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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jean Charles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Horatio Jacobs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jacobs has chosen Guns In the Sky - INXS as his entrance music. Jean Charles had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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159 lbs
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160 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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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
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jean Charles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Horatio Jacobs!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Charles wants to clinch up but Jacobs keeps it at a distance.
Jacobs blocks a head kick by Charles.
Jacobs tests Charles's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Charles avoids the head kick by Jacobs.
Jacobs misses with a body shot.
Charles takes a swing at Jacobs's ribcage but misses.
Jacobs checks a low kick from Charles.
Charles takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Jacobs misses with an uppercut.
Jacobs throws a hook but Charles blocks it.
Jacobs lands a head shot.
Charles on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Jacobs throws a big shot that misses.
Jacobs lands with a right hand.
Charles throws a front kick that sends Jacobs stumbling back into the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Charles darts in and clinches Jacobs up against the cage.
Charles working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Charles lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Charles lands with a short shot to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jacobs misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jacobs lands a body shot in the clinch.
Charles stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Charles lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jacobs backwards.
Charles tries to throw a body punch but Jacobs avoids it by throwing Charles back against the cage.
Jacobs misses with a punch to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jacobs.
The referee calls for Charles to work.
Jacobs has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A short right from Jacobs on the inside.
Charles on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Charles is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jacobs is defending well for now.
Charles is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Jacobs is keeping busy.
Jacobs tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jacobs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Charles misses with a punch to the body.
Charles trying to land knees to the body.
Jacobs swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jacobs tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jacobs trying to land knees to the body.
Jacobs is trying to break the clinch but Charles is controlling him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Charles taking a breather.
Charles putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Jacobs in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Jacobs is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Jacobs is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jacobs just misses with a elbow thrown towards Charles's brow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Charles.
Jacobs breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Charles swings for the body but Jacobs moves out of range.
Charles throws a body kick that misses.
Charles scores with a jab.
Jacobs lands a jab-cross combination.
Jacobs connects with a body shot.
Jacobs smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Jab by Charles.
Charles looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jacobs goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Charles is rocked!
Jacobs gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Oh Charles is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Charles getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jacobs takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Charles 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.
Charles misses with an uppercut.
Charles scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Jacobs lands a slapping body shot.
Charles seems to have got his legs back now.
A telegraphed right hand from Charles misses the target.
Jacobs throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Charles moves forwards but Jacobs connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Charles. Jacobs shrugs it off though.
Jacobs rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Charles moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Charles tries to sprawl but Jacobs drives through with a takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Charles wants to get back to his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jacobs looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Jacobs is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Charles still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Charles has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jacobs is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Jacobs is not content to let Charles control the position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Jacobs wants to get back to full guard.
Charles stands up and beckons Jacobs to join him on the feet.
Jacobs wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Charles goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
A big right from Jacobs misses.
Jacobs is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Charles had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Jacobs lands with a right hand.
Jacobs tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Charles was well out of range. Poor timing from Jacobs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Horatio Jacobs 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.
Jacobs misses with the combination.
Horrible takedown by Jacobs or perhaps it was just good defense by Charles which made him look bad.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Jacobs checks a leg kick.
Horatio Jacobs seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Charles clinches.
A short right from Charles.
Charles tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jacobs lands a nice uppercut.
Charles tries to throw a body punch but Jacobs avoids it by throwing Charles back against the cage.
Charles tries to work over Jacobs's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jacobs breaks from the clinch.
Charles moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Charles takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Jacobs circles away from the clinch attempt.
A punch combination from Jacobs misses.
Jacobs moves out of range as Charles throws a body kick.
Jacobs ducks under a wild hook from Charles.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jacobs looks to land a left hand but Charles moved out of range nicely.
Charles walks into a stiff left hand from Jacobs.
Charles tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jacobs swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jacobs bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Jacobs thumps Charles with a low kick.
Jacobs throws a leg kick but Charles sees it coming and moves out of range.
Charles throws a leg kick which misses Jacobs's front leg but catches the back leg as Jacobs tries to avoid it.
Charles throws a quick inside leg kick.
Charles tries to clinch but Jacobs is having none of it.
Charles lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jacobs's sensitive parts.
Jacobs misses with the combination.
Charles takes the fight into the clinch.
Jacobs swings wildly with an uppercut but Charles uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jacobs on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jacobs scores a nice knee to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jacobs lands a shot to the body.
A body shot lands from Jacobs.
Jacobs lands a right hand.
Charles scores a nice knee to the body.
Jacobs is trying to break the clinch but Charles is controlling him.
Charles misses with a short punch on the inside.
Charles takes an elbow to the temple.
Charles has a couple of punches blocked by Jacobs.
Jacobs tries a body shot but Charles blocks it.
Still in the clinch, Charles scores with a nice short uppercut.
Jacobs escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jab, jab by Jacobs - just one landing.
Charles swats away the attempt to clinch by Jacobs.
Jacobs keeps the fight on the outside.
Charles throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jacobs sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Charles swings widly with a right hand
and Jacobs counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Charles misses with a wild combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jacobs bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Charles's head backwards.
Jacobs missing with a left hand there. Charles was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Charles swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Charles looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Jacobs attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Charles misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jacobs throws a shot from downtown. Charles moves away and avoids it.
Jacobs takes a swing at Charles's ribcage but misses.
Charles slips under a jab.
Charles lands with a slapping head kick.
Jacobs tries a head kick but it misses.
Jacobs throws a shot from downtown. Charles moves away and avoids it.
Jacobs lands with a thumping leg kick.
Charles staying out of range there.
Charles moves out of range of the strikes.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jacobs lands a nice shot that snaps Charles's head back.
Charles wants to clinch.
Jacobs lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Good leg kick by Charles there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Jacobs throws a body kick that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Charles uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jacobs.
A swing and a miss from Jacobs.
A cross from Charles lands.
Jacobs throws a body kick that misses.
Jacobs misses with a wild body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jacobs lands with an uppercut that bounces Charles off the cage and back into range.
Jacobs wants to land a leg kick but Charles is out of range.
Charles on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Charles turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Horatio Jacobs showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Charles misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jacobs feints and then cracks Charles's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Charles down.
Charles misses with an attempted mid kick.
Charles pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Jacobs lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Charles throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Charles uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jacobs.
Charles lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Jacobs scores with a sloppy right hand. Charles should have avoided that one.
Jacobs on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Charles slips under a jab.
Charles fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Jacobs is out of range.
Jacobs throws a series of punches but Charles moves out of range.
Jacobs is looking to score with low kicks.
Charles throws a leg kick that is checked
and Jacobs makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Charles tries to clinch up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Charles throws a body punch but Jacobs moves out of range.
Jacobs lands a head shot.
Jacobs avoids the body shot from Charles.
Charles misses the shot to the body.
Jacobs tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Charles was well out of range. Poor timing from Jacobs.
Charles bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Charles tries to land a front kick but Jacobs steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Jacobs throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Jacobs takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Charles on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Jacobs misses with a few strikes there.
Jacobs bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Charles's head.
Charles tests Jacobs's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Charles getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Jacobs avoids the head kick by Charles.
Jean Charles has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Charles avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jacobs throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jacobs takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jacobs takes a swing at Charles's ribcage but misses.
Jacobs misses with an uppercut. Charles saw that one coming.
Charles takes the fight into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jacobs tries to work over Charles's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jacobs tries a body shot but Charles blocks it.
Charles lands a good knee to the midsection. Jacobs won't want to take too many of those.
Jacobs takes a knee right on the jaw!
Charles misses with a knee to the head.
Charles landing knees to the body.
Charles lands a shoulder strike.
Jacobs tries to break the clinch but Charles is controlling the position.
Jacobs goes for a takedown in the clinch but Charles prevents it.
Jacobs tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Charles's elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jacobs tries to throw a body punch but Charles avoids it by throwing Jacobs back against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Charles creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Charles blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jacobs lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Charles lands with a right to the head.
Charles scores with a nice hook to the head.
Charles works on Jacobs's body with a couple of short punches.
Charles managing to block the knees to the body from Jacobs.
Charles lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Jacobs struggles to land a body shot inside as Charles controls his hands.
Charles lands a left hand.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Charles.
Jacobs tries to land knees in the clinch but Charles avoids the damage to the body.
Charles throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jacobss head.
Charles is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jacobs is defending well for now.
Charles misses with a punch to the body.
Charles is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Charles lands a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Charles lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Jean Charles has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Charles missing with knees to the body.
A short body shot lands from Jacobs as the two fighters clinch.
Charles digs a right hand underneath Jacobs's ribcage. Jacobs let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Charles unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Horatio Jacobs is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Jacobs on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Charles blocks a body shot from Jacobs.
Charles struggles to land a body shot inside as Jacobs controls his hands.
Charles looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Charles with a knee to the head.
Charles landing knees to the head.
Jacobs is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Charles gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Charles obliges.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Charles blocks a body shot from Jacobs.
Charles scores a nice knee to the body.
Charles misses with a punch to the body.
Jacobs cracks Charles with a nice body shot.
Jacobs tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jean Charles showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Jacobs 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Horatio Jacobs!
An out of breath Horatio Jacobs thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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