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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Reed Sherman (ranked 4045 p4p, 3752 weight class) and Amos Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Reed Sherman!
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, Amos Jones!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Ivan Kurochkin and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sherman misses with a leg kick.
Sherman looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Jones!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sherman has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Jones!
Jones tries to hold on but Sherman postures up.
Sherman landing strikes from the mount.
Sherman lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Jones is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Jones wants to hold on but Sherman pushes him away.
Jones is looking to improve his position but Sherman isn't that keen on the idea.
The referee warns Jones that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones tries to reverse the position but Sherman maintains control.
Jones really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Sherman. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Sherman punishing his opponent with strikes.
Sherman lands a nice shot to the head.
Sherman tries to control but Jones wriggling away.
Jones tries to hold on but Sherman postures up.
Sherman content just to control the position here.
Sherman tries to control but Jones wriggling away.
Jones is working to get back to half guard.
Sherman controlling the pace for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones is in a horrible position here. Sherman smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
BOOM! Sherman connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Sherman wants to control the pace but Jones is squirming around nicely.
Sherman connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Sherman with the ground and pound from mount.
Sherman wants to control the pace but Jones is squirming around nicely.
Jones can't escape the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sherman looking to control but Jones is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Sherman dominating with strikes here.
Sherman can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Jones is looking to escape.
Jones is controlling an arm, preventing Sherman from taking his back. Although keeping him in mount is no better to be honest.
Jones is looking to get to half guard.
Sherman looking to control and managing it successfully.
Jones tries to lock up and control but Sherman gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Sherman cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Sherman looking to control but Jones is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Sherman landing strikes from the mount.
Sherman postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Jones looks a forlorn figure.
Sherman landing strikes, looking to finish!
Sherman trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Jones tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Jones looks winded!
Sherman pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Reed Sherman dominated that round.
That's time! Sherman's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Jones throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Sherman tries to clinch but Jones moves out of range.
Sherman 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.
Sherman looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Sherman fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Jones avoids it really well and circles away.
Jones 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.
Sherman pushes Jones off and gets back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sherman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jones.
Sherman tries to clinch but Jones moves out of range.
Jones with the counter takedown but Sherman avoids it easily.
Jones displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Sherman.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sherman throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Jones.
It looks like Amos Jones has been cut.
Sherman shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Jones defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Reed Sherman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Sherman on his heels. He'll look to pass Sherman's guard now, I'm sure.
Jones makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Sherman manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
Jones drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jones is breathing heavily.
Sherman wants to take the fight to the mat but Jones manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jones jumps guard and drags Sherman to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sherman lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Sherman connects with a couple of short punches.
Jones controls Sherman momentarily but Sherman frees himself.
Jones keeping moving, preventing Sherman from controlling successfully.
Sherman is in close to Jones's body, working some short punches and elbows.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sherman advances position into side control!
Sherman stands up.
Sherman tries to clinch up but Jones circles away and keeps his distance.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Sherman.
Jones tries to clinch there but Sherman circles away.
Sherman fails with a takedown attempt.
Nice takedown defense from Sherman. No joy for Jones on that attempt.
Sherman dives in and grabs Jones's left leg, looking for a takedown. Jones pushes down on Sherman's head and hops out.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones swats away the attempt to clinch by Sherman.
Sherman fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Sherman goes for a double leg but Jones avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Jones continues to drive forward.
Sherman tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Jones smiles and moves away.
Jones misses with a body shot.
Sherman misses with a head kick.
Sherman goes for a double leg but Jones avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Jones continues to drive forward.
Sherman looking to stall.
Sherman goes for a takedown attempt but Jones pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Amos Jones will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Amos Jones's cut.
That's time! Sherman's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Jones clinches up against the cage.
Jones misses with a body punch.
Jones lands an elbow that stopped Sherman in his tracks for a moment.
It looks like Reed Sherman has been cut.
Sherman jumps guard but Jones stands there with Sherman around his waist. Sherman gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Sherman tries to pull guard but Jones forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Sherman here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Jones lands a damaging elbow.
Jones tries to work over Sherman's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones misses with a body punch.
Sherman tries to pull guard but Jones forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Reed Sherman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sherman is looking for a takedown.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jones lands an elbow inside that Sherman shrugs off.
Sherman is trying to pull guard but Jones turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sherman has had enough of the clinch but Jones keeps him there for the moment.
Jones prevents the takedown attempt.
Sherman takes an elbow to the temple.
A right hook to the body lands for Jones.
Jones jumps into guard, dragging Sherman to the mat.
Jones is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Jones is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Sherman defends well.
Jones looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sherman controlling from the top position.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sherman's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Sherman passes into half guard.
Sherman is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Jones doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Sherman.
Jones is looking to improve his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sherman stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Sherman manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Jones on his heels. He'll look to pass Jones's guard now, I'm sure.
Sherman slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Sherman working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Sherman is trying to get an arm triangle but Jones is defending well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sherman advances nicely into full mount.
Jones takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Reed Sherman overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Sherman landing shots from mount.
Sherman looking to control and managing it successfully.
Jones tries to hold on but Sherman postures up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sherman takes his opponent's back. Perhaps a chance to lock up a rear naked choke here.
Sherman tries to get the hooks in deep but Jones pushed the leg off.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Amos Jones.
I think Jones has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Reed Sherman!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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