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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dan Twardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darius Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dan Twardy has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dan Twardy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Darius Jones!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Frank Dennis and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones scores with a one two! Twardy had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Jones pushes Twardy up against the cage in a clinch.
Jones is looking to break free of the clinch but Twardy has double underhooks.
Twardy has clasped his hands together around Jones's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Twardy tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Twardy has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Jones pushes Twardy away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Twardy gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Twardy looks up at the clock and then as Jones takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Twardy smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Jones is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Twardy's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jones taking some punishment here, with Twardy in his half guard.
Jones kicks Twardy off and gets back to his feet.
Some wild striking there from Jones.
Jones doesn't manage to clinch there - Twardy circles away.
Jones throws a nice looking combination but Twardy bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jones looks gassed!
Jones fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jones connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Twardy tries to clinch but Jones moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Twardy shoots in but Jones avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Twardy misses with a combination
and Jones counters by clinching up.
Twardy misses with a knee to the head.
Jones can't break the clinch.
Twardy drops down looking for an ankle pick but Jones pulls his leg out and moves away.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch but Twardy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jones clinches.
Twardy prevents Jones from breaking the clinch.
Jones gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Twardy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dan Twardy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones tries to break the clinch but Twardy is controlling the position.
Jones breaks from the clinch.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up but Twardy swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jones tries to clinch but Twardy is having none of it.
Darius Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones misses with a series of wild punches.
Twardy with a lazy takedown attempt
and Jones counters with a left and a right that stings Twardy.
Twardy clinches up with Jones and pushes him back against the cage.
Twardy has Jones pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Jones manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Jones breaks the clinch.
Jones misses with the combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws a right hand that Twardy ducks under and follows up with a left that Twardy also avoids with ease.
Twardy slips a jab and a cross from Jones.
Twardy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jones fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Twardy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jones misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jones throws a left and a right that both miss
and Twardy counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Jones is looking for a sweep. Twardy is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Twardy is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Twardy is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Twardy passes to side control.
Jones tries to improve position but can't.
Twardy connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Jones some visible discomfort.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Twardy advances nicely into full mount.
Jones tries to hold on but Twardy pushes him away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Twardy unloads with some shots from mount but Jones bucks and avoids them well.
Jones really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Jones manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Twardy is thwarting Jones's attempts to control the position.
Twardy prevents Jones from standing back up.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Jones wants to control but Twardy is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Twardy looks to land a strike but Jones avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Twardy throws and elbow that misses. Jones uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Twardy's guard. Nice move by Jones!
Jones is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Jones is stalling in the full guard.
Jones wants to control from the top but Twardy keeps moving.
Twardy has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones wanted to stand there but Twardy had control of the position.
Jones preventing the sweep.
Twardy throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Jones advances position into side control!
Twardy prevents Jones from improving position.
Twardy sneaks back into half guard.
Jones works his way into full mount!
Twardy is squirming around, avoiding Jones's attempts to control the action.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jones prevents Twardy from getting the reversal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dan Twardy dominated that round.
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.
Jones tries to clinch up but Twardy circles away and keeps his distance.
A punch combination from Jones misses.
Twardy takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Jones misses with a few strikes there.
No luck for Twardy with that takedown attempt.
Twardy tries for a takedown but Jones circles away easily
and Jones counters by moving into the clinch.
Jones escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Twardy swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jones throws a right hand that Twardy ducks under and follows up with a left that Twardy also avoids with ease.
Jones throws a series of punches but Twardy moves out of range.
Jones has taken the fight to the clinch.
Jones is trying to break the clinch but Twardy has him pressed against the cage.
Twardy looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dan Twardy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Twardy tries for a takedown but Jones manages to get underhooks.
Twardy has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Jones avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Twardy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jones's face.
Jones pulls guard successfully.
Jones is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Twardy with a flurry of punches that miss.
Jones manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Twardy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jones.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Horrible takedown by Twardy or perhaps it was just good defense by Jones which made him look bad.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Jones manages to break the clinch.
Jones moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
A punch combination from Jones misses.
Twardy looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Jones is fending him off so far but Twardy persists. Nope, Jones circles away and we're back to standing.
Twardy circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Jones!
Twardy avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jones throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Twardy.
Twardy has Jones up against the cage in a clinch.
Twardy goes for a takedown attempt but Jones pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Twardy changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Jones tries to avoid it but Twardy manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Jones to the ground. Jones escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Twardy looks to clinch
and Jones counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Darius Jones is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jones misses with a wild combination.
Jones's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Jones duly obliges.
Twardy is rocked!
Twardy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Oh Twardy is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jones fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Twardy, pushing him back against the cage.
Twardy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jones blocks it with crossed arms.
Twardy seems to have got his legs back now.
Twardy looking to throw knees to the head but Jones is blocking nicely.
Jones can't break the clinch.
Twardy misses with a knee to the head.
Twardy misses with a knee strike.
Twardy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jones blocks it with crossed arms.
Jones wants to break the clinch but can't.
Twardy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Twardy has Jones pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Jones manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Twardy connects with a knee to the head.
Jones is trying to break free.
Twardy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
No joy there for Jones, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Twardy gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Jones counters with a two punch combo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Twardy fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Twardy shoots for a double leg takedown but Jones sprawls well. He's pushed Twardy's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Jones throws a left and a right that both miss
and Twardy counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Twardy passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Jones!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Jones gets back to half guard.
Jones pushes Twardy off looking to stand but Twardy dives back in and keeps control.
Jones kicks Twardy off and gets back to his feet.
Twardy shoots and misses
and Jones cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jones lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Twardy shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Jones keeps the fight on the outside.
Twardy with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Horrible takedown by Twardy or perhaps it was just good defense by Jones which made him look bad.
Jones misses with a series of wild punches.
Jones misses with a jab, cross combination.
A lazy left from Jones finds it's target.
Twardy slips a jab and a cross from Jones.
Twardy looks for a takedown but Jones sprawls well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Twardy shoots in and drives through. Jones sprawls well.
Jones scores with a one two! Twardy had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jones closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Twardy with a lazy takedown attempt
and Jones counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Jones scores with a shoulder strike.
Twardy has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Jones avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Twardy is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Jones gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Twardy tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jones is trying to break the clinch but Twardy has him pressed against the cage.
Jones wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jones gets underhooks to prevent Twardy's takedown attempt.
Twardy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jones's face.
Twardy throws a knee to the head but misses.
Twardy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Twardy throws a knee to the head but misses.
Twardy changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Jones fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Twardy misses with a takedown attempt
and Jones counters with a one-two to the body.
Jones swings widly with a right hand
and Twardy counters with an outside leg kick.
Jones tries to clinch
and Twardy counters with a takedown into side control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Twardy fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Twardy looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Twardy working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Darius Jones showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Twardy's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Jones fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jones throws a sloppy head kick and Twardy moves out of range easily.
Jones throws a series of punches but Twardy moves out of range.
Twardy darts in trying to clinch
and Jones counters with a one-two to the body.
Twardy shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Jones as he jumps to the side.
Jones instigates a clinch.
Jones is trying to break free.
Twardy tries to score a body lock takedown but Jones shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Twardy breaks the clinch.
Jones Rushes Twardy and starts throwing punches like they are going out of style! Twardy is up against the cage and has nowhere to go. Jones Piles on the pressure and Twardy crumples to the floor! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Darius Jones!
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