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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Thai Thai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Paul Jones will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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170 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Thai Thai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Paul Jones!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Paulsen Ambrosius and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thai lands a head kick. Jones smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
A big right from Jones misses.
Thai moves in looking to clinch but Jones pushes him off.
Thai throws a nice outside leg kick.
Thai gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Thai's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Thai obliges.
Thai throws an elbow that misses.
Jones is looking to break free of the clinch but Thai has double underhooks.
Thai tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A nice left hand lands by Thai.
Jones's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Thai tries a head kick but it misses.
Thai doesn't manage to clinch there - Jones circles away.
Thai takes the fight into the clinch.
Jones jumps into guard, dragging Thai to the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thai stands up from guard. Let's bang!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones throws a lazy right hand but Thai sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Thai throws a lazy head kick
and Jones counters with a straight right hand.
Some wild striking there from Jones.
Jones is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Thai forces Jones back against the cage and clinches.
Thai lands an elbow that stopped Jones in his tracks for a moment.
Knees to the body from Thai.
Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jones avoids the head kick by Thai.
Thai tries to clinch but Jones is having none of it.
Jones avoids the head kick by Thai.
Thai fails in his attempt to clinch.
Thai scores with a spinning back kick!
Thai plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thai avoids the head kick by Jones.
Thai lands with a slapping head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thai moves into the clinch.
Thai breaks from the clinch.
Thai has Jones up against the cage in a clinch.
Jones blocks the elbow strike.
Jones breaks from the clinch.
Jones fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Thai drops down looking for a counter takedown but Jones sprawls and moves away.
A big left from Jones misses.
Thai scores with a head kick. Jones tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Thai Thai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thai tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Jones manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Thai takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Thai doesn't manage to clinch there - Jones circles away.
Jones swats away the attempt to clinch by Thai.
Thai looks to land a combination. Jones sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thai darts in and clinches Jones up against the cage.
Thai lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Thai pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Thai throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jones has had enough of the clinch but Thai keeps him there for the moment.
Thai lands with a left to the head.
Thai lands an elbow that stopped Jones in his tracks for a moment.
Thai using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Thai lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jones is trying to break the clinch but Thai has him pressed against the cage.
Thai has Jones pressed against the cage, preventing Jones from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Thai.
Jones tries to break free but Thai pushes him back against the cage.
Jones takes an elbow to the forehead.
Thai crunches a lovely knee into Jones's ribcage.
Thai utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Thai obliges.
Jones looks winded!
Nice elbow from Thai.
Jones blocks the elbow strike.
Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
No joy there for Thai, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nice straight punches there by Jones. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Jones.
Jones feints a jab promting Thai to slip. Jones then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Thai slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Jones lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Jones.
Thai has closed the distance and engaged Jones in a clinch.
Jones is trying to break the clinch but Thai is controlling him.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jones takes an elbow to the temple.
Thai creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Thai lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Jones is trying to break the clinch but Thai is controlling him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thai Thai dominated that 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.
Thai wants to clinch.
Jones misses with the combination.
Jones misses with a few strikes there.
Jones avoids the head kick by Thai.
Jones lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Thai circles away quickly and effectively.
Thai lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Thai lands a nice looking kick to the body. Jones takes a step back to recover.
Thai clinches with his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thai lands a nice elbow.
Thai Thai has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Thai creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Thai keeps control of Jones as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Thai breaks from the clinch.
Thai misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jones with the counter takedown but Thai avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Thai.
Thai clinches.
Jones is trying to break the clinch but Thai has him pressed against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Thai just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jones's brow.
Jones is trying to break free.
Thai displaying some good clinch control by pressing Jones up against the cage.
Thai misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jones.
Thai misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jones.
Jones wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Thai has him pressed against the cage.
Thai with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Thai lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Thai pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Thai gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jones avoids a wild elbow strike from Thai.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thai lands a left hand.
Thai throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A frustrated look appears on Jones's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jones takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jones is trying to break free.
Jones can't break the clinch.
Thai looking to throw knees to the head but Jones is blocking nicely.
Thai landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Thai lands on the inside with an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thai lands a nice shot to the body.
Jones takes an elbow to the temple.
Thai creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jones's defenses.
A frustrated look appears on Jones's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jones wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Thai has him pressed against the cage.
Thai throws an elbow but it misses.
Jones avoids the elbow strike from Thai, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thai lands an elbow that stopped Jones in his tracks for a moment.
Jones wants to get back to striking at distance but Thai won't allow it.
Jones blocking some punches.
Thai lands an elbow just above Jones 's eye.
Thai gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Thai creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jones's defenses.
Thai tries a knee to the head but Jones blocks it.
Thai comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Thai is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jones can do to turn this around?
Jones working hard to break the clinch.
Jones blocks an elbow strike from Thai.
Thai gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jones blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Thai lands a nice elbow.
Thai lands an elbow that stopped Jones in his tracks for a moment.
Jones on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jones can't break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones blocks an elbow strike from Thai.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thai lands an elbow that stopped Jones in his tracks for a moment.
Thai misses with an elbow strike.
Thai has Jones pressed against the cage.
Jones is trying to force a seperation but Thai has the dominant position.
Jones can't break the clinch.
Jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jones misses with a double jab.
Thai rushes Jones and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Jones has had enough of the clinch but Thai keeps him there for the moment.
Thai tries to throw a body punch but Jones avoids it by throwing Thai back against the cage.
Thai throws an elbow that misses.
Jones takes an elbow to the temple.
Jones wants to get back to striking at distance but Thai won't allow it.
Jones takes an elbow to the forehead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thai Thai dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Thai throws a head kick that misses
and Jones counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Thai has Jones up against the cage in a clinch.
Thai lands a right hand.
Thai lands an elbow that stopped Jones in his tracks for a moment.
Jones looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jones is trying to break the clinch but Thai has him pressed against the cage.
Jones is trying to force a seperation but Thai has the dominant position.
Thai is trying to stall.
Thai using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jones has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thai misses with an elbow over the top.
Thai scores a nice knee to the body.
Thai throws an elbow but it misses.
Thai manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Thai with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thai prevents Jones from breaking the clinch.
Thai throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jones has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jones escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jones keeps the fight on the outside.
A punch combination from Jones misses.
Thai clinches with his opponent.
Thai misses with a knee strike.
Thai lands a damaging elbow.
Thai utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Thai has Jones pressed against the cage, preventing Jones from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jones is trying to break free.
Thai using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jones takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thai lands an elbow inside.
Thai comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Thai lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Thai lands an elbow that stopped Jones in his tracks for a moment.
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!
Jones takes an elbow to the temple.
Thai missing with knees to the body.
Jones's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Thai moves into the clinch.
Thai misses with an elbow over the top.
Thai throws a head punch that misses.
Thai lands an elbow just above Jones 's eye.
Jones takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jones takes an elbow to the forehead.
Thai keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jones's efforts to push away.
Thai tries to land a knee to the head but Jones blocks with his arms.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Thai is looking to clinch but Jones is avoiding it.
Thai wants to clinch up but Jones keeps it at a distance.
Thai moves in looking to clinch but Jones pushes him off.
Jones has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Some wild striking there from Jones.
Jones misses with the combination.
Thai takes the fight into the clinch.
Thai throws an elbow that misses.
Jones takes an elbow to the forehead.
Thai creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jones's defenses.
A shot in the inside from Thai.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones blocks an elbow strike.
Jones's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Thai misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jones lands a jab to the nose.
Thai throws a nice head kick!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thai needs to keep his hands up - Jones had a free shot at his head there.
Thai wants to clinch up but Jones keeps it at a distance.
Jones misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Thai clinches up against the cage.
Jones takes a knee right on the jaw!
Thai creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jones's defenses.
Jones blocks a body shot from Thai.
Paul Jones has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Thai Thai is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Thai blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
Thai Thai showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Thai, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thai Thai!
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energy
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hype
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