Knees Of Fury 32 Event Review
By Laurino Scriva.
Thanks to infinitemma.com staff writer Laurino Scriva, we have our first Knees Of Fury event play-by-play. Laurino was kind enough to step up and cover the Knees Of Fury 32 event for the website while I was otherwise tied up welcoming my first child in to the world. The play-by-play style of event coverage is where we are gradually heading, as the site and staff numbers here begin to expand along with the popularity of the Australian and New Zealand events we cover.
The 32nd edition of Knees Of Fury was headlined by a Paul Slowinski x Thor Hoopman re-match. The event threw up a handful of upsets and surprising results, with a good number of massive knockdowns for the Fox Sports camera crews in attendance. You'd all be well advised not to miss this show when it airs on Fox Sports in a month or so, but in the mean time Laurino Scriva's play-by-play of the fights can be found below.
Fight 1 – Abd Mohammadi Vs Mick Pocock
Round 1 – Abd started out using good counter right hands but Mick came bit with one of his own. Abd was looking more relaxed, using his hands well and getting off first. 10-9 Abd
Round 2 – Mick came out and started utilizing his leg kicks, as both traded strikes. Abd starts to tire, while Mick continues to use good head movement to avoid strikes. 10/10
Round 3 – Abd using his teep to keep Mick at bay, but still looks tired. Both continue to trade hands throughout the round, but Mick has the higher work rate. 10/9 Mick
Result – Split Dec for Mick Pocock
Fight 2 – Cameron Olliffe Vs Brendon McDonnell
Round 1 – Brendon comes out aggressive and then they clinch to a stalemate. Both are looking to land body shots, with Brendon coming forward. Cameron fires off with a nice left body rip, right hook combo that scores. 10/9 Brendon
Round 2 – Cameron comes out with some hard kicks to start the second round, but Brendon manages to catch the some of his kicks and dumps him three times. Both start slowing down before an accidental groin shot gives both a breather. Brendon ends the round with a nice kick catch/punch. 10/9 Brendon
Round 3 – Round three gets off to a fast start with both trading leg kicks and punches, with Brendon land a nice head kick and a couple of uppercuts to continue scoring well. Cameron looks to be struggling to find his range, apart from his left rib kicks which were landing throughout the fight. 10/9 Brendon
Result – Split Dec for Brendon McDonnell
Fight 3 – Matt Delchev Vs Michael Henson
Round 1 – Matt comes out and lands a nice rear right leg kick to the body. Both fighters then trade and land strong leg kicks. Matt starts to look very tired towards the end of the first round, while Michael has the higher work rate to potentially give him the round. 10/9 Michael
Round 2 – Michael begins with a nice right hand and continues to come forward with punches. When they clinch, he manages to score with effective knees. Matt looks really tired, dropping his hands and remaining flat footed, but ends the round with a good one two punch combo followed by a kick. 10/9 Michael
Round 3 – Michael comes forward and hits Matt with two huge lefts that snap Matt’s head back, before working knees in the clinch, even getting one to the head. Matt fires back with a one two, but looks exhausted. Michael catches a kick and sweeps Matt. Michael looks to take the round and the fight comfortably with cleaner strikes and straighter hands. 10/9 Michael
Result – UPD for Michael Henson
Fight 4 – Josh Shepson Vs Hunse Mutsaers
Round 1 – Josh begins by using his reach advantage and lands a big knee to the head of Hunse, which rattles him a bit. Hunse tries to close the gap throughout the round but Josh works the clinch for four or five unanswered but defended knees to the head. Hunse continues to come forward but struggles to land any effective shots. 10-9 Josh
Round 2 – Josh starts the second much the same as the first, utilizing a range of strikes and his strength in the clinch, landing more knees. Hunse fires back with two good leg kicks to Josh’s front leg. Josh seems to have slowed down and Hunse is picking up the work rate and finding his range. A close round. 10/10
Round 3 – Hunse continues to try and come forward and get inside, but Josh uses good defence, checking leg kicks and keeping Hunse at bay with the teep. Josh continues to score in the clinch with knees, using his height to good effect. Hunse continues to come forward, but fails to land any really effective strikes. 10/9 Josh
Result – UPD for Josh Shepson
Fight 5 – Matt Routley Vs Jordan Koch
Round 1 – Matt opens the round with a big right hook, before they clinch, and Jordan uses his knees to score. Matt has heavy hands and is swinging wild hooks that Jordan covers up for. Jordan doesn’t provide much offence. 10-9 Matt
Round 2 – At the start of the second both trade leg kicks before Matt lands two big hooks, before Jordan counters with a huge right of his own that shifts the momentum. Matt tries to come back at him, and throws a spinning backfist, which results in him receiving a one point deduction. Both continue to land massive punches on eachother with Matt landing more, and without the point deduction Matt would have taken the round. 9-9
Round 3 – Jordan comes out and starts throwing repeated left hooks to Matt, who by now is bleeding from his nose. He then absorbs a couple more before trying to counter with a big right hook, but Jordan counters nicely with a left uppercut/hook combo to score well. The fight is briefly stopped while the ref looks at Matt’s nose and cleans the blood off. Once the fight resumes, the pace slows, but Jordan lands scoring shots. A very close fight. 10/9 Jordan
Result – SPD for Jordan Koch
Fight 6 – Adam Earle Vs Lual Diing
Round 1 – Lual begins the fight with a clean right hand before they clinch and Adam fires off a knee. After the separation, Lual gets hit with an accidental kick to the groin. Adam scores with strong right leg kicks and manages to nullify the clinch. Lual then lands a crisp right hand and both begin swinging and landing hard right hands on eachother. 10/9 Adam
Round 2- The second round consisted mainly of Adam dominating the clinch and using leg kicks, while Lual looked to utilize his hands to score. 10/9 Adam
Round 3 – Adam looked to seal the fight by again working from the clinch and picking off leg shots. Lual can’t find the target with his hands and Adam successfully used the clinch to dump Lual twice. 10/9 Adam
Result – UPD for Adam Earle
Fight 7 – Tom Arnold Vs Josh Frew
Round 1 – Both start feeling eachother out with leg kicks, with Josh landing cleanly before they tie up in the clinch. Tom then drops Josh with a straight right hand, and Josh receives a standing eight count. Tom starts to dominate with his hands but Josh looks recovered. 10-9 Tom
Round 2 – Tom continues to try and connect with his right hand while Josh works the legs with a chopping leg kick and another right on the same spot, as Tom still looks to land the right hand. Close round. 10/10
Round 3 – Tom comes out with strong one twos and fires off a nice spinning back kick, as Josh looks to counter strike with a side step left hook. Josh lands a big right hand at the expense of a stiff jab and then kicks Tom’s legs out. Josh begins to land with punches but Tom comes right back with his own jab/crosses. Josh tries to pour it on so as to leave a lasting impression in the judge’s minds, but Tom manages to connect with a good counter right hand right at the end of the round. Close round. 10/9 Josh
Result – Majority Dec for Tom Arnold
Fight 8 – Steve Behan Vs Cameron Murcott
Round 1 – The round begins with both fighters coming out with a flurry of evil intentioned hands. Steve throws a leg kick that is caught, and Cameron dumps him to the canvas. Cameron then launches forward with a barrage of punches and gets hit flush with a monster hook that crumples him to the ground. Steve cannot get up for the eight count, and the fight is called. Cameron then colourfully informs the crowd of where they can go, as Behan is tended to.
Result – KO for Cameron Murcott 1st round – 1:45secs?
Fight 9 – Tenille May Vs Sarah O’Connell
Round 1 – The fight starts off at a slow pace, as both girls show respect and look to find their range. Tenille lands a nice straight right then works some hand combinations that are punctuated by leg kicks. Sarah isn’t mounting much offence, but lands a nice counter straight right while backing up. The round remains slow with Tenille landing a nice step up knee to end the round. 10-9 Tenille
Round 2 – Throughout the second, Tenille uses good evasive tactics and counter kicking, whilst Sarah looks to use the same counter kicking strategy. Both score with strong right hands, but Tenille is scoring through leg kicks to Sarah’s front leg. Both continue to try and counter eachother and both land some good shots. Close round. 10-9 Tenille
Round 3 – Both start out landing crosses, but Sarah appears to be landing more frequently with punches. Tenille is scoring through leg kicks however Sarah hits Tenille with four or five right hands and is finding her range nicely. Tenille tries to work from the outside with leg kicks. 10-9 Sarah
Round 4 – Tight defence by both girls as they trade counter kicks. Sarah continues to get through Tenille’s defence with punches while using the teep to keep the distance. Tenille struggles to get close as she comes straight forward. 10-9 Sarah
Round 5 – Tenille comes out with the first elbow of the night and but Sarah manages to get some space and constantly use her reach advantage, landing repeated left jabs and hooks. She works from the outside, giving Tenille limited options. She continues to score freely from the outside and takes the last round convincingly. 10-9 Sarah
Result – Split Dec for Sarah O’Connell
Fight 10 – Charlie Chan Vs Hiki Hanui
Round 1 – Both come out and exchange crushingly hard leg kicks. Chau then lands another and drops Hanui. The referee does not administer a standing eith count, but takes about twenty seconds to send Chau to a neutral corner and speak to Hanui. On the restart Chau swarms on Hiki and sets up a huge chopping leg kick with his hands. On impact, Hanui drops to the canvas and never even looks like coming close to beating the count as he winces in pain. The referee calls the fight at about 1:25 seconds into the first round.
Result – KO – Charlie Chau – 1st round 1:25?
Fight 11 – Jye Demmrich Vs Jun Lee
Round 1 – Jye opens the scoring with a nice body rip as Lee looks for the rear head kick repeatedly. As the round progresses, Jye tries a spinning back elbow and then the pair trade leg kicks, with good defence and checking from both. 10-9 Jye
Round 2 - Qucikly into the second Jye begins working an inside thigh counter to the Southpaw Lee’s rear high kick. Lee looks to be trying to just smash through Demmrich’s defence but he holds steady and continues to work the inside leg of Lee, who appears not to be fazed by it. They tie up and Jye appears to have the strength advantage whilst clinching. He also utilizes some good, clean scoring leg kicks. 10-9 Jye
Round 3 – Into the third Jye continues working an inside thigh counter to Lee’s high kicks. The pattern repeats itself over and over, although Jye may either have some discomfort in his arms/wrists, or a problem with his gloves. Lee then cracks Demmrich with a good straight left and then follows up with some strong leg kicks. Jye appears to be tiring as he gets hit with some big punches, and Lee targets his rear leg. 10-9 Lee
Round 4 - Much like rounds two and three, Jye continues to counter the high kicks Jun throws at him by blocking and throwing inside leg kicks of his own. Then, all of a sudden the round turns into a giant elbow festival. Jye attempts a variety of step up and spinning elbows. Jye appears to be gassing but Lee can’t seem to find a way to capitalize. Both men continue to sling elbows until the bell rings. 10-10
Round 5 - Jye comes out looking tired and may have injured his arm (or maybe a continued glove issue?), but continues to try and punch with it anyway. He again tries countering but lacks any real power behind his techniques and the round draws to a close as both men look spent. 10-10
Result – Split Dec for Jye Demmrich
Fight 12 – Flip Street Vs Myles Simpson
Round 1 – Myles starts out with a strong push kick to the face but Flip responds with hard leg kicks to his lead leg. Myles again lands the rear push kick to the face as Flip continues to back him up against the ropes and launch a strong punch combo assault finished with a kick. Myles fires back and the round ends. 10/9 Flip
Round 2 – Flip starts looking very sharp and uses good evasive skills and comes back with hard punches as Myles looks to have injured his leg through wearing leg kicks. He falls twice. Flip unleashes with a punch that begins to drop Myles, and then follows up with a crushing head kick that hits Myles flush and puts him to the canvas. Myles beats the eight count and as Flip tries to jump on him, Myles counters with a clean right that backs Flip up and stops his momentum briefly. Myles, at this point aware that he was in trouble, attempts a running jumping knee and a jumping downward elbow but Flip covers up. He then hits Myles with a big punch which requires another eight count. Myles then manages to hold on until the end of the round. 10/8 Flip
Round 3 – Myles unable to answer the call.
Result – TKO end of round 2 for Flip Street
Fight 13 – Kym Johnson Vs Wes Capper
Round 1 – Kym opens up looking as technical as ever, landing a good punch kick combination. Kym uses good ring movement to avoid the aggressive Capper, but gets hit with a hard right hand which causes his eyes to glaze over. Kym looks rattled and Wes tries to pounce, swinging heavy punch combinations, one of which connects and floors Kym. After the eight count the referee attempts to gauge Kym’s condition, which results in another 10-15 second delay. On the restart Capper goes straight after Kym again and drops him with another hard punch combination. Johnson’s corner looks to throw in the towel but Kym pops up quickly and signals that he is alright, although clearly he is quite rattled. The referee then gives what seems like a thirty second count that sees Wes raising his hands in frustration. They restart it and Wes bombards Kym until he catches him flush and Kym collapses to the canvas and the fight is called. Both corners are angry that the fight was allowed to continue.
Result – KO – Wes Capper – Round 1
Fight 14 – Paul Slowinski Vs Thor Hoopman
Round 1 – In the main event of the night Paul came out working his trademark rear leg kick, and from that point on, you knew it was going to be a hard night for Thor. Paul steadily worked the powerful right leg as he stalked Thor around the ring. Thor landed a nice punch or elbow during an exchange and Paul’s left eye started to swell a little. Paul continued to advance and in the clinch he manhandled Thor. At one point he actually picked Thor up and threw him flat on his stomach. Once back to his feet, Thor found himself bailed up against the ropes and on the receiving end of some big punches that he did his best to cover up against. After a few powerful shots got through Thor was giving a standing eight count and looked a little unsteady on his feet. As soon as the fight was restarted Paul came charging in and again bailed Thor up in the corner. Slowinski threw elbows and mixed up his attacks, landing body rips and headshots, uppercuts and hooks, before the referee jumped in and waived the fight off.
Result – TKO – Paul Slowinski – Round 1
