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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ender Knightley (ranked 2845 p4p, 2296 weight class) and Tian Long (ranked 384 p4p, 323 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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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 4 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ender Knightley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tian Long!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Gwen Towbar and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knightley slips a jab from Long.
Long tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Knightley was well out of range. Poor timing from Long.
Knightley tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Long looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Long misses with an uppercut
and Knightley counters with a straight right hand.
Long scores with a jab to the body.
Long misses the jab.
Long lands with a cross.
Long has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Long connects with a body shot that sends Knightley's belly button to the back.
Knightley wants to clinch up but Long keeps it at a distance.
Knightley takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Knightley explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Knightley with the inside leg kick.
Knightley attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Long appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Long lands a lovely overhand right.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Long throws a sloppy body shot
and Knightley counters with a nice leg kick.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Knightley manages to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Long misses with a jab to the body
and Knightley counters with a good low kick that Long was not able to check.
Long cracks a nice hook into Knightley's ribs.
Long on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Knightley. Knightley obviously looking to wear him down.
Long misses with a straight left.
Long throws the left hand but Knightley avoids the punch easily.
Long's corner calls for a 1-2. Long obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Long looks to throw the jab but Knightley is out of range.
Knightley takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Knightley blocks a jab.
Knightley scores with a leg kick.
Long misses with a straight left.
Long has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Knightley.
Long takes a swing at Knightley's ribcage but misses.
Knightley is looking to counter with a body kick.
Knightley takes one to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Long looks to land a right hand but Knightley moved out of range.
Long swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Long throws a big shot that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knightley displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Long throws out the jab.
Long takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Knightley has closed the distance and engaged Long in a clinch.
Knightley lands with a light punch inside.
Long scores with a nice hook to the head.
Knightley misses with a short punch on the inside.
Long misses with some punches.
Long makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Long tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Long scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nice body punch from Long.
A right handed body shot lands from Long.
Long blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Knightley misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Knightley.
Knightley misses with a short punch on the inside.
Knightley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Long lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Knightley.
Good body shot from Long.
Long works on Knightley's body with a couple of short punches.
Knightley is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Long softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Long throws a head punch that misses.
Long lands an uppercut.
Knightley misses with some punches.
Long lands with a right to the head.
Long lands a body punch.
Long makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Long lands a left hand.
Knightley throws a punch but it's blocked by Long.
Long gets through Knightley's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Long stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Long lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Long pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knightley fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Long checks it well.
Knightley tries to close the distance and clinch up but Long swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Knightley tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Long thuds his right hand into Knightley's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Knightley ducks under a wild hook from Long.
Nice straight punches there by Long. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Long.
Knightley keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Long.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Long wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Long throws a lazy right hand but Knightley sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Long misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Knightley counters with an outside leg kick.
A big left from Long misses.
As Long backs away, Knightley returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Long's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Knightley takes one on the button.
Knightley slips a straight right by Long.
Knightley tried to counter with a leg kick but Long avoided it.
Long throws a right hand that misses
and Knightley cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Long throws a big shot that misses.
Knightley looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Knightley closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Long lands a slapping body shot.
Tian Long seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Long throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Long swings widly with a right hand
and Knightley counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Knightley tries to move into range but Long moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Long scores with a jab to the body.
Long throws a lazy right hand but Knightley sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tian Long dominated that round.
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.
Long throws an off balance right hand
and Knightley counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Long tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Knightley was well out of range. Poor timing from Long.
Long dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Knightley uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Long.
Knightley looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Long pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Knightley blocks a jab.
Long throws a right hand that misses
and Knightley counters with a thumping low kick.
Long scores with a jab to the body.
Long connects with a body shot.
Long works Knightley's body with a nice hook.
Long looks to throw the jab but Knightley is out of range.
Knightley looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Long is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Knightley.
Knightley appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Knightley is looking to slow Long down with leg kicks.
Long misses with a hook to the body
and Knightley connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knightley takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Long throws a poor cross that misses
and Knightley counters with an outside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knightley moves away from the strike by Long.
Long misses with a lunging right hand
and Knightley counters with a thumping low kick.
Long misses with a wild body shot.
Knightley misses with a body shot.
Long has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Long just misses with a punch to the body.
Long misses with a right hand
and Knightley counters with a thumping low kick.
Long bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Knightley's head.
Tian Long seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Long dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Long throws a jab when Knightley was well out of range.
Knightley takes one to the chin there.
Knightley will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Knightley has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Long misses with a hook
and Knightley counters with a stiff right hand.
Long lands the left hand.
Knightley defending well as Long loads up on a big left hand.
Knightley fires out a quick counter leg kick but Long just manages to avoid it.
Long lands a nice hook to Knightley's body. Knightley takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knightley rushes Long and presses him up against the cage.
Tian Long seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Knightley breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nice defenses there by Knightley.
Long scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Long misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Knightley.
Long cracks Knightley with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Knightley tries to clinch but Long moves out of range.
Long throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Knightley sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Knightley on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Knightley throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Long throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Knightley sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Knightley avoids the body shot from Long.
Knightley tried to counter with a leg kick but Long avoided it.
Knightley looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Long looks to score with a jab to the body but Knightley is just out of range.
Knightley displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Long throws out the jab.
Long throws a jab when Knightley was well out of range.
Knightley is looking to counter punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Long lands with a right hand.
Long avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Long tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Knightley was well out of range. Poor timing from Long.
Knightley half committed to a counter leg kick.
Long misses with a jab to the body
and Knightley counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Long throws a big shot that misses.
Long tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Knightley was well out of range. Poor timing from Long.
Knightley is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Knightley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Knightley on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Knightley lands a head kick!
Long throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
As Long backs away, Knightley returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Knightley with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Long to score with a decent uppercut.
Long looks to throw the jab but Knightley is out of range.
Long misses with a left hand
and Knightley counters with a slapping leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knightley scores with a head kick. Long tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
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!
Long misses with a shot to the body
and Knightley counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Long misses with a shot to the body
and Knightley counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Knightley uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Long.
Long scores with the left hand. Knightley knows he should have avoided that one.
Long misses with an uppercut
and Knightley counters with an outside leg kick.
Long throws a sloppy body shot
and Knightley counters with a slapping leg kick.
Long connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Knightley connects with an inside leg kick.
Long lands a jab to the head.
Long has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Knightley.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Knightley moves out of range of the strikes.
Knightley slips under a jab from Long.
Long checks a low kick from Knightley.
The fighters circling - Long throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tian Long showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Knightley's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!
Long misses with a hook.
Long is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Knightley.
Knightley clinches.
Long misses with a punch to the body.
Long tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Knightley throws a punch but it's blocked by Long.
Knightley swings wildly with an uppercut but Long uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Knightley.
Knightley prevents a body shot from Long.
Long has a couple of punches blocked by Knightley.
Knightley looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Knightley lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Long backwards.
Long lands with a short shot to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short left from Long.
Long blocks an uppercut.
Long lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Long lands with a right to the head.
Knightley misses with a punch on the inside.
Long swings wildly with an uppercut but Knightley uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Long misses with a punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Long.
Long misses with the head strike.
Long misses with a short punch on the inside.
Knightley misses with a short punch on the inside.
Long blocking some punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Long.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Long.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Long.
Knightley prevents a body shot from Long.
Long tries to work over Knightley's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Knightley creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Long swings wildly with an uppercut but Knightley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Long blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Long working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Long creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Knightley fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Long swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Long lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Knightley's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Long jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Knightley is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Long swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Knightley counters with a nice uppercut.
Knightley digs a good hook to Long's body.
Long throws a jab but it's blocked by Knightley.
Knightley displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Long throws out the jab.
Knightley uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Long.
Long misses the jab.
Knightley lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
A big left from Long misses.
Long fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Knightley manages to avoid it.
Knightley throws a body kick that misses.
Long throws out a counter right but Knightley avoids it with no problem.
Long connects with a good right hand that stumbles Knightley. Knightley circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Knightley takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Nice body punch from Long.
Knightley bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A solid body kick from Knightley.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Long ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Knightley moves away.
Knightley moves in looking to clinch but Long pushes him off.
Long misses with a straight right.
Long misses with a right hand
and Knightley cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Long looks to land a left hand but Knightley moved out of range nicely.
Long misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Knightley makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Knightley takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Tian Long is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
A swing and a miss from Long.
Knightley moves out of range of the strikes.
Long changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Knightley staying out of range there.
Long throws a jab but it's blocked by Knightley.
Knightley feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Knightley fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Long.
Long misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Knightley counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knightley misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Long looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Long looks to land a left hand but Knightley moved out of range nicely.
Long throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Knightley takes one on the button.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Long throws a poor cross that misses
and Knightley counters with an outside leg kick.
Knightley swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Good standup being displayed there by Long as he connects with a hook.
Knightley takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Knightley displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Long throws out the jab.
Knightley takes one on the button.
Long throws out a loose jab but Knightley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Long swings away with a body shot that misses
and Knightley counters with a stiff right hand.
Knightley slips under a jab.
Knightley tries to clinch up.
Ender Knightley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Long lands a lovely overhand right.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tian Long comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Long has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge George Francis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tian Long!
During a confident post fight interview, Tian Long thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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