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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gerald Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and marcus jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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265 lbs
5 - 4 - 1 |
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265 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Great low kicks
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Brawler
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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
5 - 4 - 1, fighting out of London, Gerald Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, marcus jones!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Colin Fotheringham and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
jones shoots in looking for a takedown. Young tries to sprawl out of it but jones keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Young manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Young tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
jones shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Young manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
jones prevents Young from getting back to his feet.
Young knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for jones on the ground.
jones working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
jones stands up over Young, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
jones distracts Young with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Young is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
jones with a flurry of punches that miss.
jones landing some decent shots from guard.
jones thows a big elbow that misses.
Young is looking to stand up but jones isn't so interested in that idea.
jones chips away with some ground and pound.
jones has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Young utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
jones working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
jones lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
jones is looking to work some ground and pound but Young has wrist control.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells jones's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
jones looks gassed!
jones distracts Young with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
jones with a flurry of punches that miss.
Young wants to stand up but jones is controlling him.
Young wriggles free and stands up.
jones looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
jones takes a kick to the side of the head.
It looks like marcus jones has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Young rushes jones and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Young wants to break free but jones has control.
Young landing knees to the head.
Young breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
jones shoots in for a takedown but Young shows good takedown defense.
Gerald Young has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of marcus jones.
Young tries to clinch there but jones circles away.
Young tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but jones paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Young slaps away a takedown attempt from jones, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Young tries to clinch there but jones circles away.
Young lands with a kick to the temple. jones shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Young takes the fight into the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Young creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Young can't break the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Young.
Young's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Young tries to close the distance and clinch but jones swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nice body kick there by Young.
Young tries to clinch but jones is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but jones paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Young lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Young lands a head kick. jones smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Young is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Young is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Young tries to close the distance and clinch up but jones swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A chopping leg kick lands by Young.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Young throws a one two combo.
Young is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Young lands with a kick to the temple. jones shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Gerald Young is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
jones takes a shot to the body in his stride.
jones looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Young is fending him off so far but jones persists. Nope, Young circles away and we're back to standing.
Young tries to clinch but jones is having none of it.
Young tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but jones paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Young tries to clinch but jones is having none of it.
Young fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Young has closed the distance and engaged jones in a clinch.
Young breaks from the clinch.
jones on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Young connects with a jab.
Young sizes up jones with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Young wants to clinch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Young.
jones keeps the fight on the outside.
Young lands with a nice combination. jones backs away looking to recover.
Young throws a shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Young throws a nice head kick!
No luck for jones with that takedown attempt.
Young lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Young closes the distance and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gerald Young dominated that round.
The cut man is working on marcus jones's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Young takes the fight into the clinch.
Young is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that jones can do to turn this around?
jones trying to land knees to the body.
jones takes a knee right on the jaw!
Young blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A knee to the head by Young.
Young breaks the clinch.
Young fails with an attempt to clinch.
marcus jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Young cracks the inside of jones's front leg.
Young is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Young is looking to clinch.
Young is looking to clinch.
Gerald Young is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Young tries to clinch but jones is having none of it.
Young lands a body shot.
Young lands with a nice combination. jones backs away looking to recover.
That has opened up marcus jones's cut even more.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Young turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Young tries to close the distance and clinch but jones swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
jones keeps the fight on the outside.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Young is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Young connects with a high kick.
jones takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
jones swats away the attempt to clinch by Young.
Young connects with a looping right hand.
Young tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Good leg kick by Young there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Young getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Gerald Young is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Young clinches with his opponent.
Young scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Young lands a nice shot to the body.
Young lands a damaging elbow.
Young breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A jab from Young finds it's way through jones's defenses.
Young lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Young tries to clinch up.
Young tries to clinch up but jones circles away and keeps his distance.
jones takes a head kick and keeps coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young moves in looking to clinch but jones pushes him off.
jones tries to keep at a distance but Young has taken the fight into the clinch.
Young scores with a nice hook to the head.
Young taking a breather.
Young can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Young displaying some good clinch control by pressing jones up against the cage.
Young looking to slow down the pace here.
Young breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Young has managed to clinch.
Young breaks the clinch.
A shot to de liver by Young. Beautiful body shot.
jones shoots in for a takedown but Young shows good takedown defense.
Young throws a quick head kick that skims the top of jones's head.
jones shoots in looking for a takedown. Young tries to sprawl out of it but jones keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Young manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
jones shoots in but no luck this time.
Gerald Young has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of marcus jones.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young thumps jones with a low kick.
Nice cross by Young.
jones looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Young is looking to clinch.
Young fails with an attempt to clinch.
Young throws a nice outside leg kick.
Young scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
jones fails with the takedown.
Young lands with a nice body punch.
Young tries to clinch up.
Young tries to clinch up.
Young swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by jones.
jones tries to keep at a distance but Young has taken the fight into the clinch.
Young's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
jones fails with the takedown.
The fight stays on the outside here - Young looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Young lands a high kick!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Young.
Left hook, right uppercut from Young.
Young tries to close the distance and clinch but jones swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Young doesn't manage to clinch there - jones circles away.
Young throws a head kick that half lands.
Young rushes jones and presses him up against the cage.
Young breaks from the clinch.
jones's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
jones stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Young.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Young tries to close the distance and clinch up but jones swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Young tries to close the distance and clinch up but jones swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Young scores with a one two! jones had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Young lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gerald Young dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on marcus jones's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Young throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Nice body kick from Young.
jones on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Young closes the distance and clinches.
jones misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Young.
Young lands a knee to the head.
Young manages to break the clinch.
Young clinches up with jones and pushes him back against the cage.
Young is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Young lands with a left to the head.
Young breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Young is looking to clinch but jones is avoiding it.
jones takes a kick to the side of the head.
Young throws a head kick that jones semi-blocks.
Young lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
jones takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
jones avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Young throws a quick head kick that skims the top of jones's head.
Young lands a nice shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A solid body kick from Young.
Young wants to clinch.
jones misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Young takes the fight into the clinch.
A hook to the body from Young.
Young's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Young lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
A nice combination there by Young.
jones takes one to the side of the head.
Young throws a series of strikes that have jones backpedaling.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Young clinches up against the cage.
Young escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Young goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
jones has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Young stalks jones and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into jones's face. jones staggers backwards, shaken.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young stuffs the takedown.
Young darts in and clinches jones up against the cage.
Young wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Young avoiding damage as jones throws knees to the body.
Young lands an elbow that stopped jones in his tracks for a moment.
Young breaks from the clinch.
Young lands a head kick. jones smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
A head kick from Young lands but jones takes it in his stride.
Young throws a combination. jones tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
A good leg kick by Young.
jones shoots in for a double leg but Young sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Gerald Young has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of marcus jones.
jones shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Young defends it nicely.
Young closes the distance and pushes jones back into the cage.
Young breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Young drives through and clinches with jones against the cage.
Young manages to break the clinch.
Young gets in close and instigates a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young looking to slow down the pace here.
Young blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Young stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
jones missing with knees to the body.
Young is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but jones is keeping busy.
Young is pushing jones up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
jones has Young pressed against the cage, preventing Young from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
jones tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Young avoids it.
Young tries to stall but jones uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Young escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Danga de danga de dang - Young scores with a four punch combination!
Young moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Young closes the distance and clinches.
Young looking to stall.
Young blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Young pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
jones looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
marcus jones has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Young instigates a clinch.
A knee to the head by Young.
Young avoiding damage as jones throws knees to the body.
Young on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
jones being controlled against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Young obliges.
Young is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Young managing to block the knees to the body from jones.
Gerald Young is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Young lands a knee to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
jones is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Young is defending well for now.
Young unloads a knee to the mid-section. jones lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Young tries to break free but jones pushes him back against the cage.
Young displaying some good clinch control by pressing jones up against the cage.
Young blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gerald Young showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Young, 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 James Glass scores the fight 30:25
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:25
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gerald Young!
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