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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jared Jericho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Max Powers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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209 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
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185 cm
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205 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Brawler
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Basic striking
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jared Jericho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Max Powers!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Alexandre Firmino and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jericho is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Powers's half guard.
Jericho missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Powers looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Powers trying to control here.
Jericho is taking a breather. Powers says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Powers looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Jericho is trying to control. Powers wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Jericho shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Powers napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Powers tries to improve position but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Powers regains half guard.
Jericho sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Powers defending well though.
Jericho passes into side control, despite Powers's attempt to control the position.
Jericho connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Powers some visible discomfort.
Powers tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Jericho wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Powers is trying to control Jericho's posture but Jericho avoids it.
Jericho in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jericho scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Powers to see if he's OK.
Jericho working the ground and pound from side control.
Jericho scoring with punches and elbows.
Jericho working the ground and pound.
Powers regains half guard.
Powers looks gassed!
Jericho winds up and cracks Powers with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Powers is trying to maintain the position but Jericho is very close to passing his half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Jericho controlling the pace.
Powers taking some punishment here, with Jericho in his half guard.
Jericho 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.
Powers is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Jericho looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jericho is looking to take a break and control but Powers is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jericho working over Powers with some ground and pound. Powers looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Powers looking for submissions off his back.
Jericho working Powers over with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jericho working over Powers with some ground and pound. Powers looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Powers trying to control from the bottom.
Jericho is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Jericho looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Jericho lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Jericho working Powers over with strikes.
Jericho is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Powers has managed to free his arm - good work.
Jericho lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Powers is trying is best to control the position here.
Powers is looking to control Jericho's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Powers avoid being mounted?
Powers is looking to improve his position.
Jericho lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Jericho connects with a nice short shot to Powers's temple.
Jericho seems to be looking for submissions.
Jericho not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Jericho wants to control but Powers is keeping him busy.
Powers gets back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jared Jericho dominated that 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.
Jericho shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Powers pinned against the cage. Powers gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Powers fails with the takedown
and Jericho counters with a nice double leg into side control. Powers won't be happy with that.
Jericho trying to control the position but Powers is working away.
The ground and pound from Jericho seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Jericho is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Powers has escaped the position, nice work there.
Jericho creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Powers sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Powers sneaks back into half guard.
Powers wants to control but Jericho is keeping busy.
Powers gets full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Powers tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Jericho trying to control but Powers is working from the bottom.
Powers pulls Jericho in close to prevent any damage.
Jericho wants to control from the top but Powers keeps moving.
Powers has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Powers controls Jericho momentarily but Jericho frees himself.
Jericho thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Powers manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Jericho manages to get himself to full guard.
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.
Jericho is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Jericho keeping moving, preventing Powers from controlling successfully.
Powers stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jericho swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Jericho is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Jericho is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Powers defends well.
Jericho tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Powers wants to control from the top but Jericho keeps moving.
Jericho on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Jericho tries to get out of the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Powers is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Powers shoots and misses
and Jericho counters with a shoot takedown. Powers fights it but they end up in guard.
Jericho postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Jericho is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Powers escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Jericho gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Jericho lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Jericho is working Powers over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Jericho won't allow Powers to sweep him here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jericho scoring with punches to the head and body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Powers has momentary wrist control but Jericho slips an elbow through the middle.
Powers trying to keep a closed guard but Jericho is proving a slippery customer.
Powers is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Jericho defends well.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Jericho shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Jericho was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Powers is bucking up trying to escape but Jericho cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Jericho with the ground and pound from mount.
Powers wants to control but Jericho is having none of it.
Jericho lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Powers hang on?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jared Jericho dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Powers shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Powers controlling the pace.
Powers tries to pass to full mount but Jericho defends it.
Jericho blocking the ground and pound attempt from Powers.
Jericho is looking for a sweep. Powers is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Powers trying to control from half guard but Jericho is working away.
Jericho moves into full guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jericho manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jericho lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Jericho with the ground and pound from mount.
Jericho prevents Powers from getting the reversal.
Jericho connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Jericho scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Powers?
Jericho tries to control but Powers wriggling away.
Powers is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Powers is squirming around, avoiding Jericho's attempts to control the action.
Powers is trying desperately to improve position.
Jericho punishing his opponent with strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Powers is in a horrible position here. Jericho smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Powers tries to lock up and control but Jericho gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Jericho takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Powers keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
BOOM! Jericho connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Powers in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Powers is in all sorts of trouble here.
Powers is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Jericho unloading with bombs!
Powers is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jericho lands a big elbow.
Jericho unloading with bombs!
Jericho is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Powers to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Powers shrugs it off.
Jericho scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Powers?
Powers wants to control but Jericho is having none of it.
Jericho pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Jericho working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Powers is trying desperately to improve position.
Jericho lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Powers takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Powers is trying desperately to improve position.
Jared Jericho overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Jericho fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Jericho with a couple of short strikes.
Powers is in a horrible position here. Jericho smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Jericho avoids the attempt from Powers to control.
Powers is trying desperately to improve position.
Jericho is landing with some decent strikes but Powers is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Jericho can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Powers is looking to escape.
Jericho throwing strikes here but Powers is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jared Jericho showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Jericho, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:27
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jared Jericho!
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RATING
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