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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Deshawn Mcknight (ranked 4020 p4p, 4323 weight class) and Horvath Balazs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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187 cm 25 180 0 - 0 - 0 |
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195 cm 19 180 2 - 0 - 0 |
Good wrestling Basic striking KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt Counter fighter Solid chin |
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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Deshawn Mcknight! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Horvath Balazs! The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Peter Branson and David Hoff.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Mcknight fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Balazs sprawls well initially but Mcknight persists and gets the takedown into half guard. Mcknight keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action. Balazs wants to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Balazs trying to control but Mcknight postures up.
Balazs has hold of Mcknight's hands but Mcknight slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow. Well, if Mcknight is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Mcknight winds up and cracks Balazs with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round. Mcknight sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Balazs defending well though. Mcknight is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position. Mcknight tries to pass the half guard into mount. Balazs knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt. Mcknight slows the pace down in half guard. Mcknight scores with a couple of good hammerfists. Mcknight drops an elbow to the side of Balazs's head. Mcknight not doing much here.
Ground and pound from Mcknight.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Mcknight scoring with strikes to the body and head. Mcknight 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. Mcknight lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears. Mcknight working the head and body with strikes. Mcknight slows the pace down in half guard. Mcknight lands strikes from half guard. Balazs looks winded! Mcknight lands strikes from half guard. Ground and pound from Mcknight. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Mcknight drops an elbow to the side of Balazs's head.
Balazs is rocked! Mcknight is pressing down on Balazs's thigh, looking to free his foot. Balazs is holding on for now. Mcknight seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense. Balazs really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Mcknight. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Mcknight looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Balazs with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position. Mcknight works his way into side control. Balazs is trying to escape the position but Mcknight is controlling the position. Balazs taking a bit of punishment here - Mcknight scoring with strikes. Mcknight controlling the position from side mount. Mcknight lands a decent elbow from side control. Mcknight scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Balazs to see if he's OK.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Mcknight working the ground and pound. Mcknight is chipping away with strikes.
Balazs is still in real trouble! Can Mcknight finish him? Mcknight taking a breather here. Balazs seems to have recovered his senses. Mcknight seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Balazs for as long as he can get away with. Balazs is not in a great position here, taking some shots. Mcknight grinds an elbow into Balazs's temple. Mcknight connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Balazs some visible discomfort.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Mcknight lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face. Mcknight working the head with strikes. Mcknight working the ground and pound from side control. Mcknight cracks Balazs with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Mcknight immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Balazs is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Mcknight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Deshawn Mcknight! Deshawn Mcknight spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
41% |
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