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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Malachi Lawrence (ranked 1753 p4p, 2953 weight class) and Barry Jones (ranked 243 p4p, 374 weight class). Jones has chosen Raining Blood - Slayer as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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180 cm 32 174 18 - 17 - 0 |
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180 cm 33 180 24 - 18 - 0 |
Great wrestler World class boxer Granite chin |
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Excellent grappler World class boxer Good gas tank |
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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 18 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Malachi Lawrence! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 24 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Barry Jones! The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Colin Fotheringham and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Jones lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Lawrence at a distance.
Lawrence lands a nice shot that snaps Jones's head back.
Jones scores with a body shot.
Jones misses with a straight right. Jones swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Lawrence.
It looks like Malachi Lawrence has been cut. A swing and a miss from Jones. Nice defenses there by Jones. Jones slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range. Lawrence throws a looping overhand right but Jones ducks down to avoid it. Jones drops Lawrence with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Lawrence looks back up at him and smiles so Jones waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Nice defenses there by Lawrence. Lawrence scores with a jab to the head.
Nice defenses there by Lawrence. A cross from Lawrence lands. Jones throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jones thows a left - swing and a miss! Jones misses with a looping right. Jones missing with a left hand there. Lawrence was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Lawrence has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Forged In Fire in the buildup to the fight. Jones takes a swing at Lawrence's ribcage but misses. Jab, jab by Jones - just one landing.
Malachi Lawrence's cut is getting worse. Lawrence lands a head shot. A shot to the liver by Jones. Beautiful body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round. Jones lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Lawrence at a distance.
Lawrence misses the shot to the body. Jones drops Lawrence with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Lawrence looks back up at him and smiles so Jones waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Lawrence is rocked! Lawrence on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot. Oh Lawrence is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Lawrence is aggressively charging in as Jones backs up avoiding any damage. Jones tosses out a jab and Lawrence runs right into it face first! Lawrence is out cold! Jones dropped down on all fours and is barking in Lawrence's face like a pit bull in celebration until the ref was finally able to pull him away!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Barry Jones! An out of breath Barry Jones thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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100% |
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