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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Sergei Petrov (ranked 538 p4p, 24 weight class) and Eta Knox (ranked 2406 p4p, 122 weight class). Knox has chosen David Dallas | Runnin' as his entrance music. Sergei Petrov has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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135 lbs
9 - 2 - 0 |
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172 cm
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146 lbs
6 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sergei Petrov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Eta Knox!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Petrov misses the jab.
Knox wants to counter the offense by Petrov and move into the clinch position.
Petrov misses with a lunging right hand
and Knox counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Knox scores with a body shot.
Knox throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Petrov is looking to counter punch.
Knox thows a left - swing and a miss!
Petrov throws a hook but Knox blocks it.
A nice side step and Knox releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Knox staying out of range there.
Petrov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A slow jab from Petrov misses its intended target.
Knox let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Petrov throws a looping overhand right but Knox ducks down to avoid it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Knox! But no joy.
Petrov throws out a powerful jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Petrov misses the shot to the body.
Knox uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Petrov.
Petrov sets himself, and Knox steps forward looking for the clinch! Petrov avoids it this time.
Petrov swings for the body but Knox moves out of range.
A big right from Petrov misses.
Petrov lands a nice hook to Knox's body. Knox takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A big left from Petrov misses.
Petrov throws an overhand right that lands on Knox's shoulder, as Knox tries to avoid the shot.
Knox wants to counter the offense by Petrov and move into the clinch position.
Knox swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Petrov fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Knox looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Petrov pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Knox let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petrov misses with a left hand
letting Knox counter with a right hand.
Knox's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Petrov connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Knox scrambles back to his feet.
Petrov tests Knox's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Petrov is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Knox's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Petrov thows a left - swing and a miss!
Knox wants to counter the offense by Petrov and move into the clinch position.
Petrov jabs at Knox's body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Petrov rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Knox counter with a right hand.
Petrov throws the left hand but Knox avoids the punch easily.
Petrov looks to land a right hand but Knox moved out of range.
Knox slips under a jab from Petrov.
Knox keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Petrov.
Knox swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Petrov throws a looping overhand right but Knox ducks down to avoid it.
Petrov misses with a straight right.
Knox displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Petrov throws out the jab.
Petrov lands with a right hand.
Petrov throws a big shot that misses.
Petrov throws a body punch but Knox moves out of range.
Knox wants to counter the offense by Petrov and move into the clinch position.
Petrov fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Knox throws a combination. Petrov tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Petrov throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Knox stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Petrov throws a looping overhand right but Knox ducks down to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Petrov connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Knox momentarily.
Petrov throws a lazy uppercut
and Knox counters with a straight right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knox shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Petrov cracks a nice hook into Knox's ribs.
A big left from Petrov misses.
Petrov missing with a left hand there. Knox was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Petrov lands a jab to the head.
Petrov misses the jab.
Knox keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Petrov.
Petrov stalks Knox and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Knox's face. Knox staggers backwards, shaken.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sergei Petrov 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.
Petrov swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Petrov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Knox tries to counter by closing the distance.
Knox takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Petrov bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sergei Petrov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Petrov has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Knox misses the shot to the body.
Petrov appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Petrov swings widly with a right hand
and Knox counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Decent striking displayed by Petrov there.
Knox moves out of range of the strikes.
Petrov throws out a loose jab but Knox uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knox displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Petrov throws out the jab.
Knox swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Knox keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Knox throws out a counter right but Petrov avoids it with no problem.
Knox fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Knox misses with a looping left.
Petrov scores with a hook.
Petrov misses with a looping right.
Knox lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Petrov slips under a jab from Knox.
Petrov seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Petrov just misses with a punch to the body.
Knox throws a right hand that misses
and Knox takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Knox's coach down at London MMA Club was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Knox's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petrov misses with an uppercut
letting Knox counter with a right hand.
Petrov throws out a loose jab but Knox uses good head movement to avoid it.
Knox tries to counter with a clinch but Petrov shakes him off and moves away.
Petrov connects with a body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knox moves out of range of the strikes.
Petrov scores with the left hand. Knox knows he should have avoided that one.
Knox is rocked!
Petrov connects with a right that clearly hurt Knox. He's backed up against the cage with nowhere to go as Petrov proceeds to tee off with vicious combinations till Knox collapses and taps out under the pressure!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sergei Petrov!
During a confident post fight interview, Sergei Petrov thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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