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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kenny Blankenship (ranked 2008 p4p, 2538 weight class) and Matthew Clark (ranked 159 p4p, 189 weight class). Blankenship comes to the cage accompanied by MXC Most Extreme Challenge. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kenny Blankenship!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Matthew Clark!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Phil Schofield and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blankenship dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Blankenship gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Clark.
Clark throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Blankenship stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nice straight punches there by Blankenship. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Blankenship.
Blankenship scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Clark throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Blankenship seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Blankenship closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Blankenship lands a shoulder strike.
Clark working aggressively here.
Blankenship prevents a body shot from Clark.
Clark lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Blankenship lands a left hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Clark lands a body punch in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Blankenship scores with a nice short uppercut.
Blankenship throws a knee to the head but misses.
Blankenship prevents a body shot from Clark.
Clark fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Blankenship gets through Clark's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Clark blocks an uppercut.
Blankenship is leaning against Clark and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Clark is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Clark throws a head punch that misses.
Clark breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blankenship is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Blankenship has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Blankenship there as he acknowledges the shot.
Clark jabs at Blankenship's body.
Clark scores with a hook to the body. Blankenship takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Clark takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Clark ducks under a wild hook from Blankenship.
A nice side step and Clark releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Blankenship throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Clark throws a hook to the side of Blankenship's head but Blankenship sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Blankenship throws a jab when Clark was well out of range.
Matthew Clark seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Clark lands the left hand.
Blankenship scores with a jab to the body.
Clark connects with a body shot that sends Blankenship's belly button to the back.
Blankenship tries to close the distance and clinch but Clark swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Clark lands a slapping body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blankenship misses with a hook
and Clark counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Clark throws a body punch but Blankenship moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blankenship missing with a left hand there. Clark was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Clark looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Blankenship looks to land a left hand but Clark moved out of range nicely.
Clark looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Blankenship swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Clark fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Blankenship looks to land a right hand but Clark moved out of range.
Blankenship ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A swing and a miss from Clark.
The fight stays on the outside here - Blankenship looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Clark lands a jab to Blankenship's midsection.
Blankenship slips a straight right by Clark.
Blankenship appears to be looking for a big counter.
Blankenship throws a one two combo.
Blankenship ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Blankenship has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Blankenship there as he acknowledges the shot.
Clark moves away from the strike by Blankenship.
Blankenship misses with a body shot.
Clark looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Blankenship lands an impressive looking overhand right. Clark doesn't seem phased though.
Clark has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Blankenship changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Blankenship misses the shot to the body.
Blankenship misses with an uppercut.
Clark misses with a jab, cross combination.
Clark with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Clark gets tackled into the cage by Blankenship. Blankenship maintains the clinch.
Blankenship misses with some punches.
Clark is working Blankenship over against the cage.
Clark doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Blankenship tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Clark's elbow.
Blankenship missing with knees to the body.
Clark lands a hook that snaps the head of Blankenship backwards.
Clark throws a punch but it's blocked by Blankenship.
Clark misses with a hook from the clinch.
Blankenship misses with a body punch.
Blankenship crunches a lovely knee into Clark's ribcage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Clark scores with a shot to the side of Blankenship's head.
Clark misses with a hook to the ribs.
Blankenship tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Clark's elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Blankenship fails to land.
Clark blocks a body shot from Blankenship.
Blankenship can't find room to land a body shot as Clark controls the action.
Blankenship landing knees to the head.
Clark is rocked!
It looks like Matthew Clark has been cut.
Blankenship gets through Clark's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Clark is still on wobbly legs! Can Blankenship finish him?
Blankenship scores a nice knee to the body.
Clark misses with a short punch on the inside.
Clark tries to throw a body punch but Blankenship avoids it by throwing Clark back against the cage.
Clark swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Blankenship misses with a body punch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Blankenship.
Blankenship lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Blankenship utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Clark.
Blankenship is working Clark over against the cage.
Clark looks winded!
Blankenship lands a shot to the body.
A short uppercut from Blankenship.
Blankenship tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Blankenship misses with a knee to the head.
Blankenship crunches a lovely knee into Clark's ribcage.
Blankenship working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Blankenship presses Clark against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Clark doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Blankenship lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A body shot lands from Blankenship.
Blankenship misses with a knee to the head.
A short left from Blankenship.
Blankenship lands a big knee! That's hurt Clark! Oh, he's all over the place! Blankenship lands another knee that sends Clark to the floor and the referee steps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kenny Blankenship!
A relieved looking Kenny Blankenship thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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hype
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