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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jon Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Georges St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Coming Home. St Pierre is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Bosski & Sokół - Jak Zaczynasz Dzień(prod.P.a.f.f) . Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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5 - 2 - 0 |
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180 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jon Jones!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Georges St Pierre!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Pierre tries to clinch but Jones moves away
and Jones counters with a nice uppercut.
St Pierre slips under a jab.
St Pierre tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jones swats him away and circles back towards the center.
St Pierre misses with a double jab
and Jones counters with a nice uppercut.
Jones uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from St Pierre.
Jones slips a straight right by St Pierre.
Jones swats away the attempt to clinch by St Pierre.
St Pierre tries to clinch but Jones moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
St Pierre drives through with a takedown into guard.
Jones looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as St Pierre accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Jones wants to stand up but St Pierre is controlling him.
St Pierre won't allow Jones to sweep him here.
Jones avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
St Pierre's corner is telling him to maintain position.
St Pierre wants to control from the top but Jones keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Georges St Pierre hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
St Pierre tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jones swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jones looks to land a right hand but St Pierre moved out of range.
Jones throws a right hand that misses
and St Pierre counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jones shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as St Pierre sprawls well. St Pierre wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Jones gets slowly back to his feet.
St Pierre tries to score a power double leg takedown but Jones sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten St Pierre somewhat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
St Pierre bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
St Pierre manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Jones on his heels. He'll look to pass Jones's guard now, I'm sure.
St Pierre throws a strike but Jones rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones stands up from St Pierre's guard - Jones perhaps looking for a knockout.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from St Pierre is defended easily by Jones.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
St Pierre is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Georges St Pierre dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
St Pierre scores a takedown into full mount!
Jones is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Jones wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by St Pierre.
St Pierre throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Jones holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as St Pierre tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Jones wants to hold on but St Pierre pushes him away.
Jones is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Jones's face.
Jones trying desperately to get to his feet.
St Pierre landing strikes from the mount and Jones is in trouble!
St Pierre raining down shots from the mount!
St Pierre trying to control but Jones is having none of it.
St Pierre looking to finish with strikes here!
Jones on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Jones tries to get out of the position.
St Pierre lands a heavy elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
St Pierre is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Poor strikes thrown by St Pierre there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
St Pierre throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
St Pierre scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Jones is rocked!
St Pierre throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Oh Jones is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
St Pierre is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Jones is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Jones flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. St Pierre anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Jones and secures both hooks! This could be bad! St Pierre slips an arm under Jones chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. St Pierre has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. St Pierre is squeezing on Jones like an anaconda would it's prey. Jones fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Georges St Pierre! Georges St Pierre retains his welterweight title!
Georges St Pierre decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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