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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Layen Pray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Spartacus Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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150 lbs
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152 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Layen Pray!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Spartacus Jones!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones lands a two punch combo.
It looks like Layen Pray has been cut.
Jones lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Pray swats away the attempt to clinch by Jones.
Jones throws a series of punches but Pray avoids them all with ease.
Pray scores with a takedown into Jones's guard.
Pray has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Jones can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Pray controls the pace.
Pray got a little sloppy there for a moment and Jones has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Pray has managed to get both his arms back between Jones's legs - danger averted.
Jones can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Pray controls the pace.
Jones looking for a guillotine here but Pray defends easily.
Jones is looking to stand up but Pray isn't so interested in that idea.
Pray stays in close to Jones's body and controls the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pray tries to free his leg and advance position but Jones is retaining full guard.
Pray working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Pray wants to pass the guard but Jones is keeping the position.
Pray passes into half guard.
Pray working the head and body with strikes.
Jones is trying to stand.
Pray thows a huge punch but Jones dodges it nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pray working Jones over with strikes.
Jones is trying to stand up here but Pray is controlling him well.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Pray wants to free his trapped foot but Jones is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Pray knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Jones on the ground.
Jones is in trouble now - Pray has advanced to mount!
Pray takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Pray with shots to the head and body - Jones looks very uncomfortable down there.
Pray controlling the position easily from mount.
Pray with a couple of short strikes.
Jones is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Pray wants to control the pace but Jones is squirming around nicely.
Pray is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Pray fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pray won't let Jones get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Pray is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Jones is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Jones looks gassed!
Pray controlling from the full mount.
Pray landing strikes from the mount.
Pray punishing his opponent with strikes.
Jones regains half guard.
Jones taking some punishment here, with Pray in his half guard.
Pray scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are battling for position here. Jones manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Pray is in close to Jones's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Pray content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Pray trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Pray not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Pray!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jones throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Pray because Jones loaded up on that one.
Pray working to try and regain half guard.
Pray is working hard here to advance position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pray blocking the ground and pound.
Poor strikes thrown by Jones there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Jones looking to finish with strikes here!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Layen Pray dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Layen Pray's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Jones throws a series of punches but Pray moves out of range.
Pray looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Jones!
Pray tries to control but Jones wriggling away.
Pray tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Pray has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Jones is looking to improve his position but Pray isn't that keen on the idea.
Jones wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Pray prevents Jones from getting the reversal.
Pray controlling the pace for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pray landing strikes from the mount.
Pray looking to finish Jones with some ground and pound. This is bad for Jones!
Pray tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Jones wants to hold on but Pray pushes him away.
Jones is trying to stand.
Jones is breathing heavily.
Pray controlling his opponent.
Pray seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Jones for as long as he can get away with.
Pray scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Jones?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones trying desperately to get to his feet.
Jones taking shots to the head.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Pray cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Jones is trying to stand up.
Pray with shots to the head and body - Jones looks very uncomfortable down there.
Pray looking to finish Jones with some ground and pound. This is bad for Jones!
Pray controlling from mount.
Layen Pray overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Jones trying desperately to get to his feet.
Pray takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Jones is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pray sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Layen Pray just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Pray closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Pray lands in his opponent's guard.
Pray pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jones is keeping the position for now.
Jones throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Pray working some strikes from top position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pray with a nice head shot there.
Pray makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Pray working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Pray trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Jones is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Pray is aware though and is defending well.
Jones keeping full guard, as Pray tries to pass.
Pray is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Jones thuds a left hand into Pray's body.
Pray looks for a takedown but Jones sprawls well.
Jones throws a series of strikes that have Pray backpedaling.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Layen Pray dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Layen Pray's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Jones lands a nice looking body shot.
Jones misses with a two punch combination.
Pray slips a jab and a cross from Jones.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Pray.
Jones tries to strike but it doesn't land.
Jones manages to work his way to half guard, despite Pray's best efforts.
Pray is controlling the pace.
Ground and pound from Pray.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jones is looking to control Pray's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Jones avoid being mounted?
Pray is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones tries to get to full guard but Pray has control of the leg.
Pray is looking to advance position but Jones won't allow it.
Pray controlling the pace.
Jones trying to hold on to Pray's head to control him but Pray postures up.
Pray scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Ground and pound from Pray.
Pray controlling the pace.
Pray wants to pass to mount but Jones is defending the position.
Pray takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Jones is looking to escape.
Pray sitting and controlling from the half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Jones looks like he's trying to stand up.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Pray in particular looking to stall.
Jones has hold of Pray's hands but Pray slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Pray is trying to control the action in half guard but Jones is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Pray is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Pray lands a nice short elbow.
Pray stops Jones from getting back to his feet.
Jones is looking for a sweep. Pray is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Jones swinging wilding here.
Spartacus Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pray is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Jones's half guard.
Jones wants to get back to his feet.
Pray lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Jones wants to get back to full guard.
Pray trying to mount his opponent but Jones defends it.
Pray scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Layen Pray is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jones looks like he's trying to stand up.
Pray performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Pray lands strikes from half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Pray gets a takedown into half guard.
Pray stops Jones from getting back to his feet.
Pray is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Pray content to control rather than advance.
Pray prevents Jones from standing back up.
And that's the end of the fight!
Layen Pray showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Pray, 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Layen Pray!
Layen Pray is the new featherweight champion!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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