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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mohamed Raghdan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jon Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Raghdan comes to the cage accompanied by behind your lies. Jones has chosen Seduction as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Jon Jones is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
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186 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
KO power |
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Great elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mohamed Raghdan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jon Jones!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Alan Glass and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Raghdan is trying hard to land a takedown here. Jones sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Jones forces Raghdan back against the cage and clinches.
Jones lands an elbow that stopped Raghdan in his tracks for a moment.
It looks like Mohamed Raghdan has been cut.
Raghdan tries to break free but Jones pushes him back against the cage.
Jones has Raghdan pressed against the cage, preventing Raghdan from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Raghdan shoots in and drives through. Jones sprawls well.
Jones gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Raghdan takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jones lands an elbow inside that Raghdan shrugs off.
Jones lands an elbow just above Raghdan 's eye.
Jones creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Raghdan's defenses.
Jones stalling in the clinch.
Raghdan has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jones lands an elbow that stopped Raghdan in his tracks for a moment.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Jones.
Jones lands a nice elbow.
Mohamed Raghdan's cut is getting worse.
Jones stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Raghdan working hard to break the clinch.
Jones has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Raghdan is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Raghdan tries to break the clinch but Jones is controlling the position.
Jones should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Jones lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Raghdan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Raghdan takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Raghdan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Raghdan really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Jones keeps control of Raghdan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jones lands an elbow inside.
Jones pressing his opponent against the cage.
Raghdan is trying to break the clinch but Jones is controlling him.
Jones misses with a knee strike.
Jones lands an elbow inside.
Mohamed Raghdan's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Raghdan wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jones lands a nice elbow.
Raghdan is trying to break the clinch but Jones has him pressed against the cage.
Jones jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Raghdan walks away with a smile on his face. Jones gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Raghdan shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Jones but Jones pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mohamed Raghdan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Raghdan shoots in looking for a takedown. Jones tries to sprawl out of it but Raghdan keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Jones manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Nice sprawl there from Jones as Raghdan shoots in.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Raghdan fails with a takedown attempt.
Raghdan tries for a takedown but Jones sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Raghdan is breathing heavily.
Raghdan tries to keep at a distance but Jones has taken the fight into the clinch.
Raghdan takes an elbow to the temple.
Jones using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Raghdan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jones lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jones lands a nice elbow.
Nice elbow from Jones.
Nice elbow from Jones.
Jeez, Mohamed Raghdan's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Jones lands an elbow that stopped Raghdan in his tracks for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jones misses with a knee to the head.
Jones lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Raghdan has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Raghdan is trying to force a seperation but Jones has the dominant position.
Raghdan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Raghdan is trying to break the clinch but Jones has him pressed against the cage.
Jones lands an elbow that stopped Raghdan in his tracks for a moment.
Raghdan wants to break free but Jones has control.
Jones prevents Raghdan from breaking the clinch.
Jones avoiding damage.
Jones lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jones misses with an elbow strike.
Jones throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Raghdan avoids the elbow strike from Jones, against the cage.
Raghdan is trying to force a seperation but Jones has the dominant position.
Raghdan can't break the clinch.
Raghdan can't break the clinch.
Jones lands an elbow just above Raghdan 's eye.
Jones fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Jones working hard to break the clinch.
Jones misses with an elbow strike.
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.
Raghdan wants to get back to striking at distance but Jones won't allow it.
Jones keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Raghdan's efforts to push away.
A frustrated look appears on Raghdan's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Raghdan wants to get back to striking at distance but Jones won't allow it.
Raghdan takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jones lands an elbow that stopped Raghdan in his tracks for a moment.
Raghdan is trying to force a seperation but Jones has the dominant position.
Jones throws an elbow but it misses.
Raghdan wants to break the clinch but can't.
Raghdan tries to break the clinch but Jones is controlling the position.
Raghdan is trying to break the clinch but Jones is controlling him.
Raghdan wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jones keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Raghdan's efforts to push away.
Jones tries a knee to the head but Raghdan blocks it.
Raghdan is trying to break free.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jones pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Jones misses with an elbow strike.
Raghdan blocks an elbow strike from Jones.
Raghdan has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Raghdan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jon Jones dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mohamed Raghdan'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.
Raghdan misses with a takedown attempt - Jones sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Raghdan shoots in and drives through. Jones sprawls well.
Jones stuffs the takedown attempt from Raghdan. Raghdan gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mohamed Raghdan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Raghdan fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Raghdan tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Jones swivels and escapes.
Jones clinches up against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nice elbow from Jones.
Jones is struggling to control the position.
Jones tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jones decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Jones wants to stand but his hand is trapped. Raghdan uses the opportunity to regain full guard.
Jones wants to stand up, so he's looking to wriggle free of Raghdan's closed guard. He's half up but Raghdan has locked on to an arm! Uh oh! Raghdan pivots and extends the arm, Jones falls face first to the mat and taps??... does he?? YES! He's tapping! Excellent counter grappling there by Raghdan! Well done that man!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Mohamed Raghdan!
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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