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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Henry Hall (ranked 769 p4p, 259 weight class) and Kevin Jones (ranked 92 p4p, 33 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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24 - 17 - 1 |
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184 cm
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20 - 16 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Olympic wrestler
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Henry Hall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kevin Jones!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Saam Ante and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hall. Hall obviously looking to wear him down.
Henry Hall seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hall throws a low kick but it's checked well by Jones.
Hall tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Jones is able to avoid easily.
Jones scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Hall keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Jones thows a huge punch but Hall dodges it nicely.
Jones wants to pass to mount but Hall is defending the position.
Hall is looking to improve his position.
Hall taking some punishment here, with Jones in his half guard.
Hall is looking for a sweep. Jones is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones is looking to take a break and control but Hall is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jones thows a huge punch but Hall dodges it nicely.
Jones not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Jones drops an elbow to the side of Hall's head.
Jones looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Jones lands a nice short elbow.
Hall wants to control but Jones is keeping busy.
Hall blocking the ground and pound attempt from Jones.
Jones working over Hall with some ground and pound. Hall looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Hall desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Jones is trying to work for a kimura but Hall is defending well.
Hall is looking for a sweep. Jones is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Jones connects with a nice short shot to Hall's temple.
Jones is nestled in close to Hall, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Jones not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Jones scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Hall is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Jones missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Jones takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Jones lands strikes from half guard.
My spies in Ludus Gladiatorius inform me that Jones has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Hall keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Hall is trying to stand back up but Jones is controlling him
Jones thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Nice strikes from Jones there.
Hall wants to improve his position but Jones is controlling well.
Jones is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Hall sees it coming and defends easily.
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!
Jones lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Jones connects with a nice short shot to Hall's temple.
Jones throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Hall taking some punishment here, with Jones in his half guard.
Jones lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Jones thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Hall wants to get back to full guard.
Jones working Hall over with strikes.
Jones working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Hall wants to improve his position but Jones is controlling well.
Hall on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Jones has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Jones is thwarting Hall's attempts to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hall is looking for a sweep. Jones is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Jones is looking for a kimura here.
Hall taking some punishment here, with Jones in his half guard.
Jones seems to be looking for submissions.
Jones lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Jones missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Jones is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Jones thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hall's head.
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!
Jones works his way into full mount!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kevin Jones 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.
Jones dives in for a single leg takedown but Hall sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
The crowd cheers as Hall lands an impressive looking overhand right. Jones doesn't seem phased though.
Hall displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Jones.
Hall punishes Jones's body with a nice straight punch.
Hall with a nice calf kick.
Hall clinches with his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Henry Hall has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kevin Jones.
Jones fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jones is trying to pull guard but Hall has him pressed against the cage.
Jones is trying to break the clinch but Hall has him pressed against the cage.
Jones is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Hall to keep the fight standing.
Hall lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hall throws a punch but it's blocked by Jones.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Hall is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Hall lands a shoulder strike.
Jones tries for a takedown but Hall manages to get underhooks.
Hall misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hall tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hall stops a takedown attempt from Jones.
Jones taking a breather.
Hall lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Jones lands an uppercut.
Jones jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Hall walks away with a smile on his face. Jones gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Hall cracks Jones with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Hall fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hall stuffs the takedown attempt from Jones. Jones gets slowly back to his feet.
Jones takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Hall.
Hall scores with a jab.
Jones fails with a takedown attempt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hall scores with a jab. Jones acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Hall cracks Jones with a good jab.
Hall listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Hall throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jones.
Henry Hall is winning the standup battle so far.
Hall tries to close the distance and clinch but Jones swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hall ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jones moves away.
Jones tries for a takedown but Hall circles away easily
and Hall counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall looks to land a right hand but Jones moved out of range.
Jones feints the counter takedown.
Henry Hall is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jones chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hall can pounce on him.
Jones throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Hall's waist but Hall gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Jones off to one side.
Hall tests Jones's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jones takes a jab right on the kisser.
Jones ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jones tries to counter with a clinch but Hall shakes him off and moves away.
Hall sizes up Jones with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Jones is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Hall's half guard.
Hall is defending against the submission attempts here by Jones.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Jones is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Jones throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hall wants to improve his position but Jones is controlling well.
Hall taking some punishment here, with Jones in his half guard.
Jones working Hall over with strikes.
Hall is trying to maintain the position but Jones is very close to passing his half guard.
Hall is looking to improve his position.
Jones lands with a punch from half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Henry Hall dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Hall throws a body kick that misses.
Hall tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Jones is able to avoid easily.
A swing and a miss from Hall.
Hall looks to land a right hand but Jones moved out of range.
Jones is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Hall misses with a hook. Jones ducked under it nicely.
Hall misses with a head kick.
Jones takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Hall 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.
Hall swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Jones moves into the clinch.
Hall misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right from Hall on the inside.
A short left from Hall.
Jones successfully pulls guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones is looking for a triangle but Hall pushes his legs off easily.
Jones looking to control.
Hall won't allow Jones to sweep him here.
Jones is pulling down on Hall's head. It's preventing any offense from Hall, at least for the moment.
Hall is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Jones pulls Hall in close to his closed guard and prevents Hall from doing any damage or advancing position.
Hall wants to control from the top but Jones keeps moving.
Hall stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jones swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Jones is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Hall defends well.
Hall showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Hall has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Jones looking for a guillotine here but Hall defends easily.
Jones had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Hall defends it easily.
Hall looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Jones not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall won't allow Jones to sweep him here.
Jones is trying to keep Hall in close.
Jones controlling Hall's posture.
Hall stopping the sweep attempt from Jones.
Hall's corner is telling him to maintain position.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Hall wanted to stand there but Jones had control of the position.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Hall throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Hall fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Jones looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Jones shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Hall as he avoids it easily.
Hall looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Jones closes this distance looking for a takedown but Hall circles away.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Jones.
Hall looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Henry Hall has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kevin Jones.
Jones takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hall looks to land a right hand but Jones moved out of range.
Jones takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Jones keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hall bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Jones misses with a takedown
and Hall connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hall.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hall.
Jones darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hall blocking the ground and pound attempt from Jones.
And that's the end of the fight!
Henry Hall showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Hall 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 Daniel Blasius scores the fight 29:28
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Henry Hall!
Henry Hall decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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RATING
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