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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Greg Thornton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Will Knight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Knight's choice of entrance music: Let's Fighting Love. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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170 lbs
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180 cm
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175 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Prefers ground |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent |
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Greg Thornton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Will Knight!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, James Ackerman and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thornton fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Knight sprawls well initially but Thornton persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Thornton seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Thornton working the head and body with strikes.
The fighters are battling for position here. Knight manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Thornton drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Thornton jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Knight throws a couple of heel strikes.
Knight has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Knight throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Knight wants to sweep but no luck.
Knight is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Knight is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Knight thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Thornton's head.
Knight winds up and cracks Thornton with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Knight thows a huge punch but Thornton dodges it nicely.
Thornton keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Knight is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Thornton defends it well.
Thornton wants to get back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knight drops an elbow to the side of Thornton's head.
Knight prevents Thornton from standing back up.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Knight lands a nice short elbow.
Knight drops an elbow to the side of Thornton's head.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Knight lands a nice short elbow.
Thornton is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Knight winds up and cracks Thornton with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Thornton trying to control but Knight postures up.
Knight looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Knight prevents Thornton from standing back up.
Ground and pound from Knight.
Thornton is breathing heavily.
Knight slips a nice elbow through Thornton's hands, connecting with Thornton's forehead.
Thornton regains full guard. Nicely done.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knight content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Knight lands a couple of elbows.
Knight is in close to Thornton's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Thornton has momentary wrist control but Knight slips an elbow through the middle.
Knight throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Thornton knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Knight on the ground.
Knight trying to control but Thornton is working from the bottom.
Knight working some strikes from top position.
Thornton looking to control.
Knight is standing up over Thornton. Thornton looks to escape but Knight dives into side control.
Knight lands a nice forearm strike.
Knight wants to lay and pray for a moment but Thornton keeps working.
Knight working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Thornton on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Thornton tries to get out of the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Thornton's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Knight scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Thornton to see if he's OK.
Knight scoring with punches and elbows.
Knight grinds an elbow into Thornton's temple.
Thornton is not content to let Knight control the position.
Thornton is working to avoid the ground and pound but Knight connects with a decent elbow.
Knight working the ground and pound.
Thornton is working to avoid the ground and pound but Knight connects with a decent elbow.
Check out the look on Knight's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Thornton taking punishment in the form of punches.
Thornton is rocked!
Thornton takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Oh Thornton is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Knight lands a few punches from side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thornton takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Knight working the ground and pound.
Knight advances to mount.
Knight putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Knight is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Knight lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Thornton in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
BOOM! Knight connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Knight in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Knight lands with some strikes.
A nice elbow there by Knight.
Knight landing strikes from the mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knight landing strikes from the mount and Thornton is in trouble!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Will Knight dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Thornton looks to land a combination but Knight avoids it well.
Thornton seems to have got his legs back now.
Knight bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Knight landing a few strikes.
Knight scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Thornton is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Knight can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Will Knight!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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