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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joe Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Boy Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thompson comes to the cage accompanied by The game. This should be fireworks!
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196 lbs
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190 cm
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195 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joe Thompson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Boy Jones!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Gwen Towbar and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones stuffs the takedown.
Thompson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jones throws a right and a left that both miss.
Thompson blocks a jab.
Thompson tries to clinch up.
Thompson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Thompson tries to close the distance and clinch but Jones swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Thompson takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Thompson staying out of range there.
Jones scores with a nice strike.
Jones rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Thompson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Thompson misses with a takedown attempt - Jones sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Jones will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Thompson wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones works the jab nicely.
Thompson doesn't manage to clinch there - Jones circles away.
Thompson tries to clinch but Jones moves out of range.
Thompson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jones.
Jones throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Thompson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Thompson ducks under a wild hook from Jones.
Jones misses with a wild body shot.
Thompson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jones misses with a wild body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones keeps the fight on the outside.
Jones lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
It looks like Joe Thompson has been cut.
Jones connects with a nice looking jab.
Thompson feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Jones's calf.
A punch combination from Jones misses.
Jones misses with a double jab.
Jones swats away the attempt to clinch by Thompson.
Thompson shoots for a takedown but Jones saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joe Thompson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Thompson tries to clinch but Jones moves out of range.
Thompson shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Jones as he jumps to the side.
Thompson wants to clinch up but Jones keeps it at a distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones swats away the attempt to clinch by Thompson.
Jones scores with a body shot.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Jones!
Jones keeps the fight on the outside.
Jones lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Thompson backs up against the cage.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Thompson. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Jones tries to bum rush Thompson with a series of wild strikes but Thompson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jones fails to land with a series of punches.
Thompson throws a head kick that misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Thompson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Thompson fails with a takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jones misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jones takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Thompson slips a jab and a cross from Jones.
Jones fails to land with a series of punches.
Thompson tries to clinch but Jones moves out of range.
Jones lands a nice looking body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Thompson cracks Jones with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Thompson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jones misses with a double jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Boy Jones dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Joe Thompson's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Jones rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Thompson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Thompson tries to clinch but Jones moves out of range.
Thompson takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Thompson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jones.
Thompson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Jones rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Thompson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jones misses the shot to the body.
Thompson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Thompson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Thompson moves in looking to clinch but Jones pushes him off.
Jones dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Thompson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Thompson connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Boy Jones seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones misses with a body kick.
Thompson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fighters circle momentarily. Jones darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Thompson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jones paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jones throws a right hand that Thompson ducks under and follows up with a left that Thompson also avoids with ease.
Jones throws a nice looking combination but Thompson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jones misses with a wild combination.
Jones lands a slapping body shot.
Thompson looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Jones is fending him off so far but Thompson persists. Nope, Jones circles away and we're back to standing.
Thompson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Jones throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Thompson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Jones looks to throw the jab but Thompson is out of range.
A swing and a miss from Jones.
Jones missing with a left hand there. Thompson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jones misses with a few strikes there.
Jones is breathing heavily.
Jones punishes Thompson's body with a nice straight punch.
Thompson tries to clinch but Jones moves out of range.
Thompson moves in looking to clinch but Jones pushes him off.
Jones rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Thompson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jones circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson is looking to clinch.
Jones throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Thompson.
Thompson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Jones is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Thompson.
Jones wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Thompson fails to land.
Thompson has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Jones avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Thompson is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joe Thompson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones has had enough of the clinch but Thompson keeps him there for the moment.
Jones is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Thompson goes for a takedown attempt but Jones pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Jones tries to bum rush Thompson with a series of wild strikes but Thompson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Nice uppercut lands for Jones. That snapped Thompson's head back.
A slow jab from Thompson misses its intended target.
Thompson tries to close the distance and clinch but Jones swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A combination from Jones does no damage.
Nice body punch from Jones.
Thompson tries to clinch but Jones is having none of it.
Thompson doesn't manage to clinch there - Jones circles away.
Thompson fails with a takedown attempt.
Thompson doesn't manage to clinch there - Jones circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Boy Jones showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Joe Thompson's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Jones misses with a hook. Thompson ducked under it nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Thompson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jones misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jones scores with a body shot.
Thompson avoids the body shot from Jones.
Thompson looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Jones is fending him off so far but Thompson persists. Nope, Jones circles away and we're back to standing.
Thompson misses with a combination
and Thompson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jones punishes Thompson's body with a nice straight punch.
Jones looks to land a right hand but Thompson moved out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Thompson defending well as Jones loads up on a big left hand.
Jones drops Thompson with a right and a left! Jones comes rushing in but Thompson regains his composure and manages to keep Jones in guard.
Thompson is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones wants to stand but Thompson is controlling his posture from full guard.
Oh Thompson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Thompson seems to have got his legs back now.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Thompson is on top in guard.
Thompson passes into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Jones wants to get back to his feet.
Jones keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Thompson prevents Jones from standing back up.
Ground and pound from Thompson.
Thompson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Jones is looking to get back to is feet but Thompson passes into side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones is trying to buck Thompson off.
Thompson lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Jones down.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Thompson cracks Jones with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Jones is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Thompson asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Jones wants to get back to his feet but Thompson is dominant here and he's now got Jones's back!
Thompson scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Jones is looking for a way out.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thompson lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Jones is trapped and Thompson is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Thompson scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Jones is covering up but some of the strikes from Thompson are getting through and doing damage.
Jones has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Jones really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Thompson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Thompson has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Jones.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Joe Thompson did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Joe Thompson's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Thompson feints and as Jones raises his hands in defense, Thompson changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Thompson scoring with some ground and pound.
Jones wants to stand up but Thompson is controlling him.
Thompson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jones swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Thompson won't allow Jones to get back to his feet.
Thompson passes into half guard.
Jones pushes Thompson off looking to stand but Thompson dives back in and keeps control.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Thompson lands a nice short elbow.
Jones has hold of Thompson's hands but Thompson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Jones makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Thompson clinches but Jones breaks the clinch
and Jones counters with a one-two to the body.
Thompson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jones swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jones swats away the attempt to clinch by Thompson.
Thompson tries to close the distance and clinch but Jones swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones scores with a punch to the head.
Jones swings for the body but Thompson moves out of range.
Thompson scores with a takedown into Jones's guard.
Jones preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Thompson trying to control but Jones is working from the bottom.
Thompson won't allow Jones to get back to his feet.
Thompson 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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson pushing down on Jones's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Thompson stops Jones from getting back to his feet.
Nice strikes from Thompson there.
Jones wants to stand back up but Thompson manages to pass into side control.
Thompson working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones is looking to get back to his feet here but Thompson is keeping cool and he's managed to take Jones's back.
Thompson lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Thompson connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Jones to escape the position.
Thompson working for the rear naked choke here. He's got one arm under but Jones is defending well. A couple of punches soften him up though and Thompson has tightened the hold! This one could be all over! It is! Jones taps out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 4, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Joe Thompson!
Joe Thompson retains his middleweight title!
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