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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Clyde Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Franklin Munchack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones comes to the cage accompanied by Beyonce feat. Jay Z - Bonnie & Clyde. Munchack has chosen Tupac - Ambitionz Az A Ridah as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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285 lbs
14 - 11 - 0 |
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220 cm
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273 lbs
13 - 8 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Basic striking
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Clyde Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Franklin Munchack!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones dives in for a single leg takedown but Munchack sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Jones checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Munchack throws a nice inside leg kick.
Jones looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Jones not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Jones lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Jones not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Munchack is pressing down on Jones's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Jones lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Munchack looking for a sweep. Not yet Munchack, not yet.
Jones content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Munchack 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.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Jones postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Jones working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Munchack is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jones looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Munchack scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
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. Munchack connects with a nice short shot to Jones's temple.
Jones is trying to get back to full guard.
Jones tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Munchack has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Munchack trying to control but Jones is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jones regains half guard.
Munchack thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Munchack is working for a kimura but Jones is defending it quite comfortably.
Jones gets full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones is looking for a triangle but Munchack pushes his legs off easily.
Jones is looking for a triangle but Munchack pushes his legs off easily.
Jones throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Munchack working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
Jones has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Munchack can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Munchack got a little sloppy there for a moment and Jones has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Munchack has managed to get both his arms back between Jones's legs - danger averted.
Munchack pushes down on Jones's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Jones is pressing down on Munchack's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Jones working for a triangle but Munchack defends it easily.
Munchack working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
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.
Munchack scoring with some ground and pound.
Jones utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Jones had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Munchack defends it easily.
Jones looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Munchack distracts Jones with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Munchack avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Jones is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Munchack works over Jones with some ground and pound from guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Munchack makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Munchack's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Munchack cracks Jones with a solid left hand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Munchack scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Munchack stopping the sweep attempt from Jones.
Munchack stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jones swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Munchack slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Jones taking punishment in the form of punches.
Jones is trying to get back to half guard.
Munchack has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Jones closes this distance looking for a takedown but Munchack circles away.
Jones shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Munchack sprawls well. Munchack wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Jones gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Clyde Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jones manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Munchack on his heels. He'll look to pass Munchack's guard now, I'm sure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Franklin Munchack will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Munchack gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Jones to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Munchack manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Jones manages to get himself to full guard.
Jones might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Jones tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Jones working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Munchack doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Munchack manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Munchack preventing the sweep.
Munchack controlling from the top position.
Munchack throwing strikes from guard but Jones blocks nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones wants to sweep here but Munchack controlling him for the moment.
Jones is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Munchack is aware though and is defending well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Munchack with a nice head shot there.
Munchack slips nicely into half guard.
Jones wants to improve his position but Munchack is controlling well.
Munchack 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 taking some punishment here, with Munchack in his half guard.
Munchack passes to full mount!
Munchack tries to control but Jones wriggling away.
Jones is bucking up trying to escape but Munchack cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Jones is squirming around, avoiding Munchack's attempts to control the action.
Munchack lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Jones hang on?
Jones gets back to half guard.
Munchack trying to control from half guard but Jones is working away.
Jones tries to get to full guard but Munchack has control of the leg.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones actively working from the bottom here.
Munchack takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Munchack is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Jones sees it coming and defends easily.
Munchack has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Munchack lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Munchack thows a huge punch but Jones dodges it nicely.
Munchack takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Jones moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Jones working for a triangle but Munchack defends it easily.
Jones throws his legs up looking for a submission but Munchack uses it to pass to side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Munchack tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Munchack has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Munchack scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Jones to see if he's OK.
Munchack wants to control but Jones is keeping him busy.
Jones is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Munchack working Jones over with strikes.
Jones actively working from the bottom here.
Jones is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Munchack scores with a couple of nice shots.
Munchack wants to work for an arm triangle but Jones is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Jones works his way to full guard. Good work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Munchack passes Jones's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Jones looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Jones is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jones on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Munchack throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Munchack throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Munchack looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Jones with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Jones is staying active underneath Munchack, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Munchack prevents Jones from improving his position.
Jones looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Munchack is looking for a kimura but Jones is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Munchack to get the leverage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Franklin Munchack showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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 fails with the takedown.
Munchack manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Jones on his heels. He'll look to pass Jones's guard now, I'm sure.
Munchack scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Munchack is in close to Jones's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Munchack distracts Jones with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Jones is rocked!
Munchack postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Jones covers up, he's hurt! Munchack keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Munchack and the ref steps in to end the fight! Munchack can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:41 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Franklin Munchack!
Franklin Munchack seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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