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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Grant Knight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Where Yo Girl (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Where Yo Girl has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Grant Knight!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Where Yo Girl!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Anthony Taglia and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yo Girl scores with a crisp jab that stopped Knight in his tracks.
Knight takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Yo Girl is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Knight.
Knight tried to counter with a leg kick but Yo Girl avoided it.
Yo Girl rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Knight moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
No joy there for Yo Girl, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Knight misses with a left hand
and Yo Girl counters with a leg kick.
Where Yo Girl seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yo Girl lands a jab-cross combination.
Yo Girl tries to clinch but Knight moves out of range.
Yo Girl lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Knight circles away quickly and effectively.
Knight throwing a counter right hand but Yo Girl manages to avoid it.
Knight pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A countering left hand to the body from Yo Girl misses.
Knight throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Yo Girl looks to land a left hand but Knight moved out of range nicely.
Yo Girl connects with a body shot that sends Knight's belly button to the back.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yo Girl digs a good body shot into Knight's ribs.
Danga de danga de dang - Yo Girl scores with a four punch combination!
It looks like Grant Knight has been cut.
Yo Girl 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.
Knight swats away the attempt to clinch by Yo Girl.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yo Girl is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Yo Girl feints a jab promting Knight to slip. Yo Girl then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Knight slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Knight misses with a body kick.
It seemed like Yo Girl was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Yo Girl misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Knight fails to land with a series of punches.
Knight moves out of range of the strikes.
Yo Girl lands with a nice body punch.
Knight blocks a jab.
Yo Girl misses the shot to the body.
Yo Girl misses with a double jab.
Yo Girl moves in looking to clinch but Knight pushes him off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yo Girl ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Knight has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Yo Girl finds it's way round the side to connect with Knight's head.
Yo Girl throws a combination. Knight tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knight throws a right and a left that both miss.
Yo Girl tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Knight manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Yo Girl waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Knight.
Knight was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Yo Girl throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Knight stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Yo Girl throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Knight stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
No joy there for Yo Girl, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Yo Girl takes a swing at Knight's ribcage but misses.
Knight throws a head kick but Yo Girl moves out of range.
Yo Girl throws a jab when Knight was well out of range.
Knight scores with a head kick. Yo Girl tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Knight throws a leg kick which misses Yo Girl's front leg but catches the back leg as Yo Girl tries to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knight with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Yo Girl to score with a decent uppercut.
Yo Girl tries to clinch but Knight moves away
and Knight counters with a stiff right hand.
A nice leg kick lands there from Yo Girl.
Yo Girl looks to throw the jab but Knight is out of range.
Knight throwing a counter right hand but Yo Girl manages to avoid it.
Yo Girl feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Knights jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Yo Girl attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Yo Girl fails in his attempt to clinch.
Knight avoids the body shot from Yo Girl.
Yo Girl looks to score with a jab to the body but Knight is just out of range.
A counter left hand to the body from Knight misses its target.
Yo Girl throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Knight.
Yo Girl throws a body punch but Knight moves out of range.
Yo Girl throws a jab but it's blocked by Knight.
Yo Girl lands with an uppercut that bounces Knight off the cage and back into range.
Yo Girl connects with a right hand. Knight shakes it off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yo Girl connects with a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yo Girl lands a lovely overhand right.
Yo Girl has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Knight.
Knight tries a head kick but it misses.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Knight. Yo Girl shrugs it off though.
Decent striking displayed by Yo Girl there.
Knight misses with a wild combination.
Yo Girl uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Knight.
Yo Girl avoids the head kick by Knight.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yo Girl works over Knight's head and body with a nice combination.
Knight takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A swing and a miss from Knight.
Yo Girl misses the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Where Yo Girl dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Grant Knight's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Yo Girl connects with a right hand. Knight shakes it off.
Knight swats away the attempt to clinch by Yo Girl.
Knight looks to land a right hand but Yo Girl moved out of range.
Yo Girl throws a low kick but it's checked well by Knight.
Yo Girl has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Knight ducks under a wild hook from Yo Girl.
Yo Girl lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Knight swats away the attempt to clinch by Yo Girl.
Yo Girl's jab looks to have found its range, popping Knight under the eye.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yo Girl moves in looking to clinch but Knight pushes him off.
Knight jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Yo Girl scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Yo Girl rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Knight moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Yo Girl.
Yo Girl works the jab nicely.
Yo Girl tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Knight manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Knight has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Knight is rocked!
Knight swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Yo Girl tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Knight paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Knight jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Yo Girl is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Knight is looking to counter punch.
A decent looking cross lands there for Yo Girl.
Yo Girl has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Yo Girl throws a right and a left that Knight avoids nicely.
Knight misses with a head kick.
Yo Girl misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Knight counters with a low kick, right behind Yo Girl 's knee.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yo Girl rushes Knight and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yo Girl using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Knight has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Yo Girl lands a hook that snaps the head of Knight backwards.
Yo Girl using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knight misses with some punches.
Knight'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.
Yo Girl misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Knight.
Knight managing to block the knees to the body from Yo Girl.
Yo Girl blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Knight gets through Yo Girl's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Knight stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A body shot lands from Yo Girl.
Knight looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Yo Girl throws a knee to the head but misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Knight.
Knight stalling against the cage.
I was talking to Knight's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Knight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knight works on Yo Girl's body with a couple of short punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Knight creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Knight works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Yo Girl throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Knight blocks it with crossed arms.
Knight's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Yo Girl falls off balance throwing a combination
and Knight counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Yo Girl tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Knight paws at him with a jab and circles away.
As Yo Girl backs away, Knight returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Yo Girl tries to clinch there but Knight circles away.
Knight moves out of range of the strikes.
A big right from Yo Girl misses.
Knight feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Knight feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Yo Girl's calf.
Knight swats away the attempt to clinch by Yo Girl.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yo Girl looks to throw the jab but Knight is out of range.
Knight throwing a counter right hand but Yo Girl manages to avoid it.
Yo Girl misses the jab.
Yo Girl comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Knight gets tackled into the cage by Yo Girl. Yo Girl maintains the clinch.
Yo Girl's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knight scores with a hook to the body.
Yo Girl tries to work over Knight's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nice body punch from Knight - that landed with a thud.
Knight blocks an elbow strike from Yo Girl.
A shot in the inside from Knight.
Yo Girl lands a knee to the body.
Yo Girl using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Knight has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Knight's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Knight attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Yo Girl throws a counter combo.
Yo Girl fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Knight manages to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Where Yo Girl will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Grant Knight's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Yo Girl swings widly with a right hand
and Knight counters with an inside leg kick.
Yo Girl cracks Knight with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Yo Girl fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A solid leg kick lands there for Knight.
Yo Girl misses with a wild combination.
Knight appears to be looking for a big counter.
Yo Girl throws a low kick but it's checked well by Knight.
Yo Girl throws a solid leg kick but Knight takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Yo Girl.
Yo Girl darts in trying to clinch
and Knight counters with a nice leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knight misses the jab.
Yo Girl looks to land a right hand but Knight moved out of range.
Yo Girl throws a low kick, looking for Knight's leg but Knight calmly moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yo Girl throws a body shot but no joy.
Knight was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Knight lands with a cross.
Knight tries to score with a low kick but Yo Girl moves his leg out of the way.
Knight with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Yo Girl moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Yo Girl tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Knight paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Knight thinks about countering with a head kick.
Knight tries to land a front kick but Yo Girl steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Yo Girl jabs at Knight's body.
Knight throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Knight swats away the attempt to clinch by Yo Girl.
Yo Girl misses with a left hand
and Yo Girl takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Yo Girl takes one to the chin there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Knight blocks the low kick.
Knight jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Yo Girl wants to clinch.
Yo Girl scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A slow jab from Knight misses its intended target.
Knight tries to bum rush Yo Girl with a series of wild strikes but Yo Girl uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Yo Girl on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Yo Girl looks to land a body kick but Knight moved away.
Yo Girl throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yo Girl walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Knight checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Yo Girl misses with an uppercut. Knight saw that one coming.
Knight throws a hook to the side of Yo Girl's head but Yo Girl sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Yo Girl unleashes a big counter combination but Knight bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Knight tries to bum rush Yo Girl with a series of wild strikes but Yo Girl uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Knight throws a jab but it's blocked by Yo Girl.
Yo Girl lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Knight tries to keep at a distance but Yo Girl has taken the fight into the clinch.
Yo Girl tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Knight's elbow.
Knight scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Knight takes a knee to the side of the body.
Knight is pushing Yo Girl up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Yo Girl tries to land knees in the clinch but Knight avoids the damage to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knight breaks the clinch.
Yo Girl moves out of range of the strikes.
Yo Girl fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Knight looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Yo Girl falls off balance throwing a combination
and Yo Girl takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knight takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Where Yo Girl seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Yo Girl will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Yo Girl misses with a lunging right hand
and Knight counters with an outside leg kick.
Knight slips a jab from Yo Girl.
Knight lands a leg kick that knocks Yo Girl off balance momentarily.
Yo Girl uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Knight has time to react.
Grant Knight has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Knight tries a head kick but it misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Grant Knight.
Well Yo Girl has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Dean Styles scores the fight 28:29
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Where Yo Girl!
Where Yo Girl looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'Easy work. Exactly what you expect when a car runs into a concrete wall. Stop giving me this insulting competition and give me a fucking title shot! '.
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energy
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RATING
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