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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tom Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Hedger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Paul Hedger has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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255 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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193 cm
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270 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Great elbows
Self confident |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Tom Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Paul Hedger!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Richard Clark and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones rushes Hedger and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Jones blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
I was talking to Jones's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Jones avoiding damage.
Jones blocks an uppercut.
Jones connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hedger's face.
It looks like Paul Hedger has been cut.
Jones is struggling to control the position.
Hedger lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hedger misses with a punch to the body.
A short right from Hedger on the inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Hedger throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jones prevents a body shot from Hedger.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Jones.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones scores a nice knee to the body.
Jones lands a good knee to the midsection. Hedger won't want to take too many of those.
Jones stalls.
Jones gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Tom Jones.
Jones dodges the punch combination from Hedger.
Jones drives through and clinches with Hedger against the cage.
Jones creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hedger's defenses.
Hedger throws a punch but it's blocked by Jones.
Jones with a knee to the head.
Hedger looking to slow down the pace here.
Hedger misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hedger tries to throw a body punch but Jones avoids it by throwing Hedger back against the cage.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Hedger has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Jones connects with a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hedger misses with the head strike.
Jones blocks an uppercut.
Hedger is trying to maintain a safe position but Jones gets an underhook and turns Hedger into the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Jones.
Jones landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hedger looks winded!
Hedger swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jones lands an elbow that stopped Hedger in his tracks for a moment.
Jones lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hedger fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Hedger misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jones landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hedger wants to stall.
Hedger takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hedger in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Jones crunches a lovely knee into Hedger's ribcage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Jones lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jones is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Jones.
Hedger working aggressively here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jones utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Jones putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hedger in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Jones working Hedger over with knees to the body.
Jones landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hedger being controlled against the cage.
Jones crunches a lovely knee into Hedger's ribcage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones avoiding damage.
Jones with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Jones.
Jones lands a damaging elbow.
Hedger takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jones is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Jones working Hedger over with knees to the body.
Jones putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hedger in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Jones comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jones content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Jones lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jones will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Hedger up against the cage.
Hedger tries to stall but Jones uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tom Jones dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Paul Hedger's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Jones has managed to clinch.
Jones landing knees to the head.
Jones landing knees to the head.
Hedger takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jones crunches a lovely knee into Hedger's ribcage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jones scores a nice knee to the body.
Jones manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jones obliges.
Knees to the body from Jones.
Jones connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hedger's face.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jones obliges.
Jones lands an elbow that stopped Hedger in his tracks for a moment.
Hedger is breathing heavily.
A bit of stalling here from Jones.
Jones unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hedger lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hedger takes an elbow to the temple.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones crunches a lovely knee into Hedger's ribcage.
Jones creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hedger's defenses.
That has opened up Paul Hedger's cut even more.
Jones lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hedger takes an elbow to the temple.
Jones lands a knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jones lands an elbow inside that Hedger shrugs off.
Jones using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jones landing knees to the body.
Hedger takes an elbow to the temple.
Jones lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Jones comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The cut above Paul Hedger's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Jones lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jones.
Jones controlling the action here for a moment.
Jones has Hedger pressed up against the cage in a tight Thai clinch. Hedger is arching his back, trying to avoid the knees but a big one sneaks through from Jones - that's hurt Hedger badly! Oh, another knee lands and Hedger is covering up! The referee steps in to save him - possibly a bit early but Hedger doesn't seem to be complaining.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Tom Jones!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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