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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between James Earl Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Face Edgar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Edgar has chosen 1 as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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182 lbs
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185 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, James Earl Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Face Edgar!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Albert Achterberg and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Edgar did well to prevent Jones getting side control.
Edgar is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Jones's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Jones's back!
Jones is trying to get back to his feet but Edgar has full control of the position and if anything, Jones has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Jones has hold of Edgar's arm. He needs to escape this position sooner or later but for now he's happy enough to control the position and prevent the submission attempts.
Jones wants to control his opponent's hands but Edgar gets his hands free.
Jones looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Jones wants to get back to his feet.
Jones is keeping busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Jones breaks Edgar's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Jones won't allow Edgar to sweep him here.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Edgar tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jones swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jones dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Edgar. That did some damage!
Edgar misses with an uppercut.
Edgar tries to clinch but Jones moves out of range.
Edgar slips a jab and a cross from Jones.
Jones avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Edgar is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
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.
Jones misses with a two punch combination.
Edgar tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jones swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jones throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Edgar tries to close the distance and clinch but Jones swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jones fails with an attempt to clinch.
Edgar wants to clinch up but Jones keeps it at a distance.
Edgar closes the distance but Jones moves to the side
and Jones counters with a flying knee. Nice.
A nice inside leg kick there by Jones. That's going to slow Edgar down.
Edgar looks to clinch
and Jones makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Edgar tries to clinch
and Jones counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Edgar moves in looking to clinch but Jones pushes him off.
A left and a right from Jones both land. Nice combination.
Jones tries to keep at a distance but Edgar has taken the fight into the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Edgar.
Jones keeps control of Edgar as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Edgar is looking to break free of the clinch but Jones has double underhooks.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Edgar.
Edgar wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Edgar is trying to break the clinch but Jones has him pressed against the ropes.
Jones misses with a knee strike.
Jones pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jones pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Edgar tries to clinch up.
Jones drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Edgar trying to remain calm as Jones controls from the top position.
Edgar pushes Jones away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Jones gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Edgar is trying to get back to half guard.
Jones moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Edgar struggling a bit here.
Jones controlling from side mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Edgar tries to clinch but Jones is having none of it.
A combination from Jones does no damage.
Edgar keeps the fight on the outside.
Jones fails with an attempt to clinch.
Edgar tries to clinch up
and Jones counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Jones fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Edgar closes the distance but Jones moves to the side
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Edgar misses the shot to the body.
Jones scores with a crisp jab that stopped Edgar in his tracks.
Jones misses with a few strikes there.
Jones's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Jones duly obliges.
And thats the end of the round the fighters go back to their corners.
James Earl Jones dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Jones thumps Edgar with a low kick.
Jones connects with a solid leg kick.
Edgar lands a lovely overhand right.
It looks like James Earl Jones has been cut.
James Earl Jones is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jones fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Jones throws a series of strikes that have Edgar backpedaling.
Jones circles away from the clinch attempt
and Jones counters with a head kick. That will keep Edgar thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Edgar doesn't manage to clinch there - Jones circles away.
Edgar closes the distance but Jones moves to the side
and Jones counters with a body kick that stops Edgar in his tracks momentarily.
Jones avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jones moves in looking to clinch but Edgar pushes him off.
Jones misses with a wild combination.
Jones is looking to clinch.
Edgar is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Edgar gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Jones.
Jones scores with a kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Jones circles away from the clinch attempt.
Edgar looks to clinch
and Jones counters with a slapping leg kick.
Edgar tries to clinch up.
Edgar moves in looking to clinch but Jones pushes him off.
Edgar tries to clinch
and Jones counters with a nice low kick that buckles Edgar's knee momentarily.
Jones scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Edgar is breathing heavily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Jones.
Jones misses with a few strikes there.
Jones swats away the attempt to clinch by Edgar.
A low kick from Edgar is predictable there
and Jones counters with a slapping leg kick.
Edgar shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Face Edgar is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jones tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jones lands a high kick!
No joy there for Jones, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jones circles away from the clinch attempt
and Jones counters with a thumping low kick.
Edgar tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Jones counters with a head kick. That will keep Edgar thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Edgar tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Jones counters with an outside leg kick.
Jones swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jones lands a nice leg kick that just misses Edgar's sensitive parts.
Edgar tries to clinch but Jones moves away
and Jones counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Edgar defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Jones.
Jones shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Edgar manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Jones not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Edgar wants to stand up but Jones is controlling him.
Jones showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jones accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones stands up from Edgar's guard - Jones perhaps looking for a knockout.
Jones looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jab by Jones.
Edgar fails with an attempt to clinch.
Edgar moves in looking to clinch but Jones pushes him off.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Edgar looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jones keeps control of Edgar as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jones breaks from the clinch.
Edgar slips under a jab from Jones.
Edgar is looking to clinch.
Edgar wants to clinch up but Jones keeps it at a distance.
Edgar connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Jones's hands.
Jones fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Edgar.
Jones darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Jones stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Edgar at a distance.
Jones dodges the punch combination from Edgar.
Jones is looking to clinch but Edgar is avoiding it.
No luck for Jones with that takedown attempt.
Jones moves out of range of the strikes.
Edgar tries to clinch but Jones is having none of it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Jones.
Jones circles away from the clinch attempt
and Jones counters with a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jones shoots for a double leg takedown but Edgar sprawls well. He's pushed Jones's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for James Earl Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones swats away the attempt to clinch by Edgar.
Edgar takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
And thats the end of the round the fighters go back to their corners.
James Earl Jones dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on James Earl Jones's cut.
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!
Jones misses with a combination
and Edgar holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Edgar misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Edgar.
Edgar is trying to break the clinch but Jones is controlling him.
Edgar throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Joness head.
Edgar avoiding damage as Jones throws knees to the body.
Edgar dodges an elbow strike from Jones.
A head punch on the inside from Edgar fails to land.
Edgar wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Edgar wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jones wants to get back to striking at distance but Edgar won't allow it.
Jones misses with a knee to the head.
Edgar breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Edgar wants to clinch but Jones slips to the side
so Jones counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Jones looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Jones looking to pass the guard.
Jones passes Edgar's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Edgar has his hands clasped together around Jones's back. He's all about the action.
Jones decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Edgar fails with an attempt to clinch.
Face Edgar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Edgar tries to clinch there but Jones circles away.
Edgar darts in trying to clinch
and Jones counters with a single leg into guard. Edgar didn't expect that.
Jones controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Jones thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Edgar trying to keep a closed guard but Jones is proving a slippery customer.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Edgar is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
James Earl Jones is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Edgar is looking to advance position but Jones won't allow it.
Jones is trying to stand back up but Edgar is controlling him
Jones is staying active underneath Edgar, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Jones moves into full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones has his hands on Edgar's head, controlling the position.
Jones is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
James Earl Jones overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Jones is on top in guard.
Edgar is working an open guard so Jones takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones fails with the takedown.
Edgar throws a series of strikes that have Jones backpedaling.
Edgar is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jones misses with a jab, cross combination.
Edgar tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Jones paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Edgar tries to clinch there but Jones circles away.
Jones takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Jones swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jones throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Edgar.
Jones throws a quick inside leg kick.
Jones lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Jones scores with a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Edgar throws a left and a right that both miss
and Jones counters with a slapping leg kick.
A left lands for Jones.
Face Edgar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Edgar tries to clinch
and Jones counters with a left and a right that stings Edgar.
Jones throws a series of strikes that have Edgar backpedaling.
And that's the end of the fight!
James Earl Jones showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Jones, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Earl Jones!
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hype
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RATING
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