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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ishmael Egyptian (ranked 474 p4p, 871 weight class) and Flynn Knightley (ranked 39 p4p, 70 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Flynn Knightley was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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135
23 - 15 - 2 |
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135
11 - 8 - 0 |
BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
Excellent boxer
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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 23 - 15 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Ishmael Egyptian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Flynn Knightley!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Seu Braga and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Egyptian lands a right hook to the body.
Egyptian thows a left - swing and a miss!
Knightley has managed to clinch.
Knightley swings wildly with an uppercut but Egyptian uses good head movement to avoid it.
Knightley can't find room to land a body shot as Egyptian controls the action.
Knightley doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Still in the clinch, Knightley scores with a nice short uppercut.
Egyptian has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Egyptian really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Knightley working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Egyptian breaks the clinch.
Egyptian swings for the body but Knightley moves out of range.
Egyptian misses the jab.
A swing and a miss from Knightley.
Egyptian fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Knightley manages to avoid it.
Knightley throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Knightley shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knightley missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Egyptian looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, if Knightley 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.
Egyptian tries to roll over but Knightley keeps him under control.
Egyptian avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Knightley.
Knightley thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Egyptian's head.
Egyptian is looking to improve his position.
Egyptian is looking to control Knightley's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Egyptian avoid being mounted?
We've been hearing good reports from Egyptian's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Egyptian looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Knightley lands with a punch from half guard.
Knightley wants to lay and pray for a moment but Egyptian keeps working.
Egyptian gets full guard.
Knightley looking to pass the guard.
Knightley showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Egyptian trying to keep a closed guard but Knightley is proving a slippery customer.
Knightley wants to control from the top but Egyptian keeps moving.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Egyptian gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Knightley to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Knightley wants to control from the top but Egyptian keeps moving.
Knightley scoring with punches to the head and body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Egyptian keeping moving, preventing Knightley from controlling successfully.
Egyptian tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Egyptian is looking for a triangle but Knightley pushes his legs off easily.
Egyptian is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Knightley defends well.
Knightley scoring with punches to the head and body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Knightley avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Knightley trying to control but Egyptian is working from the bottom.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Flynn Knightley 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.
Knightley clinches up with Egyptian and pushes him back against the cage.
Egyptian is looking to break free of the clinch but Knightley has double underhooks.
Knightley tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Egyptian is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Knightley misses with a hook from the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Knightley as Egyptian tries to tie him up.
Egyptian wants to break free but Knightley has control.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Egyptian.
Still in the clinch, Knightley scores with a nice short uppercut.
Knightley throws a punch but it's blocked by Egyptian.
Knightley is working Egyptian over against the cage.
Knightley lands a left hand that snaps the head of Egyptian backwards.
Egyptian pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Egyptian waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Knightley.
Egyptian slips a jab from Knightley.
Knightley moves away from the strike by Egyptian.
Egyptian connects with a nice looking jab.
Knightley is looking to clinch but Egyptian is avoiding it.
Knightley throws out a loose jab but Egyptian uses good head movement to avoid it.
Knightley connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Egyptian misses the jab.
Knightley looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Egyptian!
Egyptian wants to control but Knightley postures up.
Egyptian on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Knightley trying to control the position but Egyptian is working away.
Flynn Knightley has got the better of the ground game so far.
Knightley throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Knightley working the head and body with strikes.
Egyptian manages to work his way to half guard, despite Knightley's best efforts.
Egyptian is in trouble now - Knightley has advanced to mount!
Egyptian can't escape the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knightley fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Knightley has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Egyptian wants to hold on but Knightley pushes him away.
Egyptian is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Egyptian gets back to half guard.
Egyptian makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Egyptian.
Egyptian looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Egyptian looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Egyptian keeping moving, preventing Knightley from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knightley works over Egyptian with some ground and pound from guard.
Egyptian keeping moving, preventing Knightley from controlling successfully.
Egyptian controls Knightley momentarily but Knightley frees himself.
Egyptian throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Knightley sitting in guard here, content to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Egyptian is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Knightley is aware though and is defending well.
Knightley controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Egyptian misses the jab.
Egyptian just misses with a punch to the body.
Knightley steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Egyptian.
Knightley clinches up against the cage.
Knightley misses with a punch to the body.
Knightley has a couple of punches blocked by Egyptian.
Egyptian wants to stall.
Knightley misses with a punch to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Egyptian wants to get back to striking at distance but Knightley won't allow it.
A short uppercut from Knightley.
Egyptian has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
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.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Knightley shoots in and gets a takedown into Egyptian's guard.
Ishmael Egyptian has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Knightley landing some decent shots from guard.
Knightley content to stall in guard here.
Egyptian has his foot on Knightley's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Knightley works his way back into a safe position though.
Egyptian is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Knightley throws an elbow that misses. Egyptian uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Knightley's guard. Nice move by Egyptian!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Egyptian content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knightley is pulling down on Egyptian's head. It's preventing any offense from Egyptian, at least for the moment.
Egyptian throwing strikes from guard but Knightley blocks nicely.
Knightley working for a triangle but Egyptian defends it easily.
Egyptian advances position into side control!
Knightley takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Egyptian working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Knightley being controlled for a moment.
Knightley wants to control but Egyptian postures up.
Knightley gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knightley is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Knightley gets back to full guard.
Egyptian stands and throws Knightley's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Egyptian tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
You can see the frustration on Knightley's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Egyptian is trying to get an arm triangle but Knightley is defending well.
Knightley manages to work his way to half guard, despite Egyptian's best efforts.
Knightley looking for submissions off his back.
Egyptian throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Egyptian throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ishmael Egyptian showed his dominance in that final round.
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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 28:29
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 28:29
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.
Ishmael Egyptian was interviewed post fight and said 'What the hell was that?'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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