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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Andrew Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sami Kuristaja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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179 lbs
9 - 1 - 0 |
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195 lbs
13 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Good kicks
Knockout power |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Andrew Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sami Kuristaja!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Nard Betker and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kuristaja with a hook.
Jones misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kuristaja clinches up against the cage.
Jones has a couple of punches blocked by Kuristaja.
Kuristaja keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jones's efforts to push away.
Jones trying to land knees to the body.
Jones tries to circle away but Kuristaja has him pinned against the cage.
Jones scores a nice knee to the body.
Jones misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kuristaja controlling the action here for a moment.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Kuristaja digs a right hand underneath Jones's ribcage. Jones let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Jones tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kuristaja using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jones has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jones tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kuristaja working Jones over with knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuristaja lands with a light punch inside.
Jones avoids a wild elbow strike from Kuristaja.
Kuristaja looking to throw knees to the head but Jones is blocking nicely.
Jones using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kuristaja has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jones lands a knee to the body.
Kuristaja throws a knee to the head but misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kuristaja as Jones tries to tie him up.
Jones avoiding damage as Kuristaja throws knees to the body.
Kuristaja tries a knee to the head but Jones blocks it.
Kuristaja with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kuristaja with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kuristaja using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jones has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kuristaja tries a knee to the head but Jones blocks it.
Jones throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kuristaja working aggressively here.
Jones is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Jones trying to control the position but instead, Kuristaja has worked for underhooks and has pushed Jones into the cage.
Jones looking to throw knees to the head but Kuristaja is blocking nicely.
Jones with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kuristaja tries to land a knee to the head but Jones blocks with his arms.
Kuristaja tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jones tries to work over Kuristaja's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kuristaja tries a knee to the head but Jones blocks it.
Kuristaja tries to land knees in the clinch but Jones avoids the damage to the body.
Kuristaja throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kuristaja trying to land knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from Jones.
Good body shot from Jones.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Jones can't find room to land a body shot as Kuristaja controls the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones crunches a lovely knee into Kuristaja's ribcage.
Jones landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kuristaja looks gassed!
Kuristaja throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jones blocks it with crossed arms.
Jones connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kuristaja's face.
Jones misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kuristaja.
Kuristaja tries to land a knee to the head but Jones blocks with his arms.
Kuristaja is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jones is defending well for now.
Jones tries to throw a body punch but Kuristaja avoids it by throwing Jones back against the cage.
Kuristaja tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jones avoids it.
A shot in the inside from Jones.
Nice body punch from Jones - that landed with a thud.
Jones trying to land knees to the body.
Jones blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kuristaja trying to land knees to the body.
Jones is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Kuristaja taking a breather.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jones can't find room to land a body shot as Kuristaja controls the action.
Jones lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kuristaja backwards.
Jones is trying to stall.
Kuristaja tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jones cracks Kuristaja with a nice body shot.
Kuristaja takes a shot to the head.
Jones lands a left hand.
Kuristaja tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jones avoids it.
Kuristaja with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jones utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kuristaja stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Jones with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jones cracks Kuristaja with a nice body shot.
Jones is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kuristaja is defending well for now.
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 Andrew Jones will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Jones tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Kuristaja manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Kuristaja, as that shot connected.
Jones lands a really nice looking cross but Kuristaja seems unphased.
Jones throws a lazy right hand but Kuristaja sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Andrew Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jones scores with a punch to the head.
Sami Kuristaja is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jones lands with a nice body punch.
A head kick misses from Kuristaja.
Jones connects with a solid leg kick.
Jones scores with a hook.
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!
Jones scores a takedown into full mount!
Kuristaja is breathing heavily.
Kuristaja tries to buck Jones off but he can't manage it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones working the ground and pound effectively.
Jones can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Kuristaja is looking to escape.
Jones dominating with strikes here.
Kuristaja is bucking up trying to escape but Jones cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Jones controlling from mount.
Jones lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Jones here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Jones working the ground and pound effectively.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jones wants to control the pace but Kuristaja is squirming around nicely.
Jones with the ground and pound from mount.
Jones lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Kuristaja is rocked!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kuristaja squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Kuristaja is still in real trouble! Can Jones finish him?
Jones connects with a bit shot that sees Kuristaja covering up! More strikes from Jones and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Jones is our winner by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Andrew Jones!
A very excited looking Andrew Jones 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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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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