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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kenny Blankenship (ranked 1554 p4p, 1873 weight class) and Gopnik Skwat (ranked 116 p4p, 138 weight class). Blankenship kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is MXC Most Extreme Challenge. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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Good wrestling
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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 4 - 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 4 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gopnik Skwat!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Steve Montenegro and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blankenship lands a jab to the nose.
It looks like Gopnik Skwat has been cut.
Blankenship on the wrong end of a nice jab.
It looks like Kenny Blankenship has been cut.
Skwat chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Blankenship circles away from the clinch attempt.
Skwat throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Blankenship sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Blankenship lands a jab to the head.
Jab by Blankenship.
Blankenship changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Skwat ducks under a wild hook from Blankenship.
Blankenship gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Skwat works on Blankenship's body with a couple of short punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blankenship missing with knees to the body.
Blankenship lands a right hand that snaps the head of Skwat backwards.
Blankenship blocks a body shot from Skwat.
Blankenship digs a right hand underneath Skwat's ribcage. Skwat let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Skwat lands a takedown into guard.
Skwat preventing the sweep.
Blankenship is working hard here to advance position.
Blankenship is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blankenship is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Skwat trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Skwat stopping the sweep attempt from Blankenship.
Blankenship looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Blankenship punishes Skwat's body with a nice straight punch.
Blankenship looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Nice uppercut lands for Skwat. That snapped Blankenship's head back.
Blankenship gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blankenship scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Blankenship goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Blankenship blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Blankenship tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Skwat avoids it.
Blankenship misses with the head strike.
Skwat blocks a body shot from Blankenship.
A head punch on the inside from Skwat fails to land.
Blankenship takes a shot to the head.
Blankenship has Skwat pressed against the cage, preventing Skwat from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Skwat misses with some punches.
Skwat tries a body shot but Blankenship blocks it.
Skwat softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Blankenship connects with a nasty looking knee right to Skwat's face.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Blankenship lands a left hand that snaps the head of Skwat backwards.
Skwat throws a head punch that misses.
Blankenship tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Skwat's elbow.
Blankenship tries to land a knee to the head but Skwat blocks with his arms.
A nice left hand lands by Blankenship.
Skwat has a couple of punches blocked by Blankenship.
Blankenship throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Skwat blocks it with crossed arms.
A hook to the body from Blankenship.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skwat throws a punch but it's blocked by Blankenship.
Blankenship lands with a light punch inside.
Blankenship tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Skwat's elbow.
Skwat lands a nice uppercut.
Skwat misses with a short punch on the inside.
Blankenship unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Skwat blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Blankenship pushes Skwat back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Blankenship with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Skwat misses with the head strike.
Blankenship tries to land a knee to the head but Skwat blocks with his arms.
Skwat breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Skwat tries to score with a low kick but Blankenship moves his leg out of the way.
Skwat missing with a left hand there. Blankenship was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Blankenship misses with a hook to the body
and Skwat counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Skwat throws a sloppy body shot
and Blankenship counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Blankenship lands an overhand right.
Blankenship lands a nice shot to the body.
Blankenship connects with the punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Skwat misses with a body kick.
A quick step to the side and Blankenship tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Blankenship drives through and clinches with Skwat against the cage.
Skwat throws a punch but it's blocked by Blankenship.
Blankenship tries to throw a body punch but Skwat avoids it by throwing Blankenship back against the cage.
Skwat lands a right hand.
Blankenship connects with a knee to the head.
Skwat fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Blankenship with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Skwat scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Skwat on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Blankenship scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Blankenship lands a body punch in the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Skwat.
Blankenship blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Skwat.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Blankenship unloads a knee to the mid-section. Skwat lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Blankenship lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Blankenship unloads a knee to the mid-section. Skwat lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Skwat looks winded!
Blankenship misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Skwat.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Blankenship creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kenny Blankenship dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Blankenship has managed to clinch.
Skwat lands an uppercut.
Blankenship lands with a short shot to the head.
Skwat working aggressively here.
Blankenship throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Skwat blocks it with crossed arms.
Blankenship with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Skwat throws a punch but it's blocked by Blankenship.
Blankenship blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Blankenship looking to throw knees to the head but Skwat is blocking nicely.
Blankenship blocks an uppercut.
Blankenship blocking some punches.
Blankenship lands a good knee to the midsection. Skwat won't want to take too many of those.
Skwat blocks a body shot from Blankenship.
Blankenship blocks an uppercut.
Blankenship is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Skwat can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Skwat takes a knee to the side of the body.
Skwat misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kenny Blankenship has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Skwat misses with a body punch.
Blankenship throws a knee to the head but misses.
Blankenship's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Blankenship scores with a knee to the head.
Blankenship lands on the inside with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blankenship takes a shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Skwat fails to land.
Skwat lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Blankenship misses with a hook to the ribs.
Blankenship tries to throw a body punch but Skwat avoids it by throwing Blankenship back against the cage.
Skwat misses with the head strike.
Blankenship lands a knee to the head.
Blankenship lands a body punch.
A right handed body shot lands from Blankenship.
Blankenship tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Skwat avoiding damage as Blankenship throws knees to the body.
Blankenship swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Blankenship misses with a short punch on the inside.
Blankenship fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Blankenship misses with a punch on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Skwat as the two fighters clinch.
Blankenship tries to land knees in the clinch but Skwat avoids the damage to the body.
Blankenship misses with some punches.
Blankenship doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Skwat working aggressively here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blankenship has a couple of punches blocked by Skwat.
Skwat lands with a short punch from 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!
Skwat tries a body shot but Blankenship blocks it.
Blankenship with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Skwat blocking some punches.
Skwat lands with a light punch inside.
Blankenship with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Blankenship is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Skwat is defending well for now.
Skwat throws a punch but it's blocked by Blankenship.
Skwat misses with a punch on the inside.
Skwat working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Blankenship misses with a knee strike.
Blankenship doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Blankenship is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Skwat is defending well for now.
A shot in the inside from Skwat.
Blankenship misses with a hook to the ribs.
Skwat lands a body shot in the clinch.
Skwat blocks an uppercut.
Blankenship tries to land knees in the clinch but Skwat avoids the damage to the body.
Skwat on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blankenship tries to land a knee to the head but Skwat blocks with his arms.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Skwat lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Blankenship.
Blankenship with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Blankenship blocks an uppercut.
Blankenship tries a body shot but Skwat blocks it.
Skwat tries for a takedown. No joy.
Blankenship with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Blankenship swings wildly with an uppercut but Skwat uses good head movement to avoid it.
Skwat prevents a body shot from Blankenship.
Blankenship landing knees to the head.
Skwat makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Blankenship working aggressively here.
Skwat decides to pull guard.
Blankenship throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Blankenship in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Blankenship loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Skwat pushes a forearm under Blankenship's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Blankenship is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Gopnik Skwat!
Kenny Blankenship was interviewed post fight and said 'DON'T. GET. ELIMINATEDDD!!!'.
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