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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rocky Powers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jackson Cash Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rocky Powers has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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203 lbs
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210 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Rocky Powers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Jackson Cash Jr!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Sam Margolis and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Powers throws a sloppy head kick and Cash Jr moves out of range easily.
Powers fails to land the takedown.
Powers lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cash Jr circles away quickly and effectively.
Powers pushes Cash Jr up against the ropes in a clinch.
Powers breaks the clinch.
Powers has a takedown stuffed.
Cash Jr looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Powers!
The referee warns Powers that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Cash Jr working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Cash Jr prevents Powers from getting the reversal.
Cash Jr has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Cash Jr avoids the attempt from Powers to control.
Powers is bucking up trying to escape but Cash Jr cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Cash Jr working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Cash Jr working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cash Jr working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Cash Jr has hold of Powers's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Powers manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Powers tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Powers tries to lock up and control but Cash Jr gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Cash Jr looking to take Powers's back but Powers rolls and after a scramble, Powers ends up on top in guard. Nice escape there from Powers to escape a tricky position.
Powers throwing strikes but missing.
Powers has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Cash Jr has a closed guard, preventing Powers from standing up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Powers trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Powers trying to control but Cash Jr is working from the bottom.
Powers controls from within his opponent's guard.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Powers slips under a jab.
Powers misses with a takedown attempt
and Cash Jr counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rocky Powers. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cash Jr thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Cash Jr is in close to Powers's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Cash Jr is working Powers over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Cash Jr postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cash Jr with a flurry of punches that miss.
Cash Jr lands a couple of elbows.
Powers controls Cash Jr momentarily but Cash Jr frees himself.
Powers will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Cash Jr postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Powers misses with a takedown
and Cash Jr counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Powers trying to control here.
Cash Jr thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Cash Jr throwing shots but Powers is blocking nicely.
Cash Jr landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Cash Jr is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Cash Jr looks gassed!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cash Jr is looking for a kimura but Powers is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Cash Jr to get the leverage.
Powers is trying to stand back up but Cash Jr is controlling him
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Cash Jr has a takedown stuffed.
Cash Jr fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Powers gets the takedown into side control.
Powers blocks the strikes from Cash Jr.
Powers decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Cash Jr dodges the punch combination from Powers.
Powers tries to clinch up but Cash Jr circles away and keeps his distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jackson Cash Jr dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Cash Jr circles away from the clinch attempt.
Powers has his takedown stuffed
and Cash Jr counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Powers!
Cash Jr wants to control the pace but Powers is squirming around nicely.
Cash Jr avoids the attempt from Powers to control.
Cash Jr looking to control but Powers is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
A nice elbow there by Cash Jr.
A nice elbow there by Cash Jr.
Cash Jr connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Cash Jr working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Cash Jr is breathing heavily.
Cash Jr looking to control but Powers is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Powers is trying desperately to improve position.
Powers regains half guard.
Cash Jr seems to be working for a kimura but Powers defends the submission attempt.
Cash Jr seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Powers trying to control from the bottom.
Powers manages to get to full guard.
Cash Jr advances to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cash Jr is trying to control. Powers wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Cash Jr seems to be working for a kimura but Powers defends the submission attempt.
Powers is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Cash Jr's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Cash Jr's back!
Powers wants to control but Cash Jr is keeping busy.
Powers struggling to land strikes to the head as Cash Jr covers up.
Cash Jr breaks Powers's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Cash Jr with a flurry of punches that miss.
Powers keeping moving, preventing Cash Jr from controlling successfully.
Cash Jr won't allow Powers to get back to his feet.
Cash Jr drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Cash Jr jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Powers keeping full guard, as Cash Jr tries to pass.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Powers misses with a takedown attempt
and Cash Jr counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Cash Jr thows a big elbow that misses.
Powers is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Powers lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Cash Jr!
Cash Jr is trying desperately to improve position.
Cash Jr is trying to reverse the position but instead Powers has taken his back - oops!
Powers biding his time, looking for the opening.
Cash Jr tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Powers looking to control but Cash Jr is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Powers thowing shots but they're missing.
Cash Jr tries to reverse the position but Powers maintains control.
Cash Jr looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
Cash Jr is trying to break free.
Cash Jr is keeping busy.
Powers throwing wild punches that miss their target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jackson Cash Jr showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Cash Jr darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Cash Jr landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Cash Jr is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Powers doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Cash Jr.
Cash Jr is thwarting Powers's attempts to control the position.
Cash Jr stops Powers from getting back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Cash Jr maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Powers could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Cash Jr has cracked it and Powers is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Cash Jr!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:04 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jackson Cash Jr!
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hype
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