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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Michael Mifsud (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Jacobs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ryan Jacobs has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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145 lbs
10 - 4 - 0 |
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155 lbs
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Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
KO power |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Michael Mifsud!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ryan Jacobs!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Jacobs.
Mifsud misses with a body kick.
Jacobs lands a lovely overhand right.
Mifsud ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mifsud 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.
Jacobs throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jacobs throws a jab when Mifsud was well out of range.
Jacobs takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Mifsud tries a low kick but Jacobs avoids it.
Jacobs throws a hook but Mifsud blocks it.
Jacobs keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Jacobs checks a low kick from Mifsud.
Mifsud throws a sloppy head kick and Jacobs moves out of range easily.
A jab from Mifsud misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Mifsud.
Mifsud scores with a leg kick.
Jacobs throws a low kick but Mifsud moves out of range easily.
Jacobs lands an overhand right.
Michael Mifsud seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mifsud throws a nice inside leg kick.
Jacobs tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sloppy strikes from Jacobs. Those never looked like landing.
Nice cross by Jacobs.
Mifsud lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Mifsud is looking to land body kicks.
That kick from Mifsud tenderised Jacobs's leg. Jacobs is trying to keep his angry face on.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mifsud will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jacobs misses with a hook. Mifsud ducked under it nicely.
Mifsud throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Good leg kick by Mifsud there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Mifsud lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Jacobs takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Jacobs looks gassed!
Jacobs throws an overhand right that lands on Mifsud's shoulder, as Mifsud tries to avoid the shot.
Mifsud scoring well with a low kick there.
Jacobs on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Mifsud fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Mifsud tries to score with a low kick but Jacobs moves his leg out of the way.
Jacobs has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Mifsud.
Mifsud scores with a jab to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mifsud lands a head kick. Jacobs smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Jacobs keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mifsud with a jab.
Mifsud moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Jacobs takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jacobs's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Mifsud throws a nice inside leg kick.
Mifsud's jab looks to have found its range, popping Jacobs under the eye.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jacobs misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mifsud.
Mifsud connects with a solid leg kick.
Jacobs avoids the head kick by Mifsud.
Mifsud lands a front kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mifsud fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Jacobs looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Mifsud feints and then cracks Jacobs's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Jacobs down.
Mifsud chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Mifsud lands a nice hook to Jacobs's body. Jacobs takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Mifsud dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jacobs. That did some damage!
No joy there for Mifsud, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jacobs chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Mifsud can pounce on him.
Mifsud throws a quick inside leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A good leg kick by Mifsud.
Mifsud feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Jacobs's calf.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Mifsud.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Mifsud 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.
A lazy left from Mifsud finds it's target.
Jacobs tries for a takedown but Mifsud sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Jacobs might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Mifsud has got the better of the exchanges.
Jacobs throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mifsud counters with an outside leg kick.
Jacobs doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Jacobs dodges the punch combination from Mifsud.
Mifsud throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Mifsud buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Michael Mifsud is winning the standup battle so far.
Good leg kick by Mifsud there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Mifsud lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Jacobs is breathing heavily.
A good leg kick by Mifsud.
Mifsud scoring well with a low kick there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mifsud lands with a nice body punch.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Jacobs crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Mifsud - the referee stops the clock and Jacobs gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Mifsud. Jacobs manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Mifsud fails to land with a series of punches.
Mifsud throws a nice inside leg kick.
Jacobs takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A nice leg kick lands there from Mifsud.
Jacobs on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Jacobs takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A left lands for Mifsud.
Mifsud is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jacobs can do to turn this around?
Jacobs takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A cross from Mifsud lands.
Mifsud explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mifsud lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Mifsud, right into the meat.
Mifsud takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Mifsud scores with a leg kick.
Jacobs avoids a punch combination nicely.
A nice leg kick lands there from Mifsud.
Mifsud throws a leg kick which misses Jacobs's front leg but catches the back leg as Jacobs tries to avoid it.
Mifsud works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Nice shot lands for Mifsud.
Mifsud lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jacobs's sensitive parts.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mifsud takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Mifsud buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Nice uppercut there from Mifsud.
Jacobs is rocked!
Jacobs chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Mifsud can pounce on him.
Jacobs is still on wobbly legs! Can Mifsud finish him?
A good leg kick by Mifsud.
Jacobs seems to have recovered his senses.
Mifsud lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Jacobs avoids the body shot from Mifsud.
Jacobs on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Mifsud. Mifsud obviously looking to wear him down.
Mifsud works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mifsud sizes up Jacobs with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Mifsud gets a double leg takedown into Jacobs's guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Mifsud forces his way into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mifsud content to control rather than advance.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mifsud is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Mifsud lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mifsud scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Jacobs?
Mifsud can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Jacobs is looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Mifsud dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Mifsud connects with an inside leg kick.
Jacobs throws a shot from downtown. Mifsud moves away and avoids it.
No joy there for Mifsud, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jacobs throws a lazy uppercut
and Mifsud counters with a flying knee that drops Jacobs! Mifsud dives in and finishes the fight with a flurry of strikes from the mount!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Michael Mifsud!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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