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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kilo Maluga (ranked 1 p4p, 9 weight class) and Yardbird Knox (ranked 1 p4p, 3 weight class). Maluga kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is JUNGLE. Knox has chosen Now's The Time | Charlie Parker as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 33 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kilo Maluga!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Yardbird Knox!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Colin Fotheringham and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knox connects with a body shot that sends Maluga's belly button to the back.
Knox throws out a powerful jab.
It looks like Kilo Maluga has been cut.
Knox swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Knox fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Maluga manages to avoid it.
It looked like Maluga wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Knox misses the shot to the body.
Knox throws the left hand but Maluga avoids the punch easily.
Maluga tried to counter with a leg kick but Knox avoided it.
Knox smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Knox swings for the body but Maluga moves out of range.
Knox looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knox jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Knox misses with a right hand
and Maluga counters with a low kick, right behind Knox 's knee.
Maluga tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Knox now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maluga throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Maluga takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Knox connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Maluga's hands.
Maluga bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Knox throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Maluga sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nice defenses there by Maluga.
Knox throws the left hand but Maluga avoids the punch easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Maluga looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knox misses with a jab, cross combination.
A little feinted left hand from Maluga on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Maluga walks into a jab.
Kilo Maluga's cut is getting worse.
Knox misses with a hook.
Knox looks to score with a jab to the body but Maluga is just out of range.
Maluga tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Knox appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Maluga throws a nice outside leg kick.
Knox lands a glancing blow to the side of Maluga's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Maluga has Knox up against the cage in a clinch.
Knox lands with a right to the head.
Maluga lands a body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knox lands a shoulder strike.
Kilo Maluga's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Knox tries to break free but Maluga pushes him back against the cage.
Knox can't find room to land a body shot as Maluga controls the action.
Knox avoiding damage as Maluga throws knees to the body.
Maluga lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Maluga lands a shot to the body.
Maluga lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Maluga lands a nice shot to the body.
Knox looks winded!
Maluga misses with a punch to the body.
Maluga misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Knox.
Maluga misses with a knee to the head.
Maluga lands a nice knee to the body.
Knox misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Maluga fails to land.
Knox working aggressively here.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Knox.
A right hand to the body from Knox.
Knox breaks the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maluga clinches with his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Maluga missing with knees to the body.
Knox working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Maluga misses with a punch on the inside.
Maluga missing with knees to the body.
Maluga misses with some punches.
A right handed body shot lands from Knox.
Maluga scores with a shoulder strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Maluga.
Come on Knox - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Maluga tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Knox avoids it.
Maluga tries to throw a body punch but Knox avoids it by throwing Maluga back against the cage.
Maluga lands a hook that snaps the head of Knox backwards.
Maluga misses with the head strike.
Maluga can't find room to land a body shot as Knox controls the action.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Yardbird Knox will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Kilo Maluga's cut.
That's time! Maluga's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
The fighters circling - Knox throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Maluga half committed to a counter leg kick.
Knox misses with a jab to the body
and Maluga counters with a straight right hand.
It looks like Yardbird Knox has been cut.
Knox checks the leg kick nicely there.
Maluga has closed the distance and engaged Knox in a clinch.
Maluga missing with knees to the body.
Maluga scores with a nice hook to the head.
Maluga tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Knox breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Maluga tries to clinch but Knox moves out of range.
Maluga tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Maluga misses with a lunging right hand
and Knox counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knox fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Maluga avoids a punch combination nicely.
Maluga throws an off balance right hand
and Knox connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Knox throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Maluga sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Knox with a hook.
Maluga tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Knox paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Knox lands with a hook. Maluga tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Maluga with a nice calf kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knox checks a leg kick.
Knox lands a nice shot to the body.
Knox throws a jab but it's blocked by Maluga.
Maluga thinks about countering with a body kick.
The fighters circling - Knox throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Maluga is looking to counter punch.
Maluga lands a nice hook to Knox's body. Knox takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Maluga looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Knox uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Maluga.
Maluga is looking to land body kicks.
Knox swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Maluga moves into the clinch successfully.
Maluga is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Knox is breathing heavily.
Maluga lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maluga is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Maluga is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Maluga misses with a hook from the clinch.
Knox misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Maluga lands an uppercut.
Maluga missing with knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Knox.
A nice right hand lands inside from Maluga.
Maluga landing knees to the body.
Kilo Maluga has scored more points in the clinch so far.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Maluga.
Still in the clinch, Maluga scores with a nice short uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Maluga.
Maluga lands with a short shot to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short left from Knox.
Maluga lands a right hand.
Knox prevents a body shot from Maluga.
Maluga tries to land knees in the clinch but Knox avoids the damage to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maluga unloads a knee to the mid-section. Knox lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Maluga landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Maluga lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Knox backwards.
Maluga putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Knox in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Maluga lands with a light punch inside.
Maluga scores a nice knee to the body.
Maluga lands a good knee to the midsection. Knox won't want to take too many of those.
A shot in the inside from Maluga.
Maluga working Knox over with knees to the body.
Knox blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Maluga crunches a lovely knee into Knox's ribcage.
Maluga lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Maluga landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Maluga trying to land knees to the body.
Maluga misses with a punch to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kilo Maluga dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Knox fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Maluga manages to avoid it.
Knox throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Maluga.
Maluga tries to clinch up
and Knox connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knox throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Maluga counters with a solid body kick.
Knox takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Maluga has taken the fight to the clinch.
Maluga presses Knox against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Maluga lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knox managing to block the knees to the body from Maluga.
Maluga scores with a nice hook to the head.
Maluga working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Maluga lands a nice knee to the body.
Maluga tries to land a knee to the head but Knox blocks with his arms.
Knox on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Maluga putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Knox in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Maluga working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Knees to the body from Maluga.
Maluga throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Knoxs head.
Maluga scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Maluga is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Knox can do to turn this around?
Maluga lands with a short head shot on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Maluga lands a nice knee to the body.
Maluga using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Knox has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Maluga.
Maluga tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Knox avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knox blocks a body shot from Maluga.
Maluga landing knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from Maluga.
Maluga working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Maluga lands with a light punch inside.
Maluga scores with a hook to the body.
Still in the clinch, Maluga scores with a nice short uppercut.
Maluga gets through Knox's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Maluga utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Maluga softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Maluga lands a right hand that snaps the head of Knox backwards.
Maluga misses with a body punch.
Knox fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Maluga lands with a left to the head.
Maluga lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knox managing to block the knees to the body from Maluga.
Maluga pushes Knox back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Maluga lands a body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Knox fails to land.
Maluga with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Knox on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knox has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Knox misses with a hook from the clinch.
Maluga is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Knox is defending well for now.
Knox blocking some punches.
Knox doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Maluga pushes Knox back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Maluga landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Maluga lands with a short shot to the head.
Maluga doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Knox tries to break the clinch but Maluga is controlling the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maluga lands a hook that snaps the head of Knox backwards.
Good body shot from Maluga.
Maluga scores with a shoulder strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Maluga throws a punch but it's blocked by Knox.
Maluga is working Knox over against the cage.
Maluga lands a shoulder strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Maluga.
Knox takes a shot to the head.
Knox is rocked!
Maluga using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Knox has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Maluga pushes Knox back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Knox is still on wobbly legs! Can Maluga finish him?
Maluga putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Knox in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Maluga drops Knox onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Knox is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
A right hook to the body lands for Maluga.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A right handed body shot lands from Maluga.
Maluga landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Maluga scores a nice knee to the body.
Maluga lands a right hand that snaps the head of Knox backwards.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kilo Maluga clearly takes that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Maluga cracks Knox with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Knox falls to his knees and Maluga doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kilo Maluga!
Kilo Maluga retains his heavyweight title!
Kilo Maluga thanked the fans post fight for their support.
In defeat, Yardbird Knox stepped up to the mic, saying '"If you haven't lost in this
sport, you haven't fought the right guys yet." (Matt Hughes) '.
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