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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Shina Aoyki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ted Knight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ted Knight has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Good wrestling
Excellent 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
15 - 10 - 1, fighting out of New York, Shina Aoyki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ted Knight!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Robert Douchet and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knight is looking to land body kicks.
Aoyki avoids the head kick by Knight.
Aoyki swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Knight tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ted Knight seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Aoyki misses with a looping right.
Knight misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Knight throws a head kick that misses
and Aoyki counters with a nice uppercut.
Knight uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Aoyki.
A head kick by Knight misses
and Aoyki counters with a nice uppercut.
Aoyki shoots for a takedown but Knight saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Aoyki gets a takedown into half guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Aoyki is working for a submission of some sort.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knight is trying to get back to full guard.
Knight taking some punishment here, with Aoyki in his half guard.
Knight is staying active underneath Aoyki, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Aoyki wants to free his trapped foot but Knight is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Knight is positioning himself well to prevent Aoyki advancing to mount.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Shina Aoyki just wasn't active enough.
Aoyki dips to his left and cracks Knight with an uppercut!
Knight throws a head kick that misses.
Aoyki misses with a lunging right hand
and Knight counters with a low kick, right behind Aoyki 's knee.
Aoyki lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knight has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Knight there as he acknowledges the shot.
Aoyki throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Knight's waist but Knight gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Aoyki off to one side.
Knight feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Aoyki's calf.
Knight throws a low kick, looking for Aoyki's leg but Aoyki calmly moves out of range.
Nice cross by Aoyki.
Aoyki throws out a loose jab but Knight uses good head movement to avoid it.
Aoyki chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Knight can pounce on him.
Aoyki avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Good leg kick by Knight there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Knight clinches.
Aoyki has a couple of punches blocked by Knight.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Aoyki.
Knight utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
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!
Knight landing knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knight tries a knee to the head but Aoyki blocks it.
Knight prevents a body shot from Aoyki.
Aoyki misses with a short punch on the inside.
Aoyki lands a nice shot to the body.
Aoyki escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Knight showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Aoyki.
Aoyki misses with an uppercut.
Aoyki closes the distance and clinches up with Knight, looking for a takedown. Aoyki pushes Knight against the cage but Knight circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Shina Aoyki. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Aoyki scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Ted Knight is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Knight displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Aoyki throws out the jab.
Aoyki is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Knight tries a head kick but it misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Knight moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Aoyki is breathing heavily.
Aoyki slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Knight swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
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 Shina Aoyki will probably get the nod.
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.
Knight clinches with his opponent.
Aoyki swings wildly with an uppercut but Knight uses good head movement to avoid it.
Knight scores with a knee to the head.
Knight tries to land a knee to the head but Aoyki blocks with his arms.
Aoyki tries to work over Knight's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Knight misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Aoyki.
Aoyki doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Knight working Aoyki over with knees to the body.
Aoyki has a couple of punches blocked by Knight.
Knight lands a knee to the body.
Aoyki takes a knee to the side of the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knight is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Knight unloads a knee to the mid-section. Aoyki lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ted Knight seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Aoyki blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Knight lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
It looks like Shina Aoyki has been cut.
Knight utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Knight controlling the action here for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Knight.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Aoyki.
Knight lands an elbow inside that Aoyki shrugs off.
Knight is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Knight scores with a knee to the head.
Knight lands a good knee to the midsection. Aoyki won't want to take too many of those.
Knight tries to land knees in the clinch but Aoyki avoids the damage to the body.
Aoyki takes an elbow to the temple.
Knight creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Aoyki's defenses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Knight obliges.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knight comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Knight using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Aoyki has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Knight pushes Aoyki back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knight tries a knee to the head but Aoyki blocks it.
Aoyki takes an elbow to the forehead.
Knees to the body from Knight.
Knight lands a nice knee to the body.
Knight lands an elbow just above Aoyki 's eye.
Knight lands an elbow inside that Aoyki shrugs off.
Aoyki takes an elbow to the temple.
Knight lands a nice shot to the body.
Knight lands a nice knee to the body.
Knight crunches a lovely knee into Aoyki's ribcage.
Knight unloads a knee to the mid-section. Aoyki lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knight lands an elbow just above Aoyki 's eye.
Knight lands an elbow inside that Aoyki shrugs off.
Knight is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Aoyki is defending well for now.
Knight landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knight lands a knee to the body.
Knight landing knees to the head.
Shina Aoyki's cut is getting worse.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Knight.
Knight connects with a nasty looking knee right to Aoyki's face.
Aoyki is rocked!
Knight landing knees to the head.
Oh Aoyki is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Aoyki takes a knee right on the jaw!
Aoyki takes an elbow to the forehead.
Aoyki takes a knee to the side of the body.
Knight unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Knight working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Knight.
Knight using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knight landing knees to the body.
Aoyki seems to have got his legs back now.
Knees in the clinch landing for Knight.
Knight lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Knight unloads a knee to the mid-section. Aoyki lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
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!
Knight lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Knight with a knee to the head.
Knight works on Aoyki's body with a couple of short punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Knight.
Knight unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Aoyki takes a knee to the side of the body.
Aoyki takes a knee right on the jaw!
Shina Aoyki's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Knight landing knees to the head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Knight gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Knight tries to land knees in the clinch but Aoyki avoids the damage to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Aoyki fails to land.
Knight landing knees to the head.
Knight lands a big knee to the head and Aoyki goes down! Knight pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ted Knight!
After the big win, Ted Knight made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Popeye’s Spinach - 159 + 158 Proof Supps and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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energy
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hype
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