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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Joon Sang Hun (ranked 641 p4p, 1529 weight class) and Flynn Knightley (ranked 46 p4p, 107 weight class). Flynn Knightley has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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7 - 5 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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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 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Joon Sang Hun!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Flynn Knightley!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Luis Engracia and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knightley tests Sang Hun's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Knightley throws a right hand that misses
and Sang Hun counters with an outside leg kick.
Sang Hun gets tackled into the cage by Knightley. Knightley maintains the clinch.
Knightley prevents a body shot from Sang Hun.
Nice body punch from Sang Hun.
Sang Hun throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Knightley's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sang Hun.
Knightley tries to work over Sang Hun's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Knightley struggles to land a body shot inside as Sang Hun controls his hands.
Knightley has Sang Hun pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Sang Hun manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Knightley prevents a body shot from Sang Hun.
Knightley trying to stall but Sang Hun improves his position.
Sang Hun prevents the takedown attempt.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A short right from Sang Hun.
Knightley tries to work over Sang Hun's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Knightley misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Knightley blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sang Hun misses with a body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sang Hun can't find room to land a body shot as Knightley controls the action.
Sang Hun struggles to land a body shot inside as Knightley controls his hands.
Sang Hun blocks an uppercut.
Sang Hun lands with a right to the head.
Knightley's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Knightley misses with a hook from the clinch.
Knightley misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sang Hun softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sang Hun misses with a punch to the body.
Good body shot from Sang Hun.
Sang Hun is working Knightley over against the cage.
Knightley misses with a punch on the inside.
Knightley swings wildly with an uppercut but Sang Hun uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sang Hun lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Knightley backwards.
Sang Hun lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Knightley backwards.
Knightley fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Knightley prevents a body shot from Sang Hun.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sang Hun.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knightley swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Knightley tries a body shot but Sang Hun blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knightley goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sang Hun lands a nice uppercut.
Sang Hun lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A hook to the body from Sang Hun.
Sang Hun pushes Knightley back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Sang Hun pulls Knightley into guard.
Sang Hun is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Sang Hun isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Knightley stacks Sang Hun on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Knightley!
Knightley advances to full mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knightley controlling the position easily from mount.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Knightley scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Knightley wants to control the pace but Sang Hun is squirming around nicely.
Sang Hun is working to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Sang Hun is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Knightley trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Sang Hun is in all sorts of trouble here.
Knightley content just to control the position here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Joon Sang Hun dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Knightley throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Sang Hun tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Knightley is in Sang Hun's guard.
Sang Hun is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Knightley can do to turn this around?
Sang Hun wants to control the position but Knightley says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Sang Hun taking some punishment here, with Knightley in his half guard.
Sang Hun is trying to control but can't.
Sang Hun looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sang Hun is trying to control but Knightley manages to pass to mount!
Sang Hun really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knightley controlling the position easily from mount.
Knightley is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Sang Hun can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Sang Hun is looking to get to half guard.
Knightley postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Sang Hun looks a forlorn figure.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knightley wants to control the pace but Sang Hun is squirming around nicely.
Knightley might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Sang Hun haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Sang Hun is looking to get to half guard.
Knightley with a couple of short strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knightley with a couple of short strikes.
Knightley postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Sang Hun looks a forlorn figure.
Knightley working Sang Hun over with strikes here.
Knightley has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Knightley is landing with some decent strikes but Sang Hun is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Sang Hun manages to control the position for a moment.
Knightley sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knightley lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Knightley can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Sang Hun is looking to escape.
Sang Hun is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Knightley scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Sang Hun?
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Knightley with shots to the head and body - Sang Hun looks very uncomfortable down there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knightley trying to control but Sang Hun is having none of it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Flynn Knightley showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Sang Hun takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Knightley shoots in but no luck this time.
Knightley fails with a takedown attempt.
Knightley moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knightley has his takedown stuffed
and Sang Hun counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Joon Sang Hun has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Flynn Knightley.
Knightley lands with a good body shot.
Knightley rushes Sang Hun and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Knightley has clasped his hands together around Sang Hun's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sang Hun struggling a bit here.
Sang Hun is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Knightley is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Sang Hun wants to hold on but Knightley pushes him away.
Flynn Knightley has got the better of the ground game so far.
Knightley looking to finish Sang Hun with some ground and pound. This is bad for Sang Hun!
Knightley is landing with some decent strikes but Sang Hun is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Knightley tries to control but Sang Hun wriggling away.
Sang Hun holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Knightley tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knightley avoids the attempt from Sang Hun to control.
Knightley prevents Sang Hun from getting the reversal.
Knightley trying to control but Sang Hun is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Knightley looking to finish Sang Hun with some ground and pound. This is bad for Sang Hun!
Sang Hun is squirming around, avoiding Knightley's attempts to control the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sang Hun wants to hold on but Knightley pushes him away.
Knightley is landing with some decent strikes but Sang Hun is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Knightley lands with some strikes.
Sang Hun wants to hold on but Knightley pushes him away.
Sang Hun can't escape the position.
Sang Hun sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Knightley throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sang Hun is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Knightley scores with a couple of nice shots.
Knightley working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Sang Hun is trying to maintain the position but Knightley is very close to passing his half guard.
Sang Hun moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sang Hun looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Knightley passes into half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Flynn Knightley comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Knightley has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 27:29
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 27:29
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 27:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Flynn Knightley!
Flynn Knightley decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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