[The foot to the stomach knocks the wind out of Michael, giving Neil an opportunity to move away from him and avoid that knife.
Unfortunately, close combat is Michael's specialty, and he doesn't care if it's an unfair fight. It was an unfair fight putting Thrones up against Flags, and he didn't give a shit back then, either.
It was fun, even.
Of course what he needs to do is close that distance again; get close enough to get his hands on Neil, to ram that knife into him, so he charges towards him again.]