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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jon Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scott Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jon Jones has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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185 lbs
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185 lbs
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Good wrestling
Counter striker
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jon Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Scott Smith!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Albert Achterberg and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith misses with a two punch combination.
Smith throws a series of strikes that have Jones backpedaling.
Smith fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jones manages to avoid it.
Smith throws a right and a left that Jones avoids nicely.
Smith swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch but Jones swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jones keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Smith throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Smith dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Smith throws a right and a left that both miss.
Smith tries to clinch but Jones moves out of range.
Jones avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Smith is looking to clinch but Jones is avoiding it.
Smith takes a swing at Jones's ribcage but misses.
Smith lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jones circles away quickly and effectively.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Jones keeps the fight on the outside.
Smith fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Smith moves in looking to clinch but Jones pushes him off.
Smith cracks a nice hook into Jones's ribs.
Smith misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jones.
Smith tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jones was well out of range. Poor timing from Smith.
Smith clinches up with Jones and pushes him back against the ropes.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Smith throws an elbow but misses.
Jones blocks the elbow strike.
Jones avoids a wild elbow strike from Smith.
Smith pushes off an throws an elbow but Jones leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Smith throws an elbow that misses.
Smith throws an elbow but it misses.
Jones blocks the elbow strike.
Jones avoids a wild elbow strike from Smith.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Smith gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Jones blocks an elbow strike.
Smith misses with an elbow strike.
Smith throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Smith throws an elbow that misses.
Smith misses with an elbow strike.
Smith throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jones wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jon Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Smith pushes off an throws an elbow but Jones leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Jones lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Jones sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Smith defending well though.
Smith wants to get back to full guard.
Jones has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Jones throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Jones thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Smith moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Jones postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Smith can do anything to dispel that myth.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smith wants to sweep here but Jones controlling him for the moment.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jones accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Smith has momentary wrist control but Jones slips an elbow through the middle.
Smith striking off his back but it's not causing Jones any problems.
Smith is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Jones is looking to work some ground and pound but Smith has wrist control.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jones accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Jones postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Smith controls Jones momentarily but Jones frees himself.
Jones cracks Smith with a solid left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Jones loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Smith working a defensive guard here.
Smith utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Smith is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Smith pulls Jones in close to his closed guard and prevents Jones from doing any damage or advancing position.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Scott Smith hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Smith throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Smith doesn't manage to clinch there - Jones circles away.
Smith fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jones manages to avoid it.
Smith misses with a body shot.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Jones avoids the body shot from Smith.
Jones fails with the takedown.
Jones avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Smith tries to clinch up but Jones circles away and keeps his distance.
Smith throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jones keeps the fight on the outside.
Smith forces Jones back against the ropes and clinches.
Jones is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Smith gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Smith lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Jon Jones has been cut.
Smith throws an elbow but it misses.
Smith misses with an elbow strike.
Jones blocks the elbow strike.
Jones avoids the elbow strike from Smith, against the ropes.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Smith creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jones blocks the elbow strike.
Jones avoids a wild elbow strike from Smith.
Jones blocks the elbow strike.
Smith looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jones tries for a takedown. No joy.
Jones is breathing heavily.
Smith throws an elbow that misses.
Jones blocks an elbow strike from Smith.
Jones avoids a wild elbow strike from Smith.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Smith just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jones's brow.
Smith misses with an elbow strike.
Smith pushes off an throws an elbow but Jones leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Smith pushes off an throws an elbow but Jones leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Smith just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jones's brow.
Jones wants a takedown but no success here.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Smith just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jones's brow.
Smith lands an elbow inside.
Jones blocks the elbow strike.
Jones blocks the elbow strike.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Jones can't get the takedown.
Smith throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jones avoids a wild elbow strike from Smith.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Smith throws an elbow but misses.
Smith misses with an elbow strike.
Jones blocks the elbow strike.
Smith pushes off an throws an elbow but Jones leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Jones drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Smith gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Nice elbow from Smith.
Smith misses with an elbow over the top.
Smith throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Smith throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jones goes for a takedown in the clinch but Smith prevents it.
Jones goes for a takedown attempt but Smith pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Smith misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jones.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Jones circles away from the clinch attempt.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch but Jones swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Smith swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jones is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Smith.
Scott Smith is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Jones paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Smith tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Jones manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Smith fails in his attempt to clinch.
Smith is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jones swats away the attempt to clinch by Smith.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
A right-left combo lands from Smith.
Smith is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jones circles away from the clinch attempt.
Scott Smith seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Smith.
Jones changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Smith looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Smith is looking to reverse the position.
Smith can't do much from the bottom here.
Smith manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Smith sitting and controlling from the half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Scott Smith dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jon 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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Smith throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Smith takes a swing at Jones's ribcage but misses.
Smith looks to score with a jab to the body but Jones is just out of range.
Nice sprawl there from Smith as Jones shoots in.
Smith misses with a wild body shot.
Smith tries to clinch but Jones moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smith swinging wildly here.
Jones shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Smith napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Smith is trying to improve his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones misses with the ground and pound.
The strikes coming from Jones are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Jones misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Smith wants to control but Jones postures up.
Smith is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Jones tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Smith avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Jones.
Smith is trying to control Jones's posture but Jones avoids it.
Jones postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Jones working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Smith is looking for a sweep.
Jones scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Smith to see if he's OK.
Smith manages to work his way to half guard, despite Jones's best efforts.
Smith is trying to get back to full guard.
Smith blocking the ground and pound attempt from Jones.
Smith really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jones. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Smith blocking the ground and pound attempt from Jones.
Smith keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Smith wants to improve his position but Jones is controlling well.
Jones lands strikes from half guard.
Smith tries to roll over but Jones keeps him under control.
Smith blocking the ground and pound attempt from Jones.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Smith wants to improve his position but Jones is controlling well.
Jones prevents Smith from standing back up.
Jones working over Smith with some ground and pound. Smith looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Jones is nestled in close to Smith, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Jones not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Jones not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Smith keeping control of the position.
Jones missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Jones missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Jones thows a huge punch but Smith dodges it nicely.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Smith trying to hold on to Jones's head to control him but Jones postures up.
Smith wants to improve his position but Jones is controlling well.
Jones missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Jones thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Smith pushes Jones off looking to stand but Jones dives back in and keeps control.
Smith looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Jones takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Jones working Smith over with strikes.
Smith looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Jones missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Smith is looking to control Jones's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Smith avoid being mounted?
Smith is looking to escape.
Jones thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Smith's head.
Jones lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Jones thows a huge punch but Smith dodges it nicely.
Smith gets back to full guard.
Jones tries to free his leg and advance position but Smith is retaining full guard.
Smith has control of Jones's left arm, preventing Jones from doing any damage.
Jones throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Smith works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's six 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.
Smith preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Jones loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Smith has control of Jones's left arm, preventing Jones from doing any damage.
Jones postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jones accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Jones thows a big elbow that misses.
Jones throws a big right hand that misses.
Jones throwing strikes but missing.
Smith pulls Jones in close to prevent any damage.
Smith is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Jones in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Smith is trying to keep Jones in close.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Scott Smith was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Smith wants to clinch up but Jones keeps it at a distance.
Smith doesn't manage to clinch there - Jones circles away.
Smith thows a body shot but no joy.
Smith moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Smith tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Jones manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Smith swings for the body but Jones moves out of range.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Jones avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch but Jones swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Smith throws a series of punches but Jones moves out of range.
Smith doesn't manage to clinch there - Jones circles away.
Smith throws a series of punches but Jones avoids them all with ease.
Smith connects with a body shot.
Smith swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Smith misses the shot to the body.
Jones avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Smith lands a nice hook to Jones's body. Jones takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Smith throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Smith wants to clinch.
Jones avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch but Jones swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jones throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Smith's waist but Smith gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Jones off to one side.
Smith thows a body shot but no joy.
Smith is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Smith tries to close the distance and clinch but Jones swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jon Jones showed his dominance in that final round.
I have no idea who won that fight. Let's wait and see whether the judges are as confused as me! Time for a split decision perhaps?!. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight for Scott Smith!
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight for Scott Smith!
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight for Scott Smith!
Scott Smith wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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