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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Buster Knott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nino Niederreiter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Knott kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Kanye West vs. The xx - Touch The Sky (Carlos Serrano Mix) . Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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180 lbs
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175 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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BJJ Brown Belt
Lethal high kicks
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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
16 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Buster Knott!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Nino Niederreiter!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Yves DeLean and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Niederreiter.
Niederreiter throws a lazy body kick
and Knott counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Knott.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Knott trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Knott postures up in Niederreiter's guard and throws a big left but Niederreiter blocks it.
Knott tries to free his leg and advance position but Niederreiter is retaining full guard.
Knott with a flurry of punches that miss.
Niederreiter wants to sweep but no luck.
Knott controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Niederreiter is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Knott trying to control the position from guard on top but Niederreiter is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Niederreiter wants to sweep here but Knott controlling him for the moment.
Niederreiter looking for a guillotine here but Knott defends easily.
Knott lands a couple of elbows.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knott avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Knott stopping the sweep attempt from Niederreiter.
Niederreiter escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Knott gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Knott postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Niederreiter looking for a sweep. Not yet Niederreiter, not yet.
Knott is working Niederreiter over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Knott stands up over Niederreiter, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Knott wants to control from the top but Niederreiter keeps moving.
Knott in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Niederreiter looking to control.
Knott avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Niederreiter looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Niederreiter keeping moving, preventing Knott from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Niederreiter trying to control the position.
Knott throws an elbow that misses. Niederreiter uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Knott's guard. Nice move by Niederreiter!
Knott looking to control.
Niederreiter passes Knott's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Niederreiter is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Knott is just riding it out for now. Niederreiter eventually gives up the hold.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knott wants to control but Niederreiter is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Knott gets full guard.
Knott not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Knott is pulling down on Niederreiter's head to control his posture.
Niederreiter trying to control but Knott is working from the bottom.
Niederreiter pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Knott is keeping the position for now.
Niederreiter postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Knott is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Knott wants to lay and pray for a moment but Niederreiter keeps working.
Knott prevents Niederreiter from improving his position.
Niederreiter keeps trying to improve his position.
Niederreiter manages to get to full guard.
Niederreiter throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Knott in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Buster Knott will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Knott doesn't manage to clinch there - Niederreiter circles away.
Knott throws a head kick that misses.
Knott lands with a slapping head kick.
Knott swings for the body but Niederreiter moves out of range.
Knott sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Knott throws a head kick but Niederreiter moves out of range.
Knott fails to land the takedown.
Niederreiter only half commits to the counter leg kick.
The crowd cheers as Niederreiter lands an impressive looking overhand right. Knott doesn't seem phased though.
A punch lands to the side of Knott 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A cross from Knott lands.
A head kick by Knott misses
and Niederreiter counters with a two punch combo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knott lands with a slapping head kick.
Niederreiter checks a leg kick.
Knott throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Despite the aggression on Niederreiter's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Knott shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Niederreiter pinned against the cage. Niederreiter gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Niederreiter swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Niederreiter connects with an inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Niederreiter lets loose with a powerful body kick. Knott will feel that in the morning.
Nino Niederreiter seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A nice leg kick lands there from Niederreiter.
Knott moves out of range as Niederreiter throws a body kick.
Nino Niederreiter is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A head kick by Knott misses
and Niederreiter counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A jab from Niederreiter finds it's way through Knott's defenses.
Niederreiter connects with a solid leg kick.
Niederreiter clobbers Knott with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Knott tries a low kick but Niederreiter avoids it.
Niederreiter swinging wildly here.
Knott throws the left hand but Niederreiter avoids the punch easily.
Niederreiter lands a nice hook to Knott's body. Knott takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Niederreiter wants to land a leg kick but Knott is out of range.
Knott avoids a punch combination nicely.
Knott moves in looking to clinch but Niederreiter pushes him off.
Niederreiter throws out a counter right but Knott avoids it with no problem.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Niederreiter throws a nice outside leg kick.
Knott just misses with a punch to the body.
Knott throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Knott throws a head kick that misses.
Niederreiter gets caught flat footed, as Knott shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Knott accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Niederreiter looking to hit a scissor sweep but Knott is one step ahead there.
Niederreiter keeping moving, preventing Knott from controlling successfully.
Niederreiter is trying to keep Knott in close.
Knott looking to pass the guard.
Knott is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knott trying to control but Niederreiter is working from the bottom.
Niederreiter is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Knott defends well.
Knott wants to get up but he can't break Niederreiter's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Knott throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Buster Knott overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Niederreiter is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Knott stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Niederreiter swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Knott throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Niederreiter works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Knott trying to control but Niederreiter is working from the bottom.
Knott pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Niederreiter is keeping the position for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Niederreiter is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Knott defends well.
Knott scoring with some ground and pound.
Knott looking to pass the guard.
Niederreiter looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Niederreiter is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Knott defends well.
Niederreiter is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nino Niederreiter showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Knott with a nice cross.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Knott swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Niederreiter has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Knott.
Knott takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Knott scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Knott moves into the clinch.
Niederreiter breaks from the clinch.
Niederreiter stuffs the takedown attempt from Knott. Knott gets slowly back to his feet.
Knott tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Niederreiter manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Knott on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Niederreiter is looking to slow Knott down with leg kicks.
Niederreiter throws a hook to the side of Knott's head but Knott sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Knott throws a looping overhand right but Niederreiter ducks down to avoid it.
Knott misses with a low kick.
Knott looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knott waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Niederreiter.
Knott fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Niederreiter goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knott moves out of range of the strikes.
Good leg kick by Niederreiter there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Niederreiter connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Niederreiter looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Niederreiter throws a nice inside leg kick.
Knott closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Niederreiter did well to prevent Knott getting side control.
Knott thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Knott trying to control from half guard but Niederreiter is working away.
Niederreiter slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Knott trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Knott is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Niederreiter wants to sweep here but Knott controlling him for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knott postures up in Niederreiter's guard and throws a big left but Niederreiter blocks it.
Niederreiter has his feet on Knott's thighs here. He's pushed Knott off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Knott screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Nino Niederreiter!
Buster Knott was interviewed post fight and said 'I'm young and still have a lot of upside. The same cannot be said of you.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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