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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Blazej Byczkiewicz (ranked 370 p4p, 111 weight class) and Jeremy Jones (ranked 58 p4p, 19 weight class). Byczkiewicz's entrance music is The Analogs - Szczecin. A fine choice. Jeremy Jones told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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180 cm 30 215 18 - 9 - 0 |
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190 cm 36 213 32 - 16 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ World class boxer Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler World class MT Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Blazej Byczkiewicz! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 32 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jeremy Jones! The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Edson Gomes and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Jones throws a front kick that sends Byczkiewicz stumbling back into the cage. Byczkiewicz throws a big shot that misses. Jones uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Byczkiewicz.
Jones throws a push kick but Byczkiewicz slaps the foot to one side. Byczkiewicz with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Jones to score with a decent uppercut.
It looks like Blazej Byczkiewicz has been cut. Byczkiewicz moves out of range of the body kick. Byczkiewicz lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head. Jones has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Byczkiewicz finds it's way round the side to connect with Jones's head. Byczkiewicz looks to land a right hand but Jones moved out of range. Jones follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land. Byczkiewicz throws a looping overhand right but Jones ducks down to avoid it. Jones looks like he wants to counter punch here. Jones staying out of range there. And an attempted straight right on the counter from Jones! But no joy. Byczkiewicz scores with a jab to the body. Byczkiewicz looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight. Byczkiewicz throws a poor cross that misses
and Jones counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. A looping hook to the body misses from Byczkiewicz. Jones does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round. Jones lands with a kick to the ribs.
Byczkiewicz throws a nice looking combination but Jones bobs and weaves to avoid any damage. Byczkiewicz rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Jones makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range. A left lands for Byczkiewicz. Byczkiewicz listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut. Byczkiewicz misses with an uppercut. A little jabbing left from Jones on the counter but it doesn't find it's target. Byczkiewicz tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Jones manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat. Jones throws the kick towards the body but Byczkiewicz avoids it. Jones connects with a jab. Jones ducks under a wild hook from Byczkiewicz. And an attempted straight right on the counter from Jones! But no joy. Byczkiewicz throws a right hand that misses
enabling Jones to counter with a crisp jab.
Blazej Byczkiewicz's cut is getting worse. The fighters circle momentarily. Byczkiewicz darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Jones moves forwards but Byczkiewicz connects with a nice, crisp jab. Jones keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jones replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Byczkiewicz blocks it well. Byczkiewicz throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd. Jones takes a shot right to the bread basket. Byczkiewicz ducks under a wild hook from Jones. Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Jones. Jones slips under a jab. Jones throws a big counter head kick but Byczkiewicz avoids it with no problem. A jab lands there for Byczkiewicz. Jones keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Byczkiewicz uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jones. Byczkiewicz has closed the distance and engaged Jones in a clinch.
Jones blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Jones misses with a hook from the clinch. Jones lands on the inside with an uppercut. Byczkiewicz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Byczkiewicz lands with a shot to the body. Byczkiewicz misses with a hook. Jones ducked under it nicely. Jones throws a counter combo. Byczkiewicz moves out of range as Jones throws a body kick.
Byczkiewicz misses with a shot to the body and Jones connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. Byczkiewicz throws a shot from downtown. Jones moves away and avoids it. Byczkiewicz takes a body punch but keeps moving. Byczkiewicz misses with a body shot.
Byczkiewicz takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Byczkiewicz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jones moves away. Byczkiewicz cracks Jones with an open hand slap.
That's four minutes gone in the round. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Byczkiewicz lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw. Byczkiewicz scores with a nice right hand.
Byczkiewicz misses with a right hand and Jones counters with a body kick. Thud! ouch! good body kick from Jones - that will leave a mark!
Byczkiewicz is breathing heavily. Byczkiewicz throws a big shot that misses. Blazej Byczkiewicz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Byczkiewicz looks to score with a jab to the body but Jones is just out of range. Jones counters with a body kick. Byczkiewicz throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Jones is trying to counter with his kicks. Jones lands a big uppercut and Byczkiewicz crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Byczkiewicz looks OK. Jones waves Byczkiewicz back to his feet!
Byczkiewicz is rocked!
Blazej Byczkiewicz's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it. Jones has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight. Byczkiewicz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jones.
Oh Byczkiewicz is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Byczkiewicz is aggressively charging in as Jones backs up avoiding any damage. Jones tosses out a jab and Byczkiewicz runs right into it face first! Byczkiewicz is out cold! Jones dropped down on all fours and is barking in Byczkiewicz's face like a pit bull in celebration until the ref was finally able to pull him away!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jeremy Jones! A very excited looking Jeremy Jones rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed. Blazej Byczkiewicz spoke after the fight, saying 'I'm trying to bring danger back in to MMA & there are no limits & no laws & I break down every barrier put in front of me till the day I die'.
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hype
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pop
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