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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alejandro Mora (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mickey Knox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mora comes to the cage accompanied by Seven Nation Army. Knox is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Something I Can Never Have. Knox has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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185 cm
26
164 lbs
11 - 4 - 0 |
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176 cm
23
163 lbs
10 - 6 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alejandro Mora! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mickey Knox! The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, William Peck and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Knox tries a head kick but it misses.
Mora moves into the clinch. A right hook to the body lands for Knox.
Knox swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mora effectively controlling the action here. Mora avoids the elbow strike from Knox, against the cage.
Knox is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Mora pulls him back up using the underhooks. Mora manages to break the clinch.
No joy there for Knox, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Knox tries for a takedown but Mora circles away easily so Mora counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility. Knox looks gassed! The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up. Mora connects with a couple of short punches. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Mora postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head. Mora slips nicely into half guard. The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Mora not landing any meaningful shots this time. Knox is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though. Knox on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round. Mora looks to score some points with some ground and pound. Mora works his way into full mount! Mora postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Knox looks a forlorn figure.
Knox is rocked! Mora raining down shots from the mount! Knox is still in real trouble! Can Mora finish him? Mora has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission. Mora with shots to the head and body - Knox looks very uncomfortable down there. Mora softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Knox is out cold! Mora jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alejandro Mora! A very excited looking Alejandro Mora made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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G |
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
78% |
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