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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Cena (ranked 24823 p4p, 3618 weight class) and Jordan Jacobs (ranked 497 p4p, 386 weight class). Cena's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, 28 by Zach Bryan. Jacobs has chosen Pressure-Rushy as his entrance music. Jordan Jacobs told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Cena!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Jordan Jacobs!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Paul Tew and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jacobs is looking to clinch.
Cena takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A leg kick checked by Jacobs.
The fighters circling - Jacobs throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jacobs takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Cena motions for Jacobs to come forward. Cena throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Jacobs lands an overhand right.
Cena misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jacobs ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Cena is defended easily by Jacobs.
Cena's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Jacobs connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Cena scrambles back to his feet.
Cena takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Cena throws a leg kick but Jacobs sees it coming and checks it nicely.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Jacobs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jacobs cracks Cena with a right hand to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cena takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Jacobs cracks Cena with an open hand slap.
Jacobs digs a good hook to Cena's body.
Cena tries to clinch up.
Jacobs with a hook.
Cena fails to land with a series of punches.
Jordan Jacobs seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jacobs throws out a powerful jab.
Jacobs is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Cena had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Cena takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Cena wants to clinch.
Cena wants to clinch
and Jacobs connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cena moves forwards but Jacobs connects with a nice, crisp jab.
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!
Cena dives in and grabs Jacobs's left leg, looking for a takedown. Jacobs pushes down on Cena's head and hops out.
Cena throws a head kick that misses.
Jacobs moves out of range of the body kick.
Jacobs throws a looping overhand right but Cena ducks down to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jacobs swats away the attempt to clinch by Cena.
Cena tries for a takedown but Jacobs sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Cena. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jacobs getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Cena stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Jacobs.
No joy there for Cena, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jacobs pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cena shoots in but Jacobs avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Cena is breathing heavily.
Cena tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Jacobs manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jacobs clinches with his opponent.
Jacobs gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Cena is wriggling around but Jacobs manages to pass to half guard.
Cena trying to control but Jacobs postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jacobs wants to stand up but Cena has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Cena wants to get back to full guard but Jacobs has passed into side control.
Jacobs stands up.
Jacobs slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A shot to the liver by Jacobs. Beautiful body shot.
Jacobs feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Cenas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Cena throws a low kick but Jacobs avoids it.
It seemed like Jacobs was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donk. Jacobs catches Cena right on the button with a cross.
Cena throws a push kick but Jacobs slaps the foot to one side.
Donk. Jacobs catches Cena right on the button with a cross.
Jacobs jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Jacobs connects with a good right hand that stumbles Cena. Cena circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A jab lands there for Jacobs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cena walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Jacobs moves into the clinch.
Jacobs breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jab from Jacobs.
Cena looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Jacobs defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Cena.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Jacobs! But no joy.
Decent striking displayed by Jacobs there.
Jacobs forces Cena back against the cage and clinches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jacobs breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jacobs has taken the fight to the clinch.
Cena tries for a takedown. No joy.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jordan Jacobs dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Jacobs keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
An inside leg kick lands from Jacobs.
Jacobs lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Cena looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Jacobs connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Cena's hands.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Donk. Jacobs catches Cena right on the button with a cross.
Nice cross by Jacobs.
Cena needs to keep his hands up - Jacobs had a free shot at his head there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cena on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Jacobs with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Jacobs moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Good shot there by Jacobs.
Nice straight punches there by Jacobs. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Jacobs.
Jacobs bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Cena's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cena throws a front kick aimed at Jacobs's knee but Jacobs avoids it well.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Jacobs, as that shot connected.
Jacobs with the inside leg kick.
Cena dives in and scores a takedown into Jacobs's guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cena with a flurry of punches that miss.
Jacobs keeping moving, preventing Cena from controlling successfully.
Cena prevents Jacobs from getting back to his feet.
Jacobs keeping moving, preventing Cena from controlling successfully.
The fighters are working up against the cage. Jacobs manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
Jacobs breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jacobs moves into the clinch.
Jacobs escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jacobs lands a leg kick that knocks Cena off balance momentarily.
A lazy left from Jacobs finds it's target.
Jacobs scores with a jab. Cena acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Cena fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Cena. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice shot lands for Jacobs.
Jacobs with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Cena takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Jacobs scores with a decent looking hook.
Cena throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cena closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Jacobs closes the distance and clinches.
Cena tries to pull guard but Jacobs won't allow it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jacobs's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jordan Jacobs is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cena takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Cena throws a leg kick that misses.
Jacobs feints a counter leg kick.
Jacobs takes the fight into the clinch.
Jacobs pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Cena.
Jacobs has closed the distance and engaged Cena in a clinch.
Cena fails to pull guard.
Cena breaks the clinch.
Jacobs fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Cena.
Cena is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Jacobs digs a good body shot into Cena's ribs.
Jacobs clinches with his opponent.
Jacobs pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
John Cena is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Jacobs.
Jacobs connects with an inside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jacobs clinches up with Cena and pushes him back against the cage.
Jacobs breaks the clinch.
Cena tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jacobs lands a nice hook to Cena's body. Cena takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Jacobs slips a straight right by Cena.
Jacobs lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Jacobs clobbers Cena with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Jacobs clinches.
Jacobs manages to break the clinch.
Jacobs scores with a jab to the jaw.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cena pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nice uppercut lands for Jacobs. That snapped Cena's head back.
Jacobs fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jordan Jacobs showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Decent striking displayed by Jacobs there.
Some wild striking there from Cena.
Jacobs lunges at Cena with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Cena's hand.
Cena takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Jacobs cracks Cena with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Jacobs jabs at Cena's body.
Jacobs tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cena was well out of range. Poor timing from Jacobs.
A bone on bone clash there as Jacobs blocks the leg kick.
Jacobs looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Jacobs getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Jacobs is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Jacobs scores with the left hand. Cena knows he should have avoided that one.
Jacobs darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jacobs misses with a straight right.
Cena throws a body shot but no joy.
Jacobs smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab by Jacobs.
Nice uppercut there from Jacobs.
Nice uppercut lands for Jacobs. That snapped Cena's head back.
Cena waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jacobs.
The fighters circle momentarily. Jacobs darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Cena pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jacobs swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jacobs comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The fighters circle momentarily. Jacobs darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Cena looks to land a body kick but Jacobs moved away.
Jacobs has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Cena misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jacobs looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Cena ducks under a wild hook from Jacobs.
Jacobs listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Jacobs fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Cena on the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jacobs looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Cena on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Jacobs. Jacobs obviously looking to wear him down.
Decent striking displayed by Jacobs there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cena motions for Jacobs to come forward. Cena throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Jacobs uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cena.
Jacobs rushes Cena and presses him up against the cage.
Jacobs escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jacobs lands a nice shot that snaps Cena's head back.
Jacobs closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Jacobs escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jacobs moves into the clinch successfully.
Jacobs breaks from the clinch.
Jacobs with a hook.
Jacobs clinches with his opponent.
Jacobs pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cena misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Jacobs throws an overhand right that lands on Cena's shoulder, as Cena tries to avoid the shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jacobs scores with a jab.
Cena throws a body kick that misses.
Jacobs throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Jacobs with a hook.
John Cena has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jacobs clobbers Cena with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Cena has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Jacobs.
Cena moves out of range of the strikes.
Cena fails to land with a series of punches.
Jacobs closes the distance and pushes Cena back into the cage.
Jacobs breaks the clinch.
Jacobs takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Good shot there by Jacobs.
Cena shoots in but Jacobs avoids the takedown attempt easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jacobs clinches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jacobs's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jacobs moves into the clinch.
Jacobs has picked Cena up - he's going for a ride! Jacobs dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jacobs stands up and beckons Cena to join him on the feet.
Jacobs feints and then cracks Cena's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Cena down.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Jacobs.
Cena takes one to the chin there.
Jacobs pushes Cena up against the cage in a clinch.
Jacobs's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jacobs lands with a hook. Cena tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Jacobs dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Cena. That did some damage!
Jordan Jacobs is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Cena thuds his right hand into Jacobs's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jordan Jacobs comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Jacobs has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 26:30
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jordan Jacobs!
A relieved looking Jordan Jacobs thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
The defeated John Cena had this to say: 'Fuck Em all, this shit's rigged'.
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