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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ron Sieler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chuck Knuckle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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143 lbs
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171 cm
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145 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ron Sieler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Chuck Knuckle!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Igor Prikhodko and Vladimir Khabensky.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sieler thows a body shot but no joy.
Knuckle gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sieler lands an uppercut.
Knuckle tries a body shot but Sieler blocks it.
A body shot lands from Knuckle.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sieler just misses with a elbow thrown towards Knuckle's brow.
Sieler throws a head punch that misses.
Sieler lands a hook that snaps the head of Knuckle backwards.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Sieler blocking some punches.
Sieler stalling the fight.
Sieler pushes Knuckle back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sieler lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sieler gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Knuckle is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Sieler is controlling him.
Sieler sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Sieler tries to free his leg and advance position but Knuckle is retaining full guard.
Sieler wants to control from the top but Knuckle keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knuckle is looking to stand up but Sieler isn't so interested in that idea.
Knuckle keeping moving, preventing Sieler from controlling successfully.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Ron Sieler just wasn't active enough.
Sieler uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Knuckle has time to react.
Sieler lands a leg kick that knocks Knuckle off balance momentarily.
Knuckle missing with a left hand there. Sieler was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sieler scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Knuckle goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Knuckle connects with a nice looking jab.
Sieler scores with a sloppy right hand. Knuckle should have avoided that one.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sieler slips a jab from Knuckle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sieler scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sieler. Knuckle does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sieler throws a series of punches but Knuckle avoids them all with ease.
Knuckle tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sieler was well out of range. Poor timing from Knuckle.
Knuckle instigates a clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sieler.
Sieler lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sieler.
Knuckle lands with a left to the head.
Knuckle takes a knee to the side of the body.
Knuckle stops a takedown attempt from Sieler.
Knuckle takes a shot to the head.
Knuckle misses with an elbow strike.
Sieler lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Knuckle backwards.
Sieler drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Knuckle fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sieler is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Knuckle throws a punch but it's blocked by Sieler.
Sieler lands an elbow that stopped Knuckle in his tracks for a moment.
Sieler avoiding damage.
Sieler pushes Knuckle back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sieler looking to slow down the pace here.
Sieler trying to land knees to the body.
Knuckle misses with some punches.
Knuckle tries to work over Sieler's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Knuckle blocks an elbow strike from Sieler.
Knuckle fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sieler lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A short uppercut from Sieler.
Sieler manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knuckle throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sielers head.
Sieler misses with the head strike.
A short right from Knuckle on the inside.
Sieler is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Knuckle is defending well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ron Sieler. That's going to take a lot out of him.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sieler.
Knuckle pushes off an throws an elbow but Sieler leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Knuckle misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sieler.
Sieler's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sieler throws a lazy right hand but Knuckle sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Sieler scores with a kick to the midsection.
Knuckle misses with a wild combination.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Sieler. Knuckle does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sieler gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ron Sieler dominated that round.
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.
A combination from Knuckle does no damage.
The fighters circling - Sieler throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sieler dives in and grabs Knuckle's left leg, looking for a takedown. Knuckle pushes down on Sieler's head and hops out.
Knuckle closes the distance and clinches.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Sieler wants to stall.
Sieler lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Sieler.
Knuckle presses Sieler against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Sieler landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Sieler lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Knuckle backwards.
Sieler is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Knuckle is defending well for now.
Sieler lands with a left to the head.
Sieler blocking some punches.
Sieler is looking to control Knuckle's arms but Knuckle gets an underhook and turns him. Now Sieler has his back to the cage.
Sieler lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Knuckle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sieler misses with some punches.
Sieler managing to block the knees to the body from Knuckle.
Sieler swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Knuckle misses with a punch to the body.
Knuckle looking to throw knees to the head but Sieler is blocking nicely.
Knuckle working aggressively here.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Sieler tries for a takedown but Knuckle manages to get underhooks.
Sieler stalling in the clinch but Knuckle improves position.
Sieler's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Knuckle moves into the clinch.
Sieler landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knuckle is trying to pull guard but Sieler turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Sieler's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Chuck Knuckle is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Knuckle's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Sieler connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Knuckle scrambles back to his feet.
Knuckle throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sieler.
A swing and a miss from Sieler.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sieler takes the fight into the clinch.
Sieler lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sieler prevents Knuckle from breaking the clinch.
Knuckle throws a punch but it's blocked by Sieler.
Sieler creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Knuckle's defenses.
Sieler has clasped his hands together around Knuckle's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Sieler in side control, throwing shots but Knuckle defends.
Knuckle is trying to get back to his feet.
Sieler scoring with punches and elbows.
Knuckle is trying to buck Sieler off.
Sieler working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Sieler is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Knuckle looks calm but he's in trouble here. Sieler gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Knuckle is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Sieler lets go of the hold and Knuckle can pop his arm back in it's socket.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ron Sieler!
Ron Sieler 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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FIGHT
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