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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Olyver Twist (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jon Jonas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Olyver Twist!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jon Jonas!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Stewart Dunkirk and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Twist goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Twist misses the shot to the body.
Jonas moves out of range as Twist strikes.
Jonas feints and as Twist raises his hands in defense, Jonas changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Twist looking for a sweep. Not yet Twist, not yet.
Jonas trying to control but Twist is working from the bottom.
Jonas is fighting to break Twist's control of his arms but Twist is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Twist bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Jonas's guard.
Jonas tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Twist wants to stand and escape but instead Jonas has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Jonas with a flurry of punches that miss.
Twist is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Jonas throwing strikes from guard but Twist blocks nicely.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Twist holds on and takes a little breather.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Twist is trying to control the position but Jonas postures up.
Twist is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Jonas is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Jonas has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Twist tries to close the distance and clinch but Jonas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jonas fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Jonas looks for a takedown but Twist sprawls well.
Jonas looks gassed!
Twist tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jonas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Twist swinging wilding here.
Twist scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Jonas doesn't seem bothered though.
Jonas fails with the takedown.
Olyver Twist has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jon Jonas.
Jonas avoids the head kick by Twist.
Twist drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Twist will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Twist is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Twist preventing the sweep.
Twist content to stall in guard here.
Jonas trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Jonas is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Twist is controlling him.
Twist trying to control the position from guard on top but Jonas is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Twist won't allow Jonas to sweep him here.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Jonas bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Jonas scoring with punches from side control.
Jonas trying to control the action but Twist is working from the bottom.
Twist tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Jonas wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Twist avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Jonas.
Jonas is looking to take a break and control but Twist is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jonas tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Jonas throws an elbow but Twist slips to the side and avoids it well.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Twist tries for a takedown but Jonas circles away easily
and Jonas counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Twist tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Twist throws a hook but Jonas avoids it easily.
Nice takedown defense from Jonas. No joy for Twist on that attempt.
Twist misses with a few strikes there.
Twist rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Jonas counter with a right hand.
Twist drives through with a takedown into guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Twist stopping the sweep attempt from Jonas.
Twist is looking to stand up but Jonas won't let him.
Twist won't allow Jonas to sweep him here.
Jonas keeping moving, preventing Twist from controlling successfully.
Jonas is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Jonas looking to control.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Twist pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Twist misses with a combination
and Jonas counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Twist trying to hold on to Jonas's head to control him but Jonas postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jon Jonas dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Twist throws the left hand but Jonas avoids the punch easily.
A cross from Twist lands.
Olyver Twist seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Twist misses with a combination
and Jonas counters with a three punch combo that has Twist backing up. Twist nods at Jonas to acknowledge the strikes.
Twist misses with a combination
and Jonas counters with a single leg into guard. Twist didn't expect that.
Twist is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Jonas prevents Twist from getting back to his feet.
Jonas missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Jonas advances to half guard.
Jon Jonas has got the better of the ground game so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jonas content to control rather than advance.
Jonas sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Twist defending well though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jonas slips a nice elbow through Twist's hands, connecting with Twist's forehead.
Jonas is tying to control. Twist wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Twist kicks Jonas off and gets back to his feet.
Jonas shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Twist's guard.
Twist avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Jonas stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Twist swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Jonas works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Twist wants to get back to his feet.
Twist makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Twist throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Twist throws a poor cross that misses
and Jonas counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Jonas stands and throws Twist's legs to the side, diving into side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jonas is looking to take a break and control but Twist is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jonas connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Twist some visible discomfort.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Twist wants to control but Jonas postures up.
Twist is looking for a sweep.
Jonas tries to advance to mount but can't.
Jonas wants to lay and pray for a moment but Twist keeps working.
Twist tries to bench press Jonas off him but Jonas keeps the position.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Twist swinging wilding here.
Twist dodges the punch combination from Jonas.
Twist looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jonas stuffs the takedown.
Twist throws a head kick but Jonas moves out of range.
Olyver Twist is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Twist lands with a nice body kick.
Twist scores with a takedown into Jonas's guard.
Twist seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Twist has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Jonas is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Twist tries to free his leg and advance position but Jonas is retaining full guard.
Twist wants to control from the top but Jonas keeps moving.
Twist won't allow Jonas to get back to his feet.
Twist wants to control from the top but Jonas keeps moving.
Twist stopping the sweep attempt from Jonas.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Twist lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Jonas backs up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Twist doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Jonas counters with a single leg into guard. Twist didn't expect that.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Twist keeping moving, preventing Jonas from controlling successfully.
Jonas is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Jonas postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Jonas works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Jonas moves into full mount! Twist won't be happy about that!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A nice elbow there by Jonas.
Twist can't escape the position.
Twist is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jon Jonas showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Jonas misses with the combination.
Twist doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Jonas counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Jonas.
Jonas landing some decent shots from guard.
Jonas trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Jonas trying to control the position from guard on top but Twist is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jonas tries to free his leg and advance position but Twist is retaining full guard.
Twist is trying to control the position but Jonas postures up.
Jonas postures up in Twist's guard and throws a big left but Twist blocks it.
Jonas slips nicely into half guard.
Jonas scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Twist won't allow Jonas to pass to mount.
Twist is trying to control but can't.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jonas wants to lay and pray for a moment but Twist keeps working.
Jonas working over Twist with some ground and pound. Twist looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jonas is tying to control. Twist wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Jonas thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Twist's head.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Jonas scores with a hook.
Twist tries to bum rush Jonas with a series of wild strikes but Jonas uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jonas gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Twist tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Jonas counters with a nice body shot.
Twist lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Twist.
Jonas drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Jonas preventing the sweep.
Jonas is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Jonas passes easily into side control. Nice work.
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Twist struggling a bit here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jonas looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Jonas trying to control the position but Twist is working away.
Twist tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Jonas wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Twist struggling a bit here.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Twist throws a series of punches but Jonas moves out of range.
Twist throws a head kick that misses.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Twist - that will leave a mark!
Twist tries to clinch but Jonas moves away
and Jonas counters with a left and a right that stings Twist.
Twist tries to clinch up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jonas scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Jonas wants to lay and pray for a moment but Twist keeps working.
Twist is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Jonas passes into side control, despite Twist's attempt to control the position.
Twist takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Twist is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Jonas uses his free foot to push down on Twist's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Twist.
Twist tries to buck Jonas off but he can't manage it.
Jonas looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Twist wants to hold on but Jonas pushes him away.
Jonas working for a submission but Twist is keeping him at bay.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jonas avoids the attempt from Twist to control.
Twist regains half guard.
Jonas thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Jonas missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Twist kicks off Jonas and gets to his feet.
Twist scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Jonas wants to control but Twist postures up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Twist wants to control but Jonas is keeping him busy.
Twist taking a breather here.
Olyver Twist has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jonas sneaks back into half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jon Jonas comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Jonas winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jon Jonas!
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FIGHT
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