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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jon Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ric Flair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jon Jones has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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260 lbs
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243 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jon Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ric Flair!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Shigeki Sano and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Flair moves into the clinch.
Flair tries to land knees in the clinch but Jones avoids the damage to the body.
A hook to the body from Jones.
Jones swings wildly with an uppercut but Flair uses good head movement to avoid it.
Flair crunches a lovely knee into Jones's ribcage.
Jones lands an uppercut.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Flair as Jones tries to tie him up.
Flair slows down the pace here.
Flair lands an elbow just above Jones 's eye.
Flair looking to stall.
Flair throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jones throws a punch but it's blocked by Flair.
Flair missing with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Come on Flair - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Flair breaks from the clinch.
Flair throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Jones's head.
A nice leg kick lands there from Flair.
Flair fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Jones has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Jones lunges at Flair with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Flair's hand.
Jones lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
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!
Flair throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Flair forces Jones back against the cage and clinches.
Jones working aggressively here.
Jones fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Flair tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jones.
Flair's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jones throws a shot from downtown. Flair moves away and avoids it.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Jones managing to block the knees to the body from Flair.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones tries a body shot but Flair blocks it.
Jones tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jones avoids the elbow strike from Flair, against the cage.
Jones misses with a short punch on the inside.
Flair tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jones avoids it.
Flair keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jones's efforts to push away.
Knees to the body from Flair.
Flair lands an elbow that stopped Jones in his tracks for a moment.
Flair slowing the pace effectively.
Jones has a couple of punches blocked by Flair.
Jones has a couple of punches blocked by Flair.
Jones has a couple of punches blocked by Flair.
Jones has a couple of punches blocked by Flair.
Jones lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Flair backwards.
Jones takes an elbow to the forehead.
Flair breaks the clinch.
Flair misses with a two punch combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flair throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A punch combination from Flair misses.
Jones on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Flair. Flair obviously looking to wear him down.
Jones throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ric Flair seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Flair misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Flair throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Flair tries a head kick but it misses.
Jones throws a right hand that Flair ducks under and follows up with a left that Flair also avoids with ease.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Flair, right into the meat.
Flair pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Flair looks to land a combination but Jones avoids it well.
Flair connects with a solid leg kick.
Flair tries to close the distance and clinch but Jones swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A jab-cross combination lands for Jones and sends Flair crashing to the mat! Jones follows him down to the mat - Flair regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!
It looks like Ric Flair has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jones not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Flair controlling the position for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flair moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Jones wants to stand but Flair has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Flair seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Flair keeping moving, preventing Jones from controlling successfully.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jones loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Jon Jones will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ric Flair's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
The fighters circling - Jones throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jones throws the left hand but Flair avoids the punch easily.
Flair avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Flair ducks under a wild hook from Jones.
Flair throws a nice outside leg kick.
Flair plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Jones misses with a left hand
and Flair counters with a good, hard body kick but Jones shrugs it off.
Jones digs a good hook to Flair's body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Flair uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jones.
Jones dodges the punch combination from Flair.
Flair throws a head kick that Jones semi-blocks.
Good leg kick by Flair there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Jones digs a good body shot into Flair's ribs.
Jones tries to bum rush Flair with a series of wild strikes but Flair uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jones throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Flair steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jones.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Flair lands with a kick to the temple. Jones shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Flair throws a nice inside leg kick.
Jones fails to land with a series of punches.
Flair fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Jones.
Jones misses with a right hand
and Flair counters with a big head kick but Jones shrugs it off.
Jones is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Flair.
Jones tries to bum rush Flair with a series of wild strikes but Flair uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Flair has managed to clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jones goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Flair breaks the clinch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Flair.
Flair connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Flair throws a nice head kick!
Jones takes a kick to the side of the head.
Jones scores with a nice right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones circles away from the clinch attempt.
Both fighters circling a little - Flair finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Some wild striking there from Jones.
Flair thuds a left hand into Jones's body.
Ric Flair is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Flair lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jones's sensitive parts.
Flair throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jones throws a body punch but Flair moves out of range.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Flair in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Flair lands with a slapping head kick.
Flair rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jones moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Flair missing with a left hand there. Jones was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Flair avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jones lands with an uppercut that bounces Flair off the cage and back into range.
Flair throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jones.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A head kick misses from Flair.
Flair will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jones throws a jab when Flair was well out of range.
Jones tries to bum rush Flair with a series of wild strikes but Flair uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Flair keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jones.
A nice inside leg kick there by Flair. That's going to slow Jones down.
Jones takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A solid leg kick lands there for Flair.
Flair defending well as Jones loads up on a big left hand.
Flair lands with a slapping head kick.
Flair tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Jones manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Flair looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Flair defending well as Jones loads up on a big left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones takes a head kick and keeps coming.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Flair buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Flair slips a jab from Jones.
The fight stays on the outside here - Flair looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jones swings widly with a right hand
and Flair holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Flair's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Flair keeps Jones at a distance using the push kick.
Flair misses with a head kick.
A head kick from Flair lands but Jones takes it in his stride.
Jones connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Flair looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Flair drives through and clinches with Jones against the cage.
Flair lands a nice elbow.
Flair breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Flair plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ric Flair showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ric Flair's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Flair slips a jab and a cross from Jones.
Jones takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Flair throws a series of punches but Jones avoids them all with ease.
Flair gets a clinch.
Flair blocks an uppercut.
Jones working aggressively here.
Jones avoiding damage as Flair throws knees to the body.
Flair escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jones scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Jones swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nice shot lands for Jones.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Flair goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Flair takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jones takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Jones dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jones throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jones lands a head shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Flair throws a half hearted mid kick.
Flair moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Jones throws a series of punches but Flair avoids them all with ease.
Jones uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Flair has time to react.
Flair takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Jones chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Flair can pounce on him.
A combination from Jones does no damage.
Jones drops Flair with a big left hand and mounts him. Flair is in big trouble!
Flair is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Flair blocking the ground and pound.
Flair is still in real trouble! Can Jones finish him?
Jones avoids the attempt from Flair to control.
Flair avoids a series of strikes thrown by Jones.
Flair seems to have recovered his senses.
Oooooh, big shot lands for Jones! Flair is hurt baaadly! Jones is firing away with more strikes - Flair is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jon Jones!
During a confident post fight interview, Jon Jones thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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