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Event:
WEC 16: Nakamura vs Tavares 2
Date: Oct 15, 2016 |
#R1##CL#
Jones closes the distance and clinches.
Jones gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. #CUT#
It looks like Arthur Vlad has been cut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jones.
Vlad is trying to break the clinch but Jones has him pressed against the cage.
Vlad misses with a punch on the inside.
Jones blocks an uppercut.
Jones lands an elbow inside that Vlad shrugs off.
Vlad takes an elbow to the temple.
Jones lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Vlad digs a right hand into Jones's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Jones's gas tank.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jones creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Jones takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Jones lands a nice elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jones lands an elbow inside.
Vlad tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jones.
Jones lands an elbow inside.
Jones comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush. #CUT#
That has opened up Arthur Vlad's cut even more.
Vlad tries to throw a body punch but Jones avoids it by throwing Vlad back against the cage.
Jones lands an elbow inside. #T1#
Jones is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Jones lands a damaging elbow.
Vlad throws a head punch that misses.
Vlad tries to throw a body punch but Jones avoids it by throwing Vlad back against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Jones.
Vlad takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jones slows down the pace here.
The referee calls for Jones to work.
Jones lands an elbow just above Vlad 's eye.
Jones throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Vlads head.
Jones lands with a left to the head.
Jones lands an elbow inside. #CUT#
The cut above Arthur Vlad's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Jones lands an elbow inside.
Jones lands a nice elbow from the clinch. #ROC#
Vlad is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vlad has a couple of punches blocked by Jones.
Vlad is still on wobbly legs! Can Jones finish him?
Jones comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush. #CUT#
Arthur Vlad's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Vlad is pressed against the cage. Jones pushes back and unleashes a big elbow that really hurts Vlad! Two more big strikes from Jones and Vlad crumples to the mat and taps out furiously due to the strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Cain Jones!
Cain Jones managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Voodoo Nutrition, into his post fight interview.
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Event:
WEC 13: Champion vs Champion
Date: Sep 24, 2016 |
#R1#
A telegraphed right hand from Nakamura misses the target.
Nakamura misses with a body kick.
Jones takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nice shot by Nakamura.
Nobuhiro Nakamura seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nakamura scoring well with a low kick there.
Nakamura tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. #CL2#
Jones fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Nakamura, pushing him back against the cage.
Nakamura misses with the head strike.
Nakamura swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jones takes an elbow to the temple.
Nakamura takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nakamura leaning against his opponent.
Nakamura goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jones tries to stall but Nakamura uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A short right from Nakamura.
Nakamura lands a body shot in the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nakamura working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Nakamura lands a left hand.
#T1#
Nakamura lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
Come on Nakamura - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Nakamura is working Jones over against the cage.
Jones lands an elbow inside that Nakamura shrugs off.
Nakamura can't find room to land a body shot as Jones controls the action.
Nakamura has a couple of punches blocked by Jones.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nakamura.
Jones throws an elbow that misses.
Nakamura lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Nakamura trying to land knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jones. #CUT2#
It looks like Nobuhiro Nakamura has been cut.
A shot in the inside from Nakamura.
Jones comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jones trying to stall but Nakamura improves his position.
Jones trying to stall but Nakamura improves his position.
Jones seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
Nakamura tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jones's elbow.
Nakamura gets through Jones's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jones looks to throw an elbow but misses. #T2#
Nakamura being controlled against the cage.
Nakamura using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Jones throws an elbow but misses.
Jones blocking some punches.
Good body shot from Nakamura.
Nakamura working Jones over with knees to the body.
Jones looks winded!
Nakamura tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jones's elbow.
Jones taking a breather.
Nakamura lands a shot to the body.
Jones misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Still in the clinch, Nakamura scores with a nice short uppercut.
Jones throws an elbow that misses.
Nakamura scores with a shot to the side of Jones's head. #ROC#
Jones is rocked!
Nakamura makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Jones is still on wobbly legs! Can Nakamura finish him?
Jones stalling in the clinch but Nakamura improves position.
Nakamura creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Jones's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Jones drops to his knees and Nakamura pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nobuhiro Nakamura!
After winning the bout, Nobuhiro Nakamura thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Event:
WEC 12: McGregor vs Centura
Date: Sep 17, 2016 |
#R1#
Dren goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Jones tries to clinch up but Dren circles away and keeps his distance.
A slow jab from Dren misses its intended target.
Jones tries to counter with a clinch but Dren shakes him off and moves away.
Dren misses with a low kick.
Jones wants to counter with a clinch but Dren pushes him away.
Dren scores with a nice body kick.
#CL2#
Jones moves into the clinch.
Jones effectively controlling the action here.
Dren lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jones backwards. #BC#
Dren breaks the clinch.
#KD#
Dren sends Jones crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Dren is motioning to the referee to let Jones up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!#ROC#
Jones is rocked!
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!
Dren closes the distance and lands a crisp combination that knocks Jones out cold! Jones corner are devastated, head in hands behind our commentary position. Poor guys.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Zdravko Dren!
A very excited looking Zdravko Dren made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Event:
WEC 10: Darrow vs Monet 2
Date: Sep 04, 2016 |
#R1#
Jones doesn't manage to clinch there - Smith circles away.
Smith throws a hook to the side of Jones's head but Jones sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Smith pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Smith lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Jones at a distance.
Cain Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smith avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jones tries to clinch but fails miserably
letting Smith counter with a right hand.
Jones tries to clinch up
and Smith counters with a left and a right that stings Jones.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Jones takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jones fails with an attempt to clinch.
Smith appears to be looking for a big counter.#T1#
Smith misses the shot to the body.
Jones takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Jones tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling Smith to counter with a crisp jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Smith misses the target.
Smith sets himself, and Jones steps forward looking for the clinch! Smith avoids it this time.
Smith swings for the body but Jones moves out of range.
Jones wants to counter the offense by Smith and move into the clinch position.
Smith throws the left hand but Jones avoids the punch easily.
Smith missing with a left hand there. Jones was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jones tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Smith manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Smith misses with a straight right.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up but Smith swats him away and circles back towards the center.
It looked like Smith wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Jones tries to clinch there but Smith circles away.
A little feinted left hand from Smith on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Smith stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Jones.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch but Smith swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. #T2#
Jones lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Smith swats away the attempt to clinch by Jones.
Smith takes a head kick and keeps coming.
#CUT2#
It looks like Daryl Smith has been cut.
Smith throws a lazy uppercut
#CL2#
and Jones counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jones'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.
Smith is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Jones lands an elbow inside that Smith shrugs off. #T3#
Jones comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jones creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jones creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Smith's defenses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jones.
Smith working aggressively here.
Jones stalling against the cage.
Jones slowing the pace effectively.
Jones creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jones lands with a right to the head.
Jones throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Smith blocks it with crossed arms.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jones just misses with a elbow thrown towards Smith's brow.
Smith avoids a wild elbow strike from Jones.
Smith definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Smith takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.#T4##BC#
Smith manages to break the clinch.
Jones avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jones fails with an attempt to clinch.
A little feinted left hand from Smith on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Smith throws an off balance right hand
#CL2#
and Jones holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Smith taking a breather.
Smith wants to break the clinch but can't.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Jones controlling the action here for a moment.
Jones receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Jones is stalling here.
Jones is stalling here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Daryl Smith will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Daryl Smith's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
#R2#
Jones tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Smith counters with a nice uppercut. #CL2#
Jones takes the fight into the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Jones.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Cain Jones.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up but Smith swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jones tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Smith manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jones wants to clinch
and Smith counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch but Smith swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Smith is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Jones bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Smith's head backwards.
Jab, jab by Smith - just one landing. #T1#
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up but Smith swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jones tries to clinch but Smith moves away
and Smith cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A swing and a miss from Smith.
Smith loads up on a big right hand but Jones slips the punch.
Smith swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
#CL2#
and Jones counters by moving into the clinch.
Smith has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Smith scores with a nice hook to the head.
Jones keeps control of Smith as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cain Jones seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Jones lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jones lands a nice elbow.
Jones blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Smith misses with the head strike.
Jones creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Smith's defenses. #CUT2#
Daryl Smith's cut is getting worse.
Smith working hard to break the clinch.#T2#
Smith takes an elbow to the forehead.
Smith wants to get back to striking at distance but Jones won't allow it.
Jones scores with a nice hook to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jones manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Jones pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Smith misses with some punches.
Smith avoids a wild elbow strike from Jones.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Jones is stalling here.
Smith throws a punch but it's blocked by Jones.
Smith avoids a wild elbow strike from Jones.
Smith wants to break free but Jones has control.
#T3#
Smith fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A frustrated look appears on Smith's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Smith blocks an elbow strike.
Smith wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jones lands a damaging elbow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Jones throws an elbow but misses.
Smith throws a punch but it's blocked by Jones.
Jones is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Jones is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Smith is defending well for now.
Jones stalling the fight.
Smith has had enough of the clinch but Jones keeps him there for the moment.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Jones blocks a punch to the side of the head.
#T4#
Smith wants to get back to striking at distance but Jones won't allow it.
Jones misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Smith.
#BC#
Smith breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice straight punches there by Jones. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Jones.
Jones tries to clinch up but Smith circles away and keeps his distance.
Daryl Smith is winning the standup battle so far.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch but Smith swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Smith is looking for a counter combo.
Nice cross by Smith.
Smith circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jones is looking to clinch but Smith is avoiding it.
It looked like Smith was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Jones darts in trying to clinch
and Smith counters with a stiff right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Cain Jones will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Daryl Smith's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
#R3#
Smith will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Smith scores with a shot to the body.
Jones tries to clinch up.#CL2#
Jones gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Jones throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Smith.
Jones is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith has a couple of punches blocked by Jones.
Jones lands an elbow inside.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jones just misses with a elbow thrown towards Smith's brow. #T1#
The referee is keeping an eye on Jones - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Jones has Smith pressed against the cage, preventing Smith from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jones comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush. #BC#
Smith pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jones tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Smith counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Jones misses with a body shot
and Smith counters with a nice uppercut. #ROC#
Jones is rocked!
Jones closes the distance but Smith moves to the side
and Smith counters with a huge left! Jones is in big trouble! He's backing up but Smith isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Jones from any more damage. A dominating finish by Smith!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Daryl Smith!
Daryl Smith 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.
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Event:
WEC 8: Monet vs McGregor 2
Date: Aug 20, 2016 |
#R1#
Dren throws an off balance right hand
and Jones counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dren looks to land a body kick but Jones moved away.
Dren fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Jones looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Jones uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dren.
Dren misses with a head kick.
Dren's corner calls for a 1-2. Dren obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range. #CL#
Jones gets in close and instigates a clinch. #BC2#
Dren breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dren goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Dren tries a head kick but it misses.
No joy there for Dren, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Dren throws a left and a right that both miss
#CL#
and Jones counters by clinching up.
Dren blocks the elbow strike.
Jones landing knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dren misses with a hook from the clinch.
Good body shot from Jones.
Dren looks winded!
Jones lands an elbow inside that Dren shrugs off.
Jones taking a breather. #T1#
A short left from Dren.
Dren blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dren blocks the elbow strike.
Dren throws a punch but it's blocked by Jones.
Jones looking to stall.
Jones trying to stall but Dren improves his position.
Maybe Jones would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
Jones lands an elbow inside.
Dren lands a left hand.
Dren digs a right hand into Jones's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Jones's gas tank.
Dren tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. #BC2#
Dren pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jones scores with a punch to the head.
Dren goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Jones showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dren.
Jones tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dren thuds his right hand into Jones's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.#T2#
Jones tries to clinch but Dren is having none of it.
Dren lands with a kick to the ribs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jones closes the distance but Dren moves to the side
and Dren counters with a nice uppercut.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dren paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dren connects with a nice looking jab.
Dren misses with a hook. Jones ducked under it nicely.
Jones tries to clinch
and Jones takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. #ROC2#
Jones is rocked!
Dren throws a sloppy head kick and Jones moves out of range easily.
Oh Jones is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dren works Jones's body with a nice hook.
Jones seems to have got his legs back now.
Dren pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jones seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Good exchange - Dren coming out on top.
Dren tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dren moves out of range of the body kick from Jones.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dren paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dren paws at him with a jab and circles away.#T3#
Dren lands the left hand.
Jones is looking to clinch but Dren is avoiding it.
Dren raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jones looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dren swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Dren thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jones tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Dren manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dren swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Jones backs away from a small jab... but Dren lunges forward with a huge superman punch! Jones crumples to the ground as his mouth piece is sent flying! Dren with a spectacular finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Zdravko Dren!
Zdravko Dren managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, AnonymouS, into his post fight interview.
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Event:
WEC 5: La Grande vs Centura
Date: Jul 30, 2016 |
#R1#
Jones tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Parker counters with a stiff right hand. #CL#
Parker closes the distance and pushes Jones back into the cage.
Jones throws an elbow that misses.
Jones misses with an elbow over the top.
Parker blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jones misses with an elbow strike.
#BC#
Parker pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jones tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Parker connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones looks to clinch #TD#
and Parker counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Parker. #SU#
Parker gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Jones is starting to get sloppy and is letting his hands down. Parker just took advantage and landed a stinging jab. Oh! Now a right hook, right on the button! Jones has gone limp and this one is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Corey Parker!
A victorious Corey Parker thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Event:
WEC 3: Parker vs Calderon
Date: Jul 16, 2016 |
#R1#
Jones avoids the head kick by Nakamura.
Nakamura fakes the leg kick and cracks Jones in the body.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Nakamura - that will leave a mark!
Jones moves out of range of the body kick from Nakamura.
#CL2#
Nakamura moves into range and clinches up with Jones.
Nakamura working aggressively here.
Nakamura lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Nakamura lands a nice shot to the body.
Nakamura tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nakamura goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nice elbow from Nakamura. #CUT2#
It looks like Cain Jones has been cut.
Nakamura lands a body punch in the clinch.
Jones is breathing heavily.
Nakamura'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.
Nakamura lands an uppercut.
Nakamura lands a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nakamura tries to throw a body punch but Jones avoids it by throwing Nakamura back against the cage.
Nakamura is leaning against Jones and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Nakamura lands with a light punch inside.
Nakamura lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. #T1#
Nakamura is leaning against Jones and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Nakamura gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nakamura landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nakamura slows down the pace here.
Come on Nakamura - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Nakamura working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nakamura scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Nakamura scores with a shoulder strike. #ROC2#
Jones is rocked!
Nakamura pushes Jones back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Oh Jones is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nakamura lands a big right hand that drops Jones! The killer instinct kicks in and Nakamura finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Nakamura!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nobuhiro Nakamura!
Nobuhiro Nakamura decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Event:
Empire 2: Sagat vs Jones
Date: Jul 02, 2016 |
#R1#
Sagat dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sagat takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Jones wants to clinch up but Sagat keeps it at a distance.
Sagat lands with a thumping leg kick.
Jones tries to clinch up.
Sagat jabs Jones right on the nose. Jones blinks but takes it well.
Jones tries to clinch but Sagat is having none of it. #CL2#
Jones rushes Sagat and presses him up against the cage.
Sagat lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sagat.
Sagat presses Jones against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Jones takes a shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but Sagat blocks with his arms.
Jones blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sagat lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sagat lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sagat.
Jones prevents a body shot from Sagat.
Sagat scores with a hook to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Sagat.
Jones looks winded!#T1#
Sagat makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Sagat scores with a nice short uppercut.#ROC#
Jones is rocked!
Sagat stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Jones is still on wobbly legs! Can Sagat finish him?
A head punch on the inside from Sagat fails to land.
Sagat lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Jones to his knees! Sagat keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Victor Sagat!
Victor Sagat is the new light heavyweight champion!
After winning the bout, Victor Sagat thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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