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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hollis Damon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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230 lbs
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270 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, James Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hollis Damon!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones stuffs the takedown attempt from Damon. Damon gets slowly back to his feet.
Jones feints and then cracks Damon's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Damon down.
Damon looks gassed!
Jones tries to bum rush Damon with a series of wild strikes but Damon uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Damon takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jones misses with the combination.
Damon dodges the punch combination from Jones.
Jones swings for the body but Damon moves out of range.
James Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones lands a front kick.
Jones doesn't manage to clinch there - Damon circles away.
Jones throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jones throws a shot to the body.
Jones scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
It looks like Hollis Damon has been cut.
Jones misses with a head kick.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Damon has eaten all the pies!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Jones!
Jones thuds his right hand into Damon's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Jones throws a series of punches but Damon avoids them all with ease.
Jones moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Danga de danga de dang - Jones scores with a four punch combination!
Jones swinging wilding here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Jones.
Damon is looking to reverse the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jones wants to control but Damon is keeping him busy.
Jones wants to stand but Damon has his arm trapped.
Damon throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Jones throws a right and a left that Damon avoids nicely.
Jones avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jones misses with a few strikes there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A clash of legs there as Jones blocks the low kick.
Jones fails with the takedown
and Damon counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Damon decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Jones, up you get!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Damon misses with a series of wild punches.
Damon misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Jones throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Damon stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Jones shoots in looking for a takedown. Damon tries to sprawl out of it but Jones keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Damon manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Jones throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Damon moves into the clinch.
Damon fails to pull guard.
James Jones has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hollis Damon.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Damon's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jones fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Jones can't break the clinch.
Jones breaks the clinch.
Jones wants to clinch
and Damon counters with a takedown into side control.
Damon working the head and body with strikes.
Jones defending against the ground and pound.
You can see the frustration on Jones's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Damon in side control, throwing shots but Jones defends.
You can see the frustration on Jones's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Jones is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Damon is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Jones is trying to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Jones misses with a few strikes there.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up but Damon swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Damon drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Jones looks to move to half guard but instead Damon has passed into mount! Damn!
Jones in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Damon can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Jones is looking to escape.
Damon punching from mount but Jones doing a good job of avoiding damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Jones dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hollis Damon's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Jones misses with a few strikes there.
Jones misses with an attempted mid kick.
Jones lands with an overhand left.
Damon takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Jones leaves Damon with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Jones lands a really nice looking cross but Damon seems unphased.
Jones is looking to wear down Damon with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jones looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Damon on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Damon takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Jones lands a nice shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Damon throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jones.
Jones doesn't manage to clinch there - Damon circles away.
Damon avoids a punch combination nicely.
No joy there for Jones, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
James Jones is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A left lands for Jones.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Damon paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Damon gets a clinch.
Jones breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jones tries to clinch but Damon is having none of it.
Jones throws a series of strikes that have Damon backpedaling.
A jab from Jones does it's job there.
Jones lands a jab.
Damon tries to clinch but Jones moves out of range.
Jones lands a with a good body shot.
Damon shoots in but Jones avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Damon misses with a kick to the body.
Jones lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Damon circles away quickly and effectively.
Damon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jones manages to avoid it.
Jones fails to land with a series of punches.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Jones.
Damon throws a low kick but it's checked well by Jones.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damon looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Jones moves into the clinch.
Jones tries for a takedown but Damon manages to get underhooks.
Jones wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jones gets underhooks to prevent Damon's takedown attempt.
James Jones has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hollis Damon.
Damon breaks the clinch.
A left and a right from Jones both land. Nice combination.
Jones throws a right hand that Damon ducks under and follows up with a left that Damon also avoids with ease.
Damon shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Jones throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Jones is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Damon preventing the sweep.
Damon works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Damon scoring with strikes to the body and head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Jones taking some punishment here, with Damon in his half guard.
Jones kicks off Damon and gets to his feet.
Damon misses with a head kick.
Jones fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Damon manages to avoid it.
Jones fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Damon closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Damon lands in his opponent's guard.
Damon is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jones throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Jones lands a couple of decent looking body shots there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones looking for a guillotine here but Damon defends easily.
Jones wants to stand up but Damon is controlling him.
Damon gets to his feet - Jones follows without any prompting.
Jones looking to land some kicks to the body here.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Jones here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Jones wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Jones jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Jones scores with a one two! Damon had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Damon.
Left hook, right uppercut from Damon.
Some wild striking there from Damon.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Jones dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Hollis Damon's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Jones throws a one two combo.
Jones throws a head kick that misses.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Jones is defended easily by Damon.
Damon shoots in and bounces Jones off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Damon drops back looking for a leg! Jones is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Jones manages to kick Damon off! Damon jumps back into Jones's guard.
Damon passes Jones's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jones tries to roll over but Damon keeps him under control.
Damon has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Damon.
Jones is trying to stand up here but Damon is controlling him well.
Damon 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.
Damon is working for a submission of some sort.
Jones punching from the bottom.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Jones moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Jones stuffs the takedown.
Jones tries to clinch
and Damon counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Damon.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
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.
Jones is looking to break free of the clinch but Damon has double underhooks.
Jones tries to pull guard but Damon won't allow it.
Jones wants to get back to striking at distance but Damon won't allow it.
Jones is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jones wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jones has had enough of the clinch but Damon keeps him there for the moment.
Jones has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Damon wants a takedown but no success here.
Jones has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Damon uses from the top position.
Damon scoring with punches to the head and body.
Damon missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Damon working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Damon throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Jones is looking to stand up but Damon isn't so interested in that idea.
Damon decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Jones, up you get!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws a series of punches but Damon moves out of range.
Damon looks to throw the jab but Jones is out of range.
Damon changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Jones looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Damon landing a few strikes.
Damon controlling the position.
Jones is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Damon asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Damon working the ground and pound from side control.
Damon trying to control the action but Jones is working from the bottom.
Damon misses with the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones wants to get back to his feet.
Jones is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Damon off and has taken his back!
Jones avoiding Damon 's attempts to control his hands.
James Jones is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Damon is keeping busy.
And that's the end of the fight!
Hollis Damon comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Jones!
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