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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between ryan malone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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280 lbs
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277 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, ryan malone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ray Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Dean Styles and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson throws a right hand that malone ducks under and follows up with a left that malone also avoids with ease.
Jackson misses with a few strikes there.
Jackson lands with an uppercut that bounces malone off the cage and back into rage.
malone shoots in for a takedown but Jackson shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
No luck with that takedown attempt from malone.
Jackson works malone's body with a nice hook.
Jackson misses with a wild combination.
Jackson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but malone moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
malone misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for ryan malone. That's going to take a lot out of him.
malone showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jackson.
Jackson throws a head kick that misses.
Jackson misses with a series of wild punches.
Jackson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson misses with a double jab.
Jackson works the jab nicely.
Jackson misses with a series of wild punches.
malone shoots for a double leg takedown but Jackson sprawls well. He's pushed malone's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
malone changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Jackson tries to avoid it but malone manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Jackson to the ground. Jackson escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
malone takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
malone avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jackson looks to land a combination but malone avoids it well.
Jackson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
malone shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than malone was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
malone swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Jackson is now in malone's guard. A big mistake from malone there, giving up the dominant position!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
malone throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Jackson escapes and throws malone's legs to the side, diving into side control!
malone is breathing heavily.
malone tries to improve position but can't.
malone is working hard here to advance position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jackson decides to stand up, so the ref orders malone to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
malone shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Jackson but Jackson pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Jackson lands with a nice combination. malone backs away looking to recover.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ray Jackson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
malone slips a jab and a cross from Jackson.
No joy there for Jackson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A punch combination from Jackson misses.
Jackson misses with a two punch combination.
malone blocks a head kick by Jackson.
No luck for malone with that takedown attempt.
Some wild striking there from Jackson.
Jackson misses with a few strikes there.
Jackson misses with a two punch combination.
Jackson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
No luck for malone with that takedown attempt.
Jackson tries to bum rush malone with a series of wild strikes but malone uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
malone really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from malone.
Jackson throws a right hand that malone ducks under and follows up with a left that malone also avoids with ease.
malone moves out of range of the strikes.
Jackson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
No joy there for Jackson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
malone shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Jackson pinned against the cage. Jackson gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
malone showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jackson.
Jackson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jackson misses with a few strikes there.
malone dodges the punch combination from Jackson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ray Jackson dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
malone shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Jackson as he avoids it easily.
Jackson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
malone gets the takedown into side control.
malone working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
malone tries for a kimura but Jackson is defending well.
malone is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Jackson has escaped the position, nice work there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson wants to get back to his feet but malone drags him back down.
malone wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Jackson, who protects the arm well.
Jackson is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, malone asserts his dominance and retains side control.
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.
Jackson is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
A swing and a miss from Jackson.
Jackson tries to bum rush malone with a series of wild strikes but malone uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
malone fails to land the takedown.
ryan malone is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
malone misses with a takedown attempt - Jackson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for ryan malone. That's going to take a lot out of him.
malone shoots in for a takedown but Jackson shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Jackson misses with a wild combination.
malone dodges the punch combination from Jackson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
malone shoots in for a takedown but Jackson shows good takedown defense.
malone dives in and grabs Jackson's left leg, looking for a takedown. Jackson pushes down on malone's head and hops out.
Jackson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Jackson throws a right hand that malone ducks under and follows up with a left that malone also avoids with ease.
malone looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Jackson is fending him off so far but malone persists. Nope, Jackson circles away and we're back to standing.
malone needs to keep his hands up - Jackson had a free shot at his head there.
Jackson swinging wildly here.
malone tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jackson was well out of range. Poor timing from malone.
Jackson lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Jackson.
malone moves out of range of the strikes.
malone changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Jackson tries to avoid it but malone manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Jackson to the ground. Jackson escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Jackson fails to land with a series of punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson looks to land a combination but malone avoids it well.
A combination from Jackson does no damage.
A left and a right from Jackson both land. Nice combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jackson tries a head kick but it misses.
Jackson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jackson swinging wildly here.
malone scores with a one two! Jackson had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Jackson fails to land with a series of punches.
A jab from Jackson misses.
No joy there for Jackson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jackson does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Jackson throws a series of punches but malone moves out of range.
Jackson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jackson tries to bum rush malone with a series of wild strikes but malone uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ray Jackson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Jackson scores with a sloppy right hand. malone should have avoided that one.
malone shoots for a takedown but Jackson saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Jackson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by malone.
Jackson misses with a series of wild punches.
malone blocks a jab.
A jab lands there for Jackson.
malone fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Jackson avoids it really well and circles away.
A punch combination from Jackson misses.
Left hook, right uppercut from Jackson.
Jackson misses with a head kick.
malone is trying hard to land a takedown here. Jackson sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for ryan malone. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jackson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
malone gets a takedown into half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jackson kicks off malone and gets to his feet.
Jackson throws a series of punches but malone moves out of range.
Jackson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jackson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
malone dodges the punch combination from Jackson.
Jackson throws a series of punches but malone avoids them all with ease.
malone slips a jab and a cross from Jackson.
malone throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Jackson's waist but Jackson gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing malone off to one side.
Jackson stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Jackson wants it to stay on the feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson throws a combination that misses
and malone counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by malone.
malone drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Jackson manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now malone has Jackson in his guard.
Jackson would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
malone will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
malone is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Jackson defends well.
Jackson must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
malone escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Jackson gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
malone had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Jackson defends it easily.
Jackson wants to stand but malone is controlling his posture from full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
malone dodges the punch combination from Jackson.
Jackson throws a right and a left that malone avoids nicely.
malone has a takedown stuffed.
Jackson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
malone fails with a takedown attempt.
malone shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Jackson as he jumps to the side.
ryan malone has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ray Jackson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A combination from Jackson does no damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ray Jackson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Jackson winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ray Jackson!
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energy
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