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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Old Striking (ranked 3379 p4p, 5624 weight class) and Marshall Knight (ranked 356 p4p, 515 weight class). Striking comes to the cage accompanied by Hard Work Cadence. 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
Excellent MT
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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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Old Striking!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marshall Knight!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Striking rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Knight moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Knight throws a jab when Striking was well out of range.
Striking swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Knight takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Striking misses with a double jab.
Striking's jab looks to have found its range, popping Knight under the eye.
Striking swings for the body but Knight moves out of range.
Knight looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
A swing and a miss from Knight.
Striking lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Striking keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Striking fires out a quick counter leg kick but Knight just manages to avoid it.
Knight misses with a right hand
and Striking counters with a low kick, right behind Knight 's knee.
Knight avoids the body shot from Striking.
Striking lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Knight throws a right and a left that Striking avoids nicely.
It looked like Striking was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Knight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Striking connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Knight momentarily.
Knight throws a jab when Striking was well out of range.
Striking dips to his left and cracks Knight with an uppercut!
Striking ducks right into an uppercut from Knight.
Knight rushes Striking and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Striking is trying to break free.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Knight as Striking tries to tie him up.
Knight is trying to break the clinch but Striking is controlling him.
Knight wants to break free but Striking has control.
Knight lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Striking backwards.
Striking wants to get back to striking at distance but Knight won't allow it.
Knight lands a right hand that snaps the head of Striking backwards.
Striking is looking to break free of the clinch but Knight has double underhooks.
Knight scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Knight lands a hook to the side of the head.
Striking is trying to break the clinch but Knight has him pressed against the cage.
Striking wants to break free but Knight has control.
Knight misses with a short punch on the inside.
Striking wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Knight is trying to break free.
Knight keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Striking's efforts to push away.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Striking looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knight is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Striking trying to stall but Knight improves his position.
Striking is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Knight is keeping busy.
Knight working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Knight is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Knight breaks from the clinch.
Jab, jab by Striking - just one landing.
Knight avoids a punch combination nicely.
Striking throws a nice inside leg kick.
Striking punishes Knight's body with a nice straight punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Striking fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Striking misses with a two punch combination.
Marshall Knight seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Striking misses with the combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Striking lands a nice leg kick that just misses Knight's sensitive parts.
Knight lands with a hook. Striking tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Striking throws a nice inside leg kick.
Striking throws out a powerful jab.
Striking with a nice calf kick.
Knight stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Striking.
Striking scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Striking gets tackled into the cage by Knight. Knight maintains the clinch.
Knight softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Striking is trying to force a seperation but Knight has the dominant position.
Striking displaying some good clinch control by pressing Knight up against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Striking wants to stall.
Striking can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knight is looking to break free of the clinch but Striking has double underhooks.
Knight gets through Striking's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Striking keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Knight's efforts to push away.
Striking is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Striking is trying to stall.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Knight tries to break the clinch but Striking is controlling the position.
Striking blocking some punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A frustrated look appears on Knight's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Knight pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Knight slips a jab and a cross from Striking.
Knight gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Knight lands an uppercut.
Striking blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Old Striking will probably get the nod.
That's time! Striking's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Striking buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Striking slips a straight right by Knight.
Striking connects with a good right hand that stumbles Knight. Knight circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Knight misses with a double jab
and Striking counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Knight thinking.
Striking with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Striking swinging wildly here.
A nice leg kick from Striking, right into the meat of the thigh.
Striking lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Knight backs up against the cage.
Old Striking is winning the standup battle so far.
Striking uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Knight.
Striking scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Striking just misses with a punch to the body.
Striking works the jab nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Striking lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Striking misses with a wild body shot.
Knight keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Striking.
That kick from Striking tenderised Knight's leg. Knight is trying to keep his angry face on.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Knight finds it's way through Striking's defenses.
Striking connects with a solid leg kick.
Striking slips a jab from Knight.
Striking misses with an uppercut.
Knight walks into a jab.
Striking throws a looping overhand right but Knight ducks down to avoid it.
Nice defenses there by Striking.
Knight looks to land a left hand but Striking moved out of range nicely.
As Knight backs away, Striking returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Knight ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Striking moves away.
Striking uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Knight.
Knight tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Striking was well out of range. Poor timing from Knight.
Striking connects with a looping right hand.
Striking throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Knight takes one to the chin there.
Striking connects with the punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Striking throws a body punch but Knight moves out of range.
Striking throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Knight tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Striking takes one on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knight darts in and clinches Striking up against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Knight scores with a nice short uppercut.
Striking is trying to push Knight away but Knight has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Striking blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Knight misses with a short punch on the inside.
Striking trying to control the position but instead, Knight has worked for underhooks and has pushed Striking into the cage.
Striking wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Knight lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Knight softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Striking breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Striking with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Knight to score with a decent uppercut.
Knight takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Knight is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Striking slips a straight right by Knight.
Striking closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knight scores with a body shot.
Knight on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Knight moves into range and clinches up with Striking.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Marshall Knight seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Striking has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Striking is trying to maintain a safe position but Knight gets an underhook and turns Striking into the cage.
A short right from Knight on the inside.
Striking tries to break the clinch but Knight is controlling the position.
Striking is trying to stall.
Knight keeps control of Striking as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Knight lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A frustrated look appears on Knight's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Knight breaks the clinch.
Striking fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knight misses with a right hand
and Striking counters with a thumping low kick.
Knight uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Striking.
Striking misses with a hook. Knight ducked under it nicely.
Striking takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Knight's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Knight finds Striking's off switch, with a big overhand right that connects perfectly to the side of the head! Striking flops back against the cage, eyes gazing into the distance. Knight lands an unnecessary shot before the referee has time to step in and end the fight. Brutal stuff but I'm sure Striking will be OK.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Marshall Knight!
Old Striking was interviewed post fight and said 'I didn't expect this result. You were better again. Congratulations for the victory.
Despite the bad phase you proved to be a great opponent. Success on your journey!'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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