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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Leland Giles (ranked 1921 p4p, 4733 weight class) and Bobby Knuckles (ranked 216 p4p, 467 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Great wrestler
Great elbows
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 30 - 25 - 2, fighting out of New York, Leland Giles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 26 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bobby Knuckles!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Alec Ball and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knuckles misses with a body kick.
Knuckles throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A swing and a miss from Knuckles.
A little feinted left hand from Giles on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Giles seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Leland Giles seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Giles cracks Knuckles with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Knuckles swings widly with a right hand
letting Giles counter with a right hand.
Giles 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.
A shot to the body from Giles misses
enabling Knuckles to counter with a crisp jab.
Knuckles swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Knuckles looks to score with a jab to the body but Giles is just out of range.
Knuckles looks to throw the jab but Giles is out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Giles darts in and clinches Knuckles up against the cage.
Giles is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Knuckles gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Giles misses with some punches.
Giles struggles to land a body shot inside as Knuckles controls his hands.
Knuckles looking to slow down the pace here.
Giles doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knuckles blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Knuckles.
Knuckles prevents a body shot from Giles.
Giles swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Knuckles misses with the head strike.
Giles is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Giles fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Giles struggles to land a body shot inside as Knuckles controls his hands.
Giles makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Giles swings wildly with an uppercut but Knuckles uses good head movement to avoid it.
A right hook to the body lands for Knuckles.
Knuckles prevents a body shot from Giles.
Knuckles lands a body shot in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knuckles tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Giles lands with a left to the head.
Giles tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Giles scores with a nice short uppercut.
Knuckles is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Giles tries a body shot but Knuckles blocks it.
Knuckles breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bobby Knuckles is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Giles swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Knuckles pulls out of a head kick attempt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knuckles swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Knuckles misses with an uppercut. Giles saw that one coming.
Knuckles motions for Giles to come forward. Knuckles throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Knuckles avoids the body shot from Giles.
Knuckles missing with a left hand there. Giles was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knuckles throws a right and a left that Giles avoids nicely.
Giles tries to close the distance and clinch up but Knuckles swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Giles throws an off balance right hand
and Giles takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Giles throws a lazy right hand but Knuckles sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Knuckles throws a hook but Giles blocks it.
Knuckles misses with a wild combination.
Jab, jab by Giles - just one landing.
Giles moves forwards but Knuckles connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Knuckles. Giles does a little dance to reset his feet.
Knuckles steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Giles.
Knuckles jabs at Giles's body.
Knuckles blocks a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Giles ducks under a wild hook from Knuckles.
Giles misses with a looping left.
A little jabbing left from Knuckles on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Giles waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Knuckles.
A swing and a miss from Giles.
The fighters circle momentarily. Giles darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
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!
Knuckles misses with a hook
and Giles counters with a stiff right hand.
Giles digs a good hook to Knuckles's body.
Giles misses with a shot to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Knuckles throws a good cross that connects.
Knuckles thumps Giles with a low kick.
Giles needs to keep his hands up - Knuckles had a free shot at his head there.
Knuckles gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Giles.
Knuckles pivots, looking for a leg kick but Giles is out of range and Knuckles settles back down.
Giles has closed the distance and engaged Knuckles in a clinch.
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 Leland Giles will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Knuckles throws a shot to the body.
A jab from Giles misses.
Good work by Giles as he checks the leg kick.
Giles scores with a shot to the body.
Giles lands a right hook to the body.
Bobby Knuckles seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Giles uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Knuckles.
Giles digs a good hook to Knuckles's body.
Knuckles looks to land a right hand but Giles moved out of range.
Knuckles on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Giles scores with a hook to the body. Knuckles takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knuckles wants to clinch up but Giles keeps it at a distance.
Knuckles slips a jab from Giles.
Knuckles looks to land a right hand but Giles moved out of range.
Knuckles misses with a few strikes there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Giles takes a swing at Knuckles's ribcage but misses.
Giles shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Giles showed some decent athleticism there.
Giles scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Giles working over Knuckles with some ground and pound. Knuckles looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Giles scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Giles not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Giles looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Giles landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Knuckles has hold of Giles's hands but Giles slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Knuckles is pressing down on Giles's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Giles is in close to Knuckles's body, working some short punches and elbows.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Giles working some strikes from top position.
Our spies down at at Kalashnikov ELITE MMA Gym inform us that Knuckles has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Giles is looking to work some ground and pound but Knuckles has wrist control.
Knuckles is breathing heavily.
Giles throwing strikes but missing.
Knuckles utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Giles 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.
Giles throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Knuckles works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Giles scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Knuckles looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Knuckles throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Giles works over Knuckles with some ground and pound from guard.
Giles throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Giles loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Giles connects with a couple of short punches.
Giles with a nice head shot there.
Giles postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Leland Giles overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Giles lands a couple of elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Giles landing some decent shots from guard.
Giles connects with a couple of short punches.
Knuckles is rocked!
Giles keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Knuckles's head.
Knuckles is still in real trouble! Can Giles finish him?
Giles working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Knuckles's head.
Giles trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Knuckles seems to have recovered his senses.
Giles scoring with some ground and pound.
Giles connects with a couple of short punches.
Knuckles has momentary wrist control but Giles slips an elbow through the middle.
Giles postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Knuckles covers up, he's hurt! Giles keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Giles and the ref steps in to end the fight! Giles can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Leland Giles!
A very excited looking Leland Giles made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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