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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Waylon Jones (ranked 4198 p4p, 4204 weight class) and Jorge Linares (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Waylon Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jorge Linares!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Chad Campbell and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Linares shoots in for a takedown but Jones shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Linares fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Jones to the ground. Linares is now in Jones's guard.
Jones wants to sweep here but Linares controlling him for the moment.
Jones has his hands on Linares's head, controlling the position.
Linares tries to free his leg and advance position but Jones is retaining full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Linares trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Linares pushes down on Jones's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Linares trying to pass the guard but Jones defending well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones moves into full guard.
Linares stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jones swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Linares stopping the sweep attempt from Jones.
Jones keeping full guard, as Linares tries to pass.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jones controlling the position.
Linares is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Jones tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Linares tries to free his leg and advance position but Jones is retaining full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Jones is pulling down on Linares's head to control his posture.
Jones keeping full guard, as Linares tries to pass.
Jones looking for a sweep. Not yet Jones, not yet.
Jones has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Jorge Linares seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Linares shoots in looking for a takedown. Jones tries to sprawl out of it but Linares keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Jones manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Linares feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones has his hands on Linares's head, controlling the position.
Linares tries to free his leg and advance position but Jones is retaining full guard.
Jones is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Linares looks winded!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Linares tries to roll over but Jones keeps him under control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Ground and pound from Jones.
Jones scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Jones with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Jones seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Linares for as long as he can get away with.
Jones continues to stall.
Linares manages to get to full guard.
Jones is stalling in the full guard.
Jones might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Linares looking to hit a scissor sweep but Jones is one step ahead there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jorge Linares dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Linares fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Jones avoids it really well and circles away.
Linares fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Linares fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Jones to the ground. Linares is now in Jones's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Linares wants to pass the guard but Jones is keeping the position.
Linares has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jones controlling Linares's posture.
Jones on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Jones tries to get out of the position.
Jones is trying to keep Linares in close.
Linares trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Linares is fighting to break Jones's control of his arms but Jones is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Jones lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Linares is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Jones defends well.
Linares is breathing heavily.
Jones trying to control but Linares is working from the bottom.
Jones landing with the ground and pound.
Jones is in close to Linares's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Linares looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Jones landing some decent shots from guard.
Linares keeping moving, preventing Jones from controlling successfully.
Jones is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Jones scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Jones lands a couple of digs.
Jones is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Jones controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Jones has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Linares looking for a guillotine here but Jones defends easily.
Linares being controlled here, momentarily.
Jones scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Linares working for a triangle but Jones defends it easily.
Jones knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Linares on the ground.
Linares being controlled here, momentarily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones works over Linares with some ground and pound from guard.
Jones trying to control the position from guard on top but Linares is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jones postures up and lands a big shot to Linares's brow.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Jones's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Jones scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Jones engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Jones landing some decent shots from guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jones content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Jones controls from within his opponent's guard.
Linares looking to hit a scissor sweep but Jones is one step ahead there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Waylon Jones dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Linares shoots in but no luck this time.
Linares shoots in for a takedown but Jones shows good takedown defense.
Jones changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Linares tries to score a power double leg takedown but Jones sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Linares somewhat.
Jones appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Waylon Jones has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jorge Linares.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Linares fails to land the takedown.
Jones feinted with a counter takedown.
Linares takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Linares.
Linares shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Jones but Jones pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Jones half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Linares.
Jones attempts a counter takedown but Linares avoids it well and moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Linares tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Jones defends well and Linares ends up having to push Jones into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Jones drops down looking for a counter takedown but Linares sprawls and moves away.
Linares fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Jones attempts a counter takedown but Linares avoids it well and moves away.
No luck for Linares with that takedown attempt.
Jones attempts a counter takedown but Linares avoids it well and moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Linares has a takedown stuffed.
Linares tries for a takedown but Jones sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Jones feinted with a counter takedown.
Jones slaps away a takedown attempt from Linares, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Jones feinted with a counter takedown.
That's four 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.
Linares shoots in looking for a takedown but Jones manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Linares's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Jones stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Jones wants it to stay on the feet.
Jones half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Linares.
Jones feinted with a counter takedown.
Linares fails with a takedown attempt.
And that's the end of the fight!
Waylon Jones showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Jones 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight for Waylon Jones!
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight for Waylon Jones!
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight for Waylon Jones!
Waylon Jones wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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