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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Aramis Knox (ranked 1286 p4p, 1070 weight class) and Marchrius Rossi (ranked 163 p4p, 136 weight class). Knox comes to the cage accompanied by You're Going Down | Sick Puppies. Rossi is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Metal Slug Theme. Aramis Knox had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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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 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Aramis Knox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Marchrius Rossi!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Paulsen Ambrosius and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rossi stuns Knox with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Knox scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Decent striking displayed by Knox there.
Rossi lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A big right from Rossi misses.
Rossi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Knox moves away.
Knox throws a body punch but Rossi moves out of range.
Rossi misses with a hook.
Rossi connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Knox gets a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Knox.
Knox lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Knox's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rossi thows a left - swing and a miss!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knox throws out a loose jab but Rossi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Knox throws a hook to the side of Rossi's head but Rossi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rossi punishes Knox's body with a nice straight punch.
Knox's jab looks to have found its range, popping Rossi under the eye.
Rossi lands a lovely overhand right.
Knox has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knox throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Knox takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Knox lands a glancing blow to the side of Rossi's head.
A punch combination from Knox misses.
Rossi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Knox manages to avoid it.
Knox lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Rossi backs up against the cage.
Knox misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rossi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Knox.
Rossi throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Knox takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Rossi scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Knox throws a right and a left that Rossi avoids nicely.
Rossi throws out a counter right but Knox avoids it with no problem.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rossi misses with a lunging right hand
and Knox counters by clinching up.
Rossi throws a head punch that misses.
Knox breaks the clinch.
Knox throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Rossi on the side of the head.
Rossi will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Knox fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Rossi on the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rossi keeps the fight on the outside.
Rossi takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Rossi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Knox.
Knox moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromRossi.
Rossi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Knox blocks a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rossi. Knox does a little dance to reset his feet.
Knox swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Rossi.
Knox gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Rossi lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Knox backwards.
Rossi working aggressively here.
Rossi breaks the clinch.
A punch combination from Knox misses.
Rossi lands a jab to the head.
Rossi paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A cross from Rossi lands.
Knox uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rossi.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knox is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Knox takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Knox darts in and clinches Rossi up against the cage.
Rossi lands an uppercut.
Knox breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Knox is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Knox forces Rossi back against the cage and clinches.
Rossi has a couple of punches blocked by Knox.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Knox.
Rossi is trying to break the clinch but Knox has him pressed against the cage.
Knox escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rossi throws a hook to the side of Knox's head but Knox sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rossi looks to throw the jab but Knox is out of range.
Knox throws a series of strikes that have Rossi backpedaling.
Rossi walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Knox checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
As Rossi looks to move away, Knox throws a big counter combo but Rossi just gets out of the way.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rossi lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A left lands for Knox.
Knox jabs Rossi right on the nose. Rossi blinks but takes it well.
Knox catches Rossi with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Knox connects with a good right hand that stumbles Rossi. Rossi circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Rossi avoids the body shot from Knox.
Rossi throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Knox fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Rossi, pushing him back against the cage.
Knox keeps control of Rossi as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rossi lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Knox backwards.
Knox breaks from the clinch.
Rossi throws a big shot that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Knox lands with a shot to the body.
Rossi throws a shot from downtown. Knox moves away and avoids it.
Rossi on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Rossi avoids the body shot from Knox.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aramis Knox dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Knox. Rossi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Knox with a nice cross.
Rossi misses the jab.
A big left from Rossi misses.
A shot to the body from Knox misses
and Rossi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Knox lands a nice looking body shot.
Aramis Knox is winning the standup battle so far.
Knox cracks Rossi with an open hand slap.
Rossi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A jab from Rossi misses.
Knox throwing a counter right hand but Rossi manages to avoid it.
Rossi throws a leg kick but Knox sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Good standup being displayed there by Knox as he connects with a hook.
Knox lands with a hook. Rossi tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Knox takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A swing and a miss from Knox.
Knox swings for the body but Rossi moves out of range.
Knox misses the jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knox takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Knox avoids the head kick by Rossi.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rossi misses with a looping right.
Knox throws a looping overhand right but Rossi ducks down to avoid it.
Rossi takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A swing and a miss from Knox.
Rossi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rossi just misses with a punch to the body.
A jab from Knox finds it's way through Rossi's defenses.
Knox uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rossi.
A cross from Knox lands.
Knox tries to clinch
and Rossi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rossi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Knox.
Rossi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rossi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Knox thuds his right hand into Rossi's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Rossi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Knox.
A telegraphed right hand from Rossi misses the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knox takes the fight into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knox keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rossi's efforts to push away.
Rossi tries to break the clinch but Knox is controlling the position.
Rossi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Rossi.
Rossi scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rossi throws a punch but it's blocked by Knox.
Knox escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rossi lands a head kick. Knox smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Rossi swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Knox.
Knox scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Knox rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rossi moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Knox staying out of range there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knox misses with a body shot.
Rossi slips a jab and a cross from Knox.
Rossi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Knox.
Rossi takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Knox wants to clinch
and Knox takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rossi misses with a body kick.
A quick step to the side and Knox tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Knox staying out of range there.
Knox throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Knox uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rossi.
Rossi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Knox throws the left hand but Rossi avoids the punch easily.
Rossi throws a low kick but it's checked well by Knox.
Rossi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Knox.
Knox doesn't manage to clinch there - Rossi circles away.
Knox keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rossi just misses with a punch to the body.
Rossi moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knox looks to score with a jab to the body but Rossi is just out of range.
Rossi has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Knox fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Rossi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
As Rossi tries to get set, Knox tries to push him back and clinch up but Rossi manages to avoid the attempt.
Knox moves out of range of the strikes.
Knox swings widly with a right hand
and Rossi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Knox looks to score with a jab to the body but Rossi is just out of range.
Knox throws a poor cross that misses
and Rossi counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Knox is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Rossi scores with a head kick.
A left lands for Knox.
Knox scores with a crisp jab that stopped Rossi in his tracks.
Knox closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Knox has Rossi pressed against the cage.
Rossi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Aramis Knox will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Rossi throws the left hand but Knox avoids the punch easily.
As Rossi looks to move away, Knox throws a big counter combo but Rossi just gets out of the way.
Rossi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rossi misses with a body shot.
Rossi lands a jab to the head.
Rossi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Knox with a jab.
Rossi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Knox.
The fighters circling - Knox throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Knox tries to clinch up.
Rossi throws a wild body kick that Knox sees coming a mile off.
Knox scores with a crisp jab that stopped Rossi in his tracks.
Knox moves in looking to clinch but Rossi pushes him off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knox checks a leg kick nicely.
Rossi lands an overhand right.
Rossi rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Knox counter with a right hand.
Knox uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Rossi has time to react.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knox scores with a nice head shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knox fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rossi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
It seemed like Rossi was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Knox is looking to clinch but Rossi is avoiding it.
Knox misses with a wild combination.
Rossi throws a lazy right hand but Knox sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Knox waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rossi.
Rossi looks to land a right hand but Knox moved out of range.
Rossi throws a head kick that misses.
Rossi throws a right hand that Knox ducks under and follows up with a left that Knox also avoids with ease.
Rossi throws a right hand that misses
and Knox counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rossi throws a body shot but no joy.
Knox moves into the clinch successfully.
Knox escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rossi throws a lazy right hand but Knox sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rossi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rossi looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Knox was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Rossi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Knox.
Knox avoids the head kick by Rossi.
Rossi drops his hands momentarily and Knox takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Rossi stuns Knox with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rossi scores with a decent looking hook.
Knox slips a straight right by Rossi.
Knox bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Rossi's head.
Knox blocks a head kick by Rossi.
Rossi walks into a left hand.
Rossi thows a left - swing and a miss!
Knox misses with a series of wild punches.
Rossi throws a hook but Knox blocks it.
Knox is looking to counter punch.
Knox clinches up with Rossi and pushes him back against the cage.
Knox blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rossi tries a body shot but Knox blocks it.
Rossi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Knox just misses with a punch to the body.
Knox avoids a kick to the body.
Rossi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rossi misses with a low kick.
Rossi looks to throw the jab but Knox is out of range.
Rossi looks to land a right hand but Knox moved out of range.
Aramis Knox is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Knox ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rossi moves away.
Nice body punch from Knox.
Knox scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Knox connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Rossi's hands.
Knox looks to score with a jab to the body but Rossi is just out of range.
A big left from Knox misses.
Knox connects with a good right hand that stumbles Rossi. Rossi circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Knox lands a jab to the nose.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knox with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A jab from Rossi finds it's way through Knox's defenses.
Knox blocks the body kick.
Knox throws a right hand that Rossi ducks under and follows up with a left that Rossi also avoids with ease.
Rossi let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Knox has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Rossi.
Knox lands a lovely overhand right.
Knox uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rossi.
Knox throws a big counter combination but Rossi scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Rossi misses with a looping right.
Rossi swings widly with a right hand
and Knox cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Knox misses with a hook.
Rossi showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Knox.
Knox slips under a jab.
Knox lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Marchrius Rossi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Knox throws a hook to the side of Rossi's head but Rossi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And that's the end of the fight!
Aramis Knox showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Knox 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:28
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aramis Knox!
During a confident post fight interview, Aramis Knox thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
In defeat, Marchrius Rossi stepped up to the mic, saying 'Stand Up If You Hate Tottenham'.
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