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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ted Knight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matthew Mara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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177 lbs
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180 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class MT
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BJJ Brown Belt
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
22 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Ted Knight!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Matthew Mara!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Yves DeLean and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Mara. Knight does a little dance to reset his feet.
Knight throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mara.
Mara takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Mara throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Knight sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mara throws a sloppy head kick and Knight moves out of range easily.
Knight throws a sloppy head kick and Mara moves out of range easily.
Decent striking displayed by Knight there.
Knight walks into a left hand.
Knight fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mara throws a sloppy head kick and Knight moves out of range easily.
Mara wants to clinch.
Knight gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Mara rushes Knight and presses him up against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Knight just misses with a elbow thrown towards Mara's brow.
Knight tries a knee to the head but Mara blocks it.
Mara takes a knee to the side of the body.
Knight prevents Mara from breaking the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mara's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mara clobbers Knight with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Mara throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Knight tries to clinch up.
Mara takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Knight steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mara.
Mara throws a head kick but Knight moves out of range.
Knight throws a head kick that half lands.
Knight misses with a body shot.
Knight tries to keep at a distance but Mara has taken the fight into the clinch.
Mara has had enough of the clinch but Knight keeps him there for the moment.
Mara breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mara tries to clinch but Knight is having none of it.
Mara cracks Knight with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mara fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knight scores with a push kick.
Knight misses with a head kick.
Mara scores with a hook to the body. Knight takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Knight throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Mara is looking to clinch.
Knight pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Knight connects with a single shot there.
Mara works Knight's body with a nice hook.
A head kick misses from Mara.
Knight moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Mara just misses with a punch to the body.
Knight keeps the fight on the outside.
Knight shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Mara tries to hold on but Knight postures up.
Mara is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knight can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Mara is looking to escape.
Knight controlling the pace for now.
Mara is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Knight takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mara manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Knight looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Knight is controlling the pace.
Knight tries to pass the half guard into mount. Mara knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Knight is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Knight has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ted Knight dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Knight throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mara throws a sloppy head kick
and Knight counters with a one-two to the body.
Knight fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Mara connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ted Knight is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Knight tries to clinch up.
Knight tries a head kick but it misses.
Knight throws a head kick that misses.
Knight throws a head kick but Mara moves out of range.
Mara misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Knight.
Some wild striking there from Knight.
Mara avoids the body shot from Knight.
Mara misses the shot to the body.
Mara swats away the attempt to clinch by Knight.
Knight throws a sloppy head kick and Mara moves out of range easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mara throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Nice defenses there by Knight.
Matthew Mara is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mara throws a head kick that misses.
Mara misses with a low kick as Knight jumps back.
Knight clinches with his opponent.
Mara misses with an elbow strike.
Mara tries to circle away but Knight has him pinned against the cage.
Knight is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Knight lands a nice elbow.
Mara is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Knight is keeping busy.
Knight utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Mara tries to break the clinch but Knight is controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Knight.
Knight tries to land a knee to the head but Mara blocks with his arms.
Knight is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Mara tries to break the clinch but Knight is controlling the position.
Knight is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mara is defending well for now.
Mara is trying to push Knight away but Knight has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Mara is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knight trying to land knees to the body.
Mara is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Mara wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mara creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Knight tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mara tries to work over Knight's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mara scores with a shot to the side of Knight's head.
Mara escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Knight throws a wild body kick that Mara sees coming a mile off.
Knight fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ted Knight. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Knight has Mara up against the cage in a clinch.
Mara goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Knight trying to land knees to the body.
Mara's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Knight throws a knee to the head but misses.
Knight keeps control of Mara as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mara misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knight tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mara's elbow.
Mara lands a hook that snaps the head of Knight backwards.
A knee to the head by Knight.
It looks like Matthew Mara has been cut.
Knight keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mara's efforts to push away.
Knight misses with a knee to the head.
Mara is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Knight lands a good knee to the midsection. Mara won't want to take too many of those.
Ted Knight has scored more points in the clinch so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mara managing to block the knees to the body from Knight.
Mara wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mara takes a knee right on the jaw!
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Mara.
Knight works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Knight is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ted Knight dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Matthew Mara's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Knight throws a head kick that misses.
A head kick from Knight lands but Mara takes it in his stride.
Mara with a hook.
Knight throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mara tries a head kick but it misses.
Mara scores with a hook.
Knight throws a head kick that Mara semi-blocks.
Knight throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Mara avoids the head kick by Knight.
Mara avoids the head kick by Knight.
Knight misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A head kick misses from Knight.
The crowd cheers as Mara lands an impressive looking overhand right. Knight doesn't seem phased though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knight takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mara misses with a two punch combination.
Mara takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Knight takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Mara lands with a good body shot.
Mara tries to clinch but Knight is having none of it.
Knight tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Mara manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mara misses with an uppercut. Knight saw that one coming.
Knight slips a straight right by Mara.
Mara throws a sloppy head kick and Knight moves out of range easily.
Knight tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mara paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Knight tries to clinch but Mara moves out of range.
Knight tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mara throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Knight stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Knight lands a jab to Mara's midsection.
Knight throws a body kick that misses.
Matthew Mara has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mara throws a front kick aimed at Knight's knee but Knight avoids it well.
Mara on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Knight fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Mara, pushing him back against the cage.
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 with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mara misses with a punch on the inside.
Knight misses with a knee strike.
Mara pressing his opponent against the cage.
Mara misses with an elbow strike.
Knight putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mara in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Knight blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mara avoiding damage as Knight throws knees to the body.
Mara wants to break free but Knight has control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mara blocks an elbow strike from Knight.
Mara lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Mara throws an elbow but misses.
Mara wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Knight wants a takedown but no success here.
Knight landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Mara takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Knight using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The referee calls for Knight to work.
Knight landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Mara swings wildly with an uppercut but Knight uses good head movement to avoid it.
Knight misses with a shot to the kidneys.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knight tries to land knees in the clinch but Mara avoids the damage to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mara wants to get back to striking at distance but Knight won't allow it.
Knight tries to land knees in the clinch but Mara avoids the damage to the body.
Mara gets through Knight's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Knight throws a head punch that misses.
Knight tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Knight leaning his opponent against the cage.
Mara is trying to push Knight away but Knight has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Ted Knight is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Mara misses with a body punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mara avoiding damage as Knight throws knees to the body.
Mara breaks the clinch.
Mara pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Knight back to the cage. Mara follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Knight scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Ted Knight.
Well Knight has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ted Knight!
Ted Knight seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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