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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Aramis Knox (ranked 387 p4p, 972 weight class) and Coral Sea (ranked 51 p4p, 133 weight class). Knox comes to the cage accompanied by You're Going Down | Sick Puppies. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Knox
vs
Sea

181 cm
30
167
19 - 8 - 0

168 cm
39
158
25 - 12 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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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 19 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Aramis Knox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Coral Sea!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Mauricio Rocha and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knox avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sloppy strikes from Sea. Those never looked like landing.
Knox is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Sea misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sea looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sea throws a nice looking combination but Knox bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nice jab there from Knox.
Sea throws a lazy head kick
and Knox counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sea shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Sea throws a nice looking combination but Knox bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sea throws a head kick that misses.
Sloppy strikes from Knox. Those never looked like landing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sea fails to land with a series of punches.
Sea scores with a nice right hand.
A leg kick checked by Knox.
Knox was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Sea misses with a few strikes there.
Knox seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
The fighters circling - Knox throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sea has Knox up against the cage in a clinch.
Knox lands an uppercut.

Sea breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sea moves away from the strike by Knox.
Coral Sea seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sea looks to land a combination but Knox avoids it well.
Sea looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sea misses with a low kick.
Knox was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Sea fails to land with a series of punches.
Sea swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Knox counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Sea throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Knox digs a good hook to Sea's body.
Sea moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Sea throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Knox.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sea moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sea throws a left and a right that both miss
and Knox counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sea will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sea stuns Knox with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Sea misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Knox uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sea.
Sea doesn't manage to clinch there - Knox circles away.
Knox swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Sea lands with a kick to the temple. Knox shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Sea throws a hook to the side of Knox's head but Knox sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Knox cracks Sea with a good jab.
Knox lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sea at a distance.
Sea tries to bum rush Knox with a series of wild strikes but Knox uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sea throws a left and a right that both miss
and Sea takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sea tries to clinch there but Knox circles away.
Sea rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Knox moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knox lands a jab to the nose.
Sea throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
It looked like Knox wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Knox scores with a jab to the jaw.
Knox misses with a wild body shot.

Sea has Knox up against the cage in a clinch.

Knox pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sea misses with a double jab
and Knox cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Knox throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sea.
Sea is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Knox lands with a right hand.
Sea misses with a double jab
and Knox counters with a straight right hand.
Sea lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Knox circles away quickly and effectively.
Knox is looking to counter punch.
Knox is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Sea throws a lazy uppercut
and Knox counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sea throws a head kick but Knox moves out of range.
Knox is looking to counter punch.
Knox is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
A head kick misses from Sea.
Sea swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Knox dodges the punch combination from Sea.
Sea misses with a few strikes there.
Knox connects with a body shot that sends Sea's belly button to the back.
Sea misses with a combination
and Knox connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sea looks winded!
Sea tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Knox blocks a head kick by Sea.
Sea tries to clinch there but Knox circles away.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sea misses with a shot to the body
and Knox counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Knox darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Knox avoids the head kick by Sea.
It looked like Knox was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Knox is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Knox moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Coral Sea will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

The fighters circling - Knox throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Knox lunges at Sea with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Sea's hand.
Sea fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sea throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nice uppercut there from Knox.
Knox stuns Sea with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A left and a right from Sea both land. Nice combination.
Sea throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Knox counters with a nice uppercut.
Sea misses with a head kick.
Knox is looking for a counter combo.
Knox scores with a crisp jab that stopped Sea in his tracks.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knox throws a body shot but no joy.
Sea throws a counter combo.
Knox keeps the fight on the outside.
Knox connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Knox stuns Sea with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
No joy there for Sea, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Knox dodges the punch combination from Sea.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sea throws a head kick that misses
and Knox counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nice shot by Knox.
Sea tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A little feinted left hand from Knox on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Left hook, right uppercut from Knox.
Sea takes one on the button.
Sea throws a combination that misses
and Knox cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sea throws a combination that misses
and Knox counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Knox takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Sea on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sea swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Sea takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sea misses with a hook
and Knox counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sea avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sea looks to land a combination but Knox avoids it well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sea wants to clinch up but Knox keeps it at a distance.
Sea falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sea takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sea is breathing heavily.
Knox circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Knox counter with a right hand.
Sea throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Knox connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Sea walks into a left hand.
Sea has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Knox dips to his left and cracks Sea with an uppercut!
Knox throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Sea on the side of the head.
Sea throws a combination that misses
and Knox counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sea throws a head kick that misses
and Sea takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sea throws a series of punches but Knox moves out of range.
Sea falls off balance throwing a combination
and Knox counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knox cracks Sea with a right hand to the side of the head.
Coral Sea is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Good shot there by Knox.
Knox lands a jab to the head.
Sea throws a leg kick but Knox moved away.
Knox throwing a counter right hand but Sea manages to avoid it.

Sea clinches up against the cage.

Knox breaks from the clinch.
Sea throws a leg kick that is checked
and Knox counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sea rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Knox moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sea on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Knox lands with a hook. Sea tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
The crowd cheers as Knox lands an impressive looking overhand right. Sea doesn't seem phased though.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knox fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Sea fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
It looked like Knox was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Sea lands with a slapping head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knox scores with a sloppy right hand. Sea should have avoided that one.
Sea tries to clinch up
and Knox counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Knox lands with a good body shot.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Knox bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Sea's head.
Sea rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Knox moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sea misses with a body kick.
Sea wants to clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sea throws a left and a right that both miss
and Knox counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Knox blocks a head kick by Sea.
Aramis Knox is winning the standup battle so far.
Knox blocks a head kick by Sea.
Knox works the jab nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Aramis Knox dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Sea throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Knox.
Sea's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Knox connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Sea scrambles back to his feet.
Sea throws a head kick but Knox moves out of range.
Knox cracks Sea with a right hand to the side of the head.
Knox bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Sea's head.
Knox scores with a crisp jab that stopped Sea in his tracks.
Sea pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sea misses with a combination
and Knox counters with a straight right hand.
Sea will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sea rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Knox moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
It looked like Knox wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Nice uppercut there from Knox.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sea misses with a double jab
and Knox counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sea throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Knox.
Sea takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Knox ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Knox lands a jab to the nose.
Sea misses with a double jab.
Sea throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Knox scores with a jab to the body.
Knox scores with a nice right hand.
Knox with a hook.
Knox scores with a hook to the body. Sea takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Sea throws a leg kick
and Knox counters with a stiff right hand.
Sea has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Knox finds it's way round the side to connect with Sea's head.
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!
Knox misses with a looping left.
Sea raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Sea misses with a wild combination.
A counter left hand to the body from Knox misses its target.
Sea throws a sloppy head kick
and Knox connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sea throws a left and a right that both miss
and Knox counters with a stiff right hand.
Nice uppercut there from Knox.
Sea rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Knox counters with a straight right hand.
Sea takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Knox lands a nice shot to the body.
Sea throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Knox counters with a nice uppercut.
Jab from Knox.
Nice jab there from Knox.
Knox lands with a hook. Sea tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Knox moves into range and connects with a jab.
Sea staying out of range there.
Knox is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sea can do to turn this around?
Sea throws a left and a right that both miss
and Knox connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jab from Knox.
Sea throws a right hand that Knox ducks under and follows up with a left that Knox also avoids with ease.
A quick step to the side and Knox tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sea takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A head kick by Sea misses
and Knox cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sea lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Knox circles away quickly and effectively.
Sea throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sea misses with a lunging right hand
and Knox counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sea swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Knox counters with a stiff right hand.
Donk. Knox catches Sea right on the button with a cross.
Sea misses with a double jab
and Knox counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nice uppercut there from Knox.
Sea throws a left and a right that both miss
and Knox counters with a straight right hand.
A lazy left from Knox finds it's target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knox lands a nice shot that snaps Sea's head back.
Knox fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Sea takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sea misses with a double jab
and Knox counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sea rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Knox moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Knox was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A head kick misses from Sea.
Knox swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Knox connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Sea momentarily.
Knox looks to land a left hand but Sea moved out of range nicely.
Sea throws a right and a left that both miss.
Knox jabs Sea right on the nose. Sea blinks but takes it well.
Sea throws a right and a left that both miss.
It looked like Knox was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Knox jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Knox punishes Sea's body with a nice straight punch.
Sea is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sea takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

And that's the end of the fight!
Aramis Knox showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Knox has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 29:28
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 29:28
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aramis Knox!
Aramis Knox made sure to mention his sponsor, PWNAGE™ in his post fight interview.