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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Joe Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Will Knight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Knight is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Let's Fighting Love. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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167 lbs
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Solid boxing
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Joe Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Will Knight!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knight takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Knight tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jackson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jackson closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Jackson tries to pass the half guard into mount. Knight knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Jackson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Knight is trying to get back to full guard.
Jackson trying to control from Knight's half guard. Knight has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Jackson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jackson stands and throws Knight's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Knight is looking for a sweep.
Jackson is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Knight is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Jackson throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson working away.
Jackson works to advance to full mount. Knight defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Jackson thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Knight can't escape the position.
Jackson breaks from Knight's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Jackson cracks Knight with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Jackson lands with some strikes.
Knight is squirming around, avoiding Jackson's attempts to control the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson with shots to the head and body - Knight looks very uncomfortable down there.
Knight tries to hold on but Jackson pushes him away.
Knight manages to regain half guard whilst avoiding the strikes.
Jackson missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Jackson wants to pass to mount but Knight is defending the position.
Knight wants to improve his position but Jackson is controlling well.
Knight manages to get to full guard.
Jackson throwing strikes but missing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knight keeping moving, preventing Jackson from controlling successfully.
Jackson throwing strikes from guard but Knight blocks nicely.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Jackson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Knight swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jackson moves into range and clinches up with Knight.
Knight breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Knight. Jackson does a little dance to reset his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jackson. Knight does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jackson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Jackson has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Jackson there as he acknowledges the shot.
Jackson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Knight misses with a double jab.
Knight has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Jackson finds it's way round the side to connect with Knight's head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Knight. Jackson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Knight rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jackson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jackson throws a low kick, looking for Knight's leg but Knight calmly moves out of range.
Jackson misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Knight counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Knight lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jackson circles away quickly and effectively.
Jackson fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Knight takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A telegraphed right hand from Jackson misses the target.
Knight throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jackson misses with a looping right.
Knight ducks under a wild hook from Jackson.
Knight doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Knight pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jackson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Knight tries to keep at a distance but Jackson has taken the fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Jackson dominated that round.
That's time! Jackson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Jackson decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jackson trying to pass the guard but Knight defending well.
Jackson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Jackson is looking to pass Knight's guard but actually Knight recovers to full guard.
Jackson might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jackson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Jackson preventing the sweep.
Jackson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Knight is keeping the position for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Knight keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jackson slips a jab and a cross from Knight.
Jackson throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Knight was covering up waiting for the punch and Jackson finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Knight trying to keep a closed guard but Jackson is proving a slippery customer.
Knight is pulling down on Jackson's head. It's preventing any offense from Jackson, at least for the moment.
Knight wants to sweep here but Jackson controlling him for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Knight swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Knight avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Jackson looking to pass the guard.
Jackson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Jackson postures up in Knight's guard and throws a big left but Knight blocks it.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Jackson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Knight.
Jackson gets the takedown into side control.
Jackson cracks Knight with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Jackson lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Knight down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knight sneaks back into half guard.
Jackson is looking to stall here but Knight recovers full guard.
Jackson has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Knight has momentary wrist control but Jackson slips an elbow through the middle.
Knight manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Jackson manages to get himself to full guard.
Jackson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Jackson is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Knight is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Knight missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Knight is working Jackson over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Knight's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knight loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Knight pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jackson is keeping the position for now.
Jackson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Jackson is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Jackson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Knight working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Knight stands up over Jackson, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Jackson wants to sweep here but Knight controlling him for the moment.
Knight postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Jackson looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Knight throwing strikes from guard but Jackson blocks nicely.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Jackson is on top in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Jackson dominated that second round.
That's time! Jackson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Jackson throws a low kick but it's checked well by Knight.
Knight misses with a wild body shot.
Jackson wants to slow Knight down by chopping away at his legs.
Jackson throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Knight was covering up waiting for the punch and Jackson finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Knight managing to control the position.
Knight looking for a sweep. Not yet Knight, not yet.
Knight seems keen to control Jackson's posture.
Jackson wants to pass the guard but Knight is keeping the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson is pushing down on Knight's leg trying to pass to half guard. Knight is fighting to maintain full guard but Jackson has managed to sneak the leg through.
Jackson trying to advance position but Knight counters by regaining guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Knight holds on and takes a little breather.
Jackson postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Jackson cracks Knight with a solid left hand.
Knight preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Jackson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Knight trying to control the position.
Jackson wants to pass the guard but Knight is keeping the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knight avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Knight keeping moving, preventing Jackson from controlling successfully.
Knight avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Knight loads up on a big right hand but Jackson slips the punch.
Jackson uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Knight misses with a two punch combination.
Jackson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Knight tries to clinch up but Jackson circles away and keeps his distance.
Jackson lands a jab to the nose.
Jackson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Knight swats away the attempt to clinch by Jackson.
A punch combination from Jackson misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson scores with a takedown into Knight's guard.
Jackson throws and elbow that misses. Knight uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Jackson's guard. Nice move by Knight!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Knight accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Jackson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Jackson is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Knight working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Jackson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Jackson seems to be looking for submissions.
Joe Jackson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jackson seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Knight does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Will Knight has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson is taking a breather. Knight says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Knight is trying to maintain the position but Jackson is very close to passing his half guard.
Knight is positioning himself well to prevent Jackson advancing to mount.
Knight gets full guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Joe Jackson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Jackson, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Suge Night scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joe Jackson!
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hype
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