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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Riley Knox (ranked 19964 p4p, 3349 weight class) and Not Ponor (ranked 615 p4p, 418 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Knox might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Roy Jones Jr - I Smoke, I Drink feat. Mr. Magic & Youngbloodz). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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World class boxer
KO power
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 44 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Riley Knox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Not Ponor!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Seu Braga and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knox clinches.
We've been informed that Ponor has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Knox misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short left from Ponor.
Knox has a couple of punches blocked by Ponor.
Knox with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Not Ponor has been cut.
I was talking to Knox's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Knox is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Knox working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Knox misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Knox fails to land.
Knox lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ponor fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ponor lands with a light punch inside.
Ponor lands a shoulder strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ponor as Knox tries to tie him up.
Ponor goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A nice left hand lands by Ponor.
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!
A left hand lands to the body for Ponor.
Knox lands a right hand.
A right handed body shot lands from Ponor.
Ponor lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Knox tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ponor lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Knox.
Knox lands a body punch.
Ponor works on Knox's body with a couple of short punches.
Knox lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ponor breaks the clinch.
Ponor scores with a hook.
Ponor lands a nice leg kick that just misses Knox's sensitive parts.
Ponor walks into a straight right hand and goes down! Knox rushes to a neutral corner so the count doesn't get delayed but Ponor has made it back to his feet on 5. He's OK so we're back to the action.
Ponor is rocked!
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!
Ponor keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Knox.
Knox missing with a left hand there. Ponor was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Knox throws a quick inside leg kick.
Riley Knox seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ponor defending well as Knox loads up on a big left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ponor avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Knox tries to land a front kick but Ponor steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Ponor walks straight into a perfectly timed right hook, crumpling him to the floor! Ponor is in all kinds of trouble here - can he beat the count? 3,4,5,6,7,8,9....10 - he's out and it's by a long way too - he didn't ever look like beating that count!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Riley Knox!
A very excited looking Riley Knox made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
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