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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between denis meacham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jon Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). denis meacham has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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210 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, denis meacham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Jon Jones!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Richard Clark and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
meacham throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jones.
Jones fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
No luck for Jones with that takedown attempt.
Jones misses with a takedown attempt - meacham sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
denis meacham has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jon Jones.
Jones shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with meacham but meacham pushes him off and we're back to square one.
meacham throws a right hand that Jones ducks under and follows up with a left that Jones also avoids with ease.
meacham throws a series of punches but Jones avoids them all with ease.
Horrible takedown by Jones or perhaps it was just good defense by meacham which made him look bad.
Jones fails with a takedown attempt.
Horrible takedown by Jones or perhaps it was just good defense by meacham which made him look bad.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
meacham misses with a wild combination.
meacham swinging wilding here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones feints and as meacham raises his hands in defense, Jones changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
meacham had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Jones is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. meacham Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Jones's back instead.
meacham is trying to stick to Jones's back but Jones is turning into meacham. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in meacham's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Jones.
meacham manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Jones manages to get himself to full guard.
meacham pushing down on Jones's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Jones looks gassed!
meacham passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Jones!
meacham is going olschool here, as he tries to force Jones to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Jones shrugs it off.
Jones throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Jones really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, meacham cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
meacham can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Jones is looking to escape.
meacham tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Jones is in all sorts of trouble here.
Jones is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Jones tries to reverse the position but meacham maintains control.
Jones taking shots to the head.
meacham has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
meacham has control of Jones's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Jones regains control of the situation pretty easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Jones swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
meacham has control of Jones's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Jones regains control of the situation pretty easily.
meacham looking to control and managing it successfully.
meacham trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Jones tries to reverse the position but meacham maintains control.
Jones swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Jones flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
meacham wants to control the pace but Jones is squirming around nicely.
meacham blocks Jones's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
meacham unloading with bombs!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
meacham landing punches.
meacham blocks Jones's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
meacham trying to control but Jones is having none of it.
meacham looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
meacham in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
meacham lands a heavy elbow.
meacham content just to control the position here.
meacham working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
meacham blocks Jones's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
denis meacham dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Jones feints and as meacham raises his hands in defense, Jones changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Jones keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of meacham's head.
Jones looking to pass the guard.
Jones stands up over meacham, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Jones postures up and lands a big shot to meacham's brow.
Jones is in close to meacham's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Jones throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as meacham works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
meacham is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
meacham is looking for a triangle but Jones pushes his legs off easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Jones's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Jones throwing strikes from guard but meacham blocks nicely.
meacham utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones is looking to work some ground and pound but meacham has wrist control.
meacham working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Jones.
meacham utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Jones avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Jones distracts meacham with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jones accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
meacham has his foot on Jones's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Jones works his way back into a safe position though.
meacham avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
meacham escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Jones gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
meacham utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
meacham throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
meacham utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Jones trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
meacham has his foot on Jones's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Jones works his way back into a safe position though.
Jones scoring with punches to the head and body.
meacham utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Jones postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
meacham avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Jones stopping the sweep attempt from meacham.
meacham is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
meacham is trying to keep Jones in close.
Jones throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
A chopping leg kick lands by meacham.
Nice uppercut lands for meacham. That snapped Jones's head back.
Jones shoots in but meacham avoids the takedown attempt easily.
meacham tries to bum rush Jones with a series of wild strikes but Jones uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
meacham keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
meacham lands with a right hand.
meacham with a hook.
Jones fails to land the takedown.
denis meacham has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jon Jones.
meacham misses with a jab, cross combination.
meacham cracks Jones with a good jab.
denis meacham is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
meacham throws a series of punches but Jones avoids them all with ease.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with meacham but meacham pushes him off and we're back to square one.
meacham scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Jones tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but meacham swivels and escapes.
meacham throws a series of punches but Jones avoids them all with ease.
Jones closes this distance looking for a takedown but meacham circles away.
meacham throws a right and a left that Jones avoids nicely.
Jones shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
meacham throws a series of punches but Jones avoids them all with ease.
Jones shoots in and drives through. meacham sprawls well.
meacham misses with the combination.
Jones showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from meacham.
Jones throws a nice looking combination but meacham bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
denis meacham dominated that second round.
That's time! meacham's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
meacham lands an overhand right.
Jones changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. meacham tries to avoid it but Jones manages to keep hold of a leg and drag meacham to the ground. meacham escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Jones shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Jones showed some decent athleticism there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jones is nestled in close to meacham, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
meacham is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Jones's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Jones's back!
meacham looking for the choke but no joy.
Jones is in bad spot here.
meacham lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
meacham working for a choke but Jones is defending well.
meacham trying to control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
meacham blocks Jones's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
meacham controlling the pace for now.
meacham trying to control but Jones is having none of it.
Jones tries to get back to half guard but can't.
meacham landing shots from mount.
Jones swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
BOOM! meacham connects with a massive shot to the dome!
meacham prevents Jones from getting the reversal.
meacham looking to secure an arm triangle but Jones defends it well.
meacham can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Jones is looking to escape.
meacham content just to control the position here.
Jones gets back to half guard.
meacham wants to work for an arm triangle but Jones is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Jones misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Jones flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
meacham seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Jones does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
meacham throwing shots but Jones is blocking nicely.
meacham wants to lay and pray for a moment but Jones keeps working.
Jones flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
denis meacham overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Jones is thowing punches from the bottom. meacham grabs hold of a loose arm and pivots for an armbar! It's tight and Jones has to tap! Superb work there from meacham!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). denis meacham!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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