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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Derek Payne (ranked 830 p4p, 86 weight class) and Bobby Knuckles (ranked 2058 p4p, 213 weight class). Knuckles comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Walk-by PANTERA kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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245 lbs
7 - 0 - 0 |
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192 cm
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255 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin |
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Derek Payne!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bobby Knuckles!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, George Francis and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knuckles tries to clinch but Payne moves out of range.
Payne slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
It looks like Bobby Knuckles has been cut.
Payne misses with a hook to the body
and Knuckles counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Knuckles keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Knuckles throws a lazy right hand but Payne sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Knuckles looks to land a left hand but Payne moved out of range nicely.
Payne swings widly with a right hand
and Knuckles connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Knuckles avoids the body shot from Payne.
Knuckles tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Payne wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Knuckles tries to clinch up but Payne circles away and keeps his distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knuckles keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Payne throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Payne swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Knuckles.
Knuckles throws a jab but it's blocked by Payne.
Payne is looking to counter the offense by Knuckles and move into the clinch.
Bobby Knuckles seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big right from Knuckles misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knuckles fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Knuckles ducks under a wild hook from Payne.
Knuckles walks into a straight right hand from Payne.
Payne lands a really nice looking cross but Knuckles seems unphased.
Payne seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Knuckles looks to land a right hand but Payne moved out of range.
Knuckles connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Payne momentarily.
Knuckles throws a shot from downtown. Payne moves away and avoids it.
Knuckles has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Payne slips under a jab.
Knuckles cracks Payne with an open hand slap.
Payne uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Knuckles.
Payne is looking to counter the offense by Knuckles and move into the clinch.
Payne throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Payne takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Payne misses with a hook
and Knuckles counters with a left and a right that stings Payne.
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!
Knuckles takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knuckles throws out a loose jab but Payne uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fighters circling - Knuckles throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Knuckles fails in his attempt to clinch.
Payne works Knuckles's body with a nice hook.
Knuckles throws a big shot that misses.
Payne lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Knuckles at a distance.
Payne ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Knuckles moves away.
Payne throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Knuckles misses with a combination
and Payne counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Knuckles misses with a hook to the ribs.
Payne goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Knuckles misses with a short punch on the inside.
Payne blocking some punches.
Knuckles looking to slow down the pace here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Payne misses with a hook from the clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Payne - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Payne has a couple of punches blocked by Knuckles.
Knuckles tries to work over Payne's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Payne lands a left hand that snaps the head of Knuckles backwards.
The referee is keeping an eye on Payne - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Payne is leaning against Knuckles and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Payne's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Payne lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Payne lands a nice shot to the body.
Knuckles swings wildly with an uppercut but Payne uses good head movement to avoid it.
Knuckles misses with the head strike.
Knuckles misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Payne scores with a shot to the side of Knuckles's head.
Payne misses with a body punch.
Payne lands with a left to the head.
A short right from Payne on the inside.
Knuckles struggles to land a body shot inside as Payne controls his hands.
Good body shot from Payne.
A head punch on the inside from Payne fails to land.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knuckles goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Payne swings wildly with an uppercut but Knuckles uses good head movement to avoid it.
Payne doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Knuckles misses with a hook from the clinch.
Payne misses with the head strike.
Knuckles tries to throw a body punch but Payne avoids it by throwing Knuckles back against the cage.
Knuckles is trying to maintain a safe position but Payne gets an underhook and turns Knuckles into the cage.
Payne scores with a nice hook to the head.
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 Derek Payne will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Bobby Knuckles's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Payne closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Knuckles! Payne dives in looking to finish! Knuckles is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Derek Payne!
Derek Payne retains his heavyweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Derek Payne thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
In defeat, Bobby Knuckles stepped up to the mic, saying 'See you in the streets punk.....
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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