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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Barclay Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Sabre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones comes to the cage accompanied by The Harder They Come by Jimmy Cliff. This should be a great matchup!
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Barclay Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Matt Sabre!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Marco Blurström and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones looks to land a combination but Sabre avoids it well.
Jones ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Sabre swats away the attempt to clinch by Jones.
Jones tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Sabre manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sabre is looking to chop away at Jones's legs.
Jones tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Sabre finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Jones lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Jones doesn't manage to clinch there - Sabre circles away.
Jones tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jones drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sabre drops his hands momentarily and Jones takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Jones stuffs the takedown.
Sabre connects with an inside leg kick.
Jones misses with a straight right.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Sabre.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sabre gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
It looks like Matt Sabre has been cut.
Jones misses with a wild combination.
Sabre throws a hook but Jones avoids it easily.
Jones sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Jones misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Sabre counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jones swings for the body but Sabre moves out of range.
Jones throws out a loose jab but Sabre uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jones misses with a straight right.
Sabre scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Jones avoids the body shot from Sabre.
Jones misses with a left hand
and Sabre counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sabre is looking to land body kicks.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sabre.
Sabre fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones tries to clinch up.
Sabre keeps the fight on the outside.
Sabre scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Jones is breathing heavily.
Sabre bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sabre.
Jones on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sabre. Sabre obviously looking to wear him down.
Sabre gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Sabre lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sabre stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Sabre.
Sabre lands a damaging elbow.
Sabre looking to stall.
Jones tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sabre's elbow.
A body shot lands from Sabre.
Sabre gets through Jones's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sabre lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
Sabre lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sabre lands an elbow just above Jones 's eye.
Sabre scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sabre tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sabre lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sabre gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sabre managing to block the knees to the body from Jones.
Sabre throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Joness head.
Sabre lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Jones or not.
Sabre tries to work over Jones's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sabre working Jones over with knees to the body.
Sabre on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sabre putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Jones in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sabre creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jones's defenses.
Stalling in the clinch from Sabre.
Sabre tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jones's elbow.
Sabre lands a shoulder strike.
Sabre unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Sabre using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sabre working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Jones takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sabre is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Sabre.
Sabre works on Jones's body with a couple of short punches.
Sabre blocks an elbow strike from Jones.
Sabre lands an elbow just above Jones 's eye.
Sabre cracks Jones with a nice body shot.
Jones misses with the head strike.
Sabre using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sabre landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Sabre gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Come on Sabre - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Sabre scores with a shoulder strike.
Sabre lands a right hand.
Sabre is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sabre lands with a light punch inside.
Sabre lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Jones.
Nice elbow from Sabre.
Sabre softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Come on Sabre - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Sabre dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Matt Sabre's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Jones takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Barclay Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Sabre keeps Jones at a distance using the push kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sabre sizes up Jones with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Sabre connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Sabre lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Sabre scores with a jab. Jones acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Sabre throws a good cross that connects.
Sabre dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jones. That did some damage!
Matt Sabre seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sabre shoots in but Jones avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jones throws the kick towards the body but Sabre avoids it.
Sabre changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Jones tries to keep at a distance but Sabre has taken the fight into the clinch.
Sabre scores with a shoulder strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Sabre.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Sabre throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Sabre has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Good body shot from Sabre.
Sabre misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sabre.
A short body shot lands from Sabre as the two fighters clinch.
Sabre lands a body punch in the clinch.
Sabre lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
Sabre lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Jones.
Matt Sabre seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short uppercut from Sabre.
Sabre avoiding damage.
Sabre lands an elbow inside that Jones shrugs off.
Sabre lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sabre gets through Jones's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sabre tries to land knees in the clinch but Jones avoids the damage to the body.
Sabre looking to slow down the pace here.
Sabre tries a body shot but Jones blocks it.
Jones tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sabre is trying to stall.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sabre.
Sabre working some nice short punches in the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sabre.
Jones trying to land knees to the body.
Jones lands an elbow that stopped Sabre in his tracks for a moment.
Sabre is trying to stall.
Jones is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Sabre digs a right hand underneath Jones's ribcage. Jones let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Nice body punch from Sabre - that landed with a thud.
Sabre lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sabre scores with a shoulder strike.
Jones blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A nice left hand lands by Sabre.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Sabre.
Sabre lands a body punch.
Sabre lands with a short shot to the head.
Barclay Jones has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A hook to the body from Sabre.
Sabre misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jones.
Sabre works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A shot in the inside from Sabre.
A hook to the body from Sabre.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sabre.
Sabre throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Sabre scores with a shot to the side of Jones's head.
Sabre scores with a nice hook to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sabre creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Sabre lands a nice uppercut.
Sabre lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sabre lands an elbow inside.
A short uppercut from Sabre.
Sabre is working Jones over against the cage.
Nice body punch from Sabre.
Sabre lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Sabre as the two fighters clinch.
Matt Sabre is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sabre.
Sabre goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jones takes an elbow to the temple.
A short right from Sabre.
Sabre lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sabre lands an elbow just above Jones 's eye.
Sabre lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
Sabre lands with a short shot to the head.
Jones misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sabre.
Jones missing with knees to the body.
Jones tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sabre stalling in the clinch but Jones improves position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sabre lands an elbow that stopped Jones in his tracks for a moment.
Sabre lands a body shot in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sabre.
A right hook to the body lands for Sabre.
Sabre digs a right hand into Jones's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Jones's gas tank.
And that's the end of the fight!
Matt Sabre comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sabre has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 17:20
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 17:20
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 17:20
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matt Sabre!
A very excited looking Matt Sabre made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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