referee steps in before Santaban can do further damage! This one is done, son!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:25 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Uniesky Santaban!
Uniesky Santaban thanked the fans post fight for their support.
Porthos 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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hype
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