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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between John Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rain The Pain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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169 cm
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140 lbs
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165 cm
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137 lbs
0 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Jones! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rain The Pain! The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, David Schapiro and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! The Pain moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
It looks like John Jones has been cut. The Pain wants to clinch. The Pain misses the body punch and Jones counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in The Pain's guard now. This has been an exciting period of action! The Pain is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched. The Pain jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Jones walks away with a smile on his face. The Pain gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head. The Pain misses with a left hand and Jones counters with a two punch combo. The Pain tries to clinch up and Jones counters with a one-two to the body. The Pain misses with a shot to the body and Jones counters with a takedown into side control.
That's one minute gone in the round. Jones wants to stand but The Pain is controlling his arm. The Pain wants to control but Jones postures up. The Pain is trying to get back to half guard. Jones tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily. The Pain is looking for a sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round. My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer. We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon. The Pain struggling a bit here.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Rain The Pain hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart. The Pain fails miserably with a takedown attempt. Jones misses with the combination.
The Pain tries to clinch but Jones moves away and Jones counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena. The Pain misses with a double jab
and Jones counters with a series of strikes. The Pain will be more careful next time no doubt.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Jones misses with a few strikes there.
The Pain misses with a takedown and Jones counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work. John Jones has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rain The Pain. The Pain looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily. The Pain looks gassed! The Pain throws a lazy uppercut
and Jones counters with a nice double leg into half guard. Jones tries to stand but can't do so whilst The Pain controls his leg.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Jones prevents The Pain from improving his position. Jones prevents The Pain from standing back up.
The ref stands the fighters back up because John Jones just wasn't active enough. Jones shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Jones wants to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Jones dominated that round. The cut man is working on John Jones's cut. The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Jones circles away from the clinch attempt and Jones counters with a three punch combo that has The Pain backing up. The Pain nods at Jones to acknowledge the strikes. The Pain darts in trying to clinch and Jones counters with a series of strikes. The Pain will be more careful next time no doubt. The Pain tries to clinch up but Jones circles away and keeps his distance. The Pain throws a left and a right that both miss
and Jones counters with a left and a right that stings The Pain. Jones circles away from the clinch attempt and Jones counters with a two punch combo.
That's one minute gone in the round. The Pain avoids a punch combination nicely.
The Pain takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket. Jones lands a two punch combo.
Jones throws a leg kick but The Pain moved away. The Pain misses with a combination
and Jones counters with a shoot takedown. The Pain fights it but they end up in guard. The Pain pulls Jones in to control the position. Jones has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of The Pain is proving hard to escape from.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We're going to have a standup here because John Jones wasn't active enough for the referee's liking. Jones will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
The Pain looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily. The Pain misses with a combination
and Jones counters with a two punch combo. The Pain is breathing heavily. Jones circles away from the clinch attempt and Jones counters with a one-two to the body. The Pain throws a combination that misses and Jones counters with a series of strikes. The Pain will be more careful next time no doubt.
That's three minutes gone in the round. The Pain looks for a takedown but Jones sprawls well. A telegraphed takedown attempt from The Pain is defended easily by Jones. John Jones has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rain The Pain. Jones fails to land with a series of punches.
The Pain is trying hard to land a takedown here. Jones sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet. Jones throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jones throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
The Pain shoots in and drives through. Jones sprawls well. Jones lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Jones misses with a few strikes there.
Jones looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. The Pain shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Jones sprawls well. Jones wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. The Pain gets slowly back to his feet. A momentary lapse in concentration from The Pain enables Jones to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. The Pain manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat. Jones wants to stand but The Pain has a closed guard, so he can't escape. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Jones dominated that second round. The cut man is working on John Jones's cut. The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Jones throws a front kick aimed at The Pain's knee but The Pain avoids it well. The Pain falls off balance throwing a combination
and Jones counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in The Pain's guard now. Jones decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on The Pain, up you get! The Pain throws a body kick but he was well out of range there. Jones will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The Pain throws a combination that misses and Jones counters with a good low kick that The Pain was not able to check. The Pain takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired. The Pain will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts. Rain The Pain seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round. Jones displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination. The Pain darts in trying to clinch and Jones counters with a two punch combo. The Pain gets caught flat footed, as Jones shoots in with a quick takedown into guard. Jones trying to stand up but can't free himself from The Pain's guard. Jones trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Jones wants to stand and escape but instead The Pain has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard. The Pain sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Jones's guard. Jones is trying to stand up here but The Pain is controlling him well.
That's three minutes gone in the round. The Pain is trying to control the action in half guard but Jones is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard. The Pain not throwing his punches with enough precision this time. The Pain not landing any meaningful shots this time. The Pain not throwing his punches with enough precision this time. Jones is looking to escape. The Pain sitting and controlling from the half guard. Jones makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work! The Pain wants to clinch but Jones slips to the side and Jones counters with a series of strikes. The Pain will be more careful next time no doubt. The Pain doesn't succeed with the takedown and Jones counters with a series of strikes. The Pain will be more careful next time no doubt.
That's four minutes gone in the round. The Pain throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Jones counters with a left and a right that stings The Pain. Jones scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
The Pain has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye. The Pain looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Jones is fending him off so far but The Pain persists. Nope, Jones circles away and we're back to standing. John Jones has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rain The Pain. The Pain avoids a punch combination nicely.
The Pain dodges the punch combination from Jones.
Jones is working the combinations to good effect here. The Pain wants to clinch but Jones slips to the side and Jones counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in The Pain's guard now. Rain The Pain has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! John Jones is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach. Jones wants to get up but he can't break The Pain's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
And that's the end of the fight! John 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 John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:26 Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 30:26 Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Jones!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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