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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hunter Rose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damien Knight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rose comes to the cage accompanied by Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos. On his way into the cage it seems that Hunter Rose has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Hunter Rose seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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220 lbs
1 - 4 - 0 |
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210 cm
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275 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hunter Rose!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Damien Knight!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knight moves in looking to clinch but Rose pushes him off.
Knight moves into the clinch successfully.
Knight gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Hunter Rose has been cut.
Rose managing to block the knees to the body from Knight.
Knight escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Knight closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Knight breaks from the clinch.
Rose drives through with a takedown into guard.
Rose trying to control the position from guard on top but Knight is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rose with a flurry of punches that miss.
Rose wants to control from the top but Knight keeps moving.
Knight is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Rose is controlling him.
Rose looking to sit in guard and control but Knight gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Knight wants to stand but Rose has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rose bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Knight's guard.
Knight wants to stand up but Rose is controlling him.
Knight keeping moving, preventing Rose from controlling successfully.
Knight is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Rose tries for a takedown. No joy.
Rose has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Knight avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Rose avoiding damage as Knight throws knees to the body.
Knight throws a knee to the head but misses.
Knight looks gassed!
Knight tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rose drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Knight gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hunter Rose. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Knight tries to land knees in the clinch but Rose avoids the damage to the body.
Rose has Knight pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Knight manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Knight misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rose.
Knight wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Knight landing knees to the body.
Knight pushes off an throws an elbow but Rose leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rose drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Knight scores with a knee to the head.
Knight wants to break free but Rose has control.
Rose avoiding damage as Knight throws knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knight connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rose's face.
Rose tries for a takedown. No joy.
Knight with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Knight.
Knight with a knee to the head.
Knight lands an elbow just above Rose 's eye.
Knight scores with a knee to the head.
Hunter Rose's cut is getting worse.
Knight breaks from the clinch.
Rose could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Nice sprawl there from Knight as Rose shoots in.
Knight gets caught flat footed, as Rose shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Knight is looking to stand up but Rose isn't so interested in that idea.
Rose tries to free his leg and advance position but Knight is retaining full guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Rose wants to control from the top but Knight keeps moving.
Knight wants to stand but Rose is controlling the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rose throws and elbow that misses. Knight uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Rose's guard. Nice move by Knight!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rose controlling the position.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Rose fails with the takedown.
Rose shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Rose trying to pass the guard but Knight defending well.
Rose prevents Knight from standing back up.
Rose postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Knight to stand up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Damien Knight will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Hunter Rose'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.
Rose's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Rose duly obliges.
Knight is looking to clinch but Rose is avoiding it.
Knight moves into the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Knight.
Rose avoids the elbow strike from Knight, against the cage.
Knight misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rose.
Rose blocks an elbow strike from Knight.
Rose has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Knight avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Rose takes a knee right on the jaw!
Knight trying to land knees to the body.
Rose takes an elbow to the temple.
Knight tries to land a knee to the head but Rose blocks with his arms.
Rose managing to block the knees to the body from Knight.
Knees to the body from Knight.
Knight missing with knees to the body.
Rose is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Knight landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knight missing with knees to the body.
Rose wants to break free but Knight has control.
Knight lands a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Knight scores a nice knee to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knight tries to land knees in the clinch but Rose avoids the damage to the body.
Knight breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Knight moves in looking to clinch but Rose pushes him off.
Knight wants to slow Rose down by chopping away at his legs.
Rose keeps the fight on the outside.
Knight wants to clinch.
Knight moves in looking to clinch but Rose pushes him off.
Rose swats away the attempt to clinch by Knight.
Nice sprawl there from Knight as Rose shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hunter Rose. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Knight tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Knight misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Knight tries to clinch up but Rose circles away and keeps his distance.
Rose will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Knight tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rose paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rose shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Knight as he avoids it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Rose shoots in but Knight avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Knight tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rose paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Knight tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rose paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Knight lands with a right hand.
Rose misses with a series of wild punches.
Knight fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rose looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Knight is fending him off so far but Rose persists. Nope, Knight circles away and we're back to standing.
Knight tries to clinch up but Rose circles away and keeps his distance.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Rose.
Knight is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Rose asserts his dominance and retains side control.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Knight can do anything to dispel that myth.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knight explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Rose decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Rose trying to control the action but Knight is working from the bottom.
Rose is looking to pass Knight's guard but actually Knight recovers to full guard.
Knight scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Knight looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Rose shoots in looking for a takedown. Knight tries to sprawl out of it but Rose keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Knight manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rose looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Knight is fending him off so far but Rose persists. Nope, Knight circles away and we're back to standing.
Rose shoots in for a takedown but Knight shows good takedown defense.
Knight doesn't manage to clinch there - Rose circles away.
Knight tries to close the distance and clinch but Rose swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rose closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Well, if Rose is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Rose trying to control from half guard but Knight is working away.
Rose is trying to work for a kimura but Knight is defending well.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rose looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Damien Knight showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Hunter Rose's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Rose shoots in and drives through. Knight sprawls well.
Rose looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Knight is fending him off so far but Rose persists. Nope, Knight circles away and we're back to standing.
Knight throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Knight cracks the inside of Rose's front leg.
Knight tries to clinch but Rose is having none of it.
Hunter Rose is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Knight misses with a head kick.
Knight is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Knight is looking to clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Knight wants to clinch up but Rose keeps it at a distance.
Knight fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rose looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Knight!
Knight is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rose is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Knight has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Rose tries to control but Knight wriggling away.
Hunter Rose overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Rose tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Rose trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Rose wants to take his opponent's back but Knight doesn't allow it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rose is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
That's two 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.
Knight stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hunter Rose. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rose shoots for a takedown but Knight saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Knight moves in looking to clinch but Rose pushes him off.
Rose lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Rose fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Rose swats away the attempt to clinch by Knight.
Rose blocks the body kick.
Horrible takedown by Rose or perhaps it was just good defense by Knight which made him look bad.
Knight is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rose avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rose looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Knight!
Rose trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Rose is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Knight can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knight defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Rose.
Rose tries to stand up but he's trapped just for the moment.
Rose working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Knight looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Rose! Submission of the night perhaps?
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:46 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Hunter Rose!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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