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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jacks Sole (ranked 1315 p4p, 1160 weight class) and John Knox (ranked 187 p4p, 166 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Cardio machine |
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Excellent 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 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jacks Sole!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Knox!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Alyssa Summers and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knox uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sole.
Knox throws a body punch but Sole moves out of range.
Sole displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Knox throws out the jab.
Sole quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Sole uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Knox.
A good leg kick by Sole.
That kick from Sole tenderised Knox's leg. Knox is trying to keep his angry face on.
Knox throws a body punch but Sole moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Knox. Sole does a little dance to reset his feet.
Knox throws out a loose jab but Sole uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sole gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Sole connects with a leg kick.
Sole throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Sole pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Knox throws out a counter right but Sole avoids it with no problem.
Knox looks to throw the jab but Sole is out of range.
Sole thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Knox if he has to take too many more of those.
Knox throws a big shot that misses.
Sole throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Knox listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Sole misses with an attempted mid kick.
Sole connects with a leg kick.
Sole keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sole scores with a kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sole connects with a solid leg kick.
That kick from Sole tenderised Knox's leg. Knox is trying to keep his angry face on.
Knox tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sole was well out of range. Poor timing from Knox.
Sole tries to clinch but Knox is having none of it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Sole turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Sole uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Knox.
Knox lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sole at a distance.
Knox cracks Sole with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Sole is looking to land body kicks.
John Knox seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Knox has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sole.
Knox is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Sole connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Knox feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Soles jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Sole definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Knox swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sole tries to counter by clinching up but Knox breaks away and moves out of range.
Knox looks to throw the jab but Sole is out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Good leg kick by Sole.
Sole lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That kick from Sole tenderised Knox's leg. Knox is trying to keep his angry face on.
Sole tries to work over Knox's front leg with a kick but Knox checks it.
Knox throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Knox looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sole lands a nice looking kick to the body. Knox takes a step back to recover.
Sole is looking to slow Knox down with leg kicks.
Sole darts in and clinches Knox up against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Sole scores with a nice short uppercut.
Knox scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sole lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sole misses with a knee to the head.
Sole throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sole misses with an elbow strike.
Knox takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sole lands an elbow just above Knox 's eye.
Knox is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Knox tries to throw a body punch but Sole avoids it by throwing Knox back against the cage.
Sole looking to throw knees to the head but Knox is blocking nicely.
Knox tries to work over Sole's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sole lands a good knee to the midsection. Knox won't want to take too many of those.
Sole blocking some punches.
Sole lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sole lands an elbow just above Knox 's eye.
It looks like John Knox has been cut.
Knox struggles to land a body shot inside as Sole controls his hands.
Knox's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sole lands an elbow just above Knox 's eye.
Knox misses with a body punch.
Sole lands a damaging elbow.
Knox looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sole gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sole lands an elbow that stopped Knox in his tracks for a moment.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sole.
Knox on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Knox's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Knox misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sole throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Knox avoids a wild elbow strike from Sole.
Knox misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sole tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sole gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Knox is trying to push Sole away but Sole has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Knox blocking some punches.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sole just misses with a elbow thrown towards Knox's brow.
Knox working hard to break the clinch.
Sole gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Knox throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knox blocks an elbow strike from Sole.
Knox throws a head punch that misses.
Knox tries a body shot but Sole blocks it.
Sole lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Knox lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sole or not.
Knox tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sole's elbow.
Knox digs a right hand into Sole's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Sole's gas tank.
Sole lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sole misses with an elbow over the top.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sole.
Sole throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sole lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Knox lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sole connects with a nasty looking knee right to Knox's face.
Knox blocks an elbow strike.
Sole pushes off an throws an elbow but Knox leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sole lands an elbow that stopped Knox in his tracks for a moment.
Knox lands a right hand.
Sole throws an elbow but it misses.
Sole tries to land knees in the clinch but Knox avoids the damage to the body.
Knox can't break the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jacks Sole dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Knox's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Knox swings widly with a right hand
and Sole counters with an outside leg kick.
A jab from Knox misses.
Knox throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sole sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Knox ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sole moves away.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Sole - that will leave a mark!
Sole connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sole.
Sole displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Knox throws out the jab.
Sole seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Knox thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sole throws a low kick but Knox avoids it.
Sole uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Knox.
Sole connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Knox moves out of range of the body kick.
Knox is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Sole with a body shot.
Knox swinging wildly here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sole moves away from the strike by Knox.
Knox looks to score with a jab to the body but Sole is just out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Sole.
Knox tries to keep at a distance but Sole has taken the fight into the clinch.
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!
Sole pushes off an throws an elbow but Knox leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sole landing knees to the head.
Sole misses with an elbow over the top.
Knox blocks the elbow strike.
Sole misses with an elbow strike.
Knox takes an elbow to the forehead.
Knox takes an elbow to the forehead.
Knox lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sole pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Jacks Sole has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Sole lands an elbow just above Knox 's eye.
Knox has had enough of the clinch but Sole keeps him there for the moment.
Sole has Knox pressed against the cage, preventing Knox from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Knox blocks the elbow strike.
Knox takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sole lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sole misses with an elbow over the top.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knox takes a knee to the side of the body.
Knox is breathing heavily.
Knox takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sole tries to throw a body punch but Knox avoids it by throwing Sole back against the cage.
Knox has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sole gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Sole.
Sole lands a hook to the side of the head.
Knox has a couple of punches blocked by Sole.
Sole misses with a knee to the head.
Sole is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Knox can do to turn this around?
Knox tries to break free but Sole pushes him back against the cage.
Sole looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Knox tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sole pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Knox doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A body shot lands from Knox.
Knox goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sole prevents Knox from breaking the clinch.
Sole misses with an elbow over the top.
Sole with a knee to the head.
Knox takes an elbow to the temple.
Knox misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sole lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sole lands a nice elbow.
Sole lands an elbow just above Knox 's eye.
Sole tries to land knees in the clinch but Knox avoids the damage to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knox avoids the elbow strike from Sole, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Knox.
Knox misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Knox goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nice elbow from Sole.
Knox is rocked!
Knox avoids the elbow strike from Sole, against the cage.
Knox is still on wobbly legs! Can Sole finish him?
Knox blocks the elbow strike.
Sole has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles Knox - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from Sole, and another! Knox is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Jacks Sole!
Jacks Sole decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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hype
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