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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jenni Salonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and bash jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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130 lbs
8 - 10 - 0 |
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180 cm
24
142 lbs
8 - 8 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jenni Salonen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, bash jones!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Ivan Kurochkin and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck for Salonen with that takedown attempt.
Excellent takedown into side control there by jones.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
jones trying to control the action but Salonen is working from the bottom.
jones has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
jones looks for a takedown but Salonen sprawls well.
Salonen drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Salonen chips away with some ground and pound.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Salonen postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Salonen won't allow jones to sweep him here.
jones is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Salonen wants to control but jones is keeping busy.
jones is trying to control the action in half guard but Salonen is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
jones is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Salonen sees it coming and defends easily.
jones decides to stand and escape the position.
Salonen scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
jones looks gassed!
Salonen avoids the strikes from the bottom by jones.
Salonen working the ground and pound.
Salonen scoring with punches and elbows.
Salonen throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Salonen scores with punches from side control.
jones wants to control but Salonen postures up.
Salonen knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for jones on the ground.
Salonen landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
You can see the frustration on jones's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
jones throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salonen scoring with punches from side control.
jones is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Salonen landing a few strikes.
Salonen cracks jones with a big right hand but jones just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
jones is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
jones on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
jones tries to strike but it doesn't land.
jones tries to buck Salonen off but Salonen is having none of it.
Salonen landing strikes.
Salonen working away.
Salonen is working jones over with some ground and pound from side control.
Salonen in side control lands a decent elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
jones tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Salonen wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Salonen scores with punches from side control.
jones is looking to reverse the position.
Salonen lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear jones down.
Salonen scores with punches from side control.
jones takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
jones is trying to control Salonen's posture but Salonen avoids it.
jones is looking for a sweep.
jones regains half guard.
Salonen passes to full mount!
Salonen avoids the attempt from jones to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salonen lands a heavy elbow.
Salonen working jones over with strikes here.
jones is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Salonen has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of jones's face.
jones is trying to escape the mount.
Salonen putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Salonen avoids the attempt from jones to control.
Salonen is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
jones wants to control but Salonen is having none of it.
jones working to try and regain half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jenni Salonen dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Salonen shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Salonen lands a heavy elbow.
Salonen lands with some vicious ground and pound - can jones hang on?
jones regains half guard.
jones tries to get to full guard but Salonen has control of the leg.
jones works his way to full guard. Good work.
Salonen throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as jones works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Salonen is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
jones is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Salonen makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Salonen distracts jones with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
jones throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
jones wants to sweep here but Salonen controlling him for the moment.
Salonen sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed jones's guard.
Salonen working over jones with some ground and pound. jones looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
jones trying to control but Salonen postures up.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Salonen lands a nice short elbow.
Salonen works his way into side control.
jones parries the strikes from Salonen easily there. Salonen is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable jones to escape.
jones gets back to half guard.
jones is looking for a sweep. Salonen is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Salonen throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Salonen is pressing down on jones's thigh, looking to free his foot. jones is holding on for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
jones is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Salonen's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Salonen's back!
jones lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
jones biding his time, controlling Salonen.
jones looking to hold on to the position here but Salonen rolls and ends up regaining guard.
jones wanted to stand there but Salonen had control of the position.
jones thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Salonen wants to stand but jones is controlling the position.
Jenni Salonen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salonen on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Salonen tries to get out of the position.
jones sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Salonen's guard.
Salonen tries to push off, looking to stand up, but jones manages to move to mount!
jones looking to control but Salonen is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
jones is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Salonen is surviving well by controlling jones's body position as best he can.
Salonen is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Salonen tries to lock up and control but jones gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
jones content just to control the position here.
Salonen really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
jones scoring with strikes but Salonen is staying in there.
Salonen is squirming around, avoiding jones's attempts to control the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but bash jones will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Salonen has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Jenni Salonen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Salonen shoots in for a double leg but jones sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Salonen stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Salonen wants it to stay on the feet.
Salonen tries for a takedown but jones circles away easily
and jones counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
jones fails with the takedown.
Salonen has his takedown stuffed
and jones holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jenni Salonen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
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 Salonen uses from the top position.
Salonen throwing strikes but missing.
Salonen postures up in jones's guard and throws a big left but jones blocks it.
jones throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
jones kicks Salonen off and gets to his feet.
Salonen gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and jones counters with a shoot takedown. Salonen fights it but they end up in guard.
jones trying to control but Salonen is working from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salonen pushes jones off and gets back to his feet.
jones scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
jones is looking to take a break and control but Salonen is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
jones postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ground and pound from jones seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
jones swings around for an armbar but Salonen sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into jones's guard.
jones looking for a guillotine here but Salonen defends easily.
Salonen has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Salonen postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Salonen loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now jones is on top in guard.
Salonen working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from jones.
jones is looking to stand up but Salonen won't let him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salonen not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Salonen looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
jones stands up from Salonen's guard - jones perhaps looking for a knockout.
Salonen fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
jones dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Salonen looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? jones is fending him off so far but Salonen persists. Nope, jones circles away and we're back to standing.
jones moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
jones scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
jones fails to land with a series of punches.
jones will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
jones stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and jones wants it to stay on the feet.
jones gets a takedown into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
jones tries to pass to full mount but Salonen defends it.
jones is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Salonen is holding on to half guard well.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
jones trying to control the action but Salonen is working from the bottom.
Salonen regains full guard. Nicely done.
And that's the end of the fight!
bash jones comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well jones has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Sergei Dronov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a draw!
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energy
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RATING
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