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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between James Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ruben Wiki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones comes to the ring accompanied by Pimp C. Skrypture, C$krilla ft. Bun B & The Isleys - One Day. Wiki has chosen Reuben James as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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178 cm
27
199 lbs
15 - 0 - 0 |
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173 cm
28
182 lbs
16 - 7 - 1 |
World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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World class MT
Good gas tank
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
15 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, James Jones! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
16 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Ruben Wiki! The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yuuki Gou and Kenichi Hosakawa.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/round1.jpg) The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Wiki throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wiki cracks Jones with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd. Jones throws the kick towards the body but Wiki avoids it. Wiki throws a body kick that misses. Wiki throws a jab when Jones was well out of range. A looping hook to the body misses from Wiki. Jones does a little dance to reset his feet. Wiki looks to land a body kick but Jones moved away. Wiki throws a leg kick that is checked and Jones counters with a lovely straight right hand! Jones throws a nice outside leg kick. Wiki 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. Wiki cracks Jones with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes. Jones misses with a body shot.
Jones throws a sloppy head kick and Wiki moves out of range easily. Wiki with a jab. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. A solid leg kick lands there for Wiki.
Wiki misses with a right hand and Jones counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena. Wiki slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range. Jones throws a body kick but he wasn't in range. Wiki fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Jones.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/1.gif) That's one minute gone in the round. Wiki digs a good hook to Jones's body.
Jones throws a lazy body kick enabling Wiki to counter with a crisp jab. Jones closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so. Jones lands with an overhand left. Jones lands with a thumping leg kick.
Jones's corner calls for a 1-2. Jones obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range. Wiki throws a head kick that misses. Wiki lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin. Jones throws a low kick but Wiki moves out of range easily. Jones moves away from the strike by Wiki. A head kick misses from Wiki. Jones throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wiki takes a shot right to the bread basket. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Wiki tries a head kick but it misses.
Wiki motions for Jones to come forward. Wiki throws a leg kick but it misses it's target. Nice defenses there by Wiki. Wiki shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/2.gif) That's two minutes gone in the round. Jones on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those. A nice inside leg kick there by Wiki. That's going to slow Jones down. A telegraphed right hand from Wiki misses the target. Wiki looks to score with a jab to the body but Jones is just out of range. Wiki throws a half hearted mid kick. Wiki connects with a solid leg kick. Wiki throws a hook but Jones avoids it easily. Wiki throws a looping overhand right but Jones ducks down to avoid it. Wiki attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin. Jones tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him. Wiki misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Wiki connects with an inside leg kick. Jones lands a jab. Ruben Wiki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. A good leg kick by Wiki. Jones checks the leg kick.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/3.gif) That's three minutes gone in the round. Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Jones, as that shot connected.
Jones walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head. Wiki lands a lovely overhand right. Wiki ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent. Wiki throws a half hearted mid kick. Wiki goes for a spinning back kick but it misses. Wiki misses with a straight right. Wiki misses with a hook
and Jones counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt. Jones thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Wiki if he has to take too many more of those.
Wiki catches Jones with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong! Jones scoring well with a low kick there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Nice shot lands for Jones. Jones goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Jones forces Wiki back against the ropes and clinches. Jones is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight. Knees to the body from Jones.
Wiki looks gassed! Jones lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Wiki or not. Jones lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/4.gif) That's four minutes gone in the round. Jones comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush. Jones lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. Jones lands a left hand that snaps the head of Wiki backwards.
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Wiki is rocked! Jones lands a body punch. Wiki is still on wobbly legs! Can Jones finish him? Jones cracks Wiki with a big uppercut, right up the middle and Wiki goes down! Oh, he's hurt! He's bigtime hurt! The referee is giving him a chance to get back to his feet - 4,5,6,7, no, he's called it off! Wiki wasn't going to make it and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). James Jones! James Jones 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
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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