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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Jones (ranked 3231 p4p, 4385 weight class) and Kingsley Nasir (ranked 422 p4p, 528 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Great wrestler
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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Decent boxing
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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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kevin Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kingsley Nasir!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Chad Campbell and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nasir shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jones gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Nasir changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Jones fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Nasir scores with a nice strike.
Jones displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Nasir throws out the jab.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Nasir lands a nice shot that snaps Jones's head back.
Nasir catches Jones with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Nasir swings for the body but Jones moves out of range.
A shot to the liver by Nasir. Beautiful body shot.
Nasir gets caught napping as Jones dives in and scores a takedown. Nasir manages to retain guard.
Jones has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Jones working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jones with a flurry of punches that miss.
Jones controls from within his opponent's guard.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Jones pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Nasir is keeping the position for now.
Jones stays in close to Nasir's body and controls the position.
Nasir wants to sweep but no luck.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones passes Nasir's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Nasir is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Still in half guard, Jones seems content to control.
Nasir looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Jones scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Jones is trying to control. Nasir wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Jones is trying to work for a kimura but Nasir is defending well.
Nasir tries to get to full guard but Jones has control of the leg.
Jones is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Nasir sees it coming and defends easily.
Jones is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Jones wants to control but Nasir is keeping him busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones seems to be looking for submissions.
Nasir felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Jones is looking to advance position but Nasir won't allow it.
Jones lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Nasir actively working from the bottom here.
Jones is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Nasir is looking to get to half guard.
Jones trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Jones tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Nasir keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Jones with a couple of short strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones tries to control but Nasir wriggling away.
Nasir working to try and regain half guard.
Jones looking to secure an arm triangle but Nasir defends it well.
Jones lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Jones scoring with strikes but Nasir is staying in there.
Jones looking to secure an arm triangle but Nasir defends it well.
Jones takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Nasir tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Nasir keeps trying to improve his position.
Jones looking to control but Nasir is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Nasir can't escape the position.
Jones lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Nasir hang on?
Jones controlling from mount.
Jones lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Jones has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jones in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Jones is working for a guillotine from mount but Nasir frees his head quite easily.
Nasir manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Nasir on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Jones is trying to control. Nasir wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Jones has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Nasir defend it? Jones steps over the head and cranks it - Nasir is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Jones!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Kevin Jones!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Kevin Jones waved his t-shirt featuring FUClothing's logo in front of the cameras.
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hype
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