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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Paul Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Liam Erickson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Paul Jones has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Paul Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Liam Erickson!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Winston Howard and John Mangel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice leg kick lands there from Jones.
Erickson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Jones counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Erickson throws a combination that misses
and Jones counters with a slapping leg kick.
Erickson throws a nice looking combination but Jones bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jones pushes Erickson up against the cage in a clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Jones misses with a knee to the head.
Jones trying to land knees to the body.
Erickson blocks an elbow strike from Jones.
Erickson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jones creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Erickson tries to break the clinch but Jones is controlling the position.
Erickson avoids a wild elbow strike from Jones.
Jones misses with a knee to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jones just misses with a elbow thrown towards Erickson's brow.
Jones lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Erickson backwards.
Erickson avoids a wild elbow strike from Jones.
Jones throws an elbow but it misses.
Erickson can't break the clinch.
Jones holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Erickson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Erickson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Jones throws an elbow but it misses.
Jones tries a knee to the head but Erickson blocks it.
Jones throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Jones throws an elbow but it misses.
Jones looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jones fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Erickson misses with a two punch combination.
Erickson misses with a combination
and Jones counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Jones.
A right handed body shot lands from Jones.
Jones misses with an elbow over the top.
Jones tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Erickson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Erickson is trying to break the clinch but Jones has him pressed against the cage.
Erickson blocks the elbow strike.
A frustrated look appears on Erickson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jones throws a head punch that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones lands a nice uppercut.
Jones misses with a knee to the head.
Jones lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Erickson backwards.
Jones misses with a knee strike.
Jones throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jones throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Erickson blocks it with crossed arms.
Jones with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jones with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jones is breathing heavily.
Erickson tries to circle away but Jones has him pinned against the cage.
Jones misses with an elbow over the top.
Erickson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jones trying to land knees to the body.
Erickson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jones has Erickson pressed against the cage, preventing Erickson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jones misses with a knee to the head.
Jones landing knees to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones is trying to force a seperation but Erickson has the dominant position.
Jones with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jones misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Erickson.
A frustrated look appears on Erickson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jones using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Erickson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Erickson wants to break free but Jones has control.
Jones misses with a knee to the head.
Erickson keeps control of Jones as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Erickson wants to break free but Jones has control.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but Erickson blocks with his arms.
A frustrated look appears on Erickson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Erickson working hard to break the clinch.
Erickson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jones has him pressed against the cage.
Erickson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Erickson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jones is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Erickson is keeping busy.
Jones throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Erickson blocks it with crossed arms.
That's four 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.
Erickson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jones's efforts to push away.
Erickson tries to break free but Jones pushes him back against the cage.
Jones throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Erickson blocks it with crossed arms.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but Erickson blocks with his arms.
A frustrated look appears on Jones's face as he tries to break the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jones just misses with a elbow thrown towards Erickson's brow.
Jones has a couple of punches blocked by Erickson.
Erickson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Erickson blocks an elbow strike.
Erickson blocks the elbow strike.
Erickson wants to get back to striking at distance but Jones won't allow it.
Jones has Erickson pressed against the cage, preventing Erickson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jones trying to land knees to the body.
Jones connects with a nasty looking knee right to Erickson's face.
Jones with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jones tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Erickson is trying to force a seperation but Jones has the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paul Jones dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Erickson moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Paul Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Erickson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Jones counters with a leg kick.
Erickson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jones wants to clinch but Erickson slips to the side
and Erickson counters with a series of strikes. Jones will be more careful next time no doubt.
Jones has closed the distance and engaged Erickson in a clinch.
Jones throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Erickson blocks it with crossed arms.
Erickson is looking to break free of the clinch but Jones has double underhooks.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jones.
Jones throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Erickson blocks it with crossed arms.
Erickson can't break the clinch.
Jones tries to break free but Erickson pushes him back against the cage.
Erickson is trying to break the clinch but Jones is controlling him.
Jones's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Erickson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jones misses with a wild body shot.
Jones showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Erickson.
Erickson misses with a double jab
and Jones counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Jones.
Jones escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Erickson scores with a three punch combo!
No joy there for Erickson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jones throws a nice head kick!
Erickson misses with a double jab.
Jones fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Erickson.
A slow jab from Erickson misses its intended target.
Jones tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Erickson counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Jones tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jones tries to clinch up but Erickson circles away and keeps his distance.
Jones tries to clinch up but Erickson circles away and keeps his distance.
Jones paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Erickson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Erickson misses with a two punch combination.
Jones tries to clinch but Erickson is having none of it.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up but Erickson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Erickson misses with a wild combination.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Erickson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jones looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jones tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Erickson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Erickson misses.
Jones wants to clinch up but Erickson keeps it at a distance.
Erickson swinging wildly here.
Erickson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Erickson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Erickson throws a series of punches but Jones avoids them all with ease.
No joy there for Erickson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Erickson misses with a hook
and Jones counters with a nice leg kick.
Erickson throws a combination that misses
and Jones counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Erickson is breathing heavily.
Jones tries to clinch up but Erickson circles away and keeps his distance.
Erickson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Jones moves into the clinch.
Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jones jabs at Erickson's body.
Jones wants to clinch up but Erickson keeps it at a distance.
Jones showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Erickson.
Erickson misses with a combination
and Jones counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Erickson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Jones counters with a good low kick that Erickson was not able to check.
Jones shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Erickson as he jumps to the side.
Jones tries to clinch there but Erickson circles away.
Erickson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Jones moves into the clinch.
Jones gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jones unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Jones looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jones misses with an elbow strike.
A short right from Jones.
Erickson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jones breaks the clinch.
Erickson misses with a series of wild punches.
Liam Erickson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch but Erickson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jones has taken the fight to the clinch.
Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Erickson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones moves in looking to clinch but Erickson pushes him off.
Jones fails in his attempt to clinch.
Erickson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jones tries to clinch there but Erickson circles away.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Erickson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jones is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jones tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Erickson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jones tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Erickson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jones is looking to clinch but Erickson is avoiding it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Jones.
Erickson misses with a hook.
Erickson misses with a wild combination.
Erickson scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Jones lunges at Erickson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Erickson's hand.
Erickson throws a combination that misses
and Jones counters with an outside leg kick.
Jones moves into range and clinches up with Erickson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paul Jones dominated that second round.
That's time! Jones's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Erickson throws a nice looking combination but Jones bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jones is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch but Erickson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Erickson slaps away a takedown attempt from Jones, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Jones lands a leg kick that knocks Erickson off balance momentarily.
Erickson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Jones holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jones tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jones throws a punch but it's blocked by Erickson.
Jones breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big left from Erickson misses.
Some wild striking there from Erickson.
Erickson throws a nice looking combination but Jones bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jones fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jones tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jones tries to clinch up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Erickson misses with a series of wild punches.
Jones is looking to clinch.
Jones tries to clinch but Erickson is having none of it.
Jones is looking to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jones looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Erickson looks to land a combination but Jones avoids it well.
Erickson throws a right and a left that Jones avoids nicely.
Erickson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Erickson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Erickson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Erickson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jones looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jones has a takedown stuffed.
Erickson looks to land a combination but Jones avoids it well.
Erickson misses with a double jab
and Jones counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
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.
Jones takes the fight into the clinch.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Jones.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but Erickson blocks with his arms.
Jones tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Erickson tries to circle away but Jones has him pinned against the cage.
Erickson can't break the clinch.
Jones escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jones has closed the distance and engaged Erickson in a clinch.
Erickson is trying to force a seperation but Jones has the dominant position.
Jones breaks from the clinch.
A shot to the body from Erickson misses
and Jones counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Jones.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but Erickson blocks with his arms.
Jones has a couple of punches blocked by Erickson.
With the fighters up against the cage, Jones throws an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Jones throws an elbow but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones misses with an elbow strike.
Erickson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Erickson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jones with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jones fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jones with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jones throws a knee to the head but misses.
Erickson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jones misses with an elbow strike.
Erickson tries to break free but Jones pushes him back against the cage.
Erickson blocks an elbow strike from Jones.
Erickson blocks the elbow strike.
Jones throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jones creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Erickson's defenses.
Erickson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jones breaks the clinch.
Jones moves out of range of the strikes.
Liam Erickson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Paul Jones is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
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 doesn't manage to clinch there - Erickson circles away.
Liam Erickson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Erickson works over Jones's head and body with a nice combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jones looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jones is looking to wear down Erickson with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Erickson throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Erickson misses with a double jab
and Jones counters with a nice leg kick.
Erickson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Erickson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jones ducks under a wild hook from Erickson.
Some wild striking there from Erickson.
Jones tries to clinch but Erickson is having none of it.
Erickson scores with a three punch combo!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Erickson keeps the fight on the outside.
Erickson throws a right and a left that Jones avoids nicely.
Erickson keeps the fight on the outside.
Erickson swings for the body but Jones moves out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Jones, right into the meat.
And that's the end of the fight!
Paul Jones showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Jones has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:27
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paul Jones!
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energy
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hype
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