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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Carey Bolden (ranked 6743 p4p, 25316 weight class) and Jonathan Jimenez Jimenez (ranked 670 p4p, 687 weight class). Carey Bolden has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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190 cm 25 180 0 - 1 - 0 |
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150 cm 25 175 0 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt Brawler Self confident |
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Decent wrestler Decent boxing Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Carey Bolden! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jonathan Jimenez Jimenez! The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Chris Downing and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Jimenez Jimenez fails with the takedown. Bolden throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Jimenez Jimenez. Jimenez Jimenez fails to land the takedown. Jonathan Jimenez Jimenez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Jimenez Jimenez shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Bolden as he jumps to the side. Carey Bolden has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jonathan Jimenez Jimenez. Bolden closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Jimenez Jimenez is looking for a sweep. Bolden is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Bolden trying to control from half guard but Jimenez Jimenez is working away.
That's one minute gone in the round. Jimenez Jimenez is holding on to half guard well. Bolden is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Jimenez Jimenez has managed to free his arm - good work. Bolden is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there. Jimenez Jimenez is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment. Bolden works his way into full mount!
That's two minutes gone in the round. Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it. Jimenez Jimenez is squirming around, avoiding Bolden's attempts to control the action. Jimenez Jimenez is trying desperately to improve position. Bolden has hold of Jimenez Jimenez's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Jimenez Jimenez manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Jimenez Jimenez is squirming around, avoiding Bolden's attempts to control the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Bolden is working for a guillotine from mount but Jimenez Jimenez frees his head quite easily.
Bolden punishing his opponent with strikes. Bolden trying to control but Jimenez Jimenez is having none of it. Jimenez Jimenez tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Bolden trying to control but Jimenez Jimenez is having none of it. Jimenez Jimenez is trying to stand up. Bolden looking to control but Jimenez Jimenez is working nicely, looking to advance position himself. Bolden lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out! Bolden working Jimenez Jimenez over with strikes here. Jimenez Jimenez tries to hold on but Bolden pushes him away. Bolden manages to capitalize on a mistake by Jimenez Jimenez to take his back! And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Carey Bolden dominated that round. That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Jimenez Jimenez shoots in but no luck this time. Bolden gets in close and instigates a clinch. Jimenez Jimenez is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath. Bolden turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Bolden manages to end up in side control. Jimenez Jimenez is not content to let Bolden control the position. Bolden decides to take the fight back to the feet. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Bolden shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Jimenez Jimenez's guard. Jimenez Jimenez is looking to stand back up but Bolden counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Jimenez Jimenez.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Jimenez Jimenez has eaten all the pies! We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Jimenez Jimenez is doing well to control the position and prevent Bolden from advancing to side control.
That's one minute gone in the round. Jimenez Jimenez has a hand on Bolden's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Bolden takes advantage of the position though and mounts him! Jimenez Jimenez tries to get back to half guard but can't. We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Jimenez Jimenez can do anything to dispel that myth. Jimenez Jimenez is still trying to improve position. Bolden will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions. Jimenez Jimenez is squirming around, avoiding Bolden's attempts to control the action. Bolden tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position. Bolden pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Jimenez Jimenez is squirming around, avoiding Bolden's attempts to control the action. Bolden controlling from the full mount. Bolden trying to control but he's not successful this time. Jimenez Jimenez tries to hold on but Bolden postures up. Bolden lands with some strikes. Bolden looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Jimenez Jimenez tries to reverse the position but Bolden maintains control. Bolden controlling the position easily from mount. Bolden putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound! Jimenez Jimenez working to try and regain half guard.
Bolden trying to control but Jimenez Jimenez is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Bolden controlling from mount. The crowd thankful this round is nearly over. Bolden lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Bolden is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jimenez Jimenez can do to turn this around? Bolden trying to control but Jimenez Jimenez is having none of it. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Carey Bolden dominated that second round. 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 crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Jimenez Jimenez shoots in and bounces Bolden off the cage to secure the takedown into guard. Jimenez Jimenez would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard. Bolden has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Jimenez Jimenez can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself. Jimenez Jimenez is stalling in the full guard. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Bolden is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round. Bolden seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime. Bolden prevents Jimenez Jimenez from standing back up.
Jimenez Jimenez avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bolden. Jimenez Jimenez is trying to get back to full guard. Jimenez Jimenez is controlling Bolden's position as best he can from this difficult position. Jimenez Jimenez is trying to get back to full guard. Jonathan Jimenez Jimenez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round. The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight. Jimenez Jimenez looking for submissions from an awkward position here. Bolden stalling. Bolden uses his free foot to push down on Jimenez Jimenez's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Jimenez Jimenez. Jimenez Jimenez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired. Jimenez Jimenez flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Bolden working Jimenez Jimenez over with strikes here.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Bolden landing strikes from the mount and Jimenez Jimenez is in trouble! Jimenez Jimenez squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Jimenez Jimenez really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bolden. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out. Jimenez Jimenez is writhing around trying to get back to his feet. Bolden landing strikes from the mount and Jimenez Jimenez is in trouble! Bolden with the ground and pound from mount. A nice elbow there by Bolden. Bolden lands a big elbow. Bolden cracks Jimenez Jimenez with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Bolden trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Bolden landing strikes from the mount and Jimenez Jimenez is in trouble! Bolden trying to control but he's not successful this time. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! The crowd thankful this round is nearly over. Bolden landing strikes from the mount. Carey Bolden is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach. Bolden scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Jimenez Jimenez?
And that's the end of the fight! Carey Bolden showed his dominance in that final round. Well Bolden has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27 Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27 Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Carey Bolden!
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32% |
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