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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between John Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cottontail Rabbit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rabbit has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Cottontail Rabbit is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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156 lbs
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155 lbs
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Good takedowns
Great elbows
Very quick |
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BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, John Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 50 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cottontail Rabbit!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Paulo Santos and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones scores with a hook to the body. Rabbit takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Jones connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
John Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones cracks Rabbit with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Jones fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Rabbit looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Rabbit looks gassed!
Rabbit takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Jones clinches with his opponent.
Jones lands a damaging elbow.
Jones creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rabbit's defenses.
Jones manages to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rabbit. That did some damage!
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Rabbit has eaten all the pies!
Jones lands a jab to Rabbit's midsection.
Jones lands a jab to Rabbit's midsection.
Jones stuns Rabbit with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Nice jab there from Jones.
Jones lands a right hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rabbit walks into a straight right hand from Jones.
Jones changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Cottontail Rabbit is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A shot to the liver by Jones. Beautiful body shot.
A lazy left from Jones finds it's target.
Jones has closed the distance and engaged Rabbit in a clinch.
Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jones clinches up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jones lands an elbow just above Rabbit 's eye.
Jones creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rabbit's defenses.
Jones is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Jones lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Jones landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Rabbit has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jones connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rabbit's face.
Jones lands a nice elbow.
Jones pressing his opponent against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jones working Rabbit over with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Jones 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.
That kick from Jones tenderised Rabbit's leg. Rabbit is trying to keep his angry face on.
Jones has Rabbit up against the cage in a clinch.
Jones manages to break the clinch.
A good leg kick by Jones.
Rabbit is breathing heavily.
Jones throws a leg kick which misses Rabbit's front leg but catches the back leg as Rabbit tries to avoid it.
Jones connects with a good right hand that stumbles Rabbit. Rabbit circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rabbit takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Jones moves into range and clinches up with Rabbit.
Jones breaks the clinch.
That kick from Jones tenderised Rabbit's leg. Rabbit is trying to keep his angry face on.
Jones lands a nice hook to Rabbit's body. Rabbit takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A lazy left from Jones finds it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Jones has Rabbit up against the cage in a clinch.
Jones lands an elbow just above Rabbit 's eye.
Jones is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rabbit can do to turn this around?
Jones breaks the clinch.
Rabbit takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Jones.
Cottontail Rabbit is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rabbit gets cracked there but stands up to it.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Jones.
Rabbit is rocked!
Jones is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rabbit.
Rabbit is still on wobbly legs! Can Jones finish him?
Jones scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Jones stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Jones comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Rabbit slips under a jab.
Jones moves into range and clinches up with Rabbit.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jones creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jones landing knees to the head.
Rabbit blocks an elbow strike from Jones.
Jones misses with an elbow strike.
Jones pushes off an throws an elbow but Rabbit leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rabbit dodges an elbow strike from Jones.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rabbit takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jones misses with an elbow strike.
Jones breaks from the clinch.
Jones throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jones pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jones waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rabbit.
Jones darts in and clinches Rabbit up against the cage.
Jones pushes off an throws an elbow but Rabbit leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Jones connects with a knee to the head.
Jones throws an elbow but it misses.
Jones connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rabbit's face.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jones just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rabbit's brow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Jones throws an elbow but misses.
Jones throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jones escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A swing and a miss from Jones.
Jones misses with an uppercut. Rabbit saw that one coming.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jones jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A shot to the liver by Jones. Beautiful body shot.
Jones throws a big shot that misses.
Rabbit ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jones throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Rabbit ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rabbit moves out of range as Jones strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Jones dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
Jones rushes Rabbit and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Jones breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jones is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Jones shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Rabbit's guard.
Jones controls from within his opponent's guard.
Rabbit takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
We're going to have a standup here because John Jones wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Jones scores with a nice right hand.
Jones clinches with his opponent.
Rabbit is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rabbit takes a knee right on the jaw!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rabbit takes an elbow to the temple.
Jones is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Rabbit can't fight it off and eventually Jones manages to take the fight to the floor. Rabbit looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Jones looking to pass the guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones 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.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of John Jones.
Jones lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
John Jones is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jones lands a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones lands the left hand.
Jones scores with the left hand. Rabbit knows he should have avoided that one.
Jones throws out a powerful jab.
Jones instigates a clinch.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Rabbit takes a knee right on the jaw!
And that's the end of the fight!
John Jones showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Jones 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 Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:25
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:25
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Jones!
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hype
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pop
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