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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Adrian Knight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Junior Sasi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Adrian Knight could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Junior Sasi's chin.
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217 lbs
1 - 3 - 0 |
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201 lbs
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Excellent boxer
KO power
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Counter fighter
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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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Adrian Knight!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Junior Sasi!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Frank Dennis and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sasi takes one to the chin there.
Knight tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Sasi manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Knight is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A good leg kick by Knight.
Sasi avoids the head kick by Knight.
Sasi is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Knight with a body shot.
Sasi takes a swing at Knight's ribcage but misses.
Sasi checks the leg kick.
Knight wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knight will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Knight.
Knight walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Sasi checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Sasi looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Sasi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Knight throws a nice looking combination but Sasi bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Knight displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Knight tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Sasi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Knight misses with a leg kick
and Sasi counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sasi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Knight thumps Sasi with a low kick.
Knight scores with a body shot.
Sasi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sasi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Knight.
Junior Sasi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knight tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Sasi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sasi throws a body punch but Knight moves out of range.
Adrian Knight seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Knight lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Sasi backs up against the ropes.
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!
Knight connects with a leg kick. Sasi looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Knight tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Sasi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Knight fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sasi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sasi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Knight fails in his attempt to clinch.
A big right from Sasi misses.
Knight looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Knight tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Sasi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sasi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knight looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Knight is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Knight doesn't manage to clinch there - Sasi circles away.
Knight goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Knight slips under a jab from Sasi.
Knight tries to clinch but Sasi moves out of range.
Knight shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Sasi eats them both and turns towards Knight to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Knight misses with a head kick.
Knight misses with a double jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Knight looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sasi is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knight throws a leg kick that is checked
and Sasi counters with a stiff right hand.
Knight tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Sasi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sasi now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Knight bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sasi misses with a body shot.
Knight tries to clinch up but Sasi circles away and keeps his distance.
Sasi doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Sasi misses with a straight right.
Knight appears to be looking for a big counter.
Knight delivers a nice body kick.
Knight wants to clinch.
Sasi appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Sasi keeps the fight on the outside.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Knight misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sasi.
Knight tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Knight scores with a one two! Sasi had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Sasi lands with an uppercut that bounces Knight off the ropes and back into range.
Sasi throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Knight appears to be looking for a big counter.
Sasi swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Knight counters with a series of strikes. Sasi will be more careful next time no doubt.
Sasi is rocked!
Sasi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Knight is working the combinations to good effect here.
Knight tries to close the distance and clinch but Sasi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Some wild striking there from Knight.
Knight fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Knight uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sasi.
Knight is looking to clinch.
Sasi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Knight.
A thudding body kick lands there by Knight!
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!
Sasi misses the shot to the body.
No joy there for Knight, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
It seemed like Sasi was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Sasi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sasi let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Sasi swats away the attempt to clinch by Knight.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Sasi! But no joy.
Knight fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Knight lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Sasi is still on wobbly legs! Can Knight finish him?
The fight stays on the outside here - Knight looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sasi seems to have recovered his senses.
Knight moves out of range of the strikes.
Knight lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Knight pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Knight moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Knight is looking to clinch.
Knight displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Knight tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Knight tries to clinch up.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Sasi misses with a body punch
enabling Knight to counter with a crisp jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sasi misses with an uppercut. Knight saw that one coming.
Sasi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Knight throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sasi misses with a looping right.
Knight throws a counter high kick but Sasi was just alert enough to avoid it.
Sasi looks to score with a jab to the body but Knight is just out of range.
Knight tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Sasi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Knight misses with the combination.
A telegraphed right hand from Sasi misses the target.
Knight throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Sasi misses with a hook.
Knight is looking to clinch but Sasi is avoiding it.
Sasi takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Sasi looks to throw the jab but Knight is out of range.
Sasi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Knight.
Sasi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Knight looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A little jabbing left from Sasi on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Knight scores with a spinning back kick!
Sasi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Knight manages to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Adrian Knight dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Knight pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Sasi back to the ropes. Knight follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Knight tries to clinch up.
Knight throws a combination. Sasi tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Nice shot lands for Knight.
Sasi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Knight manages to avoid it.
Knight moves in looking to clinch but Sasi pushes him off.
Knight tries to bum rush Sasi with a series of wild strikes but Sasi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Adrian Knight is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Knight uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sasi.
Knight is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Sasi takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Knight is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sasi can do to turn this around?
Sasi avoids a punch combination nicely.
Knight really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Sasi throws a hook to the side of Knight's head but Knight sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knight swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sasi looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Knight is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Knight throws a head kick that half lands.
Knight wants to clinch.
Sasi misses with a body shot
and Knight counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Knight ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Sasi has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Knight.
Knight keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sasi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Knight.
Knight misses with the combination.
Sasi throws a hook but Knight blocks it.
Knight tries to counter by clinching up but Sasi breaks away and moves out of range.
Knight throws a series of strikes that have Sasi backpedaling.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knight lands a high kick!
Sasi throws out a loose jab but Knight uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sasi blocks a head kick by Knight.
Knight tries to clinch up.
A little jabbing left from Sasi on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Sasi circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sasi moves out of range of the body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knight avoids the body shot from Sasi.
Adrian Knight is winning the standup battle so far.
Sasi takes a swing at Knight's ribcage but misses.
Sasi scores with a jab. Knight acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Sasi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Knight.
Sasi swings widly with a right hand
and Knight counters with a series of strikes. Sasi will be more careful next time no doubt.
Sasi takes a swing at Knight's ribcage but misses.
Knight slips a straight right by Sasi.
Knight tries to clinch up but Sasi circles away and keeps his distance.
Knight tries to clinch up but Sasi circles away and keeps his distance.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Sasi! But no joy.
Sasi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Knight.
Knight tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Sasi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knight motions for Sasi to come forward. Knight throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Sasi throws a right hand that misses
and Knight counters with a stiff right hand.
Knight wants to clinch
letting Sasi counter with a right hand.
Knight throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sasi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Knight manages to avoid it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Knight steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sasi.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Knight pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A nice side step and Sasi releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Knight fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sasi looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Knight delivers a nice body kick.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Knight looks to land a combination but Sasi avoids it well.
Knight slips under a jab from Sasi.
As Sasi tries to get set, Knight tries to push him back and clinch up but Sasi manages to avoid the attempt.
Sasi takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Sasi blocks a head kick by Knight.
Sasi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Knight.
Knight does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A slapping body kick lands there for Knight.
Knight wants to clinch but Sasi slips to the side
and Sasi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Knight is rocked!
Sasi ducks down and throws a big overhand right - it lands flush on the jaw, knocking Knight out cold! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Junior Sasi!
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FIGHT
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