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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Alex Knight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Justin Jacobs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alex Knight!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Justin Jacobs!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Dillan Fox and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jacobs moves in looking to clinch but Knight pushes him off.
Knight pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Knight really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Jacobs wants to clinch up but Knight keeps it at a distance.
Justin Jacobs seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Knight shoots in and bounces Jacobs off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Knight will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Knight prevents Jacobs from getting back to his feet.
Knight decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Jacobs, up you get!
Knight clinches with his opponent.
Jacobs throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Knight blocks it with crossed arms.
Knight wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Knight wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jacobs with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jacobs using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Knight has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jacobs throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Knight blocks it with crossed arms.
Jacobs missing with knees to the body.
Jacobs keeps control of Knight as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jacobs throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jacobs throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jacobs tries a knee to the head but Knight blocks it.
Jacobs looks gassed!
Jacobs throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Knight blocks it with crossed arms.
Knight breaks the clinch.
Knight drives through and clinches with Jacobs against the cage.
Jacobs tries to land a knee to the head but Knight blocks with his arms.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knight manages to break the clinch.
Jacobs throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Knight throws a leg kick which misses Jacobs's front leg but catches the back leg as Jacobs tries to avoid it.
Jacobs closes the distance but Knight moves to the side
and Knight counters with a single leg into guard. Jacobs didn't expect that.
Knight postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Jacobs keeping moving, preventing Knight from controlling successfully.
Knight stands and throws Jacobs's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Knight decides to stand back up.
Jacobs closes the distance but Knight moves to the side
and Knight counters with an outside leg kick.
Knight closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Jacobs takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Knight decides to stand back up. Knight steps back and let's Jacobs get back to his feet.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Knight throws a head kick that misses.
Knight circles away from the clinch attempt
and Knight counters with a head kick. That will keep Jacobs thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Knight.
Jacobs closes the distance looking to clinch
and Knight counters by moving into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knight escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Knight shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Knight stops Jacobs from standing up.
Knight working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Knight stands up and waves to Jacobs to follow him.
Knight shoots in and bounces Jacobs off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Jacobs keeping moving, preventing Knight from controlling successfully.
Jacobs kicks Knight off and gets to his feet.
Knight circles away from the clinch attempt
and Knight moves into the clinch.
Knight blocks the elbow strike.
Jacobs tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jacobs misses with a punch on the inside.
Knight blocks a body shot from Jacobs.
Knight is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Jacobs pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Jacobs misses with a knee strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jacobs tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jacobs with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jacobs manages to break the clinch.
Jacobs looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Jacobs tries to clinch but Knight moves away
and Knight counters by moving into the clinch.
Jacobs using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Knight has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jacobs tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jacobs misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Knight.
Jacobs misses with a knee to the head.
Knight escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Jacobs trying to land knees to the body.
Jacobs misses with a knee strike.
Knight breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jacobs buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Jacobs tries to clinch
and Knight counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Knight stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Jacobs to get to his feet.
Justin Jacobs is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Knight drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Jacobs bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Jacobs closes the distance looking to clinch
and Knight counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Jacobs is lucky that one didn't land flush.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jacobs tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Knight counters by moving into the clinch.
Jacobs has Knight pressed against the cage.
Jacobs tries a knee to the head but Knight blocks it.
Jacobs misses with a knee strike.
Knight trying to land knees to the body.
Knight wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jacobs misses with a knee strike.
Knight wants the takedown. Jacobs is fighting it off but Knight persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Jacobs's guard against the cage.
Knight trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jacobs scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Jacobs takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Knight misses with a head kick.
Jacobs tries to clinch but Knight moves away
and Knight counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Jacobs's guard now.
Jacobs avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Knight is stalling in the full guard.
Knight stands up and waves to Jacobs to follow him.
Knight pivots, looking for a leg kick but Jacobs is out of range and Knight settles back down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alex Knight dominated that 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.
Jacobs blocks a head kick by Knight.
Knight takes the fight into the clinch.
Jacobs wants to stall.
Jacobs tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jacobs throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Knight blocks it with crossed arms.
Jacobs tries a knee to the head but Knight blocks it.
Knight wants to break free but Jacobs has control.
Jacobs using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Knight has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Knight with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jacobs misses with a knee to the head.
Knight can't break the clinch.
Jacobs tries to land knees in the clinch but Knight avoids the damage to the body.
Jacobs has a couple of punches blocked by Knight.
Jacobs keeps control of Knight as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jacobs with an attempt at a knee that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knight manages to break the clinch.
Knight circles away from the clinch attempt
so Knight counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Knight has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Jacobs wants to stand up but Knight is controlling him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Knight accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knight prevents Jacobs from getting back to his feet.
Knight postures up in Jacobs's guard and throws a big left but Jacobs blocks it.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Jacobs takes the fight into the clinch.
Knight blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jacobs with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Knight misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jacobs.
Jacobs tries to land knees in the clinch but Knight avoids the damage to the body.
Knight escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Knight takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jacobs tries to clinch
and Knight counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Knight.
Jacobs tries a knee to the head but Knight blocks it.
A hook to the body from Knight.
Knight blocks a body shot from Jacobs.
Knight escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jacobs drives through and clinches with Knight against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jacobs looking to stall.
Jacobs tries to break the clinch but Knight is controlling the position.
Jacobs tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knight pressing his opponent against the cage.
Jacobs misses with a punch on the inside.
Jacobs misses with the head strike.
Jacobs with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knight breaks from the clinch.
Knight scores with a kick to the midsection.
Jacobs clinches but Knight breaks the clinch
and Knight counters with a thumping low kick.
Knight clinches.
Jacobs throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Knight blocks it with crossed arms.
Jacobs looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Knight breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Knight is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jacobs can do to turn this around?
Knight fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Jacobs clinches but Knight breaks the clinch
and Knight counters by moving into the clinch.
Jacobs wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Knight has him pressed against the cage.
Knight tries to pull guard but Jacobs won't allow it.
Knight breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jacobs looks to clinch
and Knight counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knight prevents Jacobs from getting back to his feet.
Knight wants to control from the top but Jacobs keeps moving.
Knight prevents Jacobs from getting back to his feet.
Knight slips nicely into half guard.
Jacobs looks like he's trying to stand up.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
A leg kick checked by Jacobs.
Jacobs avoids the head kick by Knight.
Jacobs looks to clinch
and Knight counters with a left and a right that stings Jacobs.
Jacobs throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jacobs looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Knight throws a head kick that misses.
Jacobs closes the distance looking to clinch
and Knight moves into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knight holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Knight breaks from the clinch.
Knight fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alex Knight. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jacobs tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Knight counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Jacobs is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Knight buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Knight gets a clinch.
Knight blocks an elbow strike from Jacobs.
Jacobs misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jacobs throws a knee to the head but misses.
Knight has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Jacobs avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Jacobs landing knees to the head.
Knight tries to break the clinch but Jacobs is controlling the position.
Jacobs misses with a knee to the head.
Jacobs misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Knight.
Jacobs gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jacobs scores with a knee to the head.
Jacobs misses with a knee strike.
Knight is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Jacobs pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Jacobs scores with a knee to the head.
Knight breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jacobs tries to clinch but Knight moves away
and Knight counters with a nice body kick.
Knight throws a head kick that Jacobs semi-blocks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alex Knight dominated that second round.
That's time! Knight's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!
Jacobs blocks a head kick by Knight.
Jacobs is rocked!
It looks like Justin Jacobs has been cut.
Knight lands with a shot to the body.
Jacobs is still on wobbly legs! Can Knight finish him?
Knight is looking for a takedown. Wow, that's a brutal slam - Jacobs is in big trouble! Knight is landing strikes from the mount and this one is all over! The ref jumps in to save a confused looking Jacobs. Poor guy.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:10 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Slam). Alex Knight!
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