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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ray Jones Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nyquil Salazar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones Jr comes to the cage accompanied by Cant be touched. Salazar comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Enter Sandman kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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197 lbs
7 - 1 - 0 |
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195 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent knees
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ray Jones Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nyquil Salazar!
The judges for this bout are , and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Salazar looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jones Jr scores with a hook.
Jones Jr gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Salazar to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Salazar trying to control but Jones Jr is working from the bottom.
Salazar trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Salazar drops back, looking for a kneebar! Jones Jr looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Jones Jr looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Jones Jr!
Jones Jr moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Jones Jr trying to control the action but Salazar is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salazar is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Jones Jr off and has taken his back!
Salazar working for a choke but Jones Jr reverses nicely into Salazar 's guard.
Salazar wants to sweep here but Jones Jr controlling him for the moment.
Salazar trying to control the position.
Salazar has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Jones Jr is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
That's two 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.
Jones Jr would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Salazar working a defensive guard here.
Jones Jr is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Jones Jr has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Salazar keeping moving, preventing Jones Jr from controlling successfully.
Salazar tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Jones Jr throws a shot from downtown. Salazar moves away and avoids it.
Salazar moves in looking to clinch but Jones Jr pushes him off.
Jones Jr circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ray Jones Jr is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A slow jab from Jones Jr misses its intended target.
Jones Jr blocks a head kick by Salazar.
Ray Jones Jr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Salazar wants to clinch.
Salazar tries to clinch there but Jones Jr circles away.
Jones Jr misses with a body shot.
Jones Jr lands a right hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones Jr lands a jab to the nose.
Salazar fails with an attempt to clinch.
Salazar gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Salazar connects with a knee to the head.
Salazar scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like Ray Jones Jr has been cut.
Salazar misses with a knee strike.
Salazar tries a knee to the head but Jones Jr blocks it.
Salazar looks gassed!
Jones Jr's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jones Jr connects with the punch.
Salazar uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jones Jr.
Jones Jr scores with the left hand. Salazar knows he should have avoided that one.
Jones Jr avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jones Jr jabs at Salazar's body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Salazar takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jones Jr scores with a nice strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ray Jones Jr dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ray Jones Jr's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Salazar takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
It looks like Nyquil Salazar has been cut.
Jones Jr takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A lazy left from Jones Jr finds it's target.
Jones Jr lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Salazar at a distance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Salazar takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Jones Jr cracks a nice hook into Salazar's ribs.
Salazar walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Jones Jr scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Salazar doesn't seem bothered though.
The crowd cheers as Jones Jr lands an impressive looking overhand right. Salazar doesn't seem phased though.
Jones Jr bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Salazar's head.
Jones Jr scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Salazar closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Salazar is breathing heavily.
Jones Jr lands a glancing blow to the side of Salazar's head.
Salazar is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones Jr fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Salazar to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Salazar looks to clinch but Jones Jr throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Salazar taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Ray Jones Jr!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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