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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jon Stone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Franklyn Vass (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vass is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Highway to Hell (AC/DC). Jon Stone has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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203 lbs
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220 lbs
5 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jon Stone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Franklyn Vass!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, George Francis and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stone tries to close the distance and clinch up but Vass swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Stone darts in and clinches Vass up against the ropes.
Stone lands a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Stone.
Vass looks gassed!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stone holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Stone crunches a lovely knee into Vass's ribcage.
Stone using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Stone lands a good knee to the midsection. Vass won't want to take too many of those.
Stone breaks the clinch.
Stone moves into range and clinches up with Vass.
Stone landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Stone breaks the clinch.
Stone swats away the attempt to clinch by Vass.
Nice jab there from Stone.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stone closes the distance and clinches.
Knees to the body from Stone.
Vass takes a knee to the side of the body.
Stone breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Stone has taken the fight to the clinch.
Stone is struggling to control the position.
Vass is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Stone pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Stone landing knees to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Stone scores with a knee to the head.
Stone escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Stone swats away the attempt to clinch by Vass.
Stone moves into the clinch successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stone crunches a lovely knee into Vass's ribcage.
Stone stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Stone's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Vass swats away the attempt to clinch by Stone.
Stone tries to clinch up.
Jon Stone is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Stone clinches with his opponent.
Stone manages to break the clinch.
Stone pushes Vass up against the ropes in a clinch.
Vass wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stone content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Stone obliges.
Vass takes a knee right on the jaw!
Stone pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Stone drives through and clinches with Vass against the ropes.
Stone leaning against his opponent.
Vass takes an elbow to the temple.
Stone putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Vass in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Stone lands an elbow inside.
Knees to the body from Stone.
Stone utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vass is trying to break the clinch but Stone is controlling him.
Stone holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stone pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Stone tries to clinch but Vass is having none of it.
Stone moves into the clinch.
Stone manages to break the clinch.
Stone looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Vass shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Stone as he jumps to the side.
Stone has managed to clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stone is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Vass is keeping busy.
Stone breaks from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jon Stone dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Stone closes the distance and clinches.
Vass avoiding damage as Stone throws knees to the body.
Stone is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Vass can do to turn this around?
Stone manages to break the clinch.
Stone moves out of range of the body kick.
Stone fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Vass has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Vass fails with a takedown attempt.
Vass fails with a takedown attempt.
Stone forces Vass back against the ropes and clinches.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Stone obliges.
Vass is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stone breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vass takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Stone tries to clinch but Vass moves out of range.
Stone getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Stone connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Stone lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Stone tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Vass paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Vass changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Stone tries to avoid it but Vass manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Stone to the ground. Stone escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Jon Stone has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Franklyn Vass.
Stone scores with a push kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stone darts in and clinches Vass up against the ropes.
Stone is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Stone breaks from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stone fails in his attempt to clinch.
Franklyn Vass is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Stone tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Franklyn Vass seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vass shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Stone but Stone pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Stone wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Stone tries to close the distance and clinch up but Vass swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Stone tries to close the distance and clinch up but Vass swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Stone lands with a good body shot.
Stone pushes Vass up against the ropes in a clinch.
Stone utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Stone is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stone putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Vass in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Stone just leaning against Vass, taking a breather.
Stone is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Vass takes a knee to the side of the body.
Stone manages to break the clinch.
Stone scores with a sloppy right hand. Vass should have avoided that one.
Horrible takedown by Vass or perhaps it was just good defense by Stone which made him look bad.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vass with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Stone to score with a decent uppercut.
Stone darts in and clinches Vass up against the ropes.
Stone breaks from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vass is looking to clinch but Stone is avoiding it.
Vass throws a sloppy head kick and Stone moves out of range easily.
Vass shoots and misses
and Stone counters with a slapping leg kick.
Stone takes the fight into the clinch.
Stone controlling the action here for a moment.
Stone crunches a lovely knee into Vass's ribcage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stone working Vass over with knees to the body.
Stone landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Stone leaning against his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jon Stone dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Stone connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Stone circles away from the clinch attempt.
Vass gets a takedown into half guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Stone pushes Vass off looking to stand but Vass dives back in and keeps control.
Stone knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Vass on the ground.
Vass takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Vass missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Stone tries to kick Vass off but Vass keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stone manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Vass shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Stone sprawls well. Stone wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Vass gets slowly back to his feet.
Stone tries to clinch there but Vass circles away.
Stone defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Vass.
Stone tries to clinch but Vass is having none of it.
Stone lands a jab-cross combination.
Vass doesn't manage to clinch there - Stone circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Stone.
Vass on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Stone fails in his attempt to clinch.
Vass tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Stone manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Vass fails to land the takedown.
Jon Stone has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Franklyn Vass.
Vass is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Stone moves into range and connects with a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stone moves into the clinch successfully.
Vass takes an elbow to the forehead.
Vass jumps guard but Stone stands there with Vass around his waist. Vass gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Stone is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Stone breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Vass walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Jon Stone is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Vass throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Stone's waist but Stone gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Vass off to one side.
Stone fails with an attempt to clinch.
Stone gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vass takes a knee to the side of the body.
Stone lands a nice knee to the body.
Stone taking a breather.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stone seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Jon Stone has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stone with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Franklyn Vass has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Vass drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jon Stone showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Stone, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:25
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:25
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jon Stone!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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