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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Athos Knox (ranked 891 p4p, 1510 weight class) and Oscar Oscarsson (ranked 124 p4p, 208 weight class). Knox kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Click Click Boom | Saliva. Oscarsson has chosen Pain - Shut Your Mouth as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Athos Knox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Oscar Oscarsson!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Alexandre Firmino and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oscarsson moves in looking to clinch but Knox pushes him off.
Oscarsson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Knox, pushing him back against the cage.
Knox displaying some good clinch control by pressing Oscarsson up against the cage.
Oscarsson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Oscarsson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Oscarsson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Oscarsson taking a breather.
Oscarsson tries to throw a body punch but Knox avoids it by throwing Oscarsson back against the cage.
Knox pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Oscarsson lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Knox has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Underground Rio in the buildup to the fight.
Knox throws a lazy right hand but Oscarsson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Oscarsson misses with a straight right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oscarsson throws a right hand that misses
and Knox counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Oscarsson swings and misses with a shot to the body
enabling Knox to counter with a crisp jab.
It looks like Oscar Oscarsson has been cut.
A slow jab from Knox misses its intended target.
A decent looking cross lands there for Knox.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice straight punches there by Knox. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Knox.
Oscarsson looks to land a left hand but Knox moved out of range nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Oscarsson misses.
Knox blocks a jab.
Oscarsson swings for the body but Knox moves out of range.
Oscarsson swings widly with a right hand
and Knox counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A big right from Knox misses.
Knox blocks a jab.
Oscarsson takes a swing at Knox's ribcage but misses.
Oscarsson misses with a left hand
enabling Knox to counter with a crisp jab.
That has opened up Oscar Oscarsson's cut even more.
Knox throws a jab but it's blocked by Oscarsson.
A countering left hand to the body from Oscarsson misses.
Knox throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A jab from Oscarsson finds it's way through Knox's defenses.
A swing and a miss from Knox.
Knox ducks under a wild hook from Oscarsson.
Oscarsson gets tackled into the cage by Knox. Knox maintains the clinch.
Oscarsson looking to stall.
Oscarsson has a couple of punches blocked by Knox.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knox working hard to break the clinch.
Knox breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Knox rushes Oscarsson and presses him up against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Knox.
Oscarsson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Knox scores with a nice hook to the head.
Knox scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Knox misses with a hook from the clinch.
Knox breaks from the clinch.
Jab, jab by Oscarsson - just one landing.
It looks like Athos Knox has been cut.
Oscarsson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Knox fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Oscarsson on the side of the head.
Oscarsson tries to close the distance and clinch but Knox swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Oscarsson lands a nice shot that snaps Knox's head back.
Knox swings for the body but Oscarsson moves out of range.
Oscarsson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Knox throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Knox slips a jab from Oscarsson.
The fight stays on the outside here - Oscarsson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oscarsson moves out of range of the strikes.
Knox is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Knox ducks under a wild hook from Oscarsson.
Oscarsson misses with a straight left.
Knox lands with a nice body punch.
Knox misses with a body shot.
Knox digs a good hook to Oscarsson's body.
Oscarsson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Knox throws out the jab.
We've been informed that Oscarsson has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Oscarsson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A slow jab from Oscarsson misses its intended target.
Knox displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Oscarsson throws out the jab.
Knox misses with a looping right.
Oscarsson slips under a jab from Knox.
Oscarsson tries to clinch but Knox is having none of it.
Knox closes the distance and clinches.
Oscarsson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Knox's efforts to push away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Knox.
Knox breaks from the clinch.
Oscar Oscarsson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Knox loads up on a big right hand but Oscarsson slips the punch.
Oscarsson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Knox waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Oscarsson.
A jab from Oscarsson misses.
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!
Oscarsson throws a jab but it's blocked by Knox.
Knox tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Oscarsson was well out of range. Poor timing from Knox.
Knox gets a clinch.
Knox lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Oscarsson working aggressively here.
Knox breaks the clinch.
A slow jab from Oscarsson misses its intended target.
Knox takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Oscarsson jabs Knox right on the nose. Knox blinks but takes it well.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Oscarsson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Knox counters with a stiff right hand.
Oscarsson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Athos Knox dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Knox closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Knox pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Athos Knox is winning the standup battle so far.
Oscarsson throws a big shot that misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Knox misses the target.
Oscarsson lands with a shot to the body.
Knox jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Oscarsson! But no joy.
Oscarsson defending well as Knox loads up on a big left hand.
Oscarsson throws a series of punches but Knox moves out of range.
Knox is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Oscarsson.
Oscarsson stuns Knox with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Oscarsson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters circling - Knox throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Oscarsson slips under a jab.
Oscarsson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Knox scores with a nice right hand.
Oscarsson lands a head shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Knox darts in and clinches Oscarsson up against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Oscarsson scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oscarsson misses with a hook from the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Oscarsson.
Knox lands an uppercut.
Knox breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Oscarsson misses with a hook.
Knox was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Knox has closed the distance and engaged Oscarsson in a clinch.
Knox escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Oscarsson throws a series of punches but Knox moves out of range.
Knox 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.
Oscarsson is looking to clinch.
Knox moves out of range of the strikes.
Knox swats away the attempt to clinch by Oscarsson.
Knox closes the distance and clinches.
Oscarsson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Knox lands with a light punch inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Knox lands a right hand that snaps the head of Oscarsson backwards.
Knox manages to break the clinch.
Knox throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Oscarsson! But no joy.
Knox stuns Oscarsson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Oscarsson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Knox moves away.
Knox is looking to counter punch.
Oscarsson loads up on a big right hand but Knox slips the punch.
Oscarsson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Knox counters with a stiff right hand.
Oscarsson slips under a jab from Knox.
Oscarsson gets a clinch.
Knox trying to stall but Oscarsson improves his position.
Oscarsson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Knox manages to break the clinch.
Oscarsson moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Oscarsson takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Knox takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Knox is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Oscarsson can do to turn this around?
Knox scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Oscarsson ducks under a wild hook from Knox.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knox dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Knox will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Oscarsson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Knox.
Oscarsson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Knox.
Oscarsson connects with a right hand. Knox shakes it off.
Oscarsson tries to close the distance and clinch but Knox swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Oscarsson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Knox misses with an uppercut
and Oscarsson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Oscarsson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Knox.
Oscarsson throws a lazy right hand but Knox sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Knox pushes Oscarsson up against the cage in a clinch.
Oscarsson keeps control of Knox as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Knox's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Knox smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Oscarsson clinches up against the cage.
Knox prevents a body shot from Oscarsson.
Knox breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fighters circle momentarily. Oscarsson darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Oscarsson just misses with a punch to the body.
Oscarsson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Oscarsson has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Oscarsson there as he acknowledges the shot.
Knox tries to move into range but Oscarsson moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Knox throws a hook to the side of Oscarsson's head but Oscarsson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Oscarsson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Oscarsson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Knox manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Oscarsson tries to close the distance and clinch but Knox swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Oscarsson lands a lovely overhand right.
Knox fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Oscarsson manages to avoid it.
Knox moves away from the strike by Oscarsson.
Knox swings for the body but Oscarsson moves out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Athos Knox will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Oscarsson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Knox throws a looping overhand right but Oscarsson ducks down to avoid it.
Oscarsson swings widly with a right hand
and Knox counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Oscarsson tries to clinch but Knox is having none of it.
Knox appears to be looking for a big counter.
Oscarsson tries to clinch there but Knox circles away.
Oscarsson is looking to clinch but Knox is avoiding it.
Knox slips under a jab.
Oscarsson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Oscarsson throws a hook to the side of Knox's head but Knox sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Knox is looking to counter punch.
Knox has taken the fight to the clinch.
Knox is trying to break the clinch but Oscarsson has him pressed against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knox breaks the clinch.
Knox waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Oscarsson.
Knox is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Oscarsson.
Knox throws a hook but Oscarsson avoids it easily.
Oscarsson moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oscarsson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Knox manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Knox throws the left hand but Oscarsson avoids the punch easily.
Oscarsson misses with a hook.
Knox throws a jab but it's blocked by Oscarsson.
Knox throws a jab when Oscarsson was well out of range.
Knox tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Oscarsson was well out of range. Poor timing from Knox.
Knox moves forwards but Oscarsson connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Oscarsson looks to score with a jab to the body but Knox is just out of range.
Oscarsson lands with an uppercut that bounces Knox off the cage and back into range.
Oscarsson looks to land a left hand but Knox moved out of range nicely.
Oscarsson with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Knox avoids the body shot from Oscarsson.
Knox is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Oscarsson.
Oscarsson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Knox is looking to counter punch.
Knox will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oscarsson scores with a nice head shot.
Oscarsson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Knox manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A little feinted left hand from Knox on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Oscarsson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Knox at a distance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Oscarsson tries to close the distance and clinch but Knox swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Oscarsson clinches up with Knox and pushes him back against the cage.
Knox breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Knox connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Oscarsson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Oscarsson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Knox slips under a jab from Oscarsson.
Oscarsson lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Knox lands a jab to Oscarsson's midsection.
Knox tests Oscarsson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oscarsson dodges the punch combination from Knox.
A punch combination from Oscarsson misses.
Oscarsson jabs at Knox's body.
Oscarsson just misses with a punch to the body.
A counter left hand to the body from Knox misses its target.
Knox bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
The cut above Oscar Oscarsson's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Oscarsson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Knox stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Knox ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Knox throws out a powerful jab.
Knox ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Oscarsson throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Knox on the side of the head.
Knox lands with an uppercut that bounces Oscarsson off the cage and back into range.
Oscar Oscarsson's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knox throws a good cross that connects.
Oscarsson is rocked!
Knox has managed to clinch.
Oscar Oscarsson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Oscarsson is still on wobbly legs! Can Knox finish him?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knox pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Oscarsson seems to have recovered his senses.
Oscarsson throws an off balance right hand
and Oscarsson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Knox connects with a jab.
Oscarsson misses with a lunging right hand
and Knox scores with a counter punch that sends Oscarsson to the canvas! Knox smells blood - he's punishing Oscarsson with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Oscarsson has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:17 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Athos Knox!
Athos Knox really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Voodoo Nutrition logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
The defeated Oscar Oscarsson had this to say: 'He was the better fighter this time.
You win lose, and you some some.'.
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hype
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