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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Peter Knapp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tsuyoshi Tamatso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Knapp's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Chevelle - The Red. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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180 lbs
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180 lbs
15 - 5 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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ADCC Champion
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Peter Knapp!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tsuyoshi Tamatso!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Reed Andrews and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knapp pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tamatso tests Knapp's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Knapp slips under a jab from Tamatso.
Peter Knapp seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tamatso throws a jab when Knapp was well out of range.
Tamatso loads up on a big right hand but Knapp slips the punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Knapp. Tamatso does a little dance to reset his feet.
Knapp ducks under a wild hook from Tamatso.
Tamatso moves out of range of the body kick.
Tamatso avoids the head kick by Knapp.
Tamatso lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Knapp slaps away a takedown attempt from Tamatso, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Tamatso avoids the body shot from Knapp.
Knapp misses with a wild body shot.
Knapp looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tamatso blocks a jab.
Knapp blocks the body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tamatso tries to clinch up.
Knapp just misses with a punch to the body.
Knapp keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A slow jab from Knapp misses its intended target.
Tamatso is looking to land body kicks.
Tamatso throws a low kick but it's checked well by Knapp.
Knapp checks a low kick from Tamatso.
Tamatso throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Knapp missing with a left hand there. Tamatso was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tamatso fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Knapp has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Tamatso steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Knapp.
Knapp fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tamatso manages to avoid it.
Peter Knapp is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tamatso uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Knapp misses with a right hand
and Tamatso counters with an inside leg kick.
Tamatso fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Knapp has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Left hook, right uppercut from Knapp.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tamatso tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Knapp swivels and escapes.
Knapp throws the left hand but Tamatso avoids the punch easily.
Knapp avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Tamatso misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Knapp.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knapp throws a body kick that misses.
Knapp thows a body shot but no joy.
Tamatso misses with a leg kick.
Tamatso moves forwards but Knapp connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Tamatso connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Knapp's hands.
Knapp moves out of range of the body kick.
Tamatso fails with the takedown.
Peter Knapp has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tsuyoshi Tamatso.
Tamatso misses with a low kick as Knapp jumps back.
Knapp throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Tamatso swings away with a body shot that misses
and Knapp counters with a head kick. That will keep Tamatso thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tamatso steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Knapp.
Knapp blocks the body kick.
Knapp throws a right and a left that Tamatso avoids nicely.
Knapp throws a body kick that misses.
Tamatso chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Knapp can pounce on him.
Knapp does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Tamatso looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A low kick from Knapp is predictable there
and Tamatso counters with a straight right hand.
A big left from Knapp misses.
Tamatso throws the left hand but Knapp avoids the punch easily.
Knapp with a nice cross.
Knapp scores with a decent looking hook.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Knapp.
Tamatso shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Tamatso slips a straight right by Knapp.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knapp throws a hook to the side of Tamatso's head but Tamatso sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Knapp misses with a combination
and Tamatso counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tamatso being controlled here momentarily.
Tamatso missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tamatso missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Peter Knapp will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Tamatso avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Knapp swinging wildly here.
Knapp lands a front kick.
Tamatso feints and then cracks Knapp's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Knapp down.
Knapp takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Knapp lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Knapp moves out of range of the body kick.
Knapp tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Knapp checks a leg kick.
Tamatso dodges the punch combination from Knapp.
Knapp throws a leg kick but Tamatso sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Tamatso uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Knapp.
Knapp misses with a body shot.
A bone on bone clash there as Tamatso blocks the leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knapp moves into range and clinches up with Tamatso.
Knapp misses with the head strike.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tamatso.
Knapp lands a shot to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Knapp.
Knapp stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Knapp fails to land.
Knapp works on Tamatso's body with a couple of short punches.
Tamatso taking a breather.
Stalling in the clinch from Knapp.
Tamatso prevents a body shot from Knapp.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Tamatso wants a takedown.
Knapp lands a body punch.
Tamatso is breathing heavily.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Knapp wants to get back to striking at distance but Tamatso won't allow it.
Knapp lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A nice left hand lands by Knapp.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knapp lands a hook that snaps the head of Tamatso backwards.
Knapp softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tamatso is rocked!
Knapp throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Tamatso is still on wobbly legs! Can Knapp finish him?
Knapp scores with a nice hook to the head.
Tamatso fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Knapp throws a big uppercut that drops Tamatso! More strikes from Knapp and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Tamatso lies dazed against the cage as Knapp celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Peter Knapp!
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hype
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