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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Carmine Rose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gizmo Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Rose might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Red Hot Chili Peppers- Can't Stop. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Carmine Rose!
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, Gizmo Jones!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Columbo Gatti and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Rose!
Rose works Jones's body with a nice hook.
Rose shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Rose thows a body shot but no joy.
Rose swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch but Rose swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jones throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Rose's waist but Rose gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Jones off to one side.
Rose fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Rose keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Rose shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Jones as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Carmine Rose. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rose misses with a wild combination.
Rose throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rose shoots in for a takedown but Jones shows good takedown defense.
Rose throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Rose will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jones closes the distance and clinches.
Rose gets underhooks to prevent Jones's takedown attempt.
Jones jumps guard but Rose stands there with Jones around his waist. Jones gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Rose.
Jones scores with a shoulder strike.
Jones stalling against the cage.
Rose can't find room to land a body shot as Jones controls the action.
Rose prevents a takedown attempt there.
Jones tries to pull guard but Rose won't allow it.
Jones breaks the clinch.
Rose tries a low kick but Jones avoids it.
Rose shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jones tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jones looks for a takedown but Rose sprawls well.
Jones lands a nice looking body shot.
Rose throws a body punch but Jones moves out of range.
Jones slips a jab and a cross from Rose.
Rose throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jones misses the shot to the body.
No luck for Jones with that takedown attempt.
Jones stuffs the takedown.
Rose is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones lands a nice hook to Rose's body. Rose takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Jones swats away the attempt to clinch by Rose.
Jones is looking to clinch but Rose is avoiding it.
Jones clinches.
Jones keeps control of Rose as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jones landing knees to the head.
Rose tries to stall but Jones uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Jones fails to pull guard.
Jones manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Rose jumps guard but Jones stands there with Rose around his waist. Rose gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Jones breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rose gets the takedown into side control.
Rose working away.
Jones explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Jones, as that shot connected.
Jones looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Jones shoots for a double leg takedown but Rose sprawls well. He's pushed Jones's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rose tries to bum rush Jones with a series of wild strikes but Jones uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rose paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rose connects with a solid leg kick.
Jones throws a leg kick which misses Rose's front leg but catches the back leg as Rose tries to avoid it.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Jones.
Rose misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jones.
Jones shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Rose pinned against the cage. Rose gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Jones showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rose.
Jones blocks a head kick by Rose.
Rose swats away the attempt to clinch by Jones.
Jones shoots in and drives through. Rose sprawls well.
Jones darts in and clinches Rose up against the cage.
Jones stops a takedown attempt from Rose.
Jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A head kick misses from Jones.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rose clinches up against the cage.
Rose can't get the takedown.
Rose lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
Rose lands with a left to the head.
Rose lands a left hand.
Rose gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Rose is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Rose is keen to just control but Jones is a slippery customer.
Jones avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Rose.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rose missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Rose wants to pass to mount but Jones is defending the position.
Jones keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Jones keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rose looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Jones lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Rose shoots in looking for a takedown. Jones tries to sprawl out of it but Rose keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Jones manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Rose fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Carmine Rose will probably get the nod.
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.
Jones buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Rose throws a series of punches but Jones avoids them all with ease.
Rose keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Carmine Rose is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rose circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rose throws a nice looking combination but Jones bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rose looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Jones has his foot on Rose's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Rose works his way back into a safe position though.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Rose throwing strikes from guard but Jones blocks nicely.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Jones can do anything to dispel that myth.
Jones controls Rose momentarily but Rose frees himself.
Jones wants to stand and escape but Rose is having none of it.
Rose loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Rose 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.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Rose accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Rose wants to control from the top but Jones keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rose is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Jones is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Jones with a poor takedown
and Rose counters with a big head kick but Jones shrugs it off.
Jones is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jones scores with a nice head shot.
Rose looks to land a body kick but Jones moved away.
Jones fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Carmine Rose has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gizmo Jones.
Rose throws a head kick but Jones moves out of range.
Jones shoots in but no luck this time.
Rose tries to clinch but Jones is having none of it.
Jones fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
A left and a right from Rose both land. Nice combination.
Jones feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Jones postures up in Rose's guard and throws a big left but Rose blocks it.
Rose looking for a guillotine here but Jones defends easily.
Rose keeping moving, preventing Jones from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rose keeping full guard, as Jones tries to pass.
Rose lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Jones!
Jones wants to control but Rose is having none of it.
Jones gets back to half guard.
Rose working the head and body with strikes.
Jones tries to get to full guard but Rose has control of the leg.
Rose seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Jones avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Rose.
Jones is trying to get back to full guard.
Jones trying to control but Rose postures up.
Rose is looking for a kimura but Jones is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Rose to get the leverage.
Rose drops an elbow to the side of Jones's head.
Jones is looking to control Rose's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Jones avoid being mounted?
Rose thows a huge punch but Jones dodges it nicely.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Jones showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rose.
Rose misses with a wild combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Jones has a takedown stuffed.
Jones misses with a series of wild punches.
Rose lands a front kick.
Carmine Rose seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Rose's calf.
Rose misses with a double jab.
Rose moves in looking to clinch but Jones pushes him off.
Jones doesn't manage to clinch there - Rose circles away.
Rose throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Jones counters with a series of strikes. Rose will be more careful next time no doubt.
Jones is looking to clinch but Rose is avoiding it.
Jones shoots in and drives through. Rose sprawls well.
Jones tries to clinch there but Rose circles away.
Rose with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Jones tries to clinch up but Rose circles away and keeps his distance.
Rose throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jones avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jones thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Rose if he has to take too many more of those.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Gizmo Jones will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Rose's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Jones on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Jones fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Jones blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Rose fails to land.
Rose is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Rose working aggressively here.
Rose misses with an elbow strike.
Rose leaning his opponent against the cage.
Rose lands an elbow that stopped Jones in his tracks for a moment.
Jones tries for a takedown. No joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rose scores with a nice hook to the head.
Jones stalling in the clinch but Rose improves position.
Jones breaks from the clinch.
Rose looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Jones is fending him off so far but Rose persists. Nope, Jones circles away and we're back to standing.
Rose lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Jones backs up against the cage.
Jones takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Rose throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Rose looks to land a combination but Jones avoids it well.
Jones shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Rose as he avoids it easily.
Carmine Rose has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gizmo Jones.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rose lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Jones backs up against the cage.
Jones avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rose jabs Jones right on the nose. Jones blinks but takes it well.
Rose tries to clinch but Jones is having none of it.
Jones misses with a takedown attempt - Rose sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Rose looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Jones is fending him off so far but Rose persists. Nope, Jones circles away and we're back to standing.
A punch combination from Rose misses.
Rose tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rose misses with the combination.
Jones wants to clinch up but Rose keeps it at a distance.
Jones lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Rose slips a jab and a cross from Jones.
Rose pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jones throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Rose's waist but Rose gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Jones off to one side.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rose paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A cross from Jones lands.
Rose is looking to wear down Jones with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Jones rushes Rose and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Rose throws a punch but it's blocked by Jones.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rose lands with a slapping head kick.
Rose moves into the clinch.
Jones is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Rose pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Jones unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rose lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jones wants a takedown but no success here.
Rose wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rose tries to break the clinch but Jones is controlling the position.
Rose can't get the takedown.
Rose tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jones tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Rose just stands there and leans against the cage.
Jones lands a nice shot to the body.
Jones managing to block the knees to the body from Rose.
Jones blocks a body shot from Rose.
Jones tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Rose smiles and moves away.
Rose will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Rose lands with a shot to the body.
Rose tries to clinch but Jones moves away
and Jones counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Jones.
Rose wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jones has him pressed against the cage.
Jones escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rose misses with a double jab.
Jones avoids the body shot from Rose.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rose dodges the punch combination from Jones.
Rose throws a right hand that Jones ducks under and follows up with a left that Jones also avoids with ease.
Gizmo Jones seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jones tries to bum rush Rose with a series of wild strikes but Rose uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rose with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Jones closes the distance and clinches up with Rose, looking for a takedown. Jones pushes Rose against the cage but Rose circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Jones doesn't manage to clinch there - Rose circles away.
No luck for Jones with that takedown attempt.
Rose changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Jones looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Rose fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Rose tries for a kimura but Jones is defending well.
Jones is not content to let Rose control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Rose tries for a kimura but Jones is defending well.
You can see the frustration on Jones's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Jones is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Rose is staying active.
Jones really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Rose. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Rose lands some shots froms side control.
Rose creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Jones sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Jones misses with a wild body shot.
Jones shoots for a double leg takedown but Rose sprawls well. He's pushed Jones's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Rose throws a nice head kick!
And that's the end of the fight!
Carmine Rose showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Rose has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight 29:28
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:28
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Carmine Rose!
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