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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Casey St Claire (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julian Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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280 lbs
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266 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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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
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Casey St Claire!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Julian Jones!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, John Kavanagh and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Claire rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jones moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jones looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jones showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from St Claire.
St Claire fails to land with a series of punches.
Julian Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
St Claire instigates a clinch.
St Claire lands on the inside with an uppercut.
It looks like Julian Jones has been cut.
St Claire lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
St Claire lands a nice elbow.
St Claire working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Nice body punch from St Claire - that landed with a thud.
St Claire lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That has opened up Julian Jones's cut even more.
Jones avoiding damage as St Claire throws knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by St Claire as Jones tries to tie him up.
St Claire landing knees to the body.
Jones looks gassed!
St Claire lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
St Claire lands a big knee to the head and Jones goes down! St Claire is looking to finish!
Jones is rocked!
St Claire takes a little break here. Jones wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Jones is still in real trouble! Can St Claire finish him?
That's one minute gone in the round.
St Claire advances nicely into full mount.
Jones seems to have recovered his senses.
Jones wants to control but St Claire is having none of it.
St Claire controlling his opponent.
Jones is desperately trying to improve his position but St Claire has a good base and remains in mount.
That's two 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.
St Claire controlling his opponent.
St Claire's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
St Claire has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Casey St Claire just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Jones tries to clinch but St Claire moves away
and St Claire moves into the clinch.
Jones leaning his opponent against the cage.
St Claire lands a big right hand that drops Jones! The killer instinct kicks in and St Claire finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by St Claire!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Casey St Claire!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
52% |
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