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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ender Knightley (ranked 3322 p4p, 5058 weight class) and Paulie Gualtieri (ranked 384 p4p, 480 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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181 cm 24 180 4 - 4 - 1 |
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179 cm 26 176 2 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling Excellent boxer Granite chin |
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Good wrestler World class boxer Good gas tank |
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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 - 4 - 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 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Paulie Gualtieri! The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Wesley Smith and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Gualtieri dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Gualtieri throws out a powerful jab. Gualtieri lands a head shot. Knightley lands with a thumping leg kick.
Gualtieri lands with an overhand left. Knightley slips under a jab. Gualtieri blocks a low kick nicely. Knightley misses with a kick to the body and Gualtieri counters with a lovely straight right hand! Knightley closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so. Gualtieri avoids the head kick by Knightley.
Gualtieri keeps the fight on the outside. A nice side step and Gualtieri releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Knightley tries to clinch but fails miserably and Gualtieri connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. Gualtieri misses with a hook
letting Knightley counter with a right hand. Knightley scores with a kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round. Good shot there by Gualtieri. Knightley tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Gualtieri circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gualtieri throws a lazy uppercut
and Knightley counters with an outside leg kick.
Paulie Gualtieri seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Knightley throws a lazy head kick and Gualtieri counters with a straight right hand. No joy there for Gualtieri, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Knightley takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Gualtieri misses with a hook. Knightley closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage. Knightley throws a punch but it's blocked by Gualtieri. Knightley fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Knightley fails to land. Gualtieri wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Gualtieri's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. A head kick misses from Knightley. Gualtieri misses the shot to the body. Knightley tries to clinch but Gualtieri is having none of it. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Gualtieri misses with a hook
and Knightley counters with a thumping low kick. Knightley looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight. A shot to the body from Gualtieri misses and Knightley counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. Knightley listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut. Knightley wants to clinch up but Gualtieri keeps it at a distance. Knightley just misses with a punch to the body.
Knightley on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot. Knightley pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way. Knightley throws a lazy right hand but Gualtieri sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Knightley moves out of range as Gualtieri strikes. Knightley throwing a counter right hand but Gualtieri manages to avoid it. Knightley throws an off balance right hand
and Gualtieri counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. Knightley misses with a kick to the body and Gualtieri counters with a nice uppercut. Gualtieri throws an off balance right hand
and Knightley counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena. Gualtieri throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Knightley closes the distance but Gualtieri moves to the side enabling Gualtieri to counter with a crisp jab. Knightley clinches up with Gualtieri and pushes him back against the cage. Knightley tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Knightley misses with some punches.
Gualtieri looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now. Knightley breaks from the clinch.
Knightley buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Gualtieri throws a lazy uppercut
and Knightley counters with an outside leg kick.
Knightley uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gualtieri. Gualtieri throws a right hand that misses
and Knightley counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! A low kick lands for Knightley.
Knightley doesn't manage to clinch there - Gualtieri circles away.
Gualtieri throws out a counter right but Knightley avoids it with no problem. Gualtieri throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Knightley is looking to counter with head kicks. Knightley swings and misses with a shot to the body and Gualtieri counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. Knightley closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage. Gualtieri blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Knightley breaks the clinch.
Gualtieri throws an overhand right that lands on Knightley's shoulder, as Knightley tries to avoid the shot. Gualtieri lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin. Gualtieri is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Knightley had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush. A telegraphed right hand from Gualtieri misses the target. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Paulie Gualtieri will probably get the nod. The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Knightley looks to throw a body kick and Gualtieri counters with a straight right hand. Knightley lands a leg kick that knocks Gualtieri off balance momentarily. Knightley misses with an uppercut
and Gualtieri counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. Gualtieri connects with a body shot that sends Knightley's belly button to the back. Knightley throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Knightley takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. Knightley slips a jab from Gualtieri. It looked like Knightley wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit. Gualtieri misses with a straight right. It appears Knightley was looking to counter with a kick there. Gualtieri misses with a right hand and Knightley counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Knightley throws a head kick but Gualtieri moves out of range.
Gualtieri throws a poor cross that misses
and Knightley comes in over the top with a devastating right hand! Gualtieri stumbles back against the cage, looking to regain his senses but Knightley is on him like rabid pit bull! Gualtieri slumps to the ground under a storm of punches and this fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ender Knightley! A relieved looking Ender Knightley thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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hype
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