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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marc Knight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chong Man Hoi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hoi has chosen Hunk of Burning Love by Elvis Presley as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Marc Knight has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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201 cm
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286 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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218 cm
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300 lbs
6 - 1 - 1 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Experienced |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Knockout power |
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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
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marc Knight! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
6 - 1 - 1, fighting out of New York, Chong Man Hoi! The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Russell Pearce and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Knight throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Knight misses with a jab, cross combination.
Knight misses with a straight left. The fight stays on the outside here - Knight looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Knight doesn't manage to clinch there - Hoi circles away.
Hoi looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard. Knight tries to roll over but Hoi keeps him under control. Hoi works his foot free and advances to mount. Knight tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round. Knight is working hard here to advance position. Knight tries to lock up and control but Hoi gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away. Hoi wants to take Knight's back but he can't do it this time. Hoi is persisting with the attempt to improve his position. Hoi has hold of Knight's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Knight manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Knight is looking to get to half guard. Knight tries to hold on but Hoi postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round. The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight. Hoi has control of Knight's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Knight regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Hoi is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Knight is surviving well by controlling Hoi's body position as best he can. Knight is working to get back to half guard.
Knight tries to lock up and control but Hoi gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away. Knight is trying desperately to improve position. Knight takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position. Hoi is working for a guillotine from mount but Knight frees his head quite easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Knight can't escape the position.
Hoi has hold of Knight's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Knight manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Knight is trying desperately to improve position. Knight gets back to half guard. Hoi is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Knight tries to roll over but Hoi keeps him under control.
That's four minutes gone in the round. A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace. Knight looking for submissions from an awkward position here. Hoi wants to pass to mount but Knight is defending the position. Knight moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard. Hoi looking to pass the guard. Knight wants to sweep but no luck. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up. Knight throws a shot from downtown. Hoi moves away and avoids it. The crowd thankful this round is nearly over. Hoi fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt. Hoi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Knight.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chong Man Hoi dominated that round. That's time! Back to the action!
Hoi fails to land the takedown. Marc Knight is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Knight wants to clinch. Hoi lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Hoi.
It looks like Marc Knight has been cut. Knight has a takedown stuffed. Knight throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round. Knight takes a swing at Hoi's ribcage but misses. It's a brutal combination of punches from Hoi! Knight is backing up but he can't get away as Hoi lands with one final shot to the jaw that drops Knight and ends the fight. Great knockout.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Chong Man Hoi!
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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
44% |
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