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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Scott Thompson (ranked 1917 p4p, 2337 weight class) and Zeta Knox (ranked 236 p4p, 278 weight class). Thompson's entrance music is Redneck Summer - Ben Hudson. A fine choice. The crowd seem to be enjoying Knox's choice of entrance music: Five Finger Death Punch | Bad Company . Zeta Knox struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 267.8lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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11 - 8 - 0 |
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Scott Thompson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 52 - 42 - 0, fighting out of London, Zeta Knox!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Paul Gruel and Jeff Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thompson misses with an uppercut
and Knox counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Thompson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Thompson misses with a lunging right hand
and Knox connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Knox checks the leg kick nicely there.
Thompson shoots in and gets a takedown into Knox's guard.
Thompson looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thompson trying to control the position from guard on top but Knox is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Knox preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Thompson has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Knox tries to roll over but Thompson keeps him under control.
Knox is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Thompson is keen to just control but Knox is a slippery customer.
That's two 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.
Well, if Thompson is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Knox is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Thompson scores with a couple of nice shots.
Thompson looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Thompson is nestled in close to Knox, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Thompson thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Thompson throws a strike but Knox avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Knox 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.
Thompson passes easily into side control. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Knox knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Thompson looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Knox is avoiding damage well.
Thompson happy to just control the position for now.
Knox takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Knox is not content to let Thompson control the position.
Thompson cracks Knox with a big right hand but Knox just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Knox tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Thompson is working Knox over with some ground and pound from side control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Knox defending against the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Thompson has hold of Knox's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Knox tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Thompson cranks the arm and Knox screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Knox, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Scott Thompson!
Scott Thompson decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
Zeta Knox was interviewed post fight and said '"If you haven't lost in this
sport, you haven't fought the right guys yet." (Matt Hughes) '.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
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