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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dick Knuckles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Biff Boneham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Boneham's choice of entrance music: Medal. Biff Boneham has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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150 lbs
10 - 3 - 0 |
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145 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dick Knuckles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Biff Boneham!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Thiago Cunha and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knuckles misses with a wild body shot.
Knuckles throws a lazy right hand but Boneham sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Knuckles looks to land a right hand but Boneham moved out of range.
Knuckles throws a series of punches but Boneham moves out of range.
Knuckles lands an overhand right.
Jab, jab by Knuckles - just one landing.
Knuckles swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Boneham staying out of range there.
Boneham uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Knuckles.
Knuckles lands a really nice looking cross but Boneham seems unphased.
Nice defenses there by Boneham.
Knuckles looks to throw the jab but Boneham is out of range.
Knuckles throws a jab but it's blocked by Boneham.
Boneham dodges the punch combination from Knuckles.
Knuckles will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Knuckles missing with a left hand there. Boneham was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knuckles throws out a loose jab but Boneham uses good head movement to avoid it.
Boneham misses with a wild body shot.
Knuckles throws a hook to the side of Boneham's head but Boneham sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Boneham is trying hard to land a takedown here. Knuckles sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Boneham looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Knuckles scores with a sloppy right hand. Boneham should have avoided that one.
Boneham comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Knuckles thows a left - swing and a miss!
Knuckles throws a lazy right hand but Boneham sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Knuckles missing with a left hand there. Boneham was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Knuckles misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Boneham.
Knuckles misses with an uppercut. Boneham saw that one coming.
A shot to the body from Knuckles misses
and Boneham counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Knuckles thinking.
Knuckles is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Knuckles falls off balance throwing a combination
and Boneham counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knuckles throws a hook to the side of Boneham's head but Boneham sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Knuckles staying out of range there.
Boneham slips under a jab.
Knuckles uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Boneham.
Boneham uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Knuckles.
Boneham lands a jab to the nose.
Boneham tries to score a power double leg takedown but Knuckles sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Boneham somewhat.
Boneham ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Knuckles avoids the body shot from Boneham.
Boneham misses with an uppercut.
Knuckles doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Nice body punch from Boneham.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knuckles throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Boneham counters with a single leg into guard. Knuckles didn't expect that.
Boneham drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Knuckles dives on top into guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Boneham is on top in guard.
Boneham throws a strike but Knuckles rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Knuckles wants to stand but Boneham is controlling his posture from full guard.
Boneham seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boneham avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Knuckles accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Knuckles loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Knuckles looking to sit in guard and control but Boneham gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Boneham trying to control but Knuckles is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dick Knuckles dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Knuckles throws a hook to the side of Boneham's head but Boneham sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Boneham is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Knuckles rather than just go for the knockout.
Knuckles misses with a few strikes there.
Knuckles looks to throw the jab but Boneham is out of range.
Boneham fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Knuckles misses with a wild body shot.
Boneham scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Boneham seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Knuckles is not content to let Boneham control the position.
Boneham is looking to stall here but Knuckles recovers full guard.
Boneham content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Boneham accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Knuckles has his hands on Boneham's head, controlling the position.
Boneham advances to half guard.
Knuckles has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Boneham is working away from the top position though.
Knuckles keeping hold of Boneham's head, controlling as best he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Knuckles avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Boneham.
Knuckles tries to kick Boneham off but Boneham keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Boneham sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Knuckles defending well though.
Boneham throwing shots but Knuckles is blocking nicely.
Boneham not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Boneham has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Boneham seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Knuckles does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Boneham ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boneham shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Knuckles manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Boneham is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Boneham trying to control the position from guard on top but Knuckles is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Boneham pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Knuckles is keeping the position for now.
Knuckles tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boneham is looking to work some ground and pound but Knuckles has wrist control.
Knuckles keeping moving, preventing Boneham from controlling successfully.
Boneham sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Boneham cracks Knuckles with a solid left hand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Knuckles wants to stand and escape but Boneham is having none of it.
Boneham trying to control but Knuckles is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Biff Boneham showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Boneham thows a body shot but no joy.
Boneham throws a good cross that connects.
Knuckles lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Boneham slips a straight right by Knuckles.
Knuckles avoids the body shot from Boneham.
Knuckles throws a looping overhand right but Boneham ducks down to avoid it.
Knuckles ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Boneham slips under a jab.
Knuckles throws a looping overhand right but Boneham ducks down to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab from Knuckles misses.
Knuckles misses with a hook.
Knuckles throws a predictable looking body shot
and Boneham counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Knuckles misses with a body shot.
Boneham lands a slapping body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boneham shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Boneham was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Knuckles tries to hold on but Boneham pushes him away.
Boneham lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Boneham throws some wild stikes that Knuckles manages to avoid easily.
Boneham landing strikes from the mount.
Boneham throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Knuckles wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Boneham.
Boneham wants to control the pace but Knuckles is squirming around nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boneham throwing strikes here but Knuckles is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Boneham thowing shots but they're missing.
Boneham trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Knuckles in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Boneham unloading with bombs!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knuckles really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Boneham throws some wild stikes that Knuckles manages to avoid easily.
Boneham landing strikes from the mount.
Knuckles is squirming around, avoiding Boneham's attempts to control the action.
Biff Boneham has got the better of the ground game so far.
Boneham thowing shots but they're missing.
Boneham dominating with strikes here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Boneham pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Boneham throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Knuckles because Boneham loaded up on that one.
Boneham avoids the attempt from Knuckles to control.
Boneham can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Knuckles is looking to escape.
Boneham throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Boneham misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
And that's the end of the fight!
Biff Boneham comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Boneham 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 Luis Engracia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Biff Boneham!
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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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