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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Gerald Hodges (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Jacobs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gerald Hodges!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ryan Jacobs!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Matheus Silva and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jacobs tries to close the distance and clinch but Hodges swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jacobs checks the leg kick.
Jacobs tries to close the distance and clinch but Hodges swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hodges throws a sloppy head kick and Jacobs moves out of range easily.
Jacobs lands a right hook to the body.
Jacobs scores with a body shot.
An inside leg kick lands from Hodges.
Jacobs pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jacobs is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hodges.
Jacobs tries to clinch up but Hodges circles away and keeps his distance.
Hodges thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Jacobs if he has to take too many more of those.
Jacobs shoots for a takedown but Hodges saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Hodges leaves Jacobs with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Jacobs with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Hodges to score with a decent uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hodges wants to slow Jacobs down by chopping away at his legs.
Jacobs throws an overhand right that lands on Hodges's shoulder, as Hodges tries to avoid the shot.
Jacobs tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Hodges makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Jacobs really felt that one!
Hodges circles away from the clinch attempt
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Jacobs blocks a low kick nicely.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hodges.
Hodges throws a head kick but Jacobs moves out of range.
Jacobs chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hodges can pounce on him.
Hodges fakes the leg kick and cracks Jacobs in the body.
Jacobs looks gassed!
Hodges throws a nice head kick!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jacobs tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Hodges manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
An inside leg kick lands from Hodges.
Jacobs shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Hodges pinned against the ropes. Hodges gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Gerald Hodges has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryan Jacobs.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hodges.
That kick from Hodges tenderised Jacobs's leg. Jacobs is trying to keep his angry face on.
Jacobs misses with a straight left.
Hodges scores with a sloppy right hand. Jacobs should have avoided that one.
Jacobs shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Hodges misses with a low kick as Jacobs jumps back.
Jacobs darts in trying to clinch
and Hodges counters with a head kick that drops Jacobs to the mat! Jacobs scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Jacobs is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hodges.
Hodges swats away the attempt to clinch by Jacobs.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hodges.
Hodges connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Jacobs momentarily.
Jacobs misses the jab.
Hodges misses with a head kick.
Jacobs chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hodges can pounce on him.
Hodges feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Jacobs's calf.
Hodges throws a leg kick but Jacobs sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Jacobs tries to clinch but Hodges moves away
and Hodges counters with a good low kick that Jacobs was not able to check.
Gerald Hodges is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hodges lands a nice looking body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hodges lands a body shot.
Jacobs steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Hodges. That one must have hurt.
Hodges throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Hodges looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Jacobs tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Jacobs on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hodges. Hodges obviously looking to wear him down.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Hodges - that will leave a mark!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hodges.
Jacobs takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hodges connects with a right hand. Jacobs shakes it off.
Hodges connects with an inside leg kick.
Jacobs's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Hodges scores with a nice body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gerald Hodges dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
A good leg kick by Hodges.
Jacobs wants to clinch.
Hodges throws a quick inside leg kick.
Jacobs tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Hodges is able to avoid easily.
Hodges scores with a kick to the midsection.
Hodges lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Hodges lands a really nice looking cross but Jacobs seems unphased.
Jacobs moves to clinch but Hodges breaks away
and Hodges counters with a leg kick.
Hodges cracks the inside of Jacobs's front leg.
Jacobs is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hodges.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hodges moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Hodges fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Jacobs has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Jacobs might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Hodges has got the better of the exchanges.
Jacobs takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Hodges stuns Jacobs with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Hodges lands with a shot to the body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Hodges, right into the meat.
Jacobs has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Hodges.
Hodges buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jacobs takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Hodges connects with an inside leg kick.
Jacobs chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hodges can pounce on him.
Hodges fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Jacobs has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Hodges throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hodges throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Hodges fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hodges is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jacobs can do to turn this around?
Hodges connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Hodges scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Crunch! Hodges slams his shin into Jacobs's torso.
Hodges lands a front kick.
Hodges scoring well with a low kick there.
Hodges keeps Jacobs at a distance using the push kick.
Gerald Hodges is winning the standup battle so far.
Jacobs takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Jacobs is still on wobbly legs! Can Hodges finish him?
Hodges moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Hodges moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Hodges feints and then cracks Jacobs's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Jacobs down.
Hodges turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hodges thumps Jacobs with a low kick.
Hodges lands a leg kick that knocks Jacobs off balance momentarily.
Ryan Jacobs is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hodges connects with an inside leg kick.
Jacobs takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Jacobs seems to have recovered his senses.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hodges.
Hodges with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Jacobs takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Jacobs takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Hodges fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Jacobs has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hodges thumps Jacobs with a low kick.
Jacobs has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hodges.
Hodges scores with a leg kick.
Hodges cracks the inside of Jacobs's front leg.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hodges scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hodges throws a nice outside leg kick.
Jacobs has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Hodges.
Hodges fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hodges throws a good cross that connects.
Jacobs tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Hodges counters with a good, hard body kick but Jacobs shrugs it off.
Good leg kick by Hodges there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Hodges lands with a kick to the ribs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hodges lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Hodges thows a body kick. Jacobs tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Hodges scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gerald Hodges dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Hodges fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Jacobs.
Jacobs throws a right and a left that Hodges avoids nicely.
Hodges lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jacobs's sensitive parts.
Jacobs takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hodges tries a head kick but it misses.
Hodges misses with a head kick.
Jacobs on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hodges. Hodges obviously looking to wear him down.
Jacobs on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hodges. Hodges obviously looking to wear him down.
Jacobs takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hodges defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Jacobs.
Jacobs takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hodges lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jacobs's sensitive parts.
Hodges defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Jacobs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hodges throws a nice inside leg kick.
Hodges thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Jacobs if he has to take too many more of those.
Jacobs has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hodges.
A good leg kick by Hodges.
Hodges lands a nice looking body kick.
Hodges dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jacobs takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Hodges lands the left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hodges chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hodges scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hodges moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Hodges connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Jacobs momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hodges lands with a nice body kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hodges.
Jacobs takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hodges throws a front kick that sends Jacobs stumbling back into the ropes.
Hodges keeps Jacobs at a distance using the push kick.
Hodges connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Jacobs blocks a head kick by Hodges.
Hodges looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Jacobs misses with a hook to the body
and Hodges counters with a big head kick but Jacobs shrugs it off.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hodges.
Jacobs has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Hodges.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hodges connects with an inside leg kick.
Hodges feints and then cracks Jacobs's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Jacobs down.
Hodges bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Jacobs's head backwards.
Jacobs on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hodges. Hodges obviously looking to wear him down.
Jacobs takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hodges lands a big head kick that sends Jacobs tumbling to the mat! Hodges takes a step backwards and waves Jacobs back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hodges throws a nice outside leg kick.
Hodges connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Hodges lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hodges looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Hodges looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ryan Jacobs has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hodges lands with a kick to the ribs.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Hodges. Jacobs shrugs it off though.
Jacobs throws a combination that misses
and Hodges makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hodges.
Jacobs takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Nice body kick from Hodges.
Hodges with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hodges's corner calls for a 1-2. Hodges obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hodges misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hodges throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Jacobs.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jacobs. Hodges does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gerald Hodges showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hodges has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:25
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:25
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gerald Hodges!
Our winner, Gerald Hodges, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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