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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Conan Barbarian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricaro Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ricaro Jones will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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170 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Conan Barbarian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ricaro Jones!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Wesley Smith and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones throws a low kick but Barbarian avoids it.
Jones is looking to clinch but Barbarian is avoiding it.
Barbarian stuffs the takedown attempt from Jones. Jones gets slowly back to his feet.
Jones fails with a takedown attempt.
Jones is looking to clinch but Barbarian is avoiding it.
Jones shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Barbarian as he avoids it easily.
Conan Barbarian has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ricaro Jones.
Jones fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jones will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Jones shoots in but no luck this time.
Ricaro Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barbarian looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Barbarian is looking to advance position but Jones won't allow it.
Barbarian seems to be looking for submissions.
Jones throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barbarian missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Barbarian moves nicely into side control.
Barbarian cracks Jones with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Barbarian landing strikes.
Barbarian lands a decent elbow from side control.
Jones takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Barbarian working the head with strikes.
Jones is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Barbarian's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Barbarian thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The fighters are battling for position here. Jones manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Jones had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Barbarian is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Jones Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Barbarian's back instead.
Jones looks gassed!
Barbarian breaks Jones's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barbarian throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Barbarian stands up from Jones's guard - Barbarian perhaps looking for a knockout.
Jones fails with the takedown
and Barbarian counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Jones!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Barbarian lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Jones is in all sorts of trouble here.
Barbarian landing strikes, looking to finish!
Barbarian looking to finish Jones with some ground and pound. This is bad for Jones!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Jones is in a horrible position here. Barbarian smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Barbarian scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Barbarian punishing his opponent with strikes.
A nice elbow there by Barbarian.
Barbarian is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Jones has managed to escape the submission attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Barbarian looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Jones is in all sorts of trouble here.
Barbarian landing punches.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jones takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Barbarian has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Jones's face.
Barbarian working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Barbarian putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barbarian looking to control but Jones is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Barbarian goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Jones turns into him and now he's in Barbarian's guard.
Barbarian trying to keep a closed guard but Jones is proving a slippery customer.
Jones postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Jones with a flurry of punches that miss.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Barbarian working for a triangle but Jones defends it easily.
Barbarian trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Conan Barbarian dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Jones misses with a takedown attempt
and Barbarian counters with a shoot takedown. Jones fights it but they end up in guard.
Barbarian thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Barbarian with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Barbarian works over Jones with some ground and pound from guard.
Jones working for a triangle but Barbarian defends it easily.
Jones isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Barbarian stacks Jones on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Barbarian!
Barbarian is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Jones is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jones is looking to reverse the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Barbarian scoring with punches from side control.
Barbarian creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Barbarian lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Barbarian landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Jones sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Barbarian is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Barbarian wants to control but Jones is keeping him busy.
Barbarian throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Jones moves into full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Conan Barbarian overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Barbarian pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jones is keeping the position for now.
Jones has his feet on Barbarian's thighs here. He's pushed Barbarian off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Barbarian screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ricaro 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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