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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Francisco Antonio Laureana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Russell Tyrone Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tyrone Jones has chosen Ol' Dirty Bastard - Shimmy Shimmy Ya as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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182 lbs
13 - 4 - 0 |
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192 lbs
9 - 1 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin |
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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
13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Francisco Antonio Laureana!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Russell Tyrone Jones!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Matti Vanhoillinen and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Laureana moves into range and clinches up with Tyrone Jones.
Laureana misses with a punch on the inside.
Laureana lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
It looks like Russell Tyrone Jones has been cut.
Tyrone Jones lands a nice uppercut.
Tyrone Jones misses with the head strike.
Tyrone Jones throws a punch but it's blocked by Laureana.
Tyrone Jones blocking some punches.
Still in the clinch, Tyrone Jones scores with a nice short uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tyrone Jones.
Tyrone Jones keeps control of Laureana as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tyrone Jones lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Laureana or not.
Tyrone Jones has a couple of punches blocked by Laureana.
Laureana throws a head punch that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Tyrone Jones.
Tyrone Jones misses with the head strike.
Laureana has had enough of the clinch but Tyrone Jones keeps him there for the moment.
Laureana breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tyrone Jones uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Laureana.
Tyrone Jones lands a nice hook to Laureana's body. Laureana takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tyrone Jones scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Laureana moves out of range of the body kick from Tyrone Jones.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A slow jab from Laureana misses its intended target.
Donk. Laureana catches Tyrone Jones right on the button with a cross.
Tyrone Jones fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Laureana on the side of the head.
Donk. Tyrone Jones catches Laureana right on the button with a cross.
Tyrone Jones closes the distance and clinches.
Tyrone Jones throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Tyrone Jones is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Tyrone Jones working aggressively here.
Laureana blocks a body shot from Tyrone Jones.
Laureana misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tyrone Jones misses with a short punch on the inside.
Laureana lands with a short shot to the head.
Laureana is leaning against Tyrone Jones and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Tyrone Jones blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Laureana lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tyrone Jones lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Laureana.
Tyrone Jones swings wildly with an uppercut but Laureana uses good head movement to avoid it.
Laureana lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tyrone Jones backwards.
Nice body punch from Tyrone Jones.
Tyrone Jones blocks an uppercut.
Tyrone Jones pressing his opponent against the cage.
Laureana is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Tyrone Jones gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Tyrone Jones swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Laureana blocks an uppercut.
Laureana misses with a punch on the inside.
Laureana misses with a punch on the inside.
Tyrone Jones lands a shot to the body.
Tyrone Jones lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Tyrone Jones makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tyrone Jones lands a right hand that snaps the head of Laureana backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyrone Jones lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Laureana or not.
Laureana is trying to push Tyrone Jones away but Tyrone Jones has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Tyrone Jones working aggressively here.
Tyrone Jones throws a punch but it's blocked by Laureana.
A short left from Tyrone Jones.
Tyrone Jones lands with a light punch inside.
A shot in the inside from Tyrone Jones.
Laureana misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tyrone Jones lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Laureana backwards.
Tyrone Jones misses with a short punch on the inside.
Laureana has picked Tyrone Jones up - he's going for a ride! Laureana dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Laureana wants to lay and pray for a moment but Tyrone Jones keeps working.
Laureana perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tyrone Jones works his way to full guard. Good work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laureana wants to control from the top but Tyrone Jones keeps moving.
Tyrone Jones has his hands on Laureana's head, controlling the position.
Tyrone Jones looking to hit a scissor sweep but Laureana is one step ahead there.
Tyrone Jones bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Laureana's guard.
Laureana keeping moving, preventing Tyrone Jones from controlling successfully.
Laureana manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Tyrone Jones manages to get himself to full guard.
Tyrone Jones is trying to control the position but Laureana postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Russell Tyrone Jones dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Russell Tyrone Jones's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Good exchange - Tyrone Jones coming out on top.
Tyrone Jones has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Laureana connects with a looping right hand.
Tyrone Jones tries to land a front kick but Laureana steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A little feinted left hand from Laureana on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Tyrone Jones thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tyrone Jones throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Laureana moves out of range of the strikes.
Tyrone Jones throws a wild body kick that Laureana sees coming a mile off.
Tyrone Jones lands with a cross.
Laureana tests Tyrone Jones's chin there with a solid looking shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Laureana misses with an uppercut. Tyrone Jones saw that one coming.
Tyrone Jones throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Laureana sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tyrone Jones lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Laureana backs up against the cage.
It looks like Francisco Antonio Laureana has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tyrone Jones fakes the leg kick and cracks Laureana in the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tyrone Jones tries to land a front kick but Laureana steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Laureana is looking to counter punch.
Tyrone Jones looks to score with a jab to the body but Laureana is just out of range.
Nice shot lands for Tyrone Jones.
Laureana on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Laureana is rocked!
Laureana throws a poor cross that misses
and Tyrone Jones counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Oh Laureana is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Laureana misses with a hook. Tyrone Jones ducked under it nicely.
Russell Tyrone Jones seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tyrone Jones scores with a nice body kick.
Tyrone Jones cracks Laureana on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Laureana falls backwards against the cage. Tyrone Jones follows up with more strikes that drop Laureana to his knees. Tyrone Jones keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Laureana! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Russell Tyrone Jones! Russell Tyrone Jones retains his middleweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Russell Tyrone Jones thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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