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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Pip Saville (ranked 4419 p4p, 2934 weight class) and James Jury (ranked 509 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Pip Saville!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, James Jury!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Santiago Holmes and Bart Greer.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jury rushes Saville and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Saville tries to land knees in the clinch but Jury avoids the damage to the body.
Saville breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jury lands a nice leg kick that just misses Saville's sensitive parts.
Saville avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Saville throws a leg kick that is checked
and Jury counters with an inside leg kick.
Saville misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Jury throws a counter combo.
Jury looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jury decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Saville looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Jury throws a counter combo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jury closes the distance and pushes Saville back into the cage.
Saville stalling the fight.
Saville has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Jury avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pip Saville. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Saville breaks the clinch.
Saville fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jury throws a counter combo.
Saville shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Saville shoots and misses
and Jury counters with a two punch combo.
Jury clinches with his opponent.
Saville breaks from the clinch.
Jury forces Saville back against the cage and clinches.
Saville tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Jury just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saville breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jury has Saville up against the cage in a clinch.
Jury tries to score a body lock takedown but Saville shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Saville wants to take the fight to the mat but Jury manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Saville is trying to pull guard but Jury turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Saville is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jury is pressed up against the cage. Saville has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Jury down to the mat. Jury avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Jury closes the distance and pushes Saville back into the cage.
Jury pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Saville closes this distance looking for a takedown but Jury circles away.
Jury drives through and clinches with Saville against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saville breaks from the clinch.
Jury moves into the clinch.
Jury pulls guard effortlessly.
Saville has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Jury keeping moving, preventing Saville from controlling successfully.
Jury looking to hit a scissor sweep but Saville is one step ahead there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jury is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jury utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Jury manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Saville manages to get himself to full guard.
Saville working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Jury has passed into half guard!
Jury slows the pace down in half guard.
It looks like Jury might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
James Jury dominated that round.
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.
Jury dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Saville. That did some damage!
Saville shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Jury defends it nicely.
Saville is looking to clinch but Jury is avoiding it.
Jury with a lazy takedown attempt
and Saville counters with a head kick.
A clash of legs there as Saville blocks the low kick.
Jury forces Saville back against the cage and clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jury has hold of one of Saville's legs. Saville is fighting the takedown attempt but Jury gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Jury controls from within his opponent's guard.
Saville keeping moving, preventing Jury from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saville controlling the position.
Jury would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Jury is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Jury decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Saville, up you get!
Jury has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jury gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Jury is working for takedown but Saville is calmly controlling the position for now.
Jury breaks from the clinch.
James Jury seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jury avoids the head kick by Saville.
Jury will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Pip Saville has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of James Jury.
Saville shoots for a double leg takedown but Jury sprawls well. He's pushed Saville's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Jury shoots in and drives through. Saville sprawls well.
Saville appears to be looking for a big counter.
Saville is looking to clinch but Jury is avoiding it.
Jury is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Jury shoots in and gets a takedown into Saville's guard.
Saville uses the cage to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saville is looking to clinch.
Jury unleashes a big counter combination but Saville bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Jury fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Saville, pushing him back against the cage.
Saville avoiding damage as Jury throws knees to the body.
Jury manages to break the clinch.
Saville tries for a takedown but Jury sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Saville fails with a takedown attempt.
A nice inside leg kick there by Jury. That's going to slow Saville down.
Jury gets in close and instigates a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saville is trying to pull guard but Jury turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Saville breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jury turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Jury lands a nice looking body kick.
Jury throws a head kick that misses.
Jury feints and then cracks Saville's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Saville down.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jury stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Jury wants it to stay on the feet.
Jury closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Jury's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jury connects with a solid leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
James Jury showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Jury rushes Saville and presses him up against the cage.
Saville fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Saville tries to pull guard but Jury forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Saville letting Jury take a breather here.
Jury's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Saville fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Jury avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pip Saville. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jury closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jury working aggressively here.
Saville is looking to take this one to the mat.
Jury breaks from the clinch.
Saville tries to clinch there but Jury circles away.
Saville tries to score a power double leg takedown but Jury sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Saville somewhat.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jury misses with a double jab.
Saville seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Jury moves into the clinch.
Saville manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jury misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Saville.
Saville breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Saville doesn't succeed with the takedown
enabling Jury to counter with a crisp jab.
A slapping leg kick lands for Jury.
Jury lands a nice leg kick that just misses Saville's sensitive parts.
Saville dodges the punch combination from Jury.
An inside leg kick lands from Jury.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Horrible takedown attempt by Saville or perhaps it was just good defense by Jury, which made it look bad.
Jury shoots for a takedown but Saville saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Jury closes the distance and clinches up with Saville, looking for a takedown. Jury pushes Saville against the cage but Saville circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Saville drops down looking for a counter takedown but Jury sprawls and moves away.
Saville is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Jury.
Saville with a lazy takedown attempt
and Jury counters with a slapping leg kick.
Jury has Saville up against the cage in a clinch.
Saville tries to pull guard but Jury forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Jury breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jury has closed the distance and engaged Saville in a clinch.
Jury blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jury pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jury throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jury lands a two punch combo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jury throws a series of strikes that have Saville backpedaling.
Saville tries a head kick but it misses.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Jury!
Jury tries to close the distance and clinch up but Saville swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Saville shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Jury defends it nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
James Jury comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Jury 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight 26:30
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Jury!
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