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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Justin Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Khalifa Khalifa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Khalifa's choice of entrance music: Habibi Ya Nour El Ain. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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205 lbs
11 - 5 - 0 |
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190 cm
34
205 lbs
18 - 16 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Justin Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Khalifa Khalifa!
The judges for this bout are Ben Watson, Summer Carpenter and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Khalifa darts in looking for a takedown but Jones gets double underhooks and turns Khalifa into the cage.
Jones gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Jones is trying to work for a kimura but Khalifa is defending well.
Jones working the head and body with strikes.
Jones sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Khalifa defending well though.
Khalifa is pressing down on Jones's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Jones distracts Khalifa with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Jones missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Jones slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Jones wants to control from the top but Khalifa keeps moving.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khalifa looking for a sweep. Not yet Khalifa, not yet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones postures up in Khalifa's guard and throws a big left but Khalifa blocks it.
Jones postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Jones makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Jones throwing strikes from guard but Khalifa blocks nicely.
Jones in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Jones throws an elbow that misses. Khalifa uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Jones's guard. Nice move by Khalifa!
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Khalifa working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Khalifa avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Khalifa avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Jones seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Jones not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Jones is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Jones.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jones winds up and cracks Khalifa with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Jones wants to free his trapped foot but Khalifa is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Jones prevents Khalifa from improving his position.
Khalifa is looking to escape.
Jones 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.
Jones performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Jones connects with a nice short shot to Khalifa's temple.
Khalifa wants to get back to full guard.
Khalifa is not content to let Jones control the position.
Jones seems to be working for a kimura but Khalifa defends the submission attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khalifa keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Jones looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Khalifa is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Jones scores with a couple of nice shots.
Jones takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Jones throwing shots but Khalifa is blocking nicely.
Jones wants to free his trapped foot but Khalifa is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Khalifa wants to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones throwing shots but Khalifa is blocking nicely.
Jones thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Jones thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Jones scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Khalifa keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Khalifa wants to get back to his feet.
Jones wants to control but Khalifa is keeping him busy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jones prevents Khalifa from improving his position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jones missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Justin Jones dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Jones feints and as Khalifa raises his hands in defense, Jones changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Jones forces his way into half guard.
Khalifa makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Khalifa.
Jones throws a big elbow that misses.
Jones wants to control from the top but Khalifa keeps moving.
Khalifa working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Jones doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Jones manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Jones tries to free his leg and advance position but Khalifa is retaining full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Jones won't allow Khalifa to sweep him here.
Jones pushes down on Khalifa's leg and manages to get into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Khalifa does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Jones is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Jones lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Jones winds up and cracks Khalifa with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Jones seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Jones is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Jones lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Jones thows a huge punch but Khalifa dodges it nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khalifa makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Khalifa.
Khalifa utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Khalifa is trying to control the position but Jones postures up.
Jones won't allow Khalifa to sweep him here.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Jones's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Jones forces his way into half guard.
Jones is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Khalifa can do to turn this around?
Jones working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Jones prevents Khalifa from improving his position.
Jones is trying to work for a kimura but Khalifa is defending well.
Jones wants to control but Khalifa is keeping him busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khalifa trying to control but Jones postures up.
Justin Jones overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Khalifa is looking for a sweep. Jones is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Jones is pressing down on Khalifa's thigh, looking to free his foot. Khalifa is holding on for now.
Jones slips a nice elbow through Khalifa's hands, connecting with Khalifa's forehead.
Khalifa desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Jones not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Jones thows a huge punch but Khalifa dodges it nicely.
Khalifa trying to control but Jones postures up.
Khalifa taking some punishment here, with Jones in his half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khalifa trying to control but Jones postures up.
Jones misses with a head shot. Khalifa uses the momentum to regain guard.
Khalifa is pulling down on Jones's head. It's preventing any offense from Jones, at least for the moment.
Jones works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Jones throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jones throwing shots but Khalifa is blocking nicely.
Khalifa is looking for a sweep. Jones is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Ground and pound from Jones.
Jones throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Justin Jones dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Jones shoots and misses
and Khalifa counters with a single leg into guard. Jones didn't expect that.
Khalifa throws a big right hand that misses.
Khalifa postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Jones controls Khalifa momentarily but Khalifa frees himself.
Khalifa is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Khalifa is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Khalifa avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Khalifa content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Khalifa must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khalifa throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jones works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Jones tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Jones trying to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Jones looking for a sweep. Not yet Jones, not yet.
Jones trying to keep a closed guard but Khalifa is proving a slippery customer.
Khalifa throwing strikes from guard but Jones blocks nicely.
Jones lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Jones trying to control the position from guard on top but Khalifa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jones postures up and lands a big shot to Khalifa's brow.
Jones tries to free his leg and advance position but Khalifa is retaining full guard.
Khalifa Khalifa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones wants to control from the top but Khalifa keeps moving.
Jones preventing the sweep.
Jones advances to half guard.
Khalifa actively working from the bottom here.
Khalifa is looking to escape.
Khalifa taking some punishment here, with Jones in his half guard.
Khalifa looks like he's trying to stand up.
Jones is pressing down on Khalifa's thigh, looking to free his foot. Khalifa is holding on for now.
Khalifa avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Jones.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones is pressing down on Khalifa's thigh, looking to free his foot. Khalifa is holding on for now.
Jones is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Khalifa is just riding it out for now. Jones eventually gives up the hold.
Khalifa is not content to let Jones control the position.
Khalifa tries to get to full guard but Jones has control of the leg.
Jones thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Khalifa's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Jones drops an elbow to the side of Khalifa's head.
Jones scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Khalifa is staying active underneath Jones, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Jones is really struggling to control Khalifa but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Khalifa pushes Jones off looking to stand but Jones dives back in and keeps control.
Jones is stalling here. Khalifa is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Jones seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Khalifa has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Jones regains half guard.
Jones works his way to full guard. Good work.
Jones is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Jones manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Khalifa manages to get himself to full guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jones postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Khalifa is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Jones is aware though and is defending well.
And that's the end of the fight!
Justin 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 Ben Watson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:27
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Justin Jones!
A victorious Justin Jones thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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