PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Evil Nixon (ranked 1 p4p, 1 weight class) and Russell Tyrone Jones (ranked 9 p4p, 2 weight class). Tyrone Jones comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Ol' Dirty Bastard - Brooklyn Zoo kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Nixon
vs
Tyrone Jones

188 cm
33
211 lbs
35 - 6 - 2

182 cm
31
207 lbs
27 - 7 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 35 - 6 - 2, fighting out of New York, Evil Nixon!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Russell Tyrone Jones!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, William Gold and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nixon uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tyrone Jones.
Good shot there by Nixon.
Nixon throws a body shot but no joy.
Tyrone Jones chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nixon throws out a loose jab but Tyrone Jones uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tyrone Jones lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Tyrone Jones misses with a right hand
and Nixon cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tyrone Jones scores with a shot to the body.
Tyrone Jones throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tyrone Jones lands a glancing blow to the side of Nixon's head.

It looks like Evil Nixon has been cut.
Tyrone Jones takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Tyrone Jones throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nixon throwing a counter right hand but Tyrone Jones manages to avoid it.
Tyrone Jones lands with a cross.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tyrone Jones walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Nixon checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A big left from Tyrone Jones misses.
Nixon fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Tyrone Jones has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Tyrone Jones uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Nixon.
Tyrone Jones throws a body shot but no joy.
Tyrone Jones has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Tyrone Jones dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nixon slips a jab from Tyrone Jones.
Nice body punch from Tyrone Jones.
Tyrone Jones fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Nixon looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Nixon seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
A jab from Nixon misses.
Nixon moves away from the strike by Tyrone Jones.
Tyrone Jones misses with a right hand
and Nixon connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tyrone Jones throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Nixon on the side of the head.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Nixon.
Nixon dips to his left and cracks Tyrone Jones with an uppercut!
Nixon cracks Tyrone Jones with a good jab.
Nixon with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Tyrone Jones to score with a decent uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tyrone Jones swings for the body but Nixon moves out of range.
Tyrone Jones misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nixon.
Nixon smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Tyrone Jones swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nixon throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nixon slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Tyrone Jones throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nixon throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Tyrone Jones scores with a shot to the body.
Tyrone Jones looks to land a right hand but Nixon moved out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tyrone Jones. Nixon does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nixon slips a jab from Tyrone Jones.
Nixon is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tyrone Jones buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Tyrone Jones throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nixon was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Tyrone Jones swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tyrone Jones keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nixon.
Tyrone Jones is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Nixon avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tyrone Jones throws a chopping leg kick but Nixon manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A little feinted left hand from Nixon on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A jab from Tyrone Jones does it's job there.
Tyrone Jones misses with a double jab.
Tyrone Jones throws a jab but it's blocked by Nixon.
Tyrone Jones throws a body shot but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyrone Jones misses with a low kick.
Nice defenses there by Nixon.
Nixon lands with a slapping head kick.
Tyrone Jones lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Nixon is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Russell Tyrone Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tyrone Jones lands a right hook to the body.
Tyrone Jones throws a body shot but no joy.
Nixon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nixon checks a leg kick.
Nixon thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tyrone Jones just misses with a punch to the body.
Nixon scores with a jab.
Nixon shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

Nixon rushes Tyrone Jones and presses him up against the cage.
Tyrone Jones tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tyrone Jones blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tyrone Jones tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nixon's elbow.
A short right from Tyrone Jones on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nixon throws a punch but it's blocked by Tyrone Jones.
Tyrone Jones lands a hook that snaps the head of Nixon backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nixon.

Tyrone Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nixon throws a low kick but Tyrone Jones avoids it.
Nixon scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Tyrone Jones keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nixon.
Nixon throws a body punch but Tyrone Jones moves out of range.
Nixon needs to keep his hands up - Tyrone Jones had a free shot at his head there.
Tyrone Jones blocks a jab.
Nixon uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tyrone Jones.
Nixon tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Tyrone Jones manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tyrone Jones takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nixon tries to clinch up but Tyrone Jones circles away and keeps his distance.
Nice defenses there by Nixon.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Nixon lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Tyrone Jones has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Tyrone Jones and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
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 Evil Nixon's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Nixon slips under a jab.
Nixon jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Nixon checks a leg kick.
Tyrone Jones lands a jab.
Nixon uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tyrone Jones.
Nixon scoring well with a low kick there.
Good shot there by Nixon.
Nixon throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Tyrone Jones.

It looks like Russell Tyrone Jones has been cut.
Nixon has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Nixon there as he acknowledges the shot.
Tyrone Jones misses with a left hand
and Nixon counters with a left to the body.
Nixon connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
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!
Nixon staying out of range there.
Nixon wants to slow Tyrone Jones down by chopping away at his legs.
Tyrone Jones throws a hook but Nixon avoids it easily.
Nixon attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Tyrone Jones misses with a wild body shot.
Good standup being displayed there by Tyrone Jones as he connects with a hook.
Tyrone Jones misses with a body shot.
Nixon throwing a counter right hand but Tyrone Jones manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nixon rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tyrone Jones moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nixon connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Tyrone Jones momentarily.
Nixon throws the left hand but Tyrone Jones avoids the punch easily.
Russell Tyrone Jones seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nixon looks to land a body kick but Tyrone Jones moved away.
Nixon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tyrone Jones moves out of range of the strikes.
Nixon defending well as Tyrone Jones loads up on a big left hand.
Tyrone Jones throws a right hand that Nixon ducks under and follows up with a left that Nixon also avoids with ease.
Nice defenses there by Nixon.
Nixon scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Tyrone Jones throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tyrone Jones. Nixon does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nixon moves out of range of the strikes.
Tyrone Jones scores with a shot to the body.
Nice uppercut lands for Tyrone Jones. That snapped Nixon's head back.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nixon wants to clinch up but Tyrone Jones keeps it at a distance.
Nice uppercut lands for Nixon. That snapped Tyrone Jones's head back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyrone Jones keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Tyrone Jones on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Nixon tries to clinch up but Tyrone Jones circles away and keeps his distance.
Nixon jabs Tyrone Jones right on the nose. Tyrone Jones blinks but takes it well.
The fighters circling - Nixon throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tyrone Jones throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nixon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tyrone Jones lands with a nice body punch.
Tyrone Jones swings for the body but Nixon moves out of range.
Nixon slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Nixon scores with a punch to the head.
Nixon smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Nixon with a jab.
Nixon finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Nixon waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tyrone Jones.
Tyrone Jones misses with a looping left.
Nixon throws out a loose jab but Tyrone Jones uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyrone Jones thuds a left hand into Nixon's body.
Nixon takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Nixon fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Tyrone Jones has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Nixon tries to close the distance and clinch but Tyrone Jones swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tyrone Jones throws an off balance right hand

and Nixon counters by clinching up.
Nixon works on Tyrone Jones's body with a couple of short punches.
A right hook to the body lands for Nixon.
Nixon keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tyrone Jones's efforts to push away.
Tyrone Jones blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tyrone Jones misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nixon.
Tyrone Jones blocking some punches.
Tyrone Jones swings wildly with an uppercut but Nixon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nixon can't find room to land a body shot as Tyrone Jones controls the action.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Nixon as Tyrone Jones tries to tie him up.
Nixon tries a body shot but Tyrone Jones blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tyrone Jones blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Nixon.

Tyrone Jones breaks from the clinch.
Tyrone Jones lands a nice shot to the body.
Tyrone Jones dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Nixon. That did some damage!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tyrone Jones lands a nice looking body shot.
Nixon blocks a jab.
A slow jab from Nixon misses its intended target.
Tyrone Jones misses with a shot to the body
enabling Nixon to counter with a crisp jab.
Nixon moves in looking to clinch but Tyrone Jones pushes him off.
Nixon fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Tyrone Jones is out of range.
Nixon lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Nixon slips under a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jab from Tyrone Jones.
Nixon misses with a double jab.
Tyrone Jones throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Tyrone Jones misses the shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Evil Nixon will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Tyrone Jones lands a body punch in the clinch.

Tyrone Jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nixon jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Tyrone Jones lands with a cross.
Tyrone Jones throws a big shot that misses.
Nixon scores with a decent looking hook.
Tyrone Jones has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Tyrone Jones scores with a crisp jab that stopped Nixon in his tracks.
Tyrone Jones on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Nixon defending well as Tyrone Jones loads up on a big left hand.
Tyrone Jones connects with a body shot.
Tyrone Jones takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
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!
Good shot there by Tyrone Jones.
Tyrone Jones misses with a looping right.
Tyrone Jones misses with a straight left.
Tyrone Jones lands a nice shot that snaps Nixon's head back.

Nixon is rocked!
Nixon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tyrone Jones moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nixon scores with a spinning back kick!
Tyrone Jones throws a shot from downtown. Nixon moves away and avoids it.
Nixon missing with a left hand there. Tyrone Jones was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tyrone Jones uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nixon.
Nixon uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tyrone Jones.
Tyrone Jones throws a hook but Nixon blocks it.
A quick step to the side and Nixon tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.

Nixon moves into range and clinches up with Tyrone Jones.
Nixon softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tyrone Jones.
Nixon lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Nixon goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tyrone Jones tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nixon scores with a nice hook to the head.
Tyrone Jones takes a shot to the head.
Nixon throws a head punch that misses.
Nixon swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nixon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Evil Nixon has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Tyrone Jones throws a head punch that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Tyrone Jones's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nixon avoids a punch combination nicely.
It appears Nixon was looking to counter with a kick there.
Tyrone Jones throws a body shot but no joy.
Tyrone Jones misses with an uppercut
and Nixon counters with a nice uppercut.
Tyrone Jones misses with a straight left.
Nixon is looking to counter punch.
Tyrone Jones looks to land a combination. Nixon sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Tyrone Jones misses with a hook.
Tyrone Jones takes a swing at Nixon's ribcage but misses.
Nice straight punches there by Nixon. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Nixon.
Nixon looks to land a body kick but Tyrone Jones moved away.
Tyrone Jones connects with a single shot there.
Nice uppercut there from Tyrone Jones.
Tyrone Jones misses with a body shot.
An inside leg kick lands from Nixon.
Nixon scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyrone Jones lands a nice hook to Nixon's body. Nixon takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Good leg kick by Tyrone Jones there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Tyrone Jones uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nixon.
Nixon lands with a hook. Tyrone Jones tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Nixon dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nixon pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tyrone Jones throws a nice inside leg kick.
Nixon looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Tyrone Jones listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Tyrone Jones ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nixon moves away.
Nixon tried to counter with a leg kick but Tyrone Jones avoided it.
Left hook, right uppercut from Nixon.
Nice body punch from Tyrone Jones.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nixon fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Tyrone Jones checks it well.
Nixon jabs Tyrone Jones right on the nose. Tyrone Jones blinks but takes it well.
Nixon takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Nixon throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tyrone Jones throws a jab when Nixon was well out of range.
As Tyrone Jones tries to get set, Nixon tries to push him back and clinch up but Tyrone Jones manages to avoid the attempt.
Nixon avoids the body shot from Tyrone Jones.
Nixon uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tyrone Jones.
Tyrone Jones scores with a leg kick.
Nixon takes one to the chin there.
Tyrone Jones misses with a looping right.

Nixon has managed to clinch.
Nixon swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tyrone Jones fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nixon goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tyrone Jones has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Nixon is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Nixon lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Nixon tries to throw a body punch but Tyrone Jones avoids it by throwing Nixon back against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nixon has a couple of punches blocked by Tyrone Jones.
Nixon scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tyrone Jones tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nixon has Tyrone Jones pressed against the cage, preventing Tyrone Jones from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Tyrone Jones lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Russell Tyrone Jones just about did enough to take it.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.

A looping hook to the body misses from Tyrone Jones. Nixon does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tyrone Jones misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nixon.
Tyrone Jones swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Nixon moves into the clinch successfully.
Nixon tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tyrone Jones's elbow.
Nixon lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tyrone Jones blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tyrone Jones prevents a body shot from Nixon.
Tyrone Jones's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Nixon has a couple of punches blocked by Tyrone Jones.
Nixon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nixon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nixon misses with a hook from the clinch.

Tyrone Jones breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nixon swings for the body but Tyrone Jones moves out of range.
Tyrone Jones takes a swing at Nixon's ribcage but misses.
Nixon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tyrone Jones with the counter takedown but Nixon avoids it easily.
Tyrone Jones misses with a straight left.
Tyrone Jones misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nixon tries to clinch up but Tyrone Jones circles away and keeps his distance.

Nixon forces Tyrone Jones back against the cage and clinches.
A right hand to the body from Nixon.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Nixon.
Tyrone Jones misses with some punches.
Nixon misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nixon tries to stall but Tyrone Jones uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Tyrone Jones misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tyrone Jones blocks an uppercut.
Tyrone Jones is trying to maintain a safe position but Nixon gets an underhook and turns Tyrone Jones into the cage.
Tyrone Jones can't break the clinch.
Nixon misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nixon misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nixon lands with a left to the head.
Nixon lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tyrone Jones blocks an uppercut.
Tyrone Jones swings wildly with an uppercut but Nixon uses good head movement to avoid it.

Tyrone Jones breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tyrone Jones misses with a jab to the body
and Nixon counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Tyrone Jones thinking.
Tyrone Jones looks to throw the jab but Nixon is out of range.
Tyrone Jones throws a body punch but Nixon moves out of range.
Tyrone Jones moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Nixon misses the shot to the body.
Tyrone Jones connects with a good right hand that stumbles Nixon. Nixon circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nixon cracks Tyrone Jones with a right hand to the side of the head.
Tyrone Jones misses with a looping left.
Tyrone Jones fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nixon manages to avoid it.
Nixon walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Nixon keeps Tyrone Jones at a distance using the push kick.
Tyrone Jones moves into range and connects with a jab.
Tyrone Jones takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Nixon lands a nice leg kick that just misses Tyrone Jones's sensitive parts.
Nixon takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Tyrone Jones takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tyrone Jones throws a big shot that misses.
Nixon connects with a right hand. Tyrone Jones shakes it off.
Tyrone Jones lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nixon circles away quickly and effectively.
Nixon went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Tyrone Jones feints and then cracks Nixon's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Nixon down.
Nixon doesn't manage to clinch there - Tyrone Jones circles away.
Nixon misses with a hook. Tyrone Jones ducked under it nicely.
Tyrone Jones swats away the attempt to clinch by Nixon.
Nixon scores with a leg kick.
Nixon takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Tyrone Jones takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Nixon moves in looking to clinch but Tyrone Jones pushes him off.
Tyrone Jones misses with a low kick.
Tyrone Jones moves out of range as Nixon throws a body kick.
Tyrone Jones waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nixon.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nixon slips a jab from Tyrone Jones.
Tyrone Jones connects with a body shot.
Tyrone Jones checks a leg kick nicely.
A solid body kick from Nixon.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tyrone Jones misses with an uppercut. Nixon saw that one coming.
Nixon swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Tyrone Jones misses with a shot to the body
and Nixon counters with a nice body kick.
Tyrone Jones slips a straight right by Nixon.
Tyrone Jones missing with a left hand there. Nixon was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nixon connects with a leg kick. Tyrone Jones looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Tyrone Jones avoids the head kick by Nixon.
Nixon will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tyrone Jones misses with a straight left.
Nixon lands with a good body shot.
Tyrone Jones throws the left hand but Nixon avoids the punch easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Evil Nixon had his way with Russell Tyrone Jones in that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Tyrone Jones avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tyrone Jones lands a head shot.
Tyrone Jones fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Nixon is out of range.
It looked like Nixon was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Tyrone Jones.
Tyrone Jones takes a swing at Nixon's ribcage but misses.
Tyrone Jones throws a quick inside leg kick.
Tyrone Jones tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Nixon is able to avoid easily.
Nice uppercut there from Tyrone Jones.
Tyrone Jones fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nixon manages to avoid it.
Tyrone Jones swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tyrone Jones on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Nixon moves into range and connects with a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tyrone Jones misses with a hook.
Nixon looks to throw the jab but Tyrone Jones is out of range.
Tyrone Jones slips a jab from Nixon.
Nixon looking to land some kicks to the body here.

Tyrone Jones gets tackled into the cage by Nixon. Nixon maintains the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nixon blocks an uppercut.

Tyrone Jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tyrone Jones with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Nixon to score with a decent uppercut.
Nixon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nixon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Nixon clinches up against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Nixon struggles to land a body shot inside as Tyrone Jones controls his hands.
A shot in the inside from Nixon.
Tyrone Jones lands a right hand that snaps the head of Nixon backwards.
Nixon throws a punch but it's blocked by Tyrone Jones.
Nixon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nixon lands a nice shot to the body.
Tyrone Jones blocks a body shot from Nixon.
Nixon misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tyrone Jones.
Tyrone Jones working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Nixon throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Nixon misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Tyrone Jones fails to land.
Nixon tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nixon swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nixon keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tyrone Jones's efforts to push away.
Nixon misses with a body punch.
Nixon makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tyrone Jones tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nixon's elbow.
Nixon tries to throw a body punch but Tyrone Jones avoids it by throwing Nixon back against the cage.
Nixon misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nixon lands an uppercut.
Nixon has Tyrone Jones pressed against the cage, preventing Tyrone Jones from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Tyrone Jones swings wildly with an uppercut but Nixon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tyrone Jones taking a breather.
Nixon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Nixon fails to land.

Tyrone Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Nixon moves into the clinch successfully.
Nixon prevents a body shot from Tyrone Jones.
Nixon lands with a light punch inside.
Tyrone Jones blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nixon tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tyrone Jones's elbow.
Nixon blocking some punches.
A hook to the body from Tyrone Jones.
Tyrone Jones misses with a punch on the inside.
Tyrone Jones blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Tyrone Jones.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Nixon's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tyrone Jones lands a right hand.
Tyrone Jones scores with a shot to the side of Nixon's head.
A short right from Tyrone Jones.
Tyrone Jones works on Nixon's body with a couple of short punches.
Tyrone Jones softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Tyrone Jones tries to work over Nixon's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tyrone Jones lands a left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Tyrone Jones.
Tyrone Jones misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tyrone Jones lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nixon blocks a body shot from Tyrone Jones.
Nixon misses with some punches.
Nixon misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tyrone Jones tries a body shot but Nixon blocks it.
Tyrone Jones misses with the head strike.
Tyrone Jones blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tyrone Jones tries a body shot but Nixon blocks it.
Tyrone Jones misses with some punches.
Tyrone Jones tries to throw a body punch but Nixon avoids it by throwing Tyrone Jones back against the cage.
Tyrone Jones pushes Nixon back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A right hook to the body lands for Nixon.
Tyrone Jones goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right from Tyrone Jones.
Nixon misses with a punch on the inside.
Tyrone Jones lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nixon takes a shot to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Russell Tyrone Jones.
I think Tyrone Jones has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 47:48
Judge William Gold scores the fight 46:49
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 46:49

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Russell Tyrone Jones!
Russell Tyrone Jones is the new light heavyweight champion!
Russell Tyrone Jones decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.