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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bob Pickleson (ranked 4111 p4p, 2849 weight class) and Chuck Knuckles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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200 cm 25 250 0 - 0 - 0 |
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198 cm 25 265 3 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt Solid boxing Big heart |
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BJJ White Belt Excellent MT Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bob Pickleson! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chuck Knuckles! The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Kenichi Hosakawa and Hirohito Nitta.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/round1.jpg) The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Knuckles fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pickleson manages to avoid it.
Pickleson drives through and clinches with Knuckles against the cage.
Pickleson changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Knuckles fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Knuckles slaps away a takedown attempt from Pickleson, before circling back to the center of the mat. Pickleson tries to clinch enabling Knuckles to counter with a crisp jab. Pickleson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there. Pickleson shoots in but Knuckles avoids the takedown attempt easily. Knuckles is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Pickleson with a body shot. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bob Pickleson. That's going to take a lot out of him. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Knuckles misses with a few strikes there.
Pickleson moves to clinch but Knuckles breaks away
and Knuckles counters with a nice right hand that sends Pickleson toppling to the canvas! Pickleson scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Knuckles finish him?!
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/rocked2.gif) Pickleson is rocked! Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Pickleson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch. Pickleson is trying hard to land a takedown here. Knuckles sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet. A little jabbing left from Knuckles on the counter but it doesn't find it's target. Pickleson is breathing heavily.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/1.gif) That's one minute gone in the round. A shot to the liver by Knuckles. Beautiful body shot. Knuckles drops Pickleson with a huge uppercut! Pickleson drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Knuckles is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chuck Knuckles! In his post fight interview, Chuck Knuckles started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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