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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rico Willis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dave 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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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Rico Willis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Dave Jones!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Sam Margolis and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Willis swings for the body but Jones moves out of range.
Willis keeps Jones at a distance using the push kick.
Willis bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Dave Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Willis back to the cage. Jones follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
It looks like Rico Willis has been cut.
Jones misses with the combination.
Willis ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jones moves away.
Willis uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jones.
Jones misses with a series of wild punches.
Willis dodges the punch combination from Jones.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jones throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Willis keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jones.
Jones fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Willis manages to avoid it.
Jones avoids the body shot from Willis.
Jones tries to keep at a distance but Willis has taken the fight into the clinch.
Jones tries to circle away but Willis has him pinned against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Willis keeps control of Jones as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Willis tries to land a knee to the head but Jones blocks with his arms.
Willis lands a good knee to the midsection. Jones won't want to take too many of those.
Jones looks gassed!
Willis using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Come on Willis - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Willis.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jones takes a knee to the side of the body.
Willis with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Dave Jones has been cut.
Willis scores a nice knee to the body.
Jones is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Knees in the clinch landing for Willis.
Willis lands a good knee to the midsection. Jones won't want to take too many of those.
Willis landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Willis tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Willis landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Willis leaning against his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Willis using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A hook to the body from Willis.
Willis lands a knee to the body.
Willis working Jones over with knees to the body.
Willis lands a knee to the body.
Good body shot from Willis.
Willis lands a good knee to the midsection. Jones won't want to take too many of those.
A body shot lands from Willis.
Knees in the clinch landing for Willis.
Willis lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Willis softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Willis taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Jones takes a knee to the side of the body.
Willis lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Willis landing knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Willis will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Jones up against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Willis scores with a nice short uppercut.
Jones wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Willis has him pressed against the cage.
Willis lands a shot to the body.
Willis working Jones over with knees to the body.
Willis tries a knee to the head but Jones blocks it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Willis.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Willis misses with a knee strike.
Willis lands a good knee to the midsection. Jones won't want to take too many of those.
Willis using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jones has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jones has had enough of the clinch but Willis keeps him there for the moment.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Willis obliges.
Willis content to slow the pace in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Willis gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Willis putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Jones in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Willis landing knees to the body.
Willis with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Willis.
Willis landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Willis utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Willis is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Willis taking a breather.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Knees in the clinch landing for Willis.
Willis crunches a lovely knee into Jones's ribcage.
Willis landing some nice looking knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rico Willis dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Willis fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Willis misses with a takedown attempt - Jones sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Jones misses with a few strikes there.
Jones throws an overhand right that lands on Willis's shoulder, as Willis tries to avoid the shot.
Jones gets tackled into the cage by Willis. Willis maintains the clinch.
Jones is trying to break free.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Willis obliges.
Willis lands a good knee to the midsection. Jones won't want to take too many of those.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Willis using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Willis landing knees to the head.
Willis stalling.
Jones is breathing heavily.
Knees to the body from Willis.
Willis unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Willis lands a nice knee to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Willis misses with a knee strike.
Willis is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jones can do to turn this around?
Willis lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Willis scores a nice knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Willis.
Rico Willis has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Willis connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jones's face.
That has opened up Dave Jones's cut even more.
Jones letting Willis take a breather here.
Willis putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Jones in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Willis using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Willis manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Willis misses with a knee strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Willis slows down the pace here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Willis lands a nice elbow.
Willis is pushing Jones up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Rico Willis.
Willis lands with a good body shot.
Jones throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Willis clinches up against the cage.
Willis putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Jones in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Willis with a knee to the head.
Willis scores with a knee to the head.
Willis scores a nice knee to the body.
Willis lands a good knee to the midsection. Jones won't want to take too many of those.
Willis putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Jones in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Willis throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jones blocks it with crossed arms.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Willis lands a knee to the head.
Willis gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Willis putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Jones in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Willis landing knees to the head.
A bit of stalling here from Willis.
Willis tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Willis works on Jones's body with a couple of short punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Willis is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Willis misses with a knee strike.
Willis pushes Jones back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A right hook to the body lands for Willis.
Jones takes a knee to the side of the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Willis.
Willis creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jones's defenses.
Willis lands a knee to the body.
Jones looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Willis unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jones lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Willis scores a nice knee to the body.
Willis is struggling to control the position.
Willis misses with a knee strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rico Willis dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Jones gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Jones looks to score with a jab to the body but Willis is just out of range.
Jones misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jones throws a series of punches but Willis avoids them all with ease.
A punch combination from Jones misses.
Willis plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Jones crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Willis - the referee stops the clock and Jones gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Willis. Jones manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Jones ducks right into an uppercut from Willis.
The cut above Dave Jones's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Willis gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Willis tries a knee to the head but Jones blocks it.
A body shot lands from Willis.
Willis crunches a lovely knee into Jones's ribcage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Willis scores a nice knee to the body.
Jones takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Willis will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Jones up against the cage.
Willis landing some nice looking knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Willis stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Willis looking to throw knees to the head but Jones is blocking nicely.
Willis landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Willis throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jones blocks it with crossed arms.
Willis has Jones pushed against the cage.
Willis tries to land a knee to the head but Jones blocks with his arms.
The referee calls for Willis to work.
Willis lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Willis connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jones's face.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Willis content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Willis prevents Jones from breaking the clinch.
Willis landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Willis landing knees to the body.
Willis lands a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Willis lands an uppercut.
Willis connects with a knee to the head.
Willis with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Willis pushes Jones back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Willis obliges.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Willis obliges.
Willis tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Willis misses with a knee strike.
Willis landing knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Willis is working Jones over against the cage.
Willis landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Willis unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Jones wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jones takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nice elbow from Willis.
Dave Jones has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dave Jones's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Jones wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Willis putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Jones in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Willis lands a good knee to the midsection. Jones won't want to take too many of those.
Willis landing knees to the body.
Willis lands a knee to the body.
Willis connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jones's face.
Willis makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Willis connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jones's face.
Jones wants to break free but Willis has control.
Jones working hard to break the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Willis landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rico Willis is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Knees to the body from Willis.
Jones takes a knee right on the jaw!
Willis is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Jones wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Willis lands a good knee to the midsection. Jones won't want to take too many of those.
Willis working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Willis unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Willis scores with a knee to the head.
Willis stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rico Willis showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Willis has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:24
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:25
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:24
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rico Willis!
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