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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Randy Fredric (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Donnie Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fredric comes into the arena with Rocky Theme Song blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Randy Fredric!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Donnie Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yukihiro Shimada and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice cross by Jackson.
Fredric tries to clinch up
and Fredric takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fredric closes the distance looking to clinch
and Jackson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jackson throws a series of strikes that have Fredric backpedaling.
Fredric closes the distance looking to clinch
and Jackson counters with a stiff right hand.
Jackson dips to his left and cracks Fredric with an uppercut!
Jackson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Fredric.
Fredric tries to clinch up but Jackson circles away and keeps his distance.
Jackson misses with the combination.
Fredric ducks under a wild hook from Jackson.
Fredric takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
It looks like Randy Fredric has been cut.
Fredric is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Jackson.
Jackson circles away from the clinch attempt
and Jackson counters with a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson throws a jab but it's blocked by Fredric.
Fredric is looking to clinch.
Jackson throws an overhand right that lands on Fredric's shoulder, as Fredric tries to avoid the shot.
Fredric darts in trying to clinch
and Jackson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jackson takes a swing at Fredric's ribcage but misses.
Jackson swats away the attempt to clinch by Fredric.
Jackson lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Fredric pushes Jackson up against the cage in a clinch.
Jackson jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Fredric walks away with a smile on his face. Jackson gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Jackson misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Fredric moves out of range as Jackson strikes.
Jackson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Randy Fredric seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fredric tries to close the distance and clinch but Jackson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fredric moves to clinch but Jackson breaks away
and Jackson counters with a stiff right hand.
Fredric forces Jackson back against the cage and clinches.
Jackson throws a head punch that misses.
Fredric lands a knee to the head.
Jackson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jackson swings wildly with an uppercut but Fredric uses good head movement to avoid it.
A knee to the head by Fredric.
Jackson swings wildly with an uppercut but Fredric uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jackson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fredric with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jackson gets control of Fredric's arms and successfully pulls guard. Jackson will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Jackson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Fredric avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Fredric looking to pass the guard.
Fredric with a flurry of punches that miss.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Jackson is on top in guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jacksonis looking to pass into half guard but Fredric pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Fredric is in guard.
Fredric tries to free his leg and advance position but Jackson is retaining full guard.
Fredric postures up and lands a big shot to Jackson's brow.
Fredric working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Fredric is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Jackson is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Fredric knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Jackson on the ground.
Fredric wants to pass the guard but Jackson is keeping the position.
Jackson is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Fredric is aware though and is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fredric is in close to Jackson's body, working some short punches and elbows.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fredric works over Jackson with some ground and pound from guard.
Fredric with a flurry of punches that miss.
Jackson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Fredric stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jackson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Fredric won't allow Jackson to sweep him here.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Jackson is on top in guard.
Jackson stops Fredric from standing up.
Fredric is breathing heavily.
Jackson wants to pass the guard but Fredric is keeping the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fredric wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Jackson manages to pass to side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Donnie Jackson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Randy Fredric'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.
Fredric tries to clinch
and Jackson counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Fredric thinking.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fredric looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Fredric tries to clinch up
and Jackson counters with a three punch combo that has Fredric backing up. Fredric nods at Jackson to acknowledge the strikes.
Fredric tries to clinch
and Jackson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jackson thuds his right hand into Fredric's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Fredric closes the distance looking to clinch
and Jackson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Fredric moves in looking to clinch but Jackson pushes him off.
Fredric fails with an attempt to clinch.
Fredric fails in his attempt to clinch.
Randy Fredric is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fredric tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Jackson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jackson scores with the left hand. Fredric knows he should have avoided that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from Jackson does no damage.
Jackson scores with a jab to the head.
Fredric moves to clinch but Jackson breaks away
and Jackson makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fredric is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jackson might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Fredric closes the distance but Jackson moves to the side
and Jackson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A punch combination from Jackson misses.
Fredric slips a straight right by Jackson.
Jackson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Fredric.
Donnie Jackson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Fredric tries to clinch up.
Jackson throws a nice looking combination but Fredric bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Fredric tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jackson fails with a takedown attempt.
Fredric wants to clinch up but Jackson keeps it at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Fredric doesn't manage to clinch there - Jackson circles away.
Fredric tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A punch combination from Jackson misses.
Jackson throws a hook but Fredric blocks it.
Jackson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jackson lands a nice shot to the body.
Fredric tries to clinch but Jackson is having none of it.
A combination from Jackson does no damage.
Donk. Jackson catches Fredric right on the button with a cross.
Jackson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nice defenses there by Fredric.
Jackson lands a jab.
Fredric takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fredric wants to clinch.
Jackson misses the body punch
and Fredric counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Fredric.
Jackson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Fredric tries to land a knee to the head but Jackson blocks with his arms.
Jackson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fredric looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Jackson pushes Fredric back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Fredric's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Fredric with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Fredric tries a knee to the head but Jackson blocks it.
Fredric misses with a knee strike.
Jackson jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Fredric walks away with a smile on his face. Jackson gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Jackson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jackson with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Jackson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jackson lands the left hand.
Jackson scores with a jab.
Jackson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Jackson moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Jackson throws a nice looking combination but Fredric bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson scores with a body shot.
Jackson misses with a series of wild punches.
Fredric slips a jab and a cross from Jackson.
Jackson swinging wildly here.
Jackson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Fredric tries to clinch up.
Fredric moves out of range as Jackson strikes.
Fredric is looking to clinch.
A swing and a miss from Jackson.
Jackson cracks a nice hook into Fredric's ribs.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jackson scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Fredric doesn't seem bothered though.
Jackson throws a hook but Fredric avoids it easily.
Horrible takedown by Jackson or perhaps it was just good defense by Fredric which made him look bad.
Randy Fredric has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Donnie Jackson.
Jackson keeps the fight on the outside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Donnie Jackson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Randy Fredric's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Fredric tries to close the distance and clinch but Jackson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jackson throws a right and a left that Fredric avoids nicely.
Jackson circles away from the clinch attempt
and Jackson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fredric moves to clinch but Jackson breaks away
and Jackson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jackson lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Fredric tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jackson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jackson connects with a body shot.
Jackson keeps the fight on the outside.
Fredric moves into range and clinches up with Jackson.
Fredric creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jackson's defenses.
Jackson tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Fredric smiles and moves away.
Fredric wants to clinch
and Jackson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jackson lands a jab-cross combination.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson swinging wildly here.
Jackson cracks Fredric with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Fredric is looking to clinch.
Jackson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Fredric avoids a punch combination nicely.
Fredric wants to clinch up but Jackson keeps it at a distance.
Fredric ducks under a wild hook from Jackson.
Fredric is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jackson tries to bum rush Fredric with a series of wild strikes but Fredric uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Fredric closes the distance looking to clinch
enabling Jackson to counter with a crisp jab.
Fredric looks to clinch
letting Jackson counter with a right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Jackson moves into range and clinches up with Fredric.
Jackson drags the fight down to the ground.
Fredric trying to control but Jackson is working from the bottom.
Fredric postures up in Jackson's guard and throws a big left but Jackson blocks it.
Jackson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Jackson working a defensive guard here.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Jackson holds on and takes a little breather.
Jackson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Fredric landing with the ground and pound.
Jackson working a defensive guard here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fredric is looking to work some ground and pound but Jackson has wrist control.
Fredric lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Fredric wants to pass the guard but Jackson is keeping the position.
Jackson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Jackson is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Jackson is looking to pass Fredric's guard but actually Fredric recovers to full guard.
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.
Jackson wants to control from the top but Fredric keeps moving.
Jackson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Donnie Jackson really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Randy Fredric's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Jackson misses with the combination.
Fredric moves in looking to clinch but Jackson pushes him off.
Nice shot by Jackson.
Fredric tries to clinch but Jackson moves away
and Jackson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jackson keeps the fight on the outside.
Fredric fails with an attempt to clinch.
Fredric looks to clinch
and Jackson counters with a left and a right that stings Fredric.
Fredric wants to clinch but Jackson slips to the side
and Jackson counters with a right hand to the body.
Fredric tries to clinch up but Jackson circles away and keeps his distance.
Fredric tries to clinch up
letting Jackson counter with a right hand.
Fredric tries to clinch but Jackson moves away
and Jackson counters with a left and a right that stings Fredric.
Fredric tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Jackson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson scores with the left hand. Fredric knows he should have avoided that one.
Jackson lands a nice looking body shot.
Fredric wants to clinch
and Jackson counters with a nice uppercut.
Fredric tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Fredric wants to clinch but Jackson slips to the side
and Jackson counters with a nice body shot.
Fredric tries to clinch but Jackson moves away
and Jackson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Fredric tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Jackson counters with a left to the body.
Jackson circles away from the clinch attempt
and Jackson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Jackson throws a right and a left that Fredric avoids nicely.
Fredric tries to clinch but Jackson moves away
and Jackson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jackson looks to land a combination but Fredric avoids it well.
Fredric keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Jackson moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fredric looks to clinch
and Jackson counters with a nice uppercut.
Fredric closes the distance looking to clinch
and Jackson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fredric tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Jackson counters with a stiff right hand.
Jackson scores with a three punch combo!
Fredric wants to clinch up but Jackson keeps it at a distance.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Jackson fails to pull guard.
Jackson presses Fredric against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Jackson blocks an elbow strike.
Jackson tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Fredric smiles and moves away.
Randy Fredric has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Donnie Jackson.
Jackson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Fredric stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fredric closes the distance looking to clinch
and Jackson counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Jackson throws a shot to the body.
Jackson misses with a straight right.
Jackson getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Jackson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jackson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A combination from Jackson does no damage.
No joy there for Jackson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Fredric darts in trying to clinch
and Jackson counters with a one-two to the body.
Fredric moves to clinch but Jackson breaks away
and Jackson counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Fredric tries to avoid it but Jackson manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Fredric to the ground. Fredric escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Jackson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Fredric is looking to clinch.
Fredric takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Jackson bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Fredric's head backwards.
Jackson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Fredric clinches with his opponent.
Fredric tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
With the fighters up against the cage, Fredric throws an elbow but misses.
Jackson tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Fredric smiles and moves away.
Jackson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jackson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jackson takes a swing at Fredric's ribcage but misses.
Jackson swinging wildly here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Donnie Jackson dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Randy Fredric's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Fredric gets tackled into the cage by Jackson. Jackson maintains the clinch.
Fredric comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jackson tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Fredric lands a damaging elbow.
Fredric with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jackson lands a body shot in the clinch.
Fredric with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jackson jumps into guard, dragging Fredric to the mat.
Jackson wants to sweep but no luck.
Fredric missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Jackson keeping full guard, as Fredric tries to pass.
Fredric throwing strikes from guard but Jackson blocks nicely.
Jackson manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Fredric manages to get himself to full guard.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Jackson trying to control the position from guard on top but Fredric is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fredric keeping full guard, as Jackson tries to pass.
Fredric on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Fredric tries to get out of the position.
Fredric wants to stand up but Jackson is controlling him.
Jackson looking to pass the guard.
That's two 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.
Jackson drops back, looking for a kneebar! Fredric looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Fredric looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Fredric!
Jackson sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Jackson regains full guard. Nicely done.
Jackson had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Fredric defends it easily.
Fredric scoring with some ground and pound.
Jackson is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Fredric defends well.
Fredric cracks Jackson with a solid left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fredric preventing the sweep.
Fredric avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Jackson throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Randy Fredric has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fredric is in close to Jackson's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Fredric scoring with punches to the head and body.
Jackson working for a triangle but Fredric defends it easily.
Jackson has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Fredric can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Jackson working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Fredric doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Fredric manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Donnie Jackson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Fredric trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Fredric connects with a couple of short punches.
Fredric thows a big elbow that misses.
Fredric passes easily into side control. Nice work.
You can see the frustration on Jackson's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jackson regains half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Donnie Jackson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Jackson winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 45:50
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 45:50
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Donnie Jackson!
Donnie Jackson is the new lightweight champion!
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