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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Hughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anthony Jones looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.
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185 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Dangerous GnP
Brawler
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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 Sydney, Anthony Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Matt Hughes !
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Bruno Hogan and Winston Howard.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hughes fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Jones lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Hughes misses with a takedown attempt
and Hughes takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd cheers as Jones lands an impressive looking overhand right. Hughes doesn't seem phased though.
Jones lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hughes shoots in but Jones avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Anthony Jones has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matt Hughes .
Hughes takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Jones throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hughes takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Jones lands a lovely overhand right.
Hughes closes this distance looking for a takedown but Jones circles away.
Hughes has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Hughes fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Jones connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Jones misses with a wild combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones looks to land a combination. Hughes sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Jones has managed to clinch.
Jones is looking to break free of the clinch but Hughes has double underhooks.
Hughes has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Jones is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Hughes looking for a takedown.
Jones breaks the clinch.
Hughes takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Jones takes the fight into the clinch.
Jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Jones scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Hughes fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Jones wants to clinch up but Hughes keeps it at a distance.
Hughes shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Jones pinned against the cage. Jones gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Anthony Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hughes looks gassed!
Jones doesn't manage to clinch there - Hughes circles away.
Jones scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Left hook, right uppercut from Jones.
Hughes doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Jones counters with a stiff right hand.
That kick from Jones tenderised Hughes 's leg. Hughes is trying to keep his angry face on.
Hughes fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Jones.
Jones scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Jones darts in and clinches Hughes up against the cage.
Jones escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hughes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hughes takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Jones throws a series of strikes that have Hughes backpedaling.
Jones scores with a jab. Hughes acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Jones clinches up against the cage.
Jones breaks the clinch.
Jones drives through and clinches with Hughes against the cage.
Jones is trying to break the clinch but Hughes is controlling him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hughes keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jones's efforts to push away.
Jones breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Decent striking displayed by Jones there.
Hughes shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Jones defends it nicely.
Jones tries to clinch there but Hughes circles away.
Jones doesn't manage to clinch there - Hughes circles away.
Hughes shoots in for a takedown but Jones shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Jones pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Hughes back to the cage. Jones follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Jones pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Hughes back to the cage. Jones follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anthony Jones dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Jones stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Jones wants it to stay on the feet.
Hughes drives through with a takedown into guard.
Hughes pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jones is keeping the position for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jones wants to stand up but Hughes is controlling him.
Hughes thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Hughes drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Hughes jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Hughes drops back looking for a leg! Jones is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Jones manages to kick Hughes off! Hughes jumps back into Jones's guard.
Hughes prevents Jones from getting back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hughes thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Hughes thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Hughes drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says Hughes as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! Jones screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with Hughes ! Nice submission victory there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Matt Hughes !
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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