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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between James Harden (ranked 2145 p4p, 280 weight class) and Mario Jones (ranked 3807 p4p, 448 weight class). Mario Jones has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with James Harden's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, James Harden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mario Jones!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Dillan Fox and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harden throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jones is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Harden looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Harden just misses with a punch to the body.
A low kick from Jones is predictable there
and Harden counters by clinching up.
Jones lands with a right to the head.
Harden takes a shot to the head.
Jones blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jones lands a right hand that snaps the head of Harden backwards.
Harden has Jones pushed against the cage.
Harden takes a shot to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Harden.
Jones blocks a body shot from Harden.
Jones looking to stall.
Jones misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A nice left hand lands by Jones.
Still in the clinch, Jones scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jones blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Harden swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Harden.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones struggles to land a body shot inside as Harden controls his hands.
Jones misses with a hook to the ribs.
Harden blocks an uppercut.
Jones swings wildly with an uppercut but Harden uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jones lands a body shot.
Jones blocking some punches.
A bit of stalling here from Jones.
Jones scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Jones misses with some punches.
Jones scores with a shoulder strike.
Jones tries a body shot but Harden blocks it.
Jones lands an uppercut.
Harden doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Harden slows down the pace here.
Jones lands a body shot in the clinch.
Harden misses with the head strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harden lands a hook that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
Jones is pushing Harden up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Harden scores with a nice hook to the head.
Harden makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Harden.
Jones lands with a short shot to the head.
Harden throws a punch but it's blocked by Jones.
A right handed body shot lands from Jones.
Harden is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Jones tries to throw a body punch but Harden avoids it by throwing Jones back against the cage.
Jones lands a hook to the side of the head.
A body shot lands from Jones.
Harden stalling in the clinch but Jones improves position.
A right hand to the body from Jones.
Jones scores with a nice hook to the head.
Harden misses with a punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Jones on the inside.
Jones lands a body punch.
Harden is breathing heavily.
Jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Harden keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Jones looks for the body kick but Harden saw that one coming.
Harden tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Jones manages to circle out of the way.
Harden swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jones moves out of range of the strikes.
The fighters circling - Jones throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jones fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Harden, pushing him back against the cage.
Jones is working Harden over against the cage.
Harden misses with a punch to the body.
Jones lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Harden backwards.
Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Harden takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jones throws a low kick but Harden moves out of range easily.
It looked like Harden was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Jones.
Jones throws a low kick but it's checked well by Harden.
Jones lands with a nice body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice straight punches there by Jones. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Jones.
It looks like James Harden has been cut.
Jones throws a quick inside leg kick.
Harden tries to clinch up but Jones circles away and keeps his distance.
Jones is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Harden with a body shot.
Jones rushes Harden with punches - Harden moves straight backwards instead of circling and gets clipped by the second strike... and the third... and the fourth! Oh, Harden goes down! Jones follows up with more strikes and the ref steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mario Jones!
A very excited looking Mario Jones rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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hype
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