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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Boogie Knight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Titan Boma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Boma has chosen Evan Jones - Domination as his entrance music. 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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212 lbs
14 - 6 - 0 |
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295 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Boogie Knight!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 10 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Titan Boma!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Viktor Lagutenko and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boma works Knight's body with a nice hook.
Knight tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Boma manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Knight has closed the distance and engaged Boma in a clinch.
Knight blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Boma is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Knight is defending well for now.
Knight tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Knight swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Boma takes a shot to the head.
Knight blocks an elbow strike from Boma.
Knight has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Knight lands with a short shot to the head.
Boma missing with knees to the body.
Boma can't find room to land a body shot as Knight controls the action.
Knight fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Knight working aggressively here.
Knight fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Boma blocks an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Knight.
Boma looking to stall.
A head punch on the inside from Knight fails to land.
Boma looking to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Boma is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
A head punch on the inside from Knight fails to land.
Knight lands with a short punch from the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Knight creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Knight as Boma tries to tie him up.
Knight has a couple of punches blocked by Boma.
Boma blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Knight lands a left hand.
Knight swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Knight misses with a hook from the clinch.
Knight misses with a punch on the inside.
Boma dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Boma takes a shot to the head.
Boma blocks an uppercut.
Knight swings wildly with an uppercut but Boma uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boma is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Boma scores with a shot to the side of Knight's head.
Boma's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Knight misses with the head strike.
Knight throws a punch but it's blocked by Boma.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Boma trying to stall but Knight improves his position.
Boma blocks an uppercut.
Boma blocks an uppercut.
Knight scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Knight swings wildly with an uppercut but Boma uses good head movement to avoid it.
Good body shot from Boma.
Knight swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Knight tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Knight misses with a hook from the clinch.
Knight throws a head punch that misses.
Knight misses with the head strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boma is trying to force a seperation but Knight has the dominant position.
Knight misses with some punches.
Boma blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Boma blocks an uppercut.
Knight throws a punch but it's blocked by Boma.
Boma wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Knight has him pressed against the cage.
Knight misses with a short punch on the inside.
Knight lands with a light punch inside.
Knight misses with the head strike.
Boma misses with a knee strike.
Knight misses with some punches.
Boma is trying to maintain a safe position but Knight gets an underhook and turns Boma into the cage.
Boma stalls.
Boma lands a nice knee to the body.
Boma working hard to break the clinch.
Boma tries a body shot but Knight blocks it.
Knight lands with a right to the head.
Boma tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knight lands an uppercut.
A short left from Knight.
Knight throws a head punch that misses.
Knight swings wildly with an uppercut but Boma uses good head movement to avoid it.
Knight misses with the head strike.
Knight throws a head punch that misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Knight as Boma tries to tie him up.
Good body shot from Boma.
Knight misses with a short punch on the inside.
Boma blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Knight throws a head punch that misses.
Knight misses with a hook from the clinch.
Knight misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Knight.
Boma tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Knight avoids it.
Knight throws a punch but it's blocked by Boma.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Boogie Knight dominated that 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.
Boma keeps the fight on the outside.
Knight rushes Boma and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Knight swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Knight tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Knight misses with a short punch on the inside.
Boma blocks an uppercut.
Knight misses with a short punch on the inside.
Knight lands with a left to the head.
Knight tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Knight lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Boma blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Knight has a couple of punches blocked by Boma.
Knight misses with the head strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boma blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Boma.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
With the fighters up against the cage, Boma throws an elbow but misses.
Knight scores with a shoulder strike.
Knight swings wildly with an uppercut but Boma uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boma blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Knight fails to land.
Knight lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Boma backwards.
Knight throws a punch but it's blocked by Boma.
Knight fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Knight misses with the head strike.
Boma blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Boma looking to slow down the pace here.
Boma pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Boma circles away from the clinch attempt.
Boma throws a counter combo.
Knight doesn't manage to clinch there - Boma circles away.
Knight wants to clinch up but Boma keeps it at a distance.
Knight tries to close the distance and clinch but Boma swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Boma swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Knight wants to clinch but Boma slips to the side
and Boma makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Knight is looking to clinch but Boma is avoiding it.
Knight tries to clinch but Boma moves out of range.
Knight tries to clinch but Boma is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Boma.
Knight fails in his attempt to clinch.
Boogie Knight seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Knight clinches with his opponent.
Knight tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Boma breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Knight tries to clinch but Boma is having none of it.
Knight takes the fight into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Boma misses with a hook to the ribs.
Still in the clinch, Knight scores with a nice short uppercut.
Boma blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Knight tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Knight blocks the elbow strike.
Boma leaning against his opponent.
Knight working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Boma.
Knight working aggressively here.
Boma blocks an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boma is trying to maintain a safe position but Knight gets an underhook and turns Boma into the cage.
Boma blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Boma.
Boma taking a breather.
Boma blocks an uppercut.
Knight blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Knight lands with a short punch from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Knight.
A shot in the inside from Boma.
Knight fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Knight fails to land.
Boma blocks an uppercut.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Knight lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Knight lands a right hand.
Boma's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Knight tries to close the distance and clinch up but Boma swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Knight moves to clinch but Boma breaks away
and Boma counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knight looks to clinch
and Boma connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knight darts in and clinches Boma up against the cage.
Boma misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Boma wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Knight misses with a short punch on the inside.
Knight misses with some punches.
Boma is struggling to control the position.
Knight misses with some punches.
Boogie Knight has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Boma slows down the pace here.
Boma trying to land knees to the body.
Knight is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Boma can do to turn this around?
Knight avoiding damage as Boma throws knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Knight fails to land.
Knight dodges an elbow strike from Boma.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Boogie Knight dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
Knight wants to clinch.
Knight backing away here, and Boma unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Boma throws a sloppy head kick and Knight moves out of range easily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Boma. That's going to slow Knight down.
The fight stays on the outside here - Knight looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Boma! But no joy.
Boma throws a sloppy head kick and Knight moves out of range easily.
Knight tries to clinch up but Boma circles away and keeps his distance.
Knight pushes Boma up against the cage in a clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Knight.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Knight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knight lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Knight working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Knight lands on the inside with an uppercut.
It looks like Titan Boma has been cut.
Boma is trying to break free.
Knight misses with a short punch on the inside.
Boma wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boma effectively controlling the action here.
Knees in the clinch landing for Boma.
Knight misses with a punch on the inside.
Boma wants to break free but Knight has control.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Knight.
Boma manages to break the clinch.
Boma gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Boma blocks an uppercut.
Knight fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Knight working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Knight avoiding damage as Boma throws knees to the body.
Knight working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Knight.
Knight has Boma pressed against the cage, preventing Boma from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Knight.
Boma is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Titan Boma has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Boogie Knight is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boma has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Boma softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Boma just leaning against Knight, taking a breather.
Boma looking to slow down the pace here.
Boma tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Boma tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Knight blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knight blocking some punches.
Boma tries to land knees in the clinch but Knight avoids the damage to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Boma using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Knight has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A head punch on the inside from Knight fails to land.
Boma is looking to control Knight's arms but Knight gets an underhook and turns him. Now Boma has his back to the cage.
Knight lands a shoulder strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boma missing with knees to the body.
Boma is struggling to control the position.
Boma is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Boma receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Boma leaning his opponent against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Titan Boma.
Knight is looking to clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The fight stays on the outside here - Knight looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Knight fails in his attempt to clinch.
Boma swats away the attempt to clinch by Knight.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Titan Boma.
I think Knight 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 Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Boogie Knight!
After winning the bout, Boogie Knight thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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hype
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FIGHT
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