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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hamburger Jones (ranked 1992 p4p, 3266 weight class) and Balthasar Van Thüringen (ranked 242 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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Good takedowns
Counter fighter
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BJJ Brown Belt
Good low kicks
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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 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Hamburger Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 12 - 2, fighting out of Hilo, Balthasar Van Thüringen!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Phil Schofield and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Thüringen throws a shot from downtown. Jones moves away and avoids it.
Jones uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Van Thüringen.
Nice defenses there by Jones.
Jones moves away from the strike by Van Thüringen.
Balthasar Van Thüringen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jab from Van Thüringen.
Van Thüringen swings for the body but Jones moves out of range.
It looked like Jones wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Jones wants to clinch.
Jones dives in and grabs Van Thüringen's left leg, looking for a takedown. Van Thüringen pushes down on Jones's head and hops out.
Van Thüringen misses with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Thüringen misses the jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Van Thüringen. Jones does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jones shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Van Thüringen defends it nicely.
Jones looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Thüringen thows a left - swing and a miss!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Jones is defended easily by Van Thüringen.
Van Thüringen appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hamburger Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones throws a right hand that misses
and Van Thüringen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Van Thüringen misses the shot to the body.
Van Thüringen displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Jones.
Van Thüringen scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Van Thüringen throws a shot from downtown. Jones moves away and avoids it.
Van Thüringen scores with a sloppy right hand. Jones should have avoided that one.
Van Thüringen jabs Jones to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Jones is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Van Thüringen. Jones does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jones needs to keep his hands up - Van Thüringen had a free shot at his head there.
Van Thüringen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jones manages to avoid it.
An attempted straight right counter from Jones misses the target.
Jones throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jones scores with a takedown into Van Thüringen's guard.
Jones postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Van Thüringen is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Jones, into his guard.
Jones looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Van Thüringen's corner is telling him to maintain position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones trying to control the position.
Jones looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Van Thüringen has picked Jones up and slammed him! Jones can't keep hold of the triangle and Van Thüringen manages to pass to side control!
I wouldn't like to be where Jones is right now.
Jones struggling a bit here.
Jones looks to move to half guard but instead Van Thüringen has passed into mount! Damn!
Jones tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones tries to hold on but Van Thüringen postures up.
Jones is trying to escape the mount.
Jones tries to hold on but Van Thüringen postures up.
Jones tries to reverse the position but Van Thüringen maintains control.
Jones tries to hold on but Van Thüringen pushes him away.
Van Thüringen manages to capitalize on a mistake by Jones to take his back!
Van Thüringen keeps control of the position as Jones tries to break free.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Balthasar Van Thüringen 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.
Van Thüringen jabs Jones to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Van Thüringen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Van Thüringen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jones moves away.
Van Thüringen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A swing and a miss from Van Thüringen.
Jones takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
It looks like Hamburger Jones has been cut.
Jones misses with a looping right.
Van Thüringen scores with a hook to the body. Jones takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Van Thüringen misses with a looping right.
Balthasar Van Thüringen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jones moves away from the strike by Van Thüringen.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A swing and a miss from Van Thüringen.
Jones tries to counter with a takedown but Van Thüringen is quick to defend against it.
A cross from Van Thüringen lands.
Van Thüringen scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Jones doesn't seem bothered though.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Van Thüringen lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Jones is rocked!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Van Thüringen keeps the fight on the outside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Van Thüringen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jones walks right into a perfectly timed right hook and goes down hard! He's out cold! The ref cradles Jones limp body while Van Thüringen jumps on to the cage and waves to the roaring crowd. Wow that was just a brutal knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Balthasar Van Thüringen!
After the fight, Balthasar Van Thüringen was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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hype
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