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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Erik Karlsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marcus Jones is staring across the ring at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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210 lbs
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215 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Erik Karlsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Marcus Jones!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Sam Margolis and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones forces Karlsson back against the ropes and clinches.
Karlsson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Karlsson avoiding damage as Jones throws knees to the body.
Karlsson avoiding damage as Jones throws knees to the body.
Jones goes for a takedown attempt but Karlsson pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Jones tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jones gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Karlsson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Karlsson wants a takedown.
Jones can't get the takedown.
Jones is trying to break the clinch but Karlsson has him pressed against the ropes.
Jones is looking to control Karlsson's arms but Karlsson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Jones has his back to the ropes.
Karlsson is working for takedown but Jones is calmly controlling the position for now.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Jones throws an elbow but misses.
Jones is fighting off a takedown attempt but Karlsson is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Jones to the mat. Jones regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Jones trying to keep a closed guard but Karlsson is proving a slippery customer.
Karlsson trying to control the position from guard on top but Jones is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jones wants to stand and escape but Karlsson is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karlsson wants to control from the top but Jones keeps moving.
Karlsson stopping the sweep attempt from Jones.
Karlsson is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Jones working a defensive guard here.
Karlsson with a nice head shot there.
Jones trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Karlsson shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Jones as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Erik Karlsson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones doesn't manage to clinch there - Karlsson circles away.
No luck for Karlsson with that takedown attempt.
Karlsson fails with a takedown attempt.
Karlsson has a takedown stuffed.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Karlsson has a takedown stuffed.
Karlsson shoots for a takedown but Jones saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Jones misses with a series of wild punches.
Jones is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jones fails with an attempt to clinch.
Karlsson has a takedown stuffed.
Karlsson looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Karlsson is breathing heavily.
Jones forces Karlsson back against the ropes and clinches.
Jones breaks from the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jones looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jones closes the distance and pushes Karlsson back into the ropes.
Jones missing with knees to the body.
Karlsson decides to pull guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones tries to stand but Karlsson is controlling from the bottom.
Jones postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Karlsson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Karlsson is looking to advance position but Jones won't allow it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Jones is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Karlsson pulls his head out easily.
Karlsson is looking for a kimura but Jones is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Karlsson to get the leverage.
Karlsson seems to be looking for submissions.
Jones wants to get back to his feet.
Karlsson tries to pass the half guard into mount. Jones knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Karlsson passes the guard and advances to mount!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones is looking to improve his position but Karlsson isn't that keen on the idea.
Karlsson working the ground and pound effectively.
Jones takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Karlsson is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Jones can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Karlsson lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Karlsson is landing with some decent strikes but Jones is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Karlsson trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Karlsson controlling from the full mount.
Karlsson landing strikes from the mount and Jones is in trouble!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Erik Karlsson 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 looks to land a combination but Karlsson avoids it well.
Jones stuffs the takedown attempt from Karlsson. Karlsson gets slowly back to his feet.
Karlsson shoots in for a double leg but Jones sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Karlsson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Jones to score with a decent uppercut.
Erik Karlsson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Karlsson misses with a takedown attempt - Jones sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Erik Karlsson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones moves in looking to clinch but Karlsson pushes him off.
Karlsson keeps the fight on the outside.
Karlsson shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Jones as he jumps to the side.
Jones throws a series of strikes that have Karlsson backpedaling.
Jones lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Karlsson drives through with a takedown into guard.
Karlsson pushes down on Jones's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Jones is staying active underneath Karlsson, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Jones is trying to stand back up but Karlsson is controlling him
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Karlsson is looking for a kimura here.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Jones landing strikes from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones is looking to improve his position.
Jones wants to get back to his feet.
Karlsson scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Jones flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Karlsson looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Jones is looking to escape.
Karlsson works his way into full mount!
Karlsson working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Karlsson can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Jones is looking to escape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones is bucking up trying to escape but Karlsson cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Karlsson with good strikes from the mount here!
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Karlsson pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Jones really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Karlsson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Karlsson can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Jones is looking to escape.
Jones is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Karlsson working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Karlsson breaks from Jones's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Karlsson working Jones over with strikes here.
Karlsson sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karlsson lands with some strikes.
Karlsson is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Jones is surviving well by controlling Karlsson's body position as best he can.
Jones is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Karlsson controlling from the full mount.
Jones is squirming around, avoiding Karlsson's attempts to control the action.
Karlsson tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karlsson trying to control but Jones is having none of it.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Erik Karlsson just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Jones fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Karlsson dodges the punch combination from Jones.
Karlsson looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Karlsson shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Jones as he jumps to the side.
Jones misses with a jab, cross combination.
Karlsson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Erik Karlsson dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Jones throws a right and a left that Karlsson avoids nicely.
Jones is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jones's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Jones duly obliges.
Jones misses with a jab, cross combination.
Karlsson shoots for a takedown but Jones saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
A punch lands to the side of Karlsson 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Karlsson shoots in looking for a takedown. Jones tries to sprawl out of it but Karlsson keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Jones manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Jones fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Karlsson.
Jones tries to clinch up but Karlsson circles away and keeps his distance.
Jones keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Erik Karlsson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones swinging wilding here.
Jones lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Karlsson circles away quickly and effectively.
Jones tries to clinch but Karlsson is having none of it.
Karlsson fails with a takedown attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karlsson has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Jones.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up but Karlsson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Karlsson bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Erik Karlsson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Karlsson is putting a hurting on Jones here, landing some big shots from side control.
Jones misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Jones is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Karlsson asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Karlsson scoring with punches from side control.
Jones is pushing Karlsson's head away, looking to escape. Karlsson manages to hold on to the position though.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Jones tries to improve position but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Jones keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Nice sprawl there from Jones as Karlsson shoots in.
Karlsson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Jones but Jones pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Jones swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Karlsson has a takedown stuffed.
Karlsson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Karlsson lands a nice shot to the head.
Jones is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Karlsson looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Karlsson is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Karlsson!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Erik Karlsson!
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hype
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