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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kagen Knight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roberto Nascimento (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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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
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kagen Knight!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Roberto Nascimento!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Phil Schofield and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nascimento lands a glancing blow to the side of Knight's head.
Nascimento changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Knight tries to avoid it but Nascimento manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Knight to the ground. Knight escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Nascimento shoots in for a takedown but Knight shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Nascimento keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Knight throws a leg kick but Nascimento sees it coming and moves out of range.
Nascimento pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nascimento has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Knight dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nascimento takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Knight misses with a hook to the body
and Nascimento counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Nascimento.
Nascimento tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A right handed body shot lands from Knight.
Knight has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Nascimento is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Knight lands a right hand.
Knight breaks the clinch.
Knight lands a nice shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nascimento fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Knight pivots, looking for a leg kick but Nascimento is out of range and Knight settles back down.
Nascimento takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Nascimento is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Knight.
Kagen Knight seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Nascimento.
Knight jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Knight swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Nascimento.
Kagen Knight has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roberto Nascimento.
Nascimento swinging wildly here.
Knight misses with a left hand
and Nascimento counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nascimento throws a series of punches but Knight moves out of range.
Knight scores with a one two! Nascimento had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Nascimento walks into a left hand.
Knight swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Knight looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Knight throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Nascimento holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Nascimento breaks from the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knight scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Knight misses the shot to the body.
Knight bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Nascimento's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nascimento tries to close the distance and clinch up but Knight swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nascimento misses with an attempted mid kick.
Knight scores with a sloppy right hand. Nascimento should have avoided that one.
Knight shoots in and gets a takedown into Nascimento's guard.
Knight is pushing down on Nascimento's leg trying to pass to half guard. Nascimento is fighting to maintain full guard but Knight has managed to sneak the leg through.
Nascimento is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Knight's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Knight's back!
Knight just trying to survive but Nascimento is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Knight is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Nascimento is not going to allow Knight to sit and survive in this position.
Knight is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knight is working hard here to advance position.
Knight staying busy and making it hard for Nascimento to control.
Knight trying to control the position but Nascimento manages to sink in the hooks.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Knight is really stuck here.
Nascimento gets his hands free as Knight looks to control.
Nascimento is hanging on to Knight's back as he tries to escape.
I would not like to be Knight right now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knight manages to reverse the position and now he's in Nascimento's guard. Nice work there by Knight.
Nascimento keeping moving, preventing Knight from controlling successfully.
Nascimento trying to keep a closed guard but Knight is proving a slippery customer.
Knight looking to pass the guard.
Knight not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kagen Knight dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Nascimento tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nascimento looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Knight connects with a jab.
Knight scores with a body shot.
Knight scores with a punch to the head.
Nascimento shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Knight as he jumps to the side.
Nascimento slaps away a takedown attempt from Knight, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Knight connects with the punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nascimento misses with a wild combination.
Nascimento on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Knight. Knight obviously looking to wear him down.
Nascimento slips a jab from Knight.
Knight keeps the fight on the outside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Knight as he connects with a hook.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nascimento looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kagen Knight is winning the standup battle so far.
Nascimento keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nascimento slips under a jab from Knight.
Nascimento fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nascimento avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Knight listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Nascimento throws a sloppy head kick
and Knight counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Nascimento makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Nascimento.
Knight trying to control the position from guard on top but Nascimento is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Knight seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knight throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Nascimento works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Knight is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nascimento can do to turn this around?
Nascimento is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Knight trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Knight looking to sit in guard and control but Nascimento gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knight tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nascimento stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Knight swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Nascimento postures up.
Knight is controlling Nascimento's posture.
Nascimento won't allow Knight to sweep him here.
Knight is trying to keep Nascimento in close.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Nascimento walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Knight scores with a hook.
Nascimento misses the shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knight throws out a powerful jab.
Nascimento tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Knight paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nascimento throws a hook to the side of Knight's head but Knight sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nascimento fails with an attempt to clinch.
Knight lands a right hook to the body.
Knight blocks a head kick by Nascimento.
Nascimento keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Knight.
Nascimento throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Knight's waist but Knight gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Nascimento off to one side.
Kagen Knight has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roberto Nascimento.
Knight fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Nascimento avoids it really well and circles away.
Knight tried to score with a low kick but Nascimento checks it.
Knight fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nascimento manages to avoid it.
Knight swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nascimento jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kagen Knight dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Knight scores with a body shot.
Knight lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Nascimento looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Nascimento misses with a head kick.
Knight throws a body punch but Nascimento moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Nascimento.
Knight stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Nascimento.
Nascimento is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nascimento tries to clinch up but Knight circles away and keeps his distance.
Knight throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nascimento sees it coming and avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good standup being displayed there by Knight as he connects with a hook.
Nascimento tries a head kick but it misses.
Nascimento gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knight looking to pass the guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knight trying to control but Nascimento is working from the bottom.
Knight postures up.
Knight controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Nascimento keeping moving, preventing Knight from controlling successfully.
Knight not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Knight tries to free his leg and advance position but Nascimento is retaining full guard.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
A head kick misses from Nascimento.
Knight scores with a crisp jab that stopped Nascimento in his tracks.
Knight scores with a crisp jab that stopped Nascimento in his tracks.
Nascimento ducks under a wild hook from Knight.
Nascimento shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Knight but Knight pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Nascimento uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Knight.
Nascimento tries a low kick but Knight avoids it.
Knight connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Nascimento takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Nascimento takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Nascimento fails with a takedown attempt.
Nascimento takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nascimento is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knight cracks Nascimento with a right hand to the side of the head.
Knight tried to score with a low kick but Nascimento checks it.
Knight throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nascimento tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Nascimento has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Knight tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nascimento swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nascimento clinches up with Knight and pushes him back against the cage.
Roberto Nascimento has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nascimento working aggressively here.
Nascimento manages to break the clinch.
Nascimento slips a straight right by Knight.
Knight dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Knight cracks Nascimento with an open hand slap.
Knight bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nascimento fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Kagen Knight has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roberto Nascimento.
No luck for Knight with that takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knight cracks Nascimento with a good jab.
Knight scores with a sloppy right hand. Nascimento should have avoided that one.
Knight gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knight just leaning against Nascimento, taking a breather.
Knight lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nascimento trying to land knees to the body.
Nascimento looking to slow down the pace here.
A short uppercut from Knight.
Knight has had enough of the clinch but Nascimento keeps him there for the moment.
Nascimento has a couple of punches blocked by Knight.
Nascimento misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right from Knight on the inside.
Nascimento tries a body shot but Knight blocks it.
Nascimento misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kagen Knight showed his dominance in that final round.
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 Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kagen Knight!
A victorious Kagen Knight thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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