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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mikey Knuckelz (ranked 3303 p4p, 4216 weight class) and Jett Sakchai (ranked 0 p4p, 360 weight class). Sakchai is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: The Elbow King. Jett Sakchai has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Mikey Knuckelz's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mikey Knuckelz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jett Sakchai!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Knuckelz checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
A leg kick checked by Knuckelz.
Knuckelz tries to bum rush Sakchai with a series of wild strikes but Sakchai uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sakchai is looking for the big counter here.
Sakchai throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Knuckelz tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Sakchai manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Knuckelz lands a body shot.
Sakchai fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Knuckelz.
Sakchai throws a chopping leg kick but Knuckelz manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Knuckelz lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sakchai.
Knuckelz has closed the distance and engaged Sakchai in a clinch.
Sakchai breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Knuckelz staying out of range there.
Sakchai moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Knuckelz blocks a low kick nicely.
Knuckelz throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Knuckelz doesn't manage to clinch there - Sakchai circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sakchai throws a leg kick that misses.
Mikey Knuckelz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Knuckelz closes the distance and clinches.
Knuckelz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sakchai looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Knuckelz stalling in the clinch but Sakchai improves position.
Sakchai breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sakchai throws a nice inside leg kick.
Sakchai lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Knuckelz sizes up Sakchai with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
It looks like Jett Sakchai has been cut.
Knuckelz feints a jab promting Sakchai to slip. Knuckelz then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Sakchai slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Sakchai takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Sakchai lands a leg kick that knocks Knuckelz off balance momentarily.
Knuckelz scores with a decent looking hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sakchai misses with a kick to the body
and Knuckelz counters with a stiff right hand.
Sakchai misses with a hook. Knuckelz ducked under it nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sakchai misses with a low kick.
Sakchai takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Sakchai circles away from the clinch attempt.
Knuckelz fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Knuckelz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sakchai only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Knuckelz stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sakchai.
Sakchai pushes Knuckelz up against the cage in a clinch.
Sakchai takes a knee to the side of the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sakchai.
Knuckelz blocks an elbow strike from Sakchai.
Sakchai breaks from the clinch.
Knuckelz lands with a nice combination. Sakchai backs away looking to recover.
Sakchai pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Knuckelz went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sakchai.
Sakchai tries to score with a low kick but Knuckelz moves his leg out of the way.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sakchai pivots, looking for a leg kick but Knuckelz is out of range and Sakchai settles back down.
Sakchai misses with the combination.
Good leg kick by Sakchai.
Sakchai attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Knuckelz wants to clinch.
Knuckelz misses with a kick to the body.
A bone on bone clash there as Knuckelz blocks the leg kick.
Sakchai lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Sakchai drives through and clinches with Knuckelz against the cage.
Sakchai manages to break the clinch.
Sakchai lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sakchai fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Knuckelz has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Knuckelz tries to clinch but Sakchai moves out of range.
Sakchai connects with an inside leg kick.
Sakchai's coach down at The Sticky Bandit 5 Finger Discount Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Sakchai's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Knuckelz is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Sakchai avoids a kick to the body.
Sakchai appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Knuckelz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sakchai swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Despite the aggression on Sakchai's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Sakchai avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Knuckelz with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sakchai closes the distance and clinches.
Knuckelz is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Sakchai is keeping busy.
Sakchai creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Sakchai throws an elbow that misses.
Sakchai pushes off an throws an elbow but Knuckelz leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Knuckelz blocks an elbow strike.
Knuckelz blocks an elbow strike from Sakchai.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jett Sakchai dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jett Sakchai's cut.
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.
Sakchai misses with a low kick.
Knuckelz's corner calls for a 1-2. Knuckelz obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Sakchai throws a leg kick but Knuckelz checks it.
Sakchai throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Sakchai tried to score with a low kick but Knuckelz checks it.
Knuckelz scores with a three punch combo!
Knuckelz's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
Knuckelz looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Knuckelz backing away here, and Sakchai unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Knuckelz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sakchai uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Knuckelz.
Knuckelz on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Knuckelz throws a lazy right hand but Sakchai sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jett Sakchai seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sakchai fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A left and a right from Knuckelz both land. Nice combination.
That has opened up Jett Sakchai's cut even more.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
An inside leg kick lands from Sakchai.
Sakchai throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sakchai.
Sakchai connects with a solid leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knuckelz tries to close the distance and clinch but Sakchai swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Despite the aggression on Sakchai's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
A good leg kick by Sakchai.
A good leg kick by Knuckelz.
Sakchai tries to work over Knuckelz's front leg with a kick but Knuckelz checks it.
Knuckelz fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sakchai scores with a leg kick.
Knuckelz swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Sakchai with the inside leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Knuckelz checks a leg kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Sakchai crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Knuckelz - the referee stops the clock and Sakchai gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Knuckelz. Sakchai manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
The fight stays on the outside here - Knuckelz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sakchai misses with a body kick.
Sakchai scores with a leg kick.
Knuckelz gets tackled into the cage by Sakchai. Sakchai maintains the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sakchai throws an elbow that misses.
Knuckelz landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Sakchai breaks the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knuckelz tries to clinch there but Sakchai circles away.
Knuckelz scores with a spinning back kick!
Knuckelz misses with a few strikes there.
Mikey Knuckelz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Knuckelz throws a front kick that sends Sakchai stumbling back into the cage.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Sakchai in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Sakchai takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Knuckelz connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Knuckelz looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Sakchai with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sakchai connects with a leg kick.
Sakchai tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Knuckelz is able to avoid easily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Knuckelz.
Sloppy strikes from Knuckelz. Those never looked like landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knuckelz throws the kick towards the body but Sakchai avoids it.
Sakchai attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Knuckelz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
No joy there for Sakchai, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sakchai fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Sakchai throws a chopping leg kick but Knuckelz manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Knuckelz lands a body shot.
Knuckelz dodges the punch combination from Sakchai.
Knuckelz clinches up against the cage.
Sakchai pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sakchai breaks the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knuckelz has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Sakchai.
Sakchai has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Knuckelz.
A low kick lands for Sakchai.
Sakchai keeps the fight on the outside.
Knuckelz throws a right hand that Sakchai ducks under and follows up with a left that Sakchai also avoids with ease.
Knuckelz backing away here, and Sakchai unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knuckelz lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Knuckelz chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sakchai can pounce on him.
A combination from Knuckelz does no damage.
Knuckelz on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sakchai. Sakchai obviously looking to wear him down.
Knuckelz doesn't manage to clinch there - Sakchai circles away.
Knuckelz throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Sakchai throws a nice inside leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sakchai. That's going to slow Knuckelz down.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Knuckelz wants to clinch up but Sakchai keeps it at a distance.
Knuckelz scores with a body shot.
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 Mikey Knuckelz will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jett Sakchai's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Knuckelz displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Knuckelz misses with a head kick.
Sakchai throws a low kick but Knuckelz avoids it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sakchai. That's going to slow Knuckelz down.
Sakchai scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Knuckelz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Despite the aggression on Sakchai's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Knuckelz misses with a two punch combination.
Knuckelz lands a leg kick that knocks Sakchai off balance momentarily.
Sakchai throws a low kick but Knuckelz avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
That kick from Sakchai tenderised Knuckelz's leg. Knuckelz is trying to keep his angry face on.
Sakchai buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sakchai blocks the body kick.
Knuckelz keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Knuckelz throws a head kick but Sakchai moves out of range.
Sakchai is looking for the big counter here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Sakchai lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Knuckelz has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Knuckelz and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A punch combination from Knuckelz misses.
Sakchai connects with a leg kick.
Knuckelz throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Knuckelz throws a head kick but Sakchai moves out of range.
Knuckelz wants to clinch up but Sakchai keeps it at a distance.
Knuckelz pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sakchai with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sakchai moves out of range of the body kick.
Sakchai appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Knuckelz throws a combination that misses
and Sakchai finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Knuckelz pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sakchai keeps the fight on the outside.
Sakchai moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Knuckelz displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Knuckelz looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Sakchai blocks the body kick.
Knuckelz on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sakchai. Sakchai obviously looking to wear him down.
The fight stays on the outside here - Knuckelz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sakchai clinches up against the cage.
Sakchai breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sakchai with the inside leg kick.
Knuckelz throws a head kick that Sakchai semi-blocks.
The cut above Jett Sakchai's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Sakchai takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Knuckelz takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Knuckelz moves out of range of the body kick.
Sakchai with the inside leg kick.
Sakchai with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Knuckelz.
Knuckelz throws a series of punches but Sakchai moves out of range.
Sakchai connects with a leg kick.
A good leg kick by Sakchai.
Knuckelz tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Knuckelz.
Sakchai throws a counter combo.
Knuckelz blocks a head kick by Sakchai.
The fight stays on the outside here - Knuckelz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
As Knuckelz backs off Sakchai throws a huge counter combo but Knuckelz manages to avoid it all.
Knuckelz throws a head kick but Sakchai moves out of range.
Knuckelz is looking to clinch.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sakchai.
Knuckelz checks the leg kick nicely there.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sakchai.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knuckelz throws a sloppy head kick and Sakchai moves out of range easily.
Knuckelz tries to land a front kick but Sakchai steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Knuckelz rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sakchai moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sakchai throws a nice outside leg kick.
Knuckelz looks to land a combination but Sakchai avoids it well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sakchai lands a leg kick that knocks Knuckelz off balance momentarily.
Sakchai scoring well with a low kick there.
Knuckelz pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Knuckelz fails in his attempt to clinch.
Knuckelz tries a head kick but it misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sakchai.
Knuckelz tries to land a front kick but Sakchai steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Knuckelz moves in looking to clinch but Sakchai pushes him off.
Sakchai connects with a solid leg kick.
Sakchai misses with a wild combination.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jett Sakchai comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sakchai has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jett Sakchai!
Jett Sakchai managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Deathstrike Apparel, into his post fight interview.
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