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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Enzo De Luca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and MIke Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Luca comes to the ring accompanied by Crank that. Enzo De Luca had a look across the ring there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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205 lbs
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Enzo De Luca!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, MIke Jones!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Steven Brown and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Jones fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jones stuffs the takedown attempt from De Luca. De Luca gets slowly back to his feet.
De Luca steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jones.
Jones misses with a wild combination.
De Luca shoots in for a takedown but Jones shows good takedown defense.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from De Luca.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Enzo De Luca. That's going to take a lot out of him.
De Luca has a takedown stuffed.
Jones moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
De Luca changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Jones tries to avoid it but De Luca manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Jones to the ground. Jones escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Jones tries to clinch there but De Luca circles away.
Jones wants to clinch.
De Luca shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Jones as he jumps to the side.
Jones throws a big shot that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones clinches.
De Luca has Jones pressed against the ropes, preventing Jones from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jones wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jones tries to break free but De Luca pushes him back against the ropes.
Jones gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from De Luca.
De Luca manages to break the clinch.
Jones missing with a left hand there. De Luca was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jones digs a good body shot into De Luca's ribs.
MIke Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones tries to clinch but De Luca moves out of range.
Jones misses with a few strikes there.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but De Luca paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jones misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
De Luca takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
De Luca is breathing heavily.
De Luca scores with a takedown into Jones's guard.
Jones is edging up against the ropes. He's using the ropes to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Luca's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
De Luca gets a takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jones looks like he's trying to stand up.
Jones kicks De Luca off and gets back to his feet.
Jones throws the kick towards the body but De Luca avoids it.
Jones misses with the combination.
Jones swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by De Luca.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones misses with a wild body shot.
De Luca closes the distance and clinches.
De Luca tries to score a body lock takedown but Jones shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
De Luca goes for a takedown attempt but Jones pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
De Luca scores with a takedown into Jones's guard.
De Luca trying to control but Jones is working from the bottom.
De Luca is really struggling to control Jones but he's trying to hold on to the position.
De Luca has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Jones is proving hard to escape from.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Luca postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
De Luca won't allow Jones to get back to his feet.
De Luca works over Jones with some ground and pound from guard.
Jones keeping moving, preventing De Luca from controlling successfully.
Jones wants to stand but De Luca is controlling the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
MIke Jones dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
De Luca gets a clinch.
De Luca manages to break the clinch.
De Luca shoots in but Jones avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Jones will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
De Luca fails with a takedown attempt.
De Luca shoots in but Jones avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Enzo De Luca. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Luca circles away from the clinch attempt
and De Luca counters with a shoot takedown. Jones fights it but they end up in guard.
Jones is breathing heavily.
De Luca looking to sit in guard and control but Jones gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Luca has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Jones has passed into side control.
Jones has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
De Luca clinches.
De Luca scores with an uppercut up the middle.
De Luca is trying to drag Jones to the mat but Jones just about manages to keep his footing. He used the ropes to his advantage there.
De Luca has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Jones is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for De Luca.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Luca tries to pull guard but Jones won't allow it.
De Luca drops down looking for an ankle pick but Jones pulls his leg out and moves away.
De Luca moves out of range of the body kick.
Jones cracks De Luca with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Enzo De Luca is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jones displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from De Luca.
De Luca defending well as Jones loads up on a big left hand.
De Luca moves out of range of the strikes.
De Luca wants to clinch up but Jones keeps it at a distance.
De Luca changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Jones looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
De Luca throwing shots but missing, from side control.
De Luca is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Jones is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
The strikes coming from De Luca are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Luca in side control, throwing shots but Jones defends.
Jones is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the ropes but De Luca has just dragged him back down to the mat.
De Luca lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Jones down.
De Luca swings around for an armbar but Jones sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into De Luca's guard.
De Luca throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Jones escapes and throws De Luca's legs to the side, diving into side control!
De Luca throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
De Luca is trying to get back to half guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Jones stands up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jones looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jones misses with a wild body shot.
De Luca fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Jones avoids it really well and circles away.
De Luca shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Jones's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Enzo De Luca 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!
De Luca has a takedown stuffed.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from De Luca is defended easily by Jones.
Jones throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
De Luca fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Enzo De Luca. That's going to take a lot out of him.
De Luca defending well as Jones loads up on a big left hand.
De Luca looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
De Luca is looking for a kimura here.
Jones pushes De Luca off and gets back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones throws a head kick that misses.
A right-left combo lands from Jones.
De Luca shoots for a double leg takedown but Jones sprawls well. He's pushed De Luca's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Jones is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nice sprawl there from Jones as De Luca shoots in.
Jones keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
De Luca on the wrong end of a nice jab.
De Luca clinches.
De Luca keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jones's efforts to push away.
De Luca has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Jones is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Luca tries to score a body lock takedown but Jones shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
De Luca prevents Jones from breaking the clinch.
De Luca drops down looking for an ankle pick but Jones pulls his leg out and moves away.
De Luca circles away from the clinch attempt
and De Luca counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
De Luca seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Jones does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
De Luca is looking for a kimura here.
De Luca is trying to control. Jones wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones is trying to stand up here but De Luca is controlling him well.
Enzo De Luca overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
De Luca is looking to take a break and control but Jones is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
De Luca wants to work for an arm triangle but Jones is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Jones is refusing to be controlled, as De Luca sits in half guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Jones slaps away a takedown attempt from De Luca, before circling back to the center of the mat.
De Luca gets cracked there but stands up to it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Jones stuffs the takedown.
Jones swings away with a body shot that misses
and De Luca counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
De Luca lands with a punch from half guard.
De Luca looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Jones with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
De Luca trying to pass the guard but Jones defending well.
Jones is trying to stand.
De Luca trying to pass the guard but Jones defending well.
De Luca wants to take a breather but Jones is having none of it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Enzo De Luca showed his dominance in that final round.
I think De Luca has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Gold scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Enzo De Luca!
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