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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mason Jones (ranked 23 p4p, 21 weight class) and Nagatsuki Hideki (ranked 4 p4p, 2 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Good wrestling World class boxer Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world! Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 39 - 14 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mason Jones! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 20 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nagatsuki Hideki! The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Wesley Smith and Frank Dennis.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Jones misses with the combination.
Hideki throws a front kick aimed at Jones's knee but Jones avoids it well.
Hideki gets in close and instigates a clinch. I was talking to Jones's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight. Jones trying to stall but Hideki improves his position.
Jones throws a punch but it's blocked by Hideki. Jones lands a hook to the side of the head. Hideki tries a body shot but Jones blocks it.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Hideki breaks the clinch.
Jones moves out of range as Hideki strikes. Jones lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones tries to keep at a distance but Hideki has taken the fight into the clinch. Still in the clinch, Hideki scores with a nice short uppercut. Jones stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body. Hideki misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hideki goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jones breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Jones just misses with a punch to the body.
Hideki appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick. Jones scores with a jab to the jaw. Good leg kick by Hideki. Hideki takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Hideki is looking to clinch. Jones throws a hook to the side of Hideki's head but Hideki sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hideki has Jones up against the cage in a clinch.
Hideki swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hideki pushes Jones back against the cage and unloads with a body punch. Hideki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jones prevents a body shot from Hideki. Hideki lands a shoulder strike. Hideki gets through Jones's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head. Hideki scores with an uppercut up the middle. Jones scores with an uppercut up the middle. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Hideki lands a hook to the side of the head. Hideki tries a body shot but Jones blocks it.
Jones throws a head punch that misses.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Jones prevents a body shot from Hideki.
Jones's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Hideki misses with a leg kick. Jones half committed to a counter leg kick. Hideki fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Jones checks it well. Jones tries to work over Hideki's front leg with a kick but Hideki checks it. Hideki scores with a kick to the midsection. Jones moves out of range of the body kick. Jones ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Hideki uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jones. Jones lands with an overhand left. Jones throws a hook but Hideki blocks it. Mason Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Jones throws a body punch but Hideki moves out of range. Jones ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hideki moves away. Hideki throws a low kick but Jones moves out of range easily. Jones was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit. A solid leg kick lands there for Jones.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. Jones bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut. Hideki misses with a low kick. Hideki ducks under a wild hook from Jones. A telegraphed right hand from Jones misses the target. Jones cracks Hideki with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage. Jones does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy. Jones misses with a looping left. It seemed like Hideki was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it. Hideki uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jones. Hideki takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him. Jones misses with an uppercut
and Hideki counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Jones thinking. Hideki thumps Jones with a low kick. Hideki throws a leg kick which misses Jones's front leg but catches the back leg as Jones tries to avoid it. Hideki misses with a looping right. Jones throwing a counter right hand but Hideki manages to avoid it. Hideki lets loose with a powerful body kick. Jones will feel that in the morning.
 That's four minutes gone in the round. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. A low kick from Hideki is predictable there and Jones counters with an inside leg kick. Hideki lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Jones throws an overhand right that lands on Hideki's shoulder, as Hideki tries to avoid the shot. Jones throws a body shot but no joy. Hideki uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jones. Hideki defending well as Jones loads up on a big left hand. Hideki looks like he wants to counter punch here. Jones throws a leg kick that is checked and Hideki counters with a low kick, right behind Jones 's knee. Hideki is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jones. Jones throwing a counter right hand but Hideki manages to avoid it. Jones lands a leg kick that knocks Hideki off balance momentarily. Jones keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jones avoids the body shot from Hideki.
Jones checks a low kick from Hideki. Jones thows a leg kick but Hideki checks it and Hideki counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Nagatsuki Hideki will probably get the nod. The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Jones fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done. Hideki lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh. Jones lands a nice shot that snaps Hideki's head back.
Hideki swinging wildly here.
Hideki is looking to score with low kicks. Jones throws an overhand right that lands on Hideki's shoulder, as Hideki tries to avoid the shot.
Hideki pushes Jones up against the cage in a clinch. Hideki tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jones's elbow. Hideki misses with a punch to the body.
Nagatsuki Hideki seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Hideki lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jones backwards. Still in the clinch, Jones scores with a nice short uppercut. Hideki pushes Jones back against the cage and unloads with a body punch. Jones tries to throw a body punch but Hideki avoids it by throwing Jones back against the cage. Jones has a couple of punches blocked by Hideki.
Hideki misses with a body punch.
Hideki lands with a right to the head. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Hideki tries a body shot but Jones blocks it.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Hideki lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jones backwards. An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hideki. Jones tries to throw a body punch but Hideki avoids it by throwing Jones back against the cage. Hideki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Jones.
Hideki takes a shot to the head. A body shot lands from Hideki.
Hideki misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hideki takes a knee to the side of the body. Jones's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hideki breaks from the clinch.
Hideki throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jones. Hideki throws a body kick despite being completely out of range letting Jones counter with a right hand. Jones takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Hideki has closed the distance and engaged Jones in a clinch.
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! An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hideki. Jones lands a body punch. Jones throws a head punch that misses.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Jones misses with some punches.
Hideki tries a body shot but Jones blocks it.
Jones fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jones tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Jones misses with a body punch.
Hideki breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jones scores with a jab to the jaw. Jones connects with a single shot there. Jones throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean. Jones scores with a jab to the body. Hideki is looking to land body kicks. Hideki uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jones. Jones lands with a good body shot. Jones fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Hideki checks it well. Jones misses the shot to the body.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. Jones avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jones gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Hideki gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there. Jones catches Hideki with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong! Jones dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hideki. That did some damage! Hideki throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jones fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Hideki on the side of the head. Hideki throws a right and a left that both miss. Jones lands with a hook. Hideki tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head. Jones scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent. A swing and a miss from Jones. Jones wants to land a leg kick but Hideki is out of range.
 That's four minutes gone in the round. Hideki stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Jones. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Jones scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard. Hideki scores with a jab to the body. Jones stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush. Nice shot lands for Jones. Hideki avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Hideki misses with a looping left. Jones misses with a two punch combination.
Hideki turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick. Hideki throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jones. Jones tries to counter by clinching up but Hideki breaks away and moves out of range. Hideki throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. A swing and a miss from Jones. Hideki has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Jones.
Hideki rushes Jones and presses him up against the cage. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Mason Jones will probably get the nod. That's time! Back to the action!
Jones throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. Hideki swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jones ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hideki moves away. Hideki just misses with a punch to the body.
Jones cracks Hideki with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd. Hideki takes one to the side of the head.
Hideki looks to score with a jab to the body but Jones is just out of range. Jones fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done. Jones slips under a jab from Hideki. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Jones looks to land a right hand but Hideki moved out of range. The fighters circling - Hideki throws out the jab but it was never going to land. Hideki throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd. Jones pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Jones scores with a one two! Hideki had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
 That's one minute gone in the round.
Hideki has closed the distance and engaged Jones in a clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Hideki.
Jones misses with a hook from the clinch. Jones blocking some punches.
Hideki breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hideki moves into the clinch. Jones misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hideki misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hideki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jones blocks an uppercut.
Hideki can't find room to land a body shot as Jones controls the action.
Hideki struggles to land a body shot inside as Jones controls his hands.
Hideki lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. Jones scores with a shoulder strike. Hideki is working Jones over against the cage. A left hand lands to the body for Hideki.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hideki breaks from the clinch.
Jones throws a predictable looking body shot
and Hideki counters with a leg kick.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Hideki tries to work over Jones's front leg with a kick but Jones checks it. Jones fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Hideki misses with an attempted mid kick.
A little feinted left hand from Jones on the counter but he doesn't commit to it. Mason Jones is winning the standup battle so far.
Hideki takes the fight into the clinch. A short uppercut from Jones. Jones misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jones breaks from the clinch.
Jones misses with an uppercut
and Hideki counters with a leg kick. Hideki misses with a body kick. Hideki ducks down and throws a hook to the body. Hideki scores with a leg kick.
Jones blocks the body kick.
Hideki avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. Hideki scores with a spinning back kick! Hideki tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Jones comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range. Hideki has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye. Hideki wants to clinch up but Jones keeps it at a distance. Jones cracks a nice hook into Hideki's ribs.
Hideki closes the distance and clinches. Hideki lands a shot to the body. Hideki tries to throw a body punch but Jones avoids it by throwing Hideki back against the cage. Hideki swings wildly with an uppercut but Jones uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hideki's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hideki clinches with his opponent.
Hideki misses with a punch to the body.
A short body shot lands from Jones as the two fighters clinch.
Hideki tries to work over Jones's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Jones tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
 That's four minutes gone in the round. A short right from Hideki on the inside. Hideki lands with a short shot to the head. Jones lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. This has been an exciting period of action! Hideki misses with a body punch.
Hideki throws a head punch that misses.
Jones breaks from the clinch.
Jones lands with a shot to the body. Jones looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Jones is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight. Hideki throws a looping overhand right but Jones ducks down to avoid it. Some wild striking there from Jones.
And Hideki responds with a good body kick, but Jones manages to step out the way in time. Hideki looks to land a body kick but Jones moved away. Hideki connects with a good right hand that stumbles Jones. Jones circles away out of range and recomposes himself. Hideki throws a lazy right hand but Jones sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily. Jab, jab by Jones - just one landing. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Nagatsuki Hideki really dominated that round. That's time! Jones's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Jones swings away with a leg kick that misses. Jones cracks Hideki with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business. Hideki throws a good cross that connects.
Hideki bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Hideki misses with a body kick. Jones uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hideki has time to react. Hideki takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch. Hideki wants to clinch up but Jones keeps it at a distance. Hideki takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. A big left from Jones misses. Jones bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. That kick from Jones tenderised Hideki's leg. Hideki is trying to keep his angry face on. Jones scores with a body shot.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Jones scores with a jab. Hideki throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jones sees it coming and avoids it easily. Jones slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range. Hideki lands with a good body shot. Hideki tests Jones's chin there with a solid looking shot. Hideki staying out of range there. Jones bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hideki's head. Hideki scores with a body shot.
Jones scores with the left hand. Hideki knows he should have avoided that one. Jones connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe. A left lands for Jones. This has been an exciting period of action! Hideki throws a low kick but Jones moves out of range easily.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Hideki misses with a body shot.
A counter left hand to the body from Jones misses its target. Jones throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. Hideki throws out a counter right but Jones avoids it with no problem. Jones works the jab nicely. Jones dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hideki. That did some damage! Jones scores with a jab. Hideki acknowledges it with a nod of the head. Jones uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hideki. Hideki jabbing away but nothing is landing. Hideki 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. Hideki throws a body kick but he was well out of range there. Hideki 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. Jones lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hideki's sensitive parts. Hideki uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jones. Hideki tries to clinch there but Jones circles away.
Jones half committed to a counter leg kick.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. A nice leg kick lands there from Jones. Jones tries to score with a low kick but Hideki moves his leg out of the way. Nice jab there from Jones. Jones throws a looping overhand right but Hideki ducks down to avoid it. Jones lands an overhand right. Hideki avoids the body shot from Jones.
Hideki just misses with a punch to the body.
A little feinted left hand from Jones on the counter but he doesn't commit to it. Hideki motions for Jones to come forward. Hideki throws a leg kick but it misses it's target. Jones uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hideki. Jones was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit. Hideki takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness. Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Jones, as that shot connected.
Jones pivots, looking for a leg kick but Hideki is out of range and Jones settles back down.
 That's four minutes gone in the round. Jones moves out of range of the body kick from Hideki.
Jones sizes up Hideki with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle. Hideki with the inside leg kick. Jones lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise. Jones sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs. This has been an exciting period of action! Hideki wants to clinch up but Jones keeps it at a distance. An attempted straight right counter from Jones misses the target. Jones lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hideki at a distance.
Jones catches Hideki with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong! Jones throws a nice inside leg kick. Hideki moves out of range of the strikes.
Hideki fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jones, pushing him back against the cage. Hideki scores with a shot to the side of Jones's head. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mason Jones had his way with Nagatsuki Hideki in that round. That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Hideki tries to close the distance and clinch but Jones swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Jones uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hideki. Jones throws an overhand right that lands on Hideki's shoulder, as Hideki tries to avoid the shot. Jones changes levels and scores with a jab to the body. Hideki tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Jab by Jones. Hideki feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Joness jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist! Jones swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Jones cracks Hideki with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Jones avoids the body shot from Hideki.
Jones appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick. Jones throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. Hideki tries a quick counter leg kick but Jones is wise to it. Hideki loads up on a big right hand but Jones slips the punch. Jones thuds a left hand into Hideki's body.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Hideki scores with a spinning back kick! Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt. Jones rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hideki moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Hideki misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jones throws a poor cross that misses
and Hideki connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. Hideki moves away from the strike by Jones. Jones will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body. Jones dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Hideki tries to clinch there but Jones circles away.
Jones takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Hideki misses with a wild body shot. Jones throws an overhand right that lands on Hideki's shoulder, as Hideki tries to avoid the shot. Jones uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hideki has time to react. Hideki throws a sloppy body shot
and Jones connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Jones thows a left - swing and a miss! And an attempted straight right on the counter from Hideki! But no joy. Hideki keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jones. Donk. Jones catches Hideki right on the button with a cross. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Good work by Jones as he checks the leg kick. Jones lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin. Hideki lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected. Jones jabs Hideki to the body, keeping him at a distance. Jones throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Jones loads up on a big right hand but Hideki slips the punch. Hideki looks like he wants to counter punch here. Jones connects with a leg kick. Jones throws a hook but Hideki blocks it. Jones throws an off balance right hand
and Hideki makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Jones really felt that one!
 That's three minutes gone in the round. Hideki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A big left from Jones misses. Hideki shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it. Hideki tries to clinch there but Jones circles away.
Jones lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw. Hideki throws a lazy uppercut
and Jones counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. Hideki moves in looking to clinch but Jones pushes him off. Jones is looking to counter punch. A slow jab from Jones misses its intended target. Donk. Jones catches Hideki right on the button with a cross. Jones throws a right hand that Hideki ducks under and follows up with a left that Hideki also avoids with ease. And Hideki responds with a good body kick, but Jones manages to step out the way in time. Hideki with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Jones to score with a decent uppercut. Hideki loads up on a big right hand but Jones slips the punch.
 That's four minutes gone in the round. Hideki ducks under a wild hook from Jones. Hideki tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Jones is able to avoid easily. Jones misses the jab. Jones cracks a nice hook into Hideki's ribs. Jab, jab by Jones - just one landing. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Hideki throws a chopping leg kick but Jones manages to avoid taking any serious damage. Jones throwing a counter right hand but Hideki manages to avoid it. Jones misses with a hook. Hideki ducked under it nicely. Jones jabs Hideki right on the nose. Hideki blinks but takes it well. Jones takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily. Jones moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot. Hideki takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh. Hideki ducks right into an uppercut from Jones.
And that's the end of the fight! Mason Jones showed his dominance in that final round. I think Jones 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision. Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 48:47 Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 48:47 Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mason Jones! Mason Jones retains his welterweight title! An out of breath Mason Jones thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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