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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jay Simon (ranked 272 p4p, 281 weight class) and Edward Conan (ranked 36 p4p, 38 weight class). Jay Simon has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 7 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jay Simon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Edward Conan!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Donald Grub and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Simon walks into a jab.
Simon takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Conan sizes up Simon with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Simon jabs Conan to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Simon looks to score with a jab to the body but Conan is just out of range.
Conan misses with an uppercut. Simon saw that one coming.
Simon swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Conan counters with a nice body shot.
Simon on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Simon lands a body shot.
Conan staying out of range there.
Simon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Conan misses with an uppercut
and Simon counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Simon tries to clinch but Conan moves out of range.
Conan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Simon.
Conan throws a sloppy body shot
and Conan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Conan connects with a body shot that sends Simon's belly button to the back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Conan misses the jab.
Simon misses with a shot to the body
and Conan makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Nice defenses there by Simon.
Conan misses with a hook.
Edward Conan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Simon avoids a punch combination nicely.
Conan jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Conan throws a series of strikes that have Simon backpedaling.
Conan misses with a looping right.
Simon takes a swing at Conan's ribcage but misses.
Simon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Conan manages to avoid it.
Simon misses with a body shot
and Conan counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Conan tests Simon's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Conan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Simon jabs Conan to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Conan punishes Simon's body with a nice straight punch.
Conan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Simon appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Simon dodges the punch combination from Conan.
Conan listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Simon misses with a body shot.
Conan bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Simon's head backwards.
Simon just misses with a punch to the body.
Conan cracks Simon with an open hand slap.
Conan looks to throw the jab but Simon is out of range.
Simon swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Conan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Conan throws a right and a left that Simon avoids nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Simon needs to keep his hands up - Conan had a free shot at his head there.
Conan lands a right hook to the body.
Simon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Simon tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Conan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Simon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Simon was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Conan is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Simon had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Simon misses with a wild body shot.
A swing and a miss from Simon.
Conan scores with a decent looking hook.
Simon blocks a jab.
Conan looks to throw the jab but Simon is out of range.
Simon on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Simon drops his hands momentarily and Conan takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Simon is looking to wear down Conan with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Conan looks to land a combination but Simon avoids it well.
Simon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Conan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conan cracks Simon with a good jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Conan jabs Simon to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Simon keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Conan.
A counter left hand to the body from Simon misses its target.
Conan misses with a body shot.
Simon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Conan.
Simon takes a swing at Conan's ribcage but misses.
Simon lands the left hand.
Conan throws a series of punches but Simon moves out of range.
Simon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Conan looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Conan lands a nice shot to the body.
Simon takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Simon throws a body shot but no joy.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Conan is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Conan scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Edward Conan dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Simon tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Conan manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Simon uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Conan.
Simon was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Simon takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Conan throws a series of strikes that have Simon backpedaling.
Conan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Simon was well out of range. Poor timing from Conan.
Conan throws a lazy uppercut
and Simon counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Conan avoids the body shot from Simon.
Conan lands a right hook to the body.
Simon on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Conan slips under a jab.
Conan takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Conan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Simon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Conan was well out of range. Poor timing from Simon.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Simon closes the distance and pushes Conan back into the cage.
Simon misses with a hook to the ribs.
I was talking to Simon's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Simon tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Conan's elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Conan digs a right hand underneath Simon's ribcage. Simon let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Simon tries to work over Conan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Simon takes a shot to the head.
Conan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Simon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Conan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Simon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Simon lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A shot in the inside from Conan.
Conan throws a head punch that misses.
Nice body punch from Conan - that landed with a thud.
Simon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Simon can't find room to land a body shot as Conan controls the action.
Simon struggles to land a body shot inside as Conan controls his hands.
Simon misses with some punches.
Simon misses with a punch to the body.
Simon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Simon misses with the head strike.
Conan prevents a body shot from Simon.
Conan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Simon misses with a body punch.
Conan gets through Simon's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the 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!
Simon blocking some punches.
Simon tries to work over Conan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Simon tries a body shot but Conan blocks it.
Conan prevents a body shot from Simon.
Simon stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Simon blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Conan tries to work over Simon's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Conan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Edward Conan seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Simon misses with a punch to the body.
Conan blocks a body shot from Simon.
Simon misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Simon tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Conan's elbow.
Simon swings wildly with an uppercut but Conan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Simon lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Conan backwards.
Simon tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Simon struggles to land a body shot inside as Conan controls his hands.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Simon misses with a body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conan lands a right hand.
Conan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Conan blocks a body shot from Simon.
Simon misses with a body punch.
Simon misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Conan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Conan.
Conan scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Conan misses with a punch on the inside.
Simon tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Conan's elbow.
Conan tries to work over Simon's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Conan blocking some punches.
Conan can't find room to land a body shot as Simon controls the action.
Simon scores with a shot to the side of Conan's head.
Conan lands with a short shot to the head.
Simon blocks a body shot from Conan.
Conan blocks an uppercut.
Conan working aggressively here.
Conan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Conan tries to work over Simon's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conan throws a punch but it's blocked by Simon.
Conan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Simons head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A right handed body shot lands from Conan.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Conan.
Simon can't find room to land a body shot as Conan controls the action.
Simon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Simon lands a nice uppercut.
Simon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Simon lands a left hand that snaps the head of Conan backwards.
Simon misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Conan.
Simon digs a right hand underneath Conan's ribcage. Conan let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Conan throws a punch but it's blocked by Simon.
Conan tries to throw a body punch but Simon avoids it by throwing Conan back against the cage.
Simon tries a body shot but Conan blocks it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Conan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Simon misses with a hook to the ribs.
Simon misses with a hook to the ribs.
Simon blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Edward Conan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Simon's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Simon takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Conan ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Conan loads up on a big right hand but Simon slips the punch.
Conan throws a shot from downtown. Simon moves away and avoids it.
An attempted straight right counter from Simon misses the target.
Simon takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A big left from Conan misses.
A counter left hand to the body from Simon misses its target.
Simon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Conan was well out of range. Poor timing from Simon.
Simon connects with a good right hand that stumbles Conan. Conan circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Conan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Simon is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Conan connects with a body shot that sends Simon's belly button to the back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Conan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Simon.
Simon swings for the body but Conan moves out of range.
Conan darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Conan looks to score with a jab to the body but Simon is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Conan darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Edward Conan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Conan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Simon has Conan up against the cage in a clinch.
Conan takes a shot to the head.
Conan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Simon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Conan misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right from Conan on the inside.
Simon misses with a body punch.
Conan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Simon backwards.
Simon tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Conan's elbow.
Simon is working Conan over against the cage.
Simon tries a body shot but Conan blocks it.
Conan prevents a body shot from Simon.
A head punch on the inside from Simon fails to land.
Conan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Conan.
Jay Simon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Simon swings wildly with an uppercut but Conan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Still in the clinch, Conan scores with a nice short uppercut.
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!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Simon creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Conan working aggressively here.
Conan lands a nice uppercut.
Conan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Simon cracks Conan with a nice body shot.
Simon looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Simon tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Conan struggles to land a body shot inside as Simon controls his hands.
Conan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Conan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Simon backwards.
Simon blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Simon can't find room to land a body shot as Conan controls the action.
Simon tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Simon blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Conan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Simon misses with a punch to the body.
Simon tries to throw a body punch but Conan avoids it by throwing Simon back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Simon takes a shot to the head.
Conan misses with a body punch.
Simon tries to throw a body punch but Conan avoids it by throwing Simon back against the cage.
Simon misses with a body punch.
Simon lands with a light punch inside.
Simon scores with a shoulder strike.
Conan misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short uppercut from Simon.
Conan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Simon as the two fighters clinch.
Conan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Simon lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Simon can't find room to land a body shot as Conan controls the action.
Simon blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Conan blocks a body shot from Simon.
Simon tries a body shot but Conan blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Conan.
Nice body punch from Simon - that landed with a thud.
A body shot lands from Simon.
Edward Conan is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conan throws a head punch that misses.
Simon struggles to land a body shot inside as Conan controls his hands.
Simon misses with the head strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Simon misses with a hook to the ribs.
Conan misses with a punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Conan.
Simon struggles to land a body shot inside as Conan controls his hands.
Simon misses with a punch to the body.
Simon struggles to land a body shot inside as Conan controls his hands.
Simon misses with a short punch on the inside.
Simon misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Conan.
Simon blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Simon tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Conan working aggressively here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Edward Conan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Conan 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 James Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Edward Conan!
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RATING
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