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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between iron man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lazaros Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lazaros Jones has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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209 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Granite chin |
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, iron man! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Lazaros Jones! The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Andrew Berry and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Jones fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jones lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
man throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Jones's waist but Jones gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing man off to one side. Jones throws a chopping leg kick but man manages to avoid taking any serious damage. A punch combination from Jones misses. Jones misses with a head kick.
man on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot. Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Jones.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Jones fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jones thows a body shot but no joy. man shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than man was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure! Jones wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by man.
Jones is working to get back to half guard.
man trying to control but Jones is having none of it. Jones is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
That's one minute gone in the round. man throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Jones because man loaded up on that one. Jones tries to get back to half guard but can't. man wants to control the pace but Jones is squirming around nicely. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Jones is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
man looking to finish with strikes here!
man misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
man won't let Jones get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
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. man controlling the position easily from mount. Jones really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Jones regains half guard. man prevents Jones from improving his position. The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult. Jones looks like he's trying to stand up.
Jones looking for submissions off his back. Jones looking for submissions from an awkward position here. Jones looks gassed!
That's three minutes gone in the round. Jones is trying to stand back up but man is controlling him
Jones is not content to let man control the position. Jones actively working from the bottom here.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up. man misses with a head kick.
man throws a body punch but Jones moves out of range. Jones throws a wild combination but nothing lands. Jones doesn't manage to clinch there - man circles away.
man shoots in but no luck this time. man lands the left hand. Horrible takedown by man or perhaps it was just good defense by Jones which made him look bad. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for iron man. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's four minutes gone in the round. The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action. Jones misses with a few strikes there.
man shoots in but Jones avoids the takedown attempt easily. Jones misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
man shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Jones is trying to defend but man finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further. Jones looking for submissions off his back. Jones trying to hold on to man's head to control him but man postures up.
Jones is trying to stand up here but man is controlling him well. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lazaros Jones dominated that round. The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
man lands with a hook. Jones tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head. man shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Jones manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage. Jones is looking for a triangle but man pushes his legs off easily.
Jones wants to sweep here but man controlling him for the moment. Jones looking for submissions from the bottom but instead man passes into half guard.
Jones is staying active underneath man, who seems content to just control the action from this position. Jones kicks off man and gets to his feet. Jones has managed to clinch.
Jones is breathing heavily. man avoiding damage as Jones throws knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round. man goes for a takedown attempt but Jones pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
man shoots in but Jones avoids the takedown attempt easily. man slips a jab from Jones. Lazaros Jones is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. man dives in and grabs Jones's left leg, looking for a takedown. Jones pushes down on man's head and hops out. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for iron man. That's going to take a lot out of him. man shoots for a double leg takedown but Jones sprawls well. He's pushed man's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily. Jones rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but man moves out of range and avoids them all easily. man shoots in for a takedown but Jones shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet. A lazy left from Jones finds it's target. Jones drops man with a beautiful combination! man stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Jones is looking for the KO!
man is rocked!
It looks like iron man has been cut. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. man tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him. Oh man is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Jones drops man with a straight left! Oh this is bad for man! Jones dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (strikes). Lazaros Jones!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
82% |
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