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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jon Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenji Rodriguez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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205 lbs
2 - 3 - 0 |
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216 lbs
7 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jon Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kenji Rodriguez!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Winston Howard and Skip Squint.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rodriguez throws a leg kick
and Jones counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jones throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Rodriguez loads up on a big right hand but Jones slips the punch.
Nice cross by Jones.
Rodriguez tries to clinch but Jones is having none of it.
Jones throws a nice looking combination but Rodriguez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jones has taken the fight to the clinch.
Rodriguez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jones blocks an elbow strike from Rodriguez.
Jones breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rodriguez attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Jones tries to bum rush Rodriguez with a series of wild strikes but Rodriguez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jones swats away the attempt to clinch by Rodriguez.
Rodriguez misses with a low kick.
Jones moves into the clinch successfully.
Jones breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jones throws a sloppy head kick and Rodriguez moves out of range easily.
Rodriguez throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Rodriguez shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jones pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodriguez throws a low kick, looking for Jones's leg but Jones calmly moves out of range.
Rodriguez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rodriguez gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Jones.
Kenji Rodriguez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones blocks a low kick nicely.
A big right from Rodriguez misses.
Jones wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Rodriguez attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rodriguez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jones checks the leg kick nicely there.
Jones rushes Rodriguez and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A decent looking cross lands there for Jones.
A low kick from Rodriguez misses
and Jones counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Rodriguez is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Rodriguez avoids a kick to the body.
Jones ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jones lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Rodriguez swats away the attempt to clinch by Jones.
Jones looks to land a right hand but Rodriguez moved out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Rodriguez avoids the head kick by Jones.
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!
Rodriguez throws a leg kick
and Jones counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Rodriguez thinking.
Rodriguez looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Jones fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jones punishes Rodriguez's body with a nice straight punch.
Some wild striking there from Jones.
Jones blocks a head kick by Rodriguez.
Rodriguez throws a body kick that misses.
Rodriguez looks to land a right hand but Jones moved out of range.
Jones works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A leg kick checked by Jones.
Rodriguez misses with a leg kick
and Jones counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Rodriguez is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Jones tries to clinch there but Rodriguez circles away.
Rodriguez throws an off balance right hand
and Jones counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jones cracks Rodriguez with a good jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones clinches up with Rodriguez and pushes him back against the cage.
Rodriguez trying to land knees to the body.
Rodriguez keeps control of Jones as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rodriguez misses with a knee strike.
Jones escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rodriguez tries to clinch but Jones is having none of it.
Jones moves into the clinch.
Jones has hold of one of Rodriguez's legs. Rodriguez is fighting the takedown attempt but Jones gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Rodriguez throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jones is looking to stand up but Rodriguez won't let him.
Rodriguez looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Jones got a little sloppy there for a moment and Rodriguez has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Jones has managed to get both his arms back between Rodriguez's legs - danger averted.
Jones tries to free his leg and advance position but Rodriguez is retaining full guard.
Rodriguez had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Jones defends it easily.
Rodriguez is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Jones has his hands clasped together but Rodriguez extends an breaks Jones's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Rodriguez.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Kenji Rodriguez!
Kenji Rodriguez gave a mention to OVERDOSE Factory: Q159.2 Energy and more! in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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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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