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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tiger Bear (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benjamin Knox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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195 lbs
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185 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tiger Bear!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Benjamin Knox!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bear throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bear tries to clinch there but Knox circles away.
Knox misses with a takedown attempt - Bear sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Knox swats away the attempt to clinch by Bear.
Knox blocks a head kick by Bear.
Bear has taken the fight to the clinch.
Bear with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bear with a knee to the head.
Knox on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Knox just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bear's brow.
Bear gets underhooks to prevent Knox's takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knox wants a takedown but no success here.
Tiger Bear has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Benjamin Knox.
Bear crunches a lovely knee into Knox's ribcage.
Knox on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knox avoiding damage as Bear throws knees to the body.
Knox drops down looking for an ankle pick but Bear pulls his leg out and moves away.
Bear throws a head kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bear closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bear throws a knee to the head but misses.
Knox is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bear is keeping busy.
Bear lands with a right to the head.
Bear landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bear with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bear pushes Knox back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Knox tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Knox looks gassed!
Bear with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bear cracks Knox with a nice body shot.
Bear misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Knox.
Bear with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bear tries to land a knee to the head but Knox blocks with his arms.
Knox blocks the elbow strike.
Bear lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bear lands a shoulder strike.
Knox is rocked!
Bear throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Knox blocks it with crossed arms.
Knox is still on wobbly legs! Can Bear finish him?
Knees to the body from Bear.
Knox seems to have recovered his senses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knox throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Knox trying to land knees to the body.
Bear throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Knox tries to pull guard but Bear won't allow it.
Knox looking for a takedown.
Knox has hold of one of Bear's legs. Bear is fighting the takedown attempt but Knox gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Knox pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bear is keeping the position for now.
Bear lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Knox!
Knox keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knox is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Knox manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Knox is trying to get back to full guard.
Knox manages to get to full guard.
Knox working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Bear has passed into half guard!
Knox is pressing down on Bear's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knox working for a triangle but Bear defends it easily.
Bear avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Bear showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Knox is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tiger Bear dominated that round.
That's time! Bear's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Bear.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bear looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bear forces Knox back against the cage and clinches.
Bear unloads a knee to the mid-section. Knox lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bear with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bear scores with a knee to the head.
Bear unloads a knee to the mid-section. Knox lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bear lands with a left to the head.
Knox avoiding damage as Bear throws knees to the body.
Knox is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Bear gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Bear throws a knee to the head but misses.
Knox on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bear with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knox tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Bear smiles and moves away.
Bear tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knox lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Bear backs up against the cage.
Knox avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Knox swats away the attempt to clinch by Bear.
Bear tries to clinch but Knox moves out of range.
Bear tries to close the distance and clinch but Knox swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bear lands a nice leg kick that just misses Knox's sensitive parts.
Knox avoids the head kick by Bear.
Knox moves in looking to clinch but Bear pushes him off.
Bear tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Knox paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Knox tries to clinch there but Bear circles away.
Bear tries to clinch but Knox moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Bear darts in trying to clinch
enabling Knox to counter with a crisp jab.
Knox throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Knox tries to clinch but Bear is having none of it.
Tiger Bear seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bear closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Knox tries to pull guard but Bear won't allow it.
Tiger Bear has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Benjamin Knox.
Bear lands a knee to the head.
Bear tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knox on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knox blocks an elbow strike.
Bear using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Knox has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bear misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Knox.
Knox tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Bear smiles and moves away.
Bear throws a leg kick
and Knox counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Bear!
Knox looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knox looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Bear is bucking up trying to escape but Knox cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Bear has given up his back here. Will Knox look for the submission or keep pounding away?
Knox has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Bear has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Bear has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Knox doesn't have the hooks in and Bear manages to turn into his guard.
Bear keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Knox's head.
Knox working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Bear has passed into half guard!
Bear trying to control the pace.
Knox looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Knox tries to get to full guard but Bear has control of the leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Tiger Bear will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Bear tries to clinch up
and Knox counters with a takedown into side control.
Knox tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Knox has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Knox is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Bear is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Knox looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Knox takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Knox tries to advance to mount but Bear denies him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bear controls the position for a moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Knox is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Bear knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Bear manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Knox is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Bear defends it well.
Knox seems to be working for a kimura but Bear defends the submission attempt.
Bear tries to roll over but Knox keeps him under control.
Knox is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Knox takes his opponent's back. Perhaps a chance to lock up a rear naked choke here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bear showing good submission defense here.
Bear trying to control the hands but Knox breaks the grip.
Knox working for a choke but Bear is defending well.
Bear trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Knox tightening his grip on Bear, looking for the choke.
Benjamin Knox has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Bear is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Knox gets his way!
Knox is looking for the choke from the back position but Bear is controlling his hands well.
Knox is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Bear defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bear controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad spot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Benjamin Knox comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Bear has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Suge Night scores the fight for Tiger Bear!
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Tiger Bear!
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight for Benjamin Knox!
Tiger Bear wins by split decision!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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