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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Earnest Knocks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thor Hammer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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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250 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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260 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily |
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Dangerous GnP
Decent boxing
Heavy handed |
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Earnest Knocks !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Thor Hammer!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Roosa Järviläinen and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knocks defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Hammer.
Hammer shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Knocks lets loose with a powerful body kick. Hammer will feel that in the morning.
Hammer keeps the fight on the outside.
Hammer closes this distance looking for a takedown but Knocks circles away.
Earnest Knocks has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thor Hammer.
Hammer shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Knocks tries to clinch up.
Hammer fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Hammer looks gassed!
Hammer shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Knocks pinned against the cage. Knocks gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Knocks throws a head kick that lands with a deafening thwack! The crowd roars as Hammer stumbles backwards and falls to the mat. Knocks follows into mount!
It looks like Thor Hammer has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knocks sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Hammer is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knocks thowing shots but they're missing.
Hammer somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!
Knocks scores with a nice body kick.
Knocks thuds his shin into the meat of Hammer's side.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knocks buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Knocks throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Knocks throws a nice head kick!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knocks connects with an inside leg kick.
Hammer on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Hammer takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hammer takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
That has opened up Thor Hammer's cut even more.
Knocks tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hammer swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hammer tries to keep at a distance but Knocks has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hammer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knocks jumps guard and drags Hammer to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Hammer loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hammer throwing strikes but missing.
Hammer with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knocks trying to control the position.
Knocks is looking to stand up but Hammer isn't so interested in that idea.
Hammer throwing strikes but missing.
Hammer in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hammer cracks Knocks with a solid left hand.
Hammer working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Knocks 's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hammer lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Hammer postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hammer content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hammer accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hammer is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Knocks on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Knocks tries to get out of the position.
Hammer lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hammer accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hammer landing with the ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hammer throwing strikes but missing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Earnest Knocks dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Thor Hammer's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Hammer shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Knocks but Knocks pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Thor Hammer is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A slapping leg kick lands for Knocks .
Hammer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Knocks moves away.
Knocks throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Knocks throws a head kick that Hammer semi-blocks.
The cut above Thor Hammer's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
A chopping leg kick lands by Knocks .
Hammer shoots for a double leg takedown but Knocks sprawls well. He's pushed Hammer's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Hammer takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
An inside leg kick lands from Knocks .
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammer takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Earnest Knocks is winning the standup battle so far.
Hammer will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Earnest Knocks has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thor Hammer.
Knocks lands with a kick to the temple. Hammer shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Hammer shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Hammer takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Knocks is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hammer can do to turn this around?
Hammer takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Knocks defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Hammer.
Knocks scores with a push kick.
Knocks scores with a head kick.
Thor Hammer's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Hammer fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Knocks thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Hammer if he has to take too many more of those.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knocks plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Hammer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Knocks .
Nice body punch from Hammer.
Hammer blocks a head kick by Knocks .
Hammer shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Hammer showed some decent athleticism there.
Hammer has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hammer missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Hammer sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Knocks defending well though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammer uses his free foot to push down on Knocks 's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Knocks .
Hammer lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Knocks hang on?
Knocks really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Hammer with the ground and pound from mount.
Hammer scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Hammer looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Hammer fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Knocks tries to hold on but Hammer pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hammer dominating with strikes here.
Hammer looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Hammer lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Knocks knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hammer on the ground.
You get the feeling that Knocks really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Hammer is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Knocks is trying to escape the mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knocks taking shots to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A nice elbow there by Hammer.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Hammer cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Earnest Knocks will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Thor Hammer's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Hammer closes the distance and clinches up with Knocks , looking for a takedown. Hammer pushes Knocks against the cage but Knocks circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Hammer shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Knocks as he jumps to the side.
Knocks tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hammer's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
An inside leg kick lands from Knocks .
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Hammer crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Knocks - the referee stops the clock and Hammer gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Knocks . Hammer manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Good leg kick by Knocks there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Knocks doesn't manage to clinch there - Hammer circles away.
Knocks throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Hammer.
Knocks defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Hammer.
Earnest Knocks has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thor Hammer.
A slapping leg kick lands for Knocks .
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammer takes a kick to the side of the head.
A good leg kick by Knocks .
Knocks cracks the inside of Hammer's front leg.
Hammer throws a leg kick
and Knocks makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Hammer takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hammer tries for a takedown but Knocks circles away easily
and Knocks counters with a head kick. That will keep Hammer thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Knocks lands a head kick!
Hammer throws a lazy head kick
and Knocks counters with a body kick that stops Hammer in his tracks momentarily.
Hammer doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Knocks counters with an inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hammer shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Knocks counters with a head kick.
Hammer bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Hammer lands some shots froms side control.
Hammer cracks Knocks with a big right hand but Knocks just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Hammer creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Knocks sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Knocks takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Hammer working the head with strikes.
Knocks defending against the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammer works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Hammer creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Hammer creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Knocks sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Earnest Knocks is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Knocks regains half guard, as Hammer was trying to land strikes.
Hammer not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Knocks taking some punishment here, with Hammer in his half guard.
Hammer stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Knocks to get to his feet.
Thor Hammer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knocks shoots in and bounces Hammer off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Hammer pushes Knocks off and gets back to his feet.
Hammer shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Knocks counters with an inside leg kick.
Thor Hammer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Knocks throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Hammer takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Hammer fails to land the takedown.
And that's the end of the fight!
Earnest Knocks showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Knocks , 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 29:28
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Earnest Knocks !
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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