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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hulk Hogan (ranked 6874 p4p, 559 weight class) and John Jones (ranked 7061 p4p, 562 weight class). Hogan comes to the cage accompanied by My Time Is Now. John Jones will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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193 lbs
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193 cm
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193 lbs
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid 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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Hulk Hogan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, John Jones!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Michael Johnstone and Santiago Holmes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hogan throws an off balance right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Jones swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hogan fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Jones sprawls well initially but Hogan persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Jones has his hands clasped together around Hogan's back. He's all about the action.
Jones manages to get to full guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Hogan's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Jones looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Hogan might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Hogan is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Jones is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hogan lands a couple of digs.
Hogan looking to sit in guard and control but Jones gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Hogan knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Jones on the ground.
Jones stopping the sweep attempt from Hogan.
Hogan is working hard here to advance position.
Jones not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Jones wants to control from the top but Hogan keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Jones trying to control the position from guard on top but Hogan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hogan definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Hogan wants to sweep here but Jones controlling him for the moment.
Jones trying to control the position from guard on top but Hogan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Jones waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hogan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hogan shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Jones defends it nicely.
Jones keeps the fight on the outside.
The fighters circling - Hogan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hogan ducks right into an uppercut from Jones.
Jones gets caught flat footed, as Hogan shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Jones has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Hogan is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Jones gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Hogan.
Hogan misses with a punch to the body.
Hogan can't find room to land a body shot as Jones controls the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hogan's face.
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!
Hogan has a couple of punches blocked by Jones.
Hogan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jones tries to land knees in the clinch but Hogan avoids the damage to the body.
Jones goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jones lands a right hand.
Hogan blocks the elbow strike.
Hogan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jones tries to break the clinch but Hogan is controlling the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hogan tries to work over Jones's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jones tries a knee to the head but Hogan blocks it.
Jones blocking some punches.
Jones misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Jones dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Hogan fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Jones avoids it really well and circles away.
Hogan misses with a looping right.
Hogan misses with a takedown
letting Jones counter with a right hand.
Hogan closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Jones did well to prevent Hogan getting side control.
Hogan misses with a head shot. Jones uses the momentum to regain guard.
Hogan is working Jones over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Hogan has a hand on Jones's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Jones takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones prevents Hogan from getting the reversal.
Jones gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
Hogan darts in and clinches Jones up against the cage.
Jones is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hogan is defending well for now.
Jones with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hogan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jones can't find room to land a body shot as Hogan controls the action.
Hogan swings wildly with an uppercut but Jones uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hogan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hogan has a couple of punches blocked by Jones.
Hogan blocks an elbow strike.
Hogan tries a body shot but Jones blocks it.
Hogan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hogan keeps control of Jones as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jones gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Hogan.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hulk Hogan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hogan.
Hogan misses with a punch on the inside.
Hogan misses with a body punch.
Jones missing with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones misses with an elbow strike.
Jones prevents a body shot from Hogan.
Hogan keeps control of Jones as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jones tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hogan avoids it.
Jones misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hogan.
Hogan swings wildly with an uppercut but Jones uses good head movement to avoid it.
John Jones seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Jones tries to throw a body punch but Hogan avoids it by throwing Jones back against the cage.
Jones blocks an uppercut.
Jones breaks from the clinch.
Hogan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jones manages to avoid it.
Hogan shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Jones looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones looking to control.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Jones is on top in guard.
Hogan keeping moving, preventing Jones from controlling successfully.
Jones is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hogan has Jones pulled in close to control his posture.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but John Jones will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. And we move into the final round!
Jones throws a low kick, looking for Hogan's leg but Hogan calmly moves out of range.
Hogan shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Jones pinned against the cage. Jones gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
A swing and a miss from Hogan.
Jones swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Hogan will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Hogan is looking to clinch but Jones is avoiding it.
Hogan dives in and scores a takedown into Jones's guard.
Hogan throws a strike but Jones rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Jones trying to control but Hogan is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hogan is trying to keep Jones in close.
Jones not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones trying to control the position from guard on top but Hogan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hogan tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Jones has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jones tries to stand but Hogan is controlling from the bottom.
John Jones has got the better of the ground game so far.
Jones controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Hogan keeping moving, preventing Jones from controlling successfully.
Jones might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Hogan haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Hogan's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Jones connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Hogan scrambles back to his feet.
A swing and a miss from Jones.
Jones moves out of range of the strikes.
Jones looks to score with a jab to the body but Hogan is just out of range.
Hogan throws a shot from downtown. Jones moves away and avoids it.
Hogan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hogan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hogan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jones moves away.
Jones throws a shot from downtown. Hogan moves away and avoids it.
Jones defending well as Hogan loads up on a big left hand.
Jones uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hogan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones gets caught flat footed, as Hogan shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Jones tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Jones controls Hogan momentarily but Hogan frees himself.
Hogan showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Hogan's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Hulk Hogan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hogan trying to control the position from guard on top but Jones is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jones looking to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Hogan manages to get himself to full guard.
Jones won't allow Hogan to sweep him here.
Jones engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Jones trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
John Jones is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Jones throws a big right hand that misses.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jones won't allow Hogan to sweep him here.
Jones wants to control from the top but Hogan keeps moving.
Hogan looking to hit a scissor sweep but Jones is one step ahead there.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Hulk Hogan.
Well Jones has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Dirk Anderson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight 28:30
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Jones!
John Jones spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
Hulk Hogan was interviewed post fight and said 'My time is not yet now.'.
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RATING
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