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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Peter Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victor Ortiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Peter Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Victor Ortiz!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Tiny Johnson and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones lands a nice shot that snaps Ortiz's head back.
Ortiz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jones darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Ortiz is trying to get back to full guard.
Jones thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Ortiz's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ground and pound from Jones.
Ortiz makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Jones closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Ortiz to the mat! Ortiz manages to get full guard.
Jones looking to sit in guard and control but Ortiz gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Jones working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Ortiz doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Ortiz manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Ortiz wants to control from the top but Jones keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortiz stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Jones looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Ortiz looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Ortiz moves into full guard.
Jones tries to free his leg and advance position but Ortiz is retaining full guard.
Jones sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Ortiz is controlling Jones's posture.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Ortiz wants to sweep but no luck.
Ortiz wriggles free and stands up.
Jones lands with a slapping head kick.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ortiz swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz shoots in for a takedown but Jones shows good takedown defense.
Jones throws a lazy head kick
and Ortiz makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Jones really felt that one!
Jones is breathing heavily.
Ortiz keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Jones wants to clinch.
Ortiz lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Ortiz tries to clinch up.
Jones tries to clinch
and Ortiz counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Ortiz is nestled in close to Jones, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Jones manages to get to full guard.
Ortiz postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Ortiz trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz with a nice head shot there.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ortiz accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Jones throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Ortiz escapes and throws Jones's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Ortiz decides to stand up, so the ref orders Jones to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jones throws a left that rocks Ortiz and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Jones dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Ortiz regain composure!
It looks like Victor Ortiz has been cut.
Jones thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Jones stands up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jab, jab by Jones - just one landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Peter Jones dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Victor Ortiz's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Jones changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Ortiz looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Peter Jones overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Jones working the ground and pound from side control.
Jones trying to control the action but Ortiz is working from the bottom.
A lull in the action here as Jones stalls from top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jones working the head and body with strikes.
Ortiz is looking to regain half guard here but Jones keeps moving and retains side control.
Sloppy strikes there by Jones.
Ortiz is trying to improve his position.
Jones is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Ortiz has escaped the position, nice work there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortiz is trying to control Jones's posture but Jones avoids it.
Ortiz is looking for a sweep.
Jones tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Ortiz is not content to let Jones control the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Ortiz shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz is looking to work some ground and pound but Jones has wrist control.
Ortiz looking to sit in guard and control but Jones gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Jones prevents Ortiz from getting back to his feet.
Ortiz looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Jones passes into half guard.
Jones scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Jones seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Ortiz does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Jones prevents Ortiz from standing back up.
Ortiz is trying to control but can't.
Jones moves nicely into side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz wants to control but Jones postures up.
Ortiz is trying to improve his position.
You can see the frustration on Ortiz's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Ortiz tries to escape but Jones is in control.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Ortiz is looking to clinch but Jones is avoiding it.
Peter Jones is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ortiz moves into the clinch.
Ortiz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A combination from Ortiz does no damage.
Ortiz looks for a takedown but Jones sprawls well.
Ortiz misses with a series of wild punches.
Nice body kick from Ortiz.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Ortiz counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Ortiz controlling the action here.
Jones wants to improve his position but Ortiz is controlling well.
Jones punching from the bottom.
Jones makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Jones.
Jones trying to control the position.
Jones looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Victor Ortiz showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Victor Ortiz's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Jones wants to clinch
so Ortiz counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Jones is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Ortiz wants to get back to full guard.
Jones wants to control but Ortiz is keeping him busy.
Ortiz is trying to get back to full guard.
Jones is trying to control the action in half guard but Ortiz is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Ortiz is trying to get back to full guard.
Jones decides to stand up.
Ortiz stuffs the takedown.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jones has his takedown stuffed
and Ortiz counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Ortiz.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortiz manages to break the clinch.
Ortiz scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Ortiz wants to control but Jones is keeping him busy.
Jones is trying to stand back up but Ortiz is controlling him
Ortiz seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Jones has one foot on Ortiz's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Jones misses with a series of wild punches.
Ortiz misses with a takedown attempt - Jones sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Jones moves into the clinch.
Jones breaks the clinch.
Jones shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Ortiz is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Ortiz is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Jones lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Ortiz hang on?
Ortiz wants to hold on but Jones pushes him away.
Ortiz is in all sorts of trouble here.
Jones looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Jones in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Ortiz is trying desperately to improve position.
A nice elbow there by Jones.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Jones looking to finish Ortiz with some ground and pound. This is bad for Ortiz!
Jones lands with some strikes.
Ortiz really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Jones looking to finish Ortiz with some ground and pound. This is bad for Ortiz!
Jones dominating with strikes here.
Ortiz is trying desperately to improve position.
Jones landing strikes from the mount and Ortiz is in trouble!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Ortiz has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Jones unloads with some shots from mount but Ortiz bucks and avoids them well.
The referee warns Ortiz that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Ortiz keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Jones looking to control and managing it successfully.
Jones lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jones tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Peter Jones showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Jones has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 George Francis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Peter Jones!
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energy
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hype
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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