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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Harald Andersson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lutz Knitter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lutz Knitter is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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130 lbs
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146 lbs
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Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Harald Andersson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lutz Knitter!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Valeri Chadov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knitter tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Andersson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Andersson throws a body kick that misses.
Andersson walks into a left hand.
Lutz Knitter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Knitter misses the jab.
Knitter clobbers Andersson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Andersson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Knitter thows a body shot but no joy.
Knitter blocks a head kick by Andersson.
Knitter misses the jab.
Knitter smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Andersson tries to close the distance and clinch but Knitter swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Knitter stuns Andersson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Knitter tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Andersson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Knitter connects with the punch.
Knitter misses with a body shot.
Knitter checks a leg kick.
Andersson throws a head kick but Knitter moves out of range.
Knitter has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Knitter throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Andersson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Andersson defending well as Knitter loads up on a big left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knitter jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Andersson tries a low kick but Knitter avoids it.
Knitter is looking to clinch but Andersson is avoiding it.
Andersson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Andersson throws a solid leg kick but Knitter takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Andersson.
Andersson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Andersson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Knitter jabs Andersson to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Knitter looks to land a left hand but Andersson moved out of range nicely.
Andersson misses with an uppercut.
Andersson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Knitter.
Knitter tries to close the distance and clinch up but Andersson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Andersson needs to keep his hands up - Knitter had a free shot at his head there.
Knitter lands a head shot.
Knitter lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Knitter.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knitter tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Andersson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Andersson throws a head kick that misses.
Knitter stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Knitter steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Andersson.
Knitter ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Andersson moves away.
Knitter stuns Andersson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Knitter moves out of range of the body kick.
Knitter throws out a loose jab but Andersson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Knitter moves into range and connects with a jab.
Knitter swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jab by Knitter.
Andersson slips a straight right by Knitter.
Andersson jabs Knitter right on the nose. Knitter blinks but takes it well.
Sloppy strikes from Andersson. Those never looked like landing.
Knitter is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Knitter thows a body shot but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knitter lands with a straight right. Andersson didn't see that one coming.
That kick from Andersson tenderised Knitter's leg. Knitter is trying to keep his angry face on.
Andersson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Knitter blocks a low kick nicely.
Knitter scores with a sloppy right hand. Andersson should have avoided that one.
Knitter misses with an uppercut
and Andersson counters with a right hand to the body.
Andersson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Knitter looks to land a left hand but Andersson moved out of range nicely.
Andersson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Good leg kick by Andersson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Knitter wants to clinch.
Knitter misses with an uppercut. Andersson saw that one coming.
Andersson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Andersson slips under a jab from Knitter.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knitter closes the distance looking to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
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!
Knitter throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Knitter throws a predictable looking body shot
and Andersson counters with a slapping leg kick.
Andersson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Andersson throws a body kick that misses.
Andersson keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Andersson throws a body kick that misses.
Knitter lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Donk. Knitter catches Andersson right on the button with a cross.
Knitter checks the leg kick nicely there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Knitter misses with a body shot.
Knitter moves out of range of the body kick from Andersson.
Knitter's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Andersson lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Knitter tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
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 Harald Andersson will probably get the nod.
That's time! Andersson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Knitter avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Knitter fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Andersson manages to avoid it.
Andersson is looking to clinch but Knitter is avoiding it.
Knitter misses with a body shot.
Andersson throws a nice inside leg kick.
Knitter moves out of range of the body kick.
Andersson throws a solid leg kick but Knitter takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Andersson.
Knitter misses the body punch
and Andersson counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Knitter lands a body shot.
A slapping leg kick lands for Andersson.
Knitter scores with a nice right hand.
Knitter throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Harald Andersson is winning the standup battle so far.
A nice leg kick lands there from Andersson.
Knitter tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Andersson lands with a thumping leg kick.
Andersson thumps Knitter with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Andersson walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Knitter checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Andersson throws a chopping leg kick but Knitter manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Knitter misses with a looping left.
Andersson tests Knitter's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Andersson jabs Knitter right on the nose. Knitter blinks but takes it well.
Knitter throws a looping overhand right but Andersson ducks down to avoid it.
Knitter tries to clinch but Andersson moves out of range.
A left lands for Knitter.
A swing and a miss from Knitter.
Andersson throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Andersson misses with a low kick.
Knitter throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Knitter swinging wildly here.
Knitter lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Andersson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Knitter was well out of range. Poor timing from Andersson.
Knitter scores with a jab. Andersson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Knitter is looking to clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Andersson takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Knitter misses with a hook. Andersson ducked under it nicely.
Knitter's jab looks to have found its range, popping Andersson under the eye.
Knitter just misses with a punch to the body.
Andersson throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Knitter connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Good leg kick by Andersson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A head kick misses from Andersson.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Andersson - that will leave a mark!
A lazy left from Knitter finds it's target.
Knitter misses with a body shot.
Knitter moves into the clinch successfully.
Andersson lands a left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Andersson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Andersson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Knitters head.
Andersson looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Andersson blocking some punches.
Andersson lands a shot to the body.
Andersson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from Andersson.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Andersson.
Andersson can't find room to land a body shot as Knitter controls the action.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Andersson.
Andersson presses Knitter against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Andersson.
Andersson prevents a body shot from Knitter.
Andersson lands a left hand.
Andersson tries a body shot but Knitter blocks it.
Knitter tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Knitter trying to control the position but instead, Andersson has worked for underhooks and has pushed Knitter into the cage.
Knitter throws a head punch that misses.
Andersson has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Andersson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Andersson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Andersson.
Andersson is working Knitter over against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Andersson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Andersson connects with a solid leg kick.
Knitter walks forward, straight into a front kick from Andersson.
Knitter is breathing heavily.
Knitter ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Knitter scores with a nice head shot.
Andersson throws a nice inside leg kick.
Andersson thows a body shot but no joy.
Andersson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Knitter misses with a looping right.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Andersson bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Knitter's head backwards.
Andersson throws the kick towards the body but Knitter avoids it.
Knitter uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Andersson.
Knitter just misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Harald Andersson dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Knitter takes a swing at Andersson's ribcage but misses.
Andersson misses with a body kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Knitter checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Andersson looks to land a body kick but Knitter moved away.
Knitter misses with a body shot.
Andersson throws the kick towards the body but Knitter avoids it.
Knitter dips to his left and cracks Andersson with an uppercut!
Andersson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Andersson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Andersson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Knitter uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Andersson.
Knitter stuns Andersson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Knitter lunges at Andersson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Andersson's hand.
Knitter is looking to clinch.
Andersson scores with a jab to the body.
Knitter thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knitter throws an overhand right that lands on Andersson's shoulder, as Andersson tries to avoid the shot.
Andersson bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Knitter's head.
Andersson gets a clinch.
Knitter blocks an uppercut.
Knitter misses with a punch to the body.
Knitter pushes Andersson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Knitter lands a shoulder strike.
Andersson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Andersson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Andersson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Knitter backwards.
Andersson presses Knitter against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Knitter takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Andersson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Knitter taking a breather.
Andersson is leaning against Knitter and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice right hand lands inside from Andersson.
Knitter tries to throw a body punch but Andersson avoids it by throwing Knitter back against the cage.
Andersson lands a left hand.
Knitter is trying to maintain a safe position but Andersson gets an underhook and turns Knitter into the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Andersson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Knitter swings wildly with an uppercut but Andersson uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Andersson.
Andersson misses with a body punch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Andersson.
Knitter stalling in the clinch but Andersson improves position.
Andersson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Andersson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Andersson lands with a short shot to the head.
Andersson prevents a body shot from Knitter.
Knitter goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Andersson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Knitter tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Andersson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Andersson scores with a shot to the side of Knitter's head.
Knitter tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Andersson's elbow.
Andersson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Andersson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Harald Andersson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andersson scores with a shoulder strike.
A short right from Andersson on the inside.
Andersson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Knitter backwards.
Andersson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Andersson.
Knitter is rocked!
Knitter blocks a body shot from Andersson.
Knitter is still on wobbly legs! Can Andersson finish him?
Knitter lands a hook that snaps the head of Andersson backwards.
Knitter seems to have recovered his senses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Andersson.
Lutz Knitter has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Knitter swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Knitter lands a left hand that snaps the head of Andersson backwards.
Andersson tries to throw a body punch but Knitter avoids it by throwing Andersson back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Knitter.
A shot in the inside from Andersson.
A short right from Andersson on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knitter takes a shot to the head.
Knitter lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Andersson blocks a body shot from Knitter.
Knitter swings wildly with an uppercut but Andersson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Knitter throws a head punch that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Andersson misses with a body punch.
Andersson lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Knitter.
Andersson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Knitter misses with a punch to the body.
Knitter throws a punch but it's blocked by Andersson.
Andersson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Andersson lands with a short shot to the head.
Knitter tries to work over Andersson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Knitter swings wildly with an uppercut but Andersson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Knitter tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Andersson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Knitter tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Andersson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Knitter backwards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Knitter tries to work over Andersson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Andersson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Knitters head.
Knitter misses with the head strike.
Harald Andersson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Knitter misses with a punch on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
Harald Andersson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Andersson has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 29:28
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:28
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Harald Andersson!
During a confident post fight interview, Harald Andersson thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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hype
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