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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Green Knight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kemo Sabe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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170 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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180 cm
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170 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Brawler
Good chin |
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Basic striking
Determined |
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Green Knight!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kemo Sabe!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Peter Branson and Santiago Holmes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sabe slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Sabe moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Jab by Sabe.
Sabe gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Knight has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Knight trying to control but Sabe is working from the bottom.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Sabe can do anything to dispel that myth.
Knight lands a couple of digs.
Sabe looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Knight connects with a couple of short punches.
Knight content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Knight got a little sloppy there for a moment and Sabe has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Knight has managed to get both his arms back between Sabe's legs - danger averted.
Knight passes Sabe's left leg - he's now in half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sabe keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Knight scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Sabe looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sabe wants to control but Knight is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Sabe misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Knight prevents Sabe from improving his position.
Sabe trying to control but Knight postures up.
Knight drops an elbow to the side of Sabe's head.
Knight passes to side control.
Knight grinds an elbow into Sabe's temple.
Sabe takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Sabe taking a bit of punishment here - Knight scoring with strikes.
Knight trying to control the position but Sabe is working away.
Knight landing strikes.
Knight grinds an elbow into Sabe's temple.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sabe struggling a bit here.
Sabe is looking for a sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Knight working the head and body with strikes.
Knight scoring with punches from side control.
Knight scores with a couple of short elbows.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knight working the head with strikes.
Sabe is trying to control Knight's posture but Knight avoids it.
Sabe takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Sabe tries to improve position but can't.
Sabe is trying to control Knight's posture but Knight avoids it.
Sabe takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sabe takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Knight is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Sabe is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Sabe is trying to get back to half guard.
Sabe is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Knight lands an elbow.
Sabe is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Knight's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Knight lands strikes from half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sabe is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Knight jumps into side control!
Sabe struggling a bit here.
Sabe is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Knight cracks Sabe with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Sabe regains half guard.
Sabe wants to get back to full guard but Knight has passed into side control.
Sabe on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Knight connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Sabe some visible discomfort.
Sabe is trying to control Knight's posture but Knight avoids it.
Sabe really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Knight. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
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 working the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Green Knight dominated that round.
That's time! Knight's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Knight misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Knight misses with a double jab
and Sabe counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Knight working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sabe.
Sabe is standing up over Knight. Knight looks to escape but Sabe dives into side control.
Sabe grinds an elbow into Knight's temple.
Sabe wants to control but Knight is keeping him busy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knight wants to control but Sabe postures up.
Sabe looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Knight is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sabe is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Knight is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Sabe slows the pace down.
Sabe goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Knight rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Sabe's guard! Nice work there by Knight!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Knight throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Knight scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Sabe has momentary wrist control but Knight slips an elbow through the middle.
Knight throwing strikes but missing.
Sabe is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Knight is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sabe can do to turn this around?
Knight trying to control the position from guard on top but Sabe is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Green Knight overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Sabe holds on and takes a little breather.
Knight wants to control from the top but Sabe keeps moving.
Sabe looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Sabe throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knight works over Sabe with some ground and pound from guard.
Knight working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Sabe's head.
Knight keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Sabe's head.
Knight got a little sloppy there for a moment and Sabe has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Knight has managed to get both his arms back between Sabe's legs - danger averted.
Sabe is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Knight scoring with punches to the head and body.
Sabe isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Knight stacks Sabe on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Knight!
Sabe taking a bit of punishment here - Knight scoring with strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knight working the ground and pound from side control.
Sabe is rocked!
Sabe is trying to control Knight's posture but Knight avoids it.
Sabe is still in real trouble! Can Knight finish him?
Knight working the head with strikes.
A big shot lands for Knight! That's hurt Sabe! Will he recover? Knight fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Green Knight!
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energy
A | B |
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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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