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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marvin Vettori (ranked 732 p4p, 97 weight class) and Jed Knight (ranked 1178 p4p, 155 weight class). Vettori comes to the cage accompanied by Police On My Back- The Rocketz. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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183 lbs
12 - 4 - 1 |
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172 lbs
20 - 8 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, Marvin Vettori!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jed Knight!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Atkins and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vettori ducks under a wild hook from Knight.
Knight takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Vettori gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Vettori misses with an uppercut
and Knight counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Knight lands a head kick!
Vettori takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Knight connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Vettori momentarily.
Vettori tries a head kick but it misses.
Knight slips under a jab.
Knight ducks under a wild hook from Vettori.
Knight throws a big shot that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vettori takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Vettori chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Knight can pounce on him.
Knight pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A little feinted left hand from Vettori on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Knight takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Vettori throws a body shot but no joy.
Vettori dives in and grabs Knight's left leg, looking for a takedown. Knight pushes down on Vettori's head and hops out.
Vettori looks to land a combination. Knight sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vettori tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Vettori swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Knight dips to his left and cracks Vettori with an uppercut!
Knight connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Vettori momentarily.
Knight looks to land a left hand but Vettori moved out of range nicely.
Knight needs to keep his hands up - Vettori had a free shot at his head there.
Knight buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Vettori misses with a hook
and Knight counters with a stiff right hand.
Vettori wants to clinch up but Knight keeps it at a distance.
Knight 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.
Jed Knight is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Vettori throws a jab when Knight was well out of range.
Vettori throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Knight ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Knight moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vettori throws a head kick but Knight moves out of range.
Jab by Knight.
Knight lands with a thumping leg kick.
Vettori staying out of range there.
An attempted straight right counter from Vettori misses the target.
Knight is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Vettori had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
A head kick by Vettori misses
and Knight counters with an outside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vettori tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Knight was well out of range. Poor timing from Vettori.
Knight misses with a looping right.
Knight slips a straight right by Vettori.
Knight fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Vettori throws a lazy right hand but Knight sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Knight works the jab nicely.
Knight scores with a jab to the body.
Vettori pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Knight throws out a counter right but Vettori avoids it with no problem.
Vettori has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Knight.
Knight with a hook.
Knight moves away from the strike by Vettori.
Knight scores with a nice right hand.
Vettori throws a body shot but no joy.
Vettori looks to throw the jab but Knight is out of range.
Knight throws a big shot that misses.
Knight misses with a straight right.
Vettori scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Knight fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knight slips a straight right by Vettori.
Knight lands a lovely overhand right.
Knight scores with a kick to the body.
Vettori has closed the distance and engaged Knight in a clinch.
Knight swings wildly with an uppercut but Vettori uses good head movement to avoid it.
Knight tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Knight lands a body shot in the clinch.
Knight tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Vettori misses with some punches.
Knight can't find room to land a body shot as Vettori controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Knight.
Knight tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Vettori can't find room to land a body shot as Knight controls the action.
Vettori tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Vettori blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Vettori.
Knight scores with a shot to the side of Vettori's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vettori.
Vettori has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Knight is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Knight working aggressively here.
Vettori blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Vettori misses with some punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vettori working aggressively here.
Knight manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Knight blocks a body shot from Vettori.
Vettori blocks a body shot from Knight.
Vettori lands a nice shot to the body.
Vettori misses with some punches.
Knight is pushing Vettori up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A short uppercut from Knight.
Knight has a couple of punches blocked by Vettori.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jed Knight dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Vettori throws a poor cross that misses
and Knight connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Vettori tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Knight paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Vettori misses the shot to the body.
Nice cross by Vettori.
Knight lands a glancing blow to the side of Vettori's head.
Knight misses with a wild body shot.
A head kick misses from Vettori.
Knight moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A head kick misses from Vettori.
Knight lands a lovely overhand right.
Knight's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Vettori connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Knight scrambles back to his feet.
Vettori looks to score with a jab to the body but Knight is just out of range.
A head kick misses from Vettori.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vettori tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Knight swivels and escapes.
Vettori looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Knight lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Vettori at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knight looks to land a left hand but Vettori moved out of range nicely.
Knight throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Vettori counters with a big head kick but Knight shrugs it off.
Knight cracks Vettori with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Knight scores with a hook.
Vettori moves out of range as Knight throws a body kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Vettori connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Jab from Knight.
Vettori displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Knight throws out the jab.
Knight throws a shot from downtown. Vettori moves away and avoids it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Knight, right into the meat.
Nice defenses there by Knight.
Knight tries to bum rush Vettori with a series of wild strikes but Vettori uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Vettori is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Knight defending well as Vettori loads up on a big left hand.
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!
Vettori looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Knight fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Vettori has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Knight throws a quick inside leg kick.
Vettori takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
A lazy left from Knight finds it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vettori takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Vettori takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Vettori is rocked!
Knight lands with a shot to the body.
Oh Vettori is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Knight slips under a jab.
Vettori seems to have got his legs back now.
Knight lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Jed Knight seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Vettori takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Knight sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Vettori uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Knight.
Vettori uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Knight.
Vettori tries to clinch there but Knight circles away.
Vettori fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marvin Vettori. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Vettori scores with a sloppy right hand. Knight should have avoided that one.
Knight connects with a nice looking jab.
Vettori shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knight cracks the inside of Vettori's front leg.
Knight throws a body shot but no joy.
Vettori tests Knight's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Vettori misses the target.
Vettori misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Knight looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Vettori misses with a looping right.
Knight lands a leg kick that knocks Vettori off balance momentarily.
Vettori gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Good exchange - Knight coming out on top.
Vettori is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nice jab there from Knight.
Vettori takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A head kick by Vettori misses
and Knight counters with a nice right hand that sends Vettori toppling to the canvas! Vettori scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Knight finish him?!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knight cracks Vettori with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Vettori tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Knight pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Vettori is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jed Knight!
An intense looking Jed Knight took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'i just want say thank you to all my sponsors, Aspire for making me feel at home here. On to the next one.'.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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