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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Saul Alvarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jerry Cox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alvarez comes to the cage accompanied by Survivor - 'Burning Heart'. Jerry Cox is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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163 lbs
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161 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Saul Alvarez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jerry Cox!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Daniel Blasius and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cox moves into range and connects with a jab.
Cox misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Alvarez.
Cox misses the shot to the body.
Alvarez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cox.
Cox throws a right hand that misses
and Alvarez counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cox misses the shot to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Alvarez.
Cox misses with a wild body shot.
Jerry Cox seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Alvarez missing with a left hand there. Cox was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cox throws out a loose jab but Alvarez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cox misses with a straight right.
Cox lands with a good body shot.
Cox misses with a hook. Alvarez ducked under it nicely.
Cox is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Alvarez rather than just go for the knockout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cox misses with a body punch
and Alvarez counters with a nice low kick that buckles Cox's knee momentarily.
Cox connects with the punch.
Cox throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cox takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Danga de danga de dang - Alvarez scores with a four punch combination!
Alvarez lands a glancing blow to the side of Cox's head.
Alvarez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cox paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Alvarez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cox.
Cox dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cox takes a swing at Alvarez's ribcage but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez scores with a jab to the jaw.
Cox is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
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!
Cox misses with an uppercut. Alvarez saw that one coming.
Alvarez doesn't manage to clinch there - Cox circles away.
Alvarez connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Cox momentarily.
Cox looks to land a combination. Alvarez sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Cox throws a body punch but Alvarez moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cox. Alvarez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Alvarez misses with a two punch combination.
Alvarez with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Cox to score with a decent uppercut.
Cox tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Alvarez was well out of range. Poor timing from Cox.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez avoids the body shot from Cox.
Alvarez lands a jab to the head.
Alvarez tries to close the distance and clinch but Cox swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cox ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Alvarez moves away.
Alvarez tries to clinch but Cox is having none of it.
Alvarez ducks under a wild hook from Cox.
Cox misses the body punch
and Alvarez counters with a straight right hand.
Cox throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cox throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cox takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez scores with a jab to the body.
Cox rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Alvarez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Alvarez moves away from the strike by Cox.
Alvarez is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Cox misses with a jab to the body
and Alvarez counters with a nice uppercut.
Cox avoids the body shot from Alvarez.
Cox throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cox lands with a nice body punch.
Alvarez fails with an attempt to clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Alvarez takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Alvarez slips a straight right by Cox.
Cox stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jerry Cox dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Alvarez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cox misses with a body shot.
Cox throws a lazy uppercut
and Alvarez counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cox missing with a left hand there. Alvarez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Alvarez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Alvarez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cox.
Nice defenses there by Alvarez.
Cox thows a body shot but no joy.
Jerry Cox seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Alvarez connects with a single shot there.
A telegraphed right hand from Cox misses the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvarez tests Cox's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Cox throws a nice looking combination but Alvarez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cox scores with a jab to the head.
Cox keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Alvarez scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Cox throws a lazy uppercut
and Alvarez counters with a good low kick that Cox was not able to check.
Alvarez tries to clinch up but Cox circles away and keeps his distance.
Cox moves into range and connects with a jab.
Cox throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cox misses the shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cox bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Cox throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cox rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Alvarez counters with a solid body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A telegraphed right hand from Cox misses the target.
Alvarez throws a lazy uppercut
and Cox counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Alvarez doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Cox misses with a body punch
and Alvarez counters with a three punch combo that has Cox backing up. Cox nods at Alvarez to acknowledge the strikes.
Cox ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Alvarez moves away.
Alvarez connects with a right hand. Cox shakes it off.
Alvarez takes a body punch but keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez closes the distance and pushes Cox back into the cage.
Cox blocks an uppercut.
Alvarez swings wildly with an uppercut but Cox uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cox blocks a body shot from Alvarez.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Alvarez.
A nice right hand lands inside from Alvarez.
Alvarez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Alvarez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cox prevents a body shot from Alvarez.
Cox is trying to break the clinch but Alvarez is controlling him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cox's elbow.
Cox blocks an elbow strike from Alvarez.
Alvarez misses with a knee strike.
Alvarez misses with a punch on the inside.
Alvarez lands a hook to the side of the head.
Alvarez misses with a punch on the inside.
Alvarez leaning against his opponent.
Alvarez using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cox has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Alvarez is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cox wants to break free but Alvarez has control.
Alvarez lands a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Saul Alvarez will probably get the nod.
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!
Cox swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cox chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Alvarez can pounce on him.
Cox throws a lazy uppercut
and Alvarez counters with a nice body kick.
Cox scores with a hook to the body. Alvarez takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A jab from Alvarez does it's job there.
Cox lands with a shot to the body.
Cox misses with a left hand
and Alvarez counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Alvarez slips a jab from Cox.
Alvarez moves forwards but Cox connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Cox connects with a body shot.
Alvarez moves away from the strike by Cox.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cox throws a lazy uppercut
and Alvarez counters with an outside leg kick.
Cox throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cox looks to score with a jab to the body but Alvarez is just out of range.
Cox throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cox fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Alvarez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cox.
Cox throws out a powerful jab.
Alvarez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cox is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Alvarez.
Cox throws out a loose jab but Alvarez uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvarez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Alvarez ducks under a wild hook from Cox.
Nice defenses there by Alvarez.
Alvarez moves away from the strike by Cox.
Cox getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Cox jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cox throws a right and a left that Alvarez avoids nicely.
Cox swings and misses with a shot to the body
enabling Alvarez to counter with a crisp jab.
Cox throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cox. Alvarez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Alvarez throws a one two combo.
A decent looking cross lands there for Alvarez.
Alvarez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Alvarez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Alvarez staying out of range there.
Alvarez blocks a jab.
Cox ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Alvarez scores with a push kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cox misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A big left from Alvarez misses.
A jab from Cox misses.
Cox swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cox avoids the body shot from Alvarez.
Cox just misses with a punch to the body.
Cox takes a swing at Alvarez's ribcage but misses.
Cox misses with a straight right.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cox looks to throw the jab but Alvarez is out of range.
Cox throws a body punch but Alvarez moves out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jerry Cox comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Cox has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Saam Ante scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 28:29
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jerry Cox!
Jerry Cox tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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