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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between george st piere (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jon Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Jones's choice of entrance music: God Gave Me Style. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, george st piere!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jon Jones!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Gregory Folan and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones misses with a head kick.
Nice sprawl there from Jones as st piere shoots in.
Jones throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
st piere feints and as Jones raises his hands in defense, st piere changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
st piere is pushing down on Jones's leg trying to pass to half guard. Jones is fighting to maintain full guard but st piere has managed to sneak the leg through.
Jones avoiding damage under a succession of punches from st piere.
st piere wants to free his trapped foot but Jones is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with st piere in particular looking to stall.
st piere is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Jones defends it well.
st piere wants to control but Jones is keeping him busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
st piere trying to control the pace.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
george st piere has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
st piere takes a kick to the side of the head.
st piere changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Jones looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
st piere decides to take the fight back to the feet.
st piere blocks a head kick by Jones.
st piere avoids the head kick by Jones.
Jones misses with a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones misses with a head kick.
Jones pulls out of a head kick attempt.
st piere shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
st piere shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Jones as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for george st piere. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones throws a sloppy head kick and st piere moves out of range easily.
st piere tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jones paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jones throws a sloppy head kick and st piere moves out of range easily.
Jon Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
st piere shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Jones sprawls well. Jones wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. st piere gets slowly back to his feet.
st piere is breathing heavily.
st piere feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
st piere wants to control from the top but Jones keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
st piere trying to stand up but can't free himself from Jones's guard.
st piere controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Jones wants to stand and escape but st piere is having none of it.
st piere is pushing down on Jones's leg trying to pass to half guard. Jones is fighting to maintain full guard but st piere has managed to sneak the leg through.
st piere tries to pass the half guard into mount. Jones knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
st piere thows a huge punch but Jones dodges it nicely.
That's four 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.
st piere seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Jones does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with st piere in particular looking to stall.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of george st piere.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Jones throws a head kick that misses.
Jones misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
st piere shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Jones napping and manages to drive through into side control!
st piere is looking to take a break and control but Jones is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
st piere taking a breather here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
george st piere dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Jones tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
st piere blocks a head kick by Jones.
st piere fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Jones sprawls well initially but st piere persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Jones is not content to let st piere control the position.
st piere moves into full mount! Jones won't be happy about that!
st piere looking to finish with strikes here!
Jones is breathing heavily.
Jones avoids a series of strikes thrown by st piere.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Jones can do anything to dispel that myth.
That's one minute gone in the round.
st piere controlling the position easily from mount.
st piere looking to finish with strikes here!
st piere looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
st piere misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
st piere throws some wild stikes that Jones manages to avoid easily.
Jones is squirming around, avoiding st piere's attempts to control the action.
st piere controlling from the full mount.
st piere punishing his opponent with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
st piere wants to control the pace but Jones is squirming around nicely.
st piere controlling the pace for now.
st piere trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
st piere throwing strikes here but Jones is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
st piere throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
st piere 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 wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by st piere.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
st piere has control of Jones's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Jones regains control of the situation pretty easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
george st piere dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
st piere tries to clinch there but Jones circles away.
george st piere is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jones throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Jones throws a sloppy head kick and st piere moves out of range easily.
st piere drives through with a takedown into guard.
Jones keeping full guard, as st piere tries to pass.
st piere is pushing down on Jones's leg trying to pass to half guard. Jones is fighting to maintain full guard but st piere has managed to sneak the leg through.
st piere frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
st piere controlling his opponent.
Jones takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
st piere trying to control but he's not successful this time.
st piere controlling the pace for now.
st piere is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Jones is surviving well by controlling st piere's body position as best he can.
That's two 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.
st piere fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
st piere misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Jones really doesn't want to stay on the ground with st piere. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
st piere throwing strikes here but Jones is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
st piere controlling the pace for now.
st piere throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
st piere tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
st piere looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
st piere takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
That's four 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.
Jones is squirming around, avoiding st piere's attempts to control the action.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jones avoids a series of strikes thrown by st piere.
And that's the end of the fight!
george st piere showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for st piere, 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 William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... george st piere!
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energy
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hype
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