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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kenneth Maurice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Horst Kneifer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maurice's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Quiet Storm. 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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265 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Cardio machine |
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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
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kenneth Maurice!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Horst Kneifer!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maurice thows a left - swing and a miss!
Maurice swats away the attempt to clinch by Kneifer.
Maurice throws out a loose jab but Kneifer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kneifer staying out of range there.
Maurice dips to his left and cracks Kneifer with an uppercut!
Maurice looks to land a right hand but Kneifer moved out of range.
Maurice shoots in and drives through. Kneifer sprawls well.
Kneifer drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Maurice swinging wildly here.
Maurice fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kneifer manages to avoid it.
Kneifer tries to clinch up.
Maurice keeps the fight on the outside.
Kneifer walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Maurice throws a jab but it's blocked by Kneifer.
Kneifer moves out of range of the strikes.
Maurice throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kneifer doesn't manage to clinch there - Maurice circles away.
Kneifer tries to close the distance and clinch but Maurice swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Maurice throws a shot from downtown. Kneifer moves away and avoids it.
Kneifer takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Kneifer tries to clinch but Maurice moves out of range.
Maurice throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Kneifer on the side of the head.
Maurice connects with a crisp jab.
Kneifer misses with a wild body shot.
Maurice misses with a right hand
and Kneifer counters with a straight right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maurice misses with a takedown attempt - Kneifer sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Kneifer tries to clinch there but Maurice circles away.
A jab from Maurice misses.
Maurice shoots in looking for a takedown. Kneifer tries to sprawl out of it but Maurice keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Kneifer manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kenneth Maurice. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice uppercut there from Maurice.
Kenneth Maurice seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kneifer uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Maurice.
Kneifer moves into the clinch.
Maurice avoiding damage as Kneifer throws knees to the body.
Kneifer with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Kenneth Maurice has been cut.
Maurice takes an elbow to the temple.
Kneifer crunches a lovely knee into Maurice's ribcage.
Maurice is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Maurice blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kneifer working Maurice over with knees to the body.
Kneifer lands a good knee to the midsection. Maurice won't want to take too many of those.
A frustrated look appears on Maurice's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Maurice wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kneifer lands an elbow inside.
Kneifer comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kneifer is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kneifer comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kneifer utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kneifer lands a nice knee to the body.
Kneifer lands a nice knee to the body.
Kneifer keeps control of Maurice as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Maurice takes a knee to the side of the body.
Maurice is trying to break free.
Kneifer lands an elbow inside that Maurice shrugs off.
Maurice wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kneifer has him pressed against the cage.
Kneifer trying to land knees to the body.
Maurice is looking to break free of the clinch but Kneifer has double underhooks.
Maurice can't break the clinch.
Kneifer lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Maurice is trying to push Kneifer away but Kneifer has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Maurice is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Maurice avoiding damage as Kneifer throws knees to the body.
Maurice trying to control the position but instead, Kneifer has worked for underhooks and has pushed Maurice into the cage.
Maurice avoiding damage as Kneifer throws knees to the body.
Kneifer stops a takedown attempt from Maurice.
Kneifer using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Maurice is trying to force a seperation but Kneifer has the dominant position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maurice can't break the clinch.
Kneifer working Maurice over with knees to the body.
Maurice is trying to force a seperation but Kneifer has the dominant position.
Kneifer crunches a lovely knee into Maurice's ribcage.
Maurice can't break the clinch.
Maurice tries to break the clinch but Kneifer is controlling the position.
Maurice has had enough of the clinch but Kneifer keeps him there for the moment.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kneifer.
Kneifer throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kneifer keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Maurice's efforts to push away.
Kneifer tries to land knees in the clinch but Maurice avoids the damage to the body.
Kneifer keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Maurice's efforts to push away.
Maurice tries to circle away but Kneifer has him pinned against the cage.
Kneifer unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kneifer keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Maurice's efforts to push away.
Kneifer misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Maurice.
Maurice avoiding damage as Kneifer throws knees to the body.
Maurice tries to break free but Kneifer pushes him back against the cage.
Maurice is looking to break free of the clinch but Kneifer has double underhooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maurice tries to break free but Kneifer pushes him back against the cage.
Kneifer throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kneifer is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Maurice is defending well for now.
Maurice wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Maurice working hard to break the clinch.
Maurice tries to circle away but Kneifer has him pinned against the cage.
Kneifer throws an elbow that misses.
Kneifer has Maurice pressed against the cage, preventing Maurice from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kneifer throws an elbow that misses.
Kneifer tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Maurice avoids it.
Maurice is looking to break free of the clinch but Kneifer has double underhooks.
Maurice is trying to break the clinch but Kneifer has him pressed against the cage.
Kneifer missing with knees to the body.
Kneifer is pressed up against the cage. Maurice has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Kneifer down to the mat. Kneifer avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Maurice lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Kneifer backs up against the cage.
Maurice with a jab.
Maurice throws a right hand that Kneifer ducks under and follows up with a left that Kneifer also avoids with ease.
Kneifer slips a jab from Maurice.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Maurice decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Maurice lands with a punch from half guard.
Maurice looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Kneifer can do anything to dispel that myth.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Maurice lands a nice short elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Horst Kneifer dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kenneth Maurice's cut.
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.
Maurice throws an overhand right that lands on Kneifer's shoulder, as Kneifer tries to avoid the shot.
Maurice throws an off balance right hand
and Kneifer counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Kneifer.
Maurice avoids the elbow strike from Kneifer, against the cage.
Maurice on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Maurice tries to circle away but Kneifer has him pinned against the cage.
Kneifer tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Maurice avoids it.
Kneifer tries to land knees in the clinch but Maurice avoids the damage to the body.
Maurice tries to score a body lock takedown but Kneifer shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Kneifer is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Maurice is defending well for now.
Kneifer misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Maurice.
Maurice is looking to break free of the clinch but Kneifer has double underhooks.
Maurice wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Maurice wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A frustrated look appears on Maurice's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Maurice is looking to break free of the clinch but Kneifer has double underhooks.
Horst Kneifer seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Kneifer misses with an elbow strike.
Kneifer gets underhooks to prevent Maurice's takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A frustrated look appears on Maurice's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Maurice wants to break the clinch but can't.
Maurice is looking to break free of the clinch but Kneifer has double underhooks.
Maurice wants to break the clinch but can't.
Maurice is looking to break free of the clinch but Kneifer has double underhooks.
Kneifer is breathing heavily.
Kneifer lands an elbow that stopped Maurice in his tracks for a moment.
Kneifer using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Maurice has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Maurice is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kenneth Maurice. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maurice has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Kneifer is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Maurice on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Maurice working hard to break the clinch.
Maurice is looking to break free of the clinch but Kneifer has double underhooks.
Kneifer missing with knees to the body.
Maurice can't break the clinch.
Kneifer throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Maurice tries for a takedown but Kneifer manages to get underhooks.
Kneifer creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Maurice's defenses.
Maurice wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kneifer tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Maurice avoids it.
Maurice wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Maurice looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kneifer is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Maurice is defending well for now.
Maurice goes for a takedown in the clinch but Kneifer prevents it.
Maurice wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kneifer has Maurice pressed against the cage, preventing Maurice from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A frustrated look appears on Maurice's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kneifer landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Maurice tries to break free but Kneifer pushes him back against the cage.
Maurice is looking to break free of the clinch but Kneifer has double underhooks.
Kneifer lands an elbow inside that Maurice shrugs off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maurice is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Maurice wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kneifer throws an elbow that misses.
Kneifer trying to land knees to the body.
Maurice dodges an elbow strike from Kneifer.
Kneifer keeps control of Maurice as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kneifer keeps control of Maurice as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Maurice is trying to break free.
Kneifer misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Maurice.
Maurice is trying to drag Kneifer to the mat but Kneifer just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Maurice tries to break the clinch but Kneifer is controlling the position.
Maurice is trying to push Kneifer away but Kneifer has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Maurice wants to break the clinch but can't.
Knees to the body from Kneifer.
Kneifer tries to land knees in the clinch but Maurice avoids the damage to the body.
Maurice takes a knee to the side of the body.
Maurice wants to break the clinch but can't.
Maurice has Kneifer pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Kneifer manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Maurice wants to break free but Kneifer has control.
Maurice tries to stall but Kneifer uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Kneifer tries to land knees in the clinch but Maurice avoids the damage to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maurice has had enough of the clinch but Kneifer keeps him there for the moment.
Maurice is trying to break the clinch but Kneifer is controlling him.
Maurice tries to break free but Kneifer pushes him back against the cage.
Maurice is trying to force a seperation but Kneifer has the dominant position.
Maurice avoids the elbow strike from Kneifer, against the cage.
Maurice can't break the clinch.
Kneifer trying to land knees to the body.
Kneifer keeps control of Maurice as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Maurice has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Maurice tries to break free but Kneifer pushes him back against the cage.
Maurice on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Maurice is trying to break free.
Kneifer gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Maurice.
Maurice working hard to break the clinch.
Kneifer tries to land knees in the clinch but Maurice avoids the damage to the body.
Kneifer trying to land knees to the body.
Kneifer keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Maurice's efforts to push away.
A frustrated look appears on Maurice's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kneifer keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Maurice's efforts to push away.
Maurice is trying to break the clinch but Kneifer is controlling him.
That's four 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.
A frustrated look appears on Maurice's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Maurice has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Maurice avoiding damage as Kneifer throws knees to the body.
Maurice blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Maurice tries to break free but Kneifer pushes him back against the cage.
Maurice wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Maurice is trying to break free.
Maurice fails to pull guard.
Maurice is trying to break the clinch but Kneifer is controlling him.
Maurice is trying to break the clinch but Kneifer is controlling him.
Maurice managing to block the knees to the body from Kneifer.
Maurice wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kneifer has him pressed against the cage.
Kneifer misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Maurice.
Kneifer tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Maurice avoids it.
Maurice has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Maurice has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Maurice wants to get back to striking at distance but Kneifer won't allow it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Maurice tries to break the clinch but Kneifer is controlling the position.
Maurice has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Maurice is trying to push Kneifer away but Kneifer has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Maurice wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Maurice avoids a wild elbow strike from Kneifer.
Maurice avoids a wild elbow strike from Kneifer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Horst Kneifer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kenneth Maurice's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
A jab from Maurice does it's job there.
Kneifer fails with an attempt to clinch.
Maurice feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Kneifers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Kneifer closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Maurice throws a series of punches but Kneifer avoids them all with ease.
Kneifer avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Maurice scores with a nice strike.
A combination from Maurice does no damage.
Maurice throws out a loose jab but Kneifer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kneifer moves out of range as Maurice strikes.
Maurice scores with a hook.
Kneifer tries to close the distance and clinch but Maurice swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kneifer tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Maurice is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Maurice misses with a wild body shot.
A big right from Maurice misses.
Nice defenses there by Kneifer.
Kneifer takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kneifer wants to clinch up but Maurice keeps it at a distance.
A punch lands to the side of Kneifer 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Maurice misses with a hook. Kneifer ducked under it nicely.
Kneifer gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Kneifer utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maurice lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Maurice thows a big elbow that misses.
Maurice distracts Kneifer with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Kneifer managing to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kneifer avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Maurice has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Maurice throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Maurice landing some decent shots from guard.
Maurice scoring with some ground and pound.
Maurice in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Maurice lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Maurice working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Kneifer's head.
Maurice chips away with some ground and pound.
Maurice postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Kenneth Maurice has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maurice stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Kneifer ducks right into an uppercut from Maurice.
Kneifer jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Maurice closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Kneifer quickly recovers to half guard.
Maurice working over Kneifer with some ground and pound. Kneifer looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Maurice working the head and body with strikes.
Maurice is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Maurice landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Maurice slips a nice elbow through Kneifer's hands, connecting with Kneifer's forehead.
Maurice working Kneifer over with strikes.
Kneifer is rocked!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Maurice lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Kneifer is still in real trouble! Can Maurice finish him?
Maurice is sitting in half guard. He's postured up and lands a nice elbow. Oh, Kneifer is hurt! He's hurt bad - Maurice fires away with more strikes and the referee jumps in to save Kneifer from any more punishment! Congratulations to Maurice! Great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kenneth Maurice!
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