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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sid Justice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Jefferson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jefferson is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Gladys Knight - Midnight train to Georgia. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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214 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
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205 lbs
8 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful |
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sid Justice!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Michael Jefferson!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Wagner Zegers and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Justice misses with a hook.
Justice scores with a jab to the body.
Jefferson shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Justice is trying to defend but Jefferson finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Jefferson landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Justice trying to control from the bottom.
Jefferson wants to take a breather but Justice is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jefferson looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Jefferson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Justice defending well though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jefferson working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Jefferson is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Jefferson not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Jefferson looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Justice really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Justice has hold of Jefferson's hands but Jefferson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Jefferson landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Jefferson thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Justice trying to hold on to Jefferson's head to control him but Jefferson postures up.
Jefferson is trying to control. Justice wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Jefferson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Justice wants to get back to full guard.
Jefferson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Justice with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Jefferson lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Jefferson stands up from half guard.
Jefferson feints and as Justice raises his hands in defense, Jefferson changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Jefferson working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Justice's head.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Jefferson's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jefferson wants to control from the top but Justice keeps moving.
Justice wants to get back to his feet but Jefferson is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Justice knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Jefferson on the ground.
Jefferson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Justice can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Jefferson controls the pace.
Justice keeping moving, preventing Jefferson from controlling successfully.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Jefferson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Jefferson working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Justice's head.
Justice keeping moving, preventing Jefferson from controlling successfully.
Jefferson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Jefferson works over Justice with some ground and pound from guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Jefferson's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Jefferson sitting in guard here, content to control.
Jefferson working some strikes from top position.
Justice preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Jefferson drops back looking for a leg! Justice is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Justice manages to kick Jefferson off! Jefferson jumps back into Justice's guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Jefferson trying to control the position from guard on top but Justice is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jefferson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Jefferson passes Justice's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Jefferson looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Jefferson wants to work for an arm triangle but Justice is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Jefferson lands a nice short elbow.
Jefferson scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Jefferson prevents Justice from standing back up.
Justice is breathing heavily.
Ground and pound from Jefferson.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Jefferson in particular looking to stall.
Jefferson winds up and cracks Justice with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Jefferson controlling the action here.
Jefferson is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Justice sees it coming and defends easily.
Jefferson content to control rather than advance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Justice taking some punishment here, with Jefferson in his half guard.
Jefferson lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Nice strikes from Jefferson there.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Jefferson connects with a nice short shot to Justice's temple.
Jefferson slips a nice elbow through Justice's hands, connecting with Justice's forehead.
Justice is rocked!
Jefferson drops an elbow to the side of Justice's head.
Oh Justice is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jefferson lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Justice quite badly. Justice pulls Jefferson in close trying to recover. Jefferson postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Justice on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Justice doesn't seem to be complaining too much.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Michael Jefferson!
A victorious Michael Jefferson thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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