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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mason Jones (ranked 348 p4p, 384 weight class) and Antonio Barbosa (ranked 45 p4p, 51 weight class). Barbosa is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Eminem - Go to Sleep. Mason Jones could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Antonio Barbosa's chin.
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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 17 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mason Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Antonio Barbosa!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Percy O'Donnell and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barbosa walks into a straight right hand from Jones.
Barbosa has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Jones.
Jones avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jones lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Barbosa closes the distance and clinches.
I was talking to Jones's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Good body shot from Barbosa.
Barbosa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jones gets through Barbosa's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Barbosa lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Barbosa lands a body shot in the clinch.
Barbosa lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jones breaks from the clinch.
Jones circles away from the clinch attempt.
Barbosa rushes Jones and presses him up against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A shot in the inside from Barbosa.
Jones with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jones breaks from the clinch.
Barbosa lands a slapping body shot.
Jones avoids the body shot from Barbosa.
Jones misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jones misses with a low kick.
Barbosa ducks under a wild hook from Jones.
Barbosa fails in his attempt to clinch.
Barbosa wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barbosa closes the distance and clinches.
Barbosa misses with a body punch.
Jones blocks a body shot from Barbosa.
Barbosa tries to work over Jones's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nice body punch from Jones.
Jones blocks a body shot from Barbosa.
Barbosa lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Jones lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Barbosa struggles to land a body shot inside as Jones controls his hands.
Barbosa can't find room to land a body shot as Jones controls the action.
Barbosa throws a head punch that misses.
Jones misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jones misses with a punch to the body.
Jones lands a body punch in the clinch.
Barbosa has Jones pressed against the cage, preventing Jones from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jones's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A shot in the inside from Barbosa.
Barbosa misses with a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones struggles to land a body shot inside as Barbosa controls his hands.
A right hook to the body lands for Barbosa.
Barbosa swings wildly with an uppercut but Jones uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barbosa misses with a punch to the body.
Barbosa misses with a punch to the body.
Barbosa can't find room to land a body shot as Jones controls the action.
Jones blocks a body shot from Barbosa.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barbosa lands a left hand.
Barbosa misses with a punch to the body.
Jones lands a hook that snaps the head of Barbosa backwards.
A short left from Barbosa.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jones.
Jones lands an uppercut.
Jones escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Barbosa misses with an uppercut
and Jones counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Barbosa wants to clinch.
Barbosa closes the distance and pushes Jones back into the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Barbosa.
Barbosa struggles to land a body shot inside as Jones controls his hands.
Barbosa has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Jones seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Barbosa can turn it around.
Barbosa throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Jones misses with a hook from the clinch.
Barbosa tries to throw a body punch but Jones avoids it by throwing Barbosa back against the cage.
Jones has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Barbosa.
Jones fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jones presses Barbosa against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Barbosa tries a body shot but Jones blocks it.
Barbosa swings wildly with an uppercut but Jones uses good head movement to avoid it.
Barbosa has a couple of punches blocked by Jones.
Jones looking to stall.
Barbosa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Barbosa pushes Jones back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Barbosa misses with a hook to the ribs.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jones.
Jones lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Barbosa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa tries to work over Jones's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Barbosa tries to clinch but Jones moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Jones misses the target.
Jones does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Barbosa misses with a looping left.
Barbosa tries to clinch but Jones moves out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jones fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Barbosa on the side of the head.
Barbosa is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jones swats away the attempt to clinch by Barbosa.
Jones stuns Barbosa with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Nice body punch from Jones.
Barbosa throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jones.
Barbosa dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jones swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Barbosa.
Jones throws a hook but Barbosa avoids it easily.
Barbosa wants to counter with a clinch but Jones pushes him away.
Barbosa tries to clinch up but Jones circles away and keeps his distance.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Mason Jones will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Jones scores with a jab to the jaw.
Jones swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Barbosa tries to counter with a clinch but Jones shakes him off and moves away.
Barbosa rushes Jones and presses him up against the cage.
Nice body punch from Barbosa.
A shot in the inside from Barbosa.
Jones working aggressively here.
Barbosa misses with some punches.
Barbosa works on Jones's body with a couple of short punches.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Barbosa in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Barbosa struggles to land a body shot inside as Jones controls his hands.
Barbosa lands a hook that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
Barbosa lands a right hand.
Jones doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jones blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Barbosa tries to throw a body punch but Jones avoids it by throwing Barbosa back against the cage.
Barbosa tries to work over Jones's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Antonio Barbosa seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A short body shot lands from Jones as the two fighters clinch.
Jones lands a body shot in the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Jones.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barbosa misses with a punch on the inside.
Barbosa is breathing heavily.
Jones lands a left hand.
Jones makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Jones tries to throw a body punch but Barbosa avoids it by throwing Jones back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barbosa tries to throw a body punch but Jones avoids it by throwing Barbosa back against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Jones.
Barbosa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jones misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jones doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Barbosa lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
Jones tries a body shot but Barbosa blocks it.
Barbosa cracks Jones with a nice body shot.
Jones gets through Barbosa's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Barbosa makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Barbosa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short left from Barbosa.
Jones lands a left hand that snaps the head of Barbosa backwards.
Jones scores with a nice hook to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jones.
Jones working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barbosa tries to work over Jones's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jones breaks from the clinch.
Barbosa fails with an attempt to clinch.
Barbosa is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones scores with a shot to the body.
Antonio Barbosa is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Barbosa moves in looking to clinch but Jones pushes him off.
Barbosa on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Barbosa lands with a shot to the body.
Barbosa throws a body shot but no joy.
Jones just misses with a punch to the body.
Jones works Barbosa's body with a nice hook.
Barbosa throws a head kick that misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Barbosa looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Barbosa wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Barbosa throws a low kick but it's checked well by Jones.
Jones is looking to counter punch.
Barbosa takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jones swats away the attempt to clinch by Barbosa.
Jones jabs Barbosa right on the nose. Barbosa blinks but takes it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws a body shot but no joy.
Barbosa lands a jab to Jones's midsection.
Barbosa is looking to clinch but Jones is avoiding it.
Jones connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Jones tests Barbosa's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Barbosa moves into the clinch.
Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Barbosa moves in looking to clinch but Jones pushes him off.
Barbosa blocks a leg kick.
Barbosa tries to close the distance and clinch but Jones swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jones looks to score with a jab to the body but Barbosa is just out of range.
Barbosa throws a right and a left that Jones avoids nicely.
Mason Jones is winning the standup battle so far.
Barbosa doesn't manage to clinch there - Jones circles away.
Jones swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Barbosa scores with a nice right hand.
Jones keeps the fight on the outside.
Barbosa blocks a low kick nicely.
Jones throws a one two combo.
Barbosa is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Jones rather than just go for the knockout.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jones tried to score with a low kick but Barbosa checks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jones avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jones swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Barbosa moves into the clinch successfully.
Jones blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Barbosa.
Barbosa lands with a left to the head.
Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jones avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jones swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Barbosa misses with a few strikes there.
Jones throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Barbosa 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 circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jones blocks a leg kick.
Jones lands a nice leg kick that just misses Barbosa's sensitive parts.
Jones avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jones dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jones scores with a jab to the body.
Barbosa 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.
Barbosa walks into a straight right hand from Jones.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mason Jones dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Barbosa scores with a head kick. Jones tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Barbosa tries to clinch there but Jones circles away.
Barbosa doesn't manage to clinch there - Jones circles away.
Nice cross by Jones.
Jones uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Barbosa.
Barbosa connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Barbosa gets a clinch.
Jones breaks the clinch.
Jones throws a low kick but Barbosa moves out of range easily.
Jones scores with a leg kick.
Barbosa lands with a nice combination. Jones backs away looking to recover.
Barbosa tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jones swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jones circles away from the clinch attempt
and Jones counters with a stiff right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jones avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Barbosa tries to clinch up.
Barbosa is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Barbosa is looking to clinch but Jones is avoiding it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Jones keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Jones lands with a cross.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Jones lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Barbosa has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Barbosa and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Jones swings away with a body shot that misses
and Barbosa counters with a straight right hand.
Barbosa has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Barbosa there as he acknowledges the shot.
Barbosa is looking to clinch.
A quick step to the side and Jones tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jones swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Barbosa.
Barbosa tries to clinch there but Jones circles away.
Jones is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Barbosa tries to clinch up.
Barbosa on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Barbosa walks into a straight right hand from Jones.
Barbosa tries to clinch up.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barbosa moves in looking to clinch but Jones pushes him off.
A head kick misses from Barbosa.
Jones connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Barbosa rushes Jones and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Jones blocks a body shot from Barbosa.
Jones manages to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Jones, as that shot connected.
Barbosa tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jones swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Barbosa tries to clinch there but Jones circles away.
Barbosa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Barbosa takes the fight into the clinch.
Jones blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jones.
Barbosa lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Barbosa ducks right into an uppercut from Jones.
Barbosa tries to clinch up but Jones circles away and keeps his distance.
Barbosa fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Barbosa tries to land a front kick but Jones steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Jones moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Jones lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Jones tries to keep at a distance but Barbosa has taken the fight into the clinch.
Jones blocks a body shot from Barbosa.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barbosa struggles to land a body shot inside as Jones controls his hands.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jones.
Jones lands a nice knee to the body.
Mason Jones is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Barbosa takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Barbosa can't find room to land a body shot as Jones controls the action.
Barbosa swings wildly with an uppercut but Jones uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jones lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Barbosa misses with a body punch.
Barbosa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Antonio Barbosa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jones prevents a body shot from Barbosa.
Barbosa can't find room to land a body shot as Jones controls the action.
Barbosa has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Barbosa throws a punch but it's blocked by Jones.
Jones works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Jones blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Barbosa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Barbosa.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Barbosa.
Jones makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Jones.
Barbosa misses with the head strike.
Jones blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Barbosa misses with a punch to the body.
Barbosa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Barbosa avoiding damage as Jones throws knees to the body.
Good body shot from Barbosa.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short left from Barbosa.
Barbosa misses with some punches.
Barbosa lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Jones or not.
Barbosa throws a head punch that misses.
Jones prevents a body shot from Barbosa.
Barbosa pushes Jones back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jones misses with a body punch.
Barbosa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jones's elbow.
Jones leaning against his opponent.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Mason Jones.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Jones, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Mason Jones!
In his post fight interview, Mason Jones gave a big smile as he said 'Chin. Power.'.
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