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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Billy Goat Jones (ranked 2160 p4p, 1838 weight class) and Tony Twist (ranked 244 p4p, 212 weight class). Twist is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: tony twist fights, enjoy. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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194 cm 29 223 6 - 4 - 0 |
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196 cm 23 265 7 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling Great elbows Very strong |
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Good wrestler Excellent MT Good gas tank |
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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 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Billy Goat Jones! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tony Twist! The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Percy O'Donnell.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Twist cracks Jones with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd. Jones looks to land a body kick but Twist moved away. Jones misses with a straight left.
Twist drives through and clinches with Jones against the cage.
Twist tries to work over Jones's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Twist tries to work over Jones's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Twist blocks an elbow strike from Jones.
Jones tries to work over Twist's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Twist has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat. Jones looks to throw an elbow but misses. Twist avoids a wild elbow strike from Jones. Twist 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. Jones managing to block the knees to the body from Twist.
Twist tries to work over Jones's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Twist misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Twist's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Jones wants to clinch. Twist jabs Jones to the body, keeping him at a distance.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Twist digs a good body shot into Jones's ribs. Jones throws a series of punches but Twist avoids them all with ease. Jones misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Twist.
Jones blocks a head kick by Twist.
Jones is looking to counter punch.
Jones scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Jones is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Twist doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Jones. Jones is thwarting Twist's attempts to control the position. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Twist wants to improve his position but Jones is controlling well.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Jones looks to land a strike but Twist avoids it nicely and regains full guard. Jones keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Twist's head. Twist trying to keep a closed guard but Jones is proving a slippery customer.
Twist preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage. Jones definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight. Twist working a defensive guard here.
Jones trying to move into half guard but instead Twist has managed to sweep!
 This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jones has an active guard here but Twist has managed to pass into half guard.
Twist keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. Twist 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. Jones tries to roll over but Twist keeps him under control.
Jones is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Twist pulls his head out easily. Twist wants to control but Jones is keeping him busy. Jones wants to control but Twist is keeping busy and won't allow it. Twist passes the guard and advances to mount! Twist prevents Jones from getting the reversal.
 That's four minutes gone in the round. Jones wants to control but Twist is having none of it. Jones is looking to improve his position but Twist isn't that keen on the idea. Twist controlling his opponent. Jones working to try and regain half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Twist raining down shots from the mount! The crowd thankful this round is nearly over. Twist is landing with some decent strikes but Jones is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue. Twist controlling the position easily from mount. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tony Twist dominated that round. That's time! Back to the action!
Jones looks to score with a jab to the body but Twist is just out of range. Jones tries to clinch but Twist moves out of range. Crunch! Twist slams his shin into Jones's torso. Twist throws an overhand right that lands on Jones's shoulder, as Jones tries to avoid the shot. Twist dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Jones throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A left lands for Twist. Jones moves out of range of the strikes. Twist misses with a wild body shot.
Twist takes the fight into the clinch. Twist lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
 Jones is rocked! Twist is working Jones over against the cage. Oh Jones is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Twist is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Jones to keep the fight standing. Jones seems to have got his legs back now. Twist has Jones pushed against the cage. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. Twist blocks an elbow strike. Jones misses with the head strike.
 That's one minute gone in the round. With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jones just misses with a elbow thrown towards Twist's brow. Twist avoids the elbow strike from Jones, against the cage.
Twist blocks an elbow strike. Jones pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. Twist is leaning against Jones and scores with a nice uppercut to the body. Jones being controlled against the cage. Twist displaying some good clinch control by pressing Jones up against the cage. Twist tries to work over Jones's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Twist scores with a nice hook to the head. A hook to the body from Twist.
Twist manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back. Jones trying to control the position from guard on top but Twist is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Twist looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
 That's two minutes gone in the round.
Twist is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Twist keeping moving, preventing Jones from controlling successfully. Jones stands up over Twist, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head. Twist lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Twist trying to control but Jones is working from the bottom. Jones is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. Twist not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up. Twist trying to control the position from guard on top but Jones is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jones looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Twist passes into half guard.
Jones looking for submissions from an awkward position here. Twist wants to pass the guard but Jones is defending well. Jones wants to control but Twist is keeping busy.
 That's four minutes gone in the round. A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace. Jones is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though. Twist takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Jones makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work! Twist pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Twist lands with a good body shot. Twist tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jones was well out of range. Poor timing from Twist. Twist finds Jones's off switch, with a big overhand right that connects perfectly to the side of the head! Jones flops back against the cage, eyes gazing into the distance. Twist lands an unnecessary shot before the referee has time to step in and end the fight. Brutal stuff but I'm sure Jones will be OK.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Tony Twist! Tony Twist tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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