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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Aaron Witt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fred Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Face in the Sand kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Fred Jones told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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Great wrestler
Solid boxing
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Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Aaron Witt!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 12 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Fred Jones!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Nard Betker and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones takes a swing at Witt's ribcage but misses.
Witt tries to clinch but Jones is having none of it.
Jones catches Witt with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A big right from Witt misses.
Witt closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Jones did well to prevent Witt getting side control.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Jones is trying to get back to full guard.
Witt looks to land a strike but Jones avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Witt postures up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Witt accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Jones keeping full guard, as Witt tries to pass.
Witt postures up in Jones's guard and throws a big left but Jones blocks it.
Jones avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Jones avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Witt throws a big right hand that misses.
Witt throws a strike but Jones rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Witt seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Jones seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Jones stopping the sweep attempt from Witt.
Jones looking to pass the guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Fred Jones.
Jones fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Jones looks to throw the jab but Witt is out of range.
Witt thows a body shot but no joy.
Jones throws a hook but Witt blocks it.
Witt fails with the takedown.
Witt looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jones is adopting a defensive guard.
Witt throwing strikes from guard but Jones blocks nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Witt accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Witt loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jones tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Jones controls Witt momentarily but Witt frees himself.
Witt lands a couple of digs.
Jones is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Witt trying to control here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jones not doing much here.
Jones trying to control from Witt's half guard. Witt has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones won't allow Witt to sweep him here.
Witt keeping moving, preventing Jones from controlling successfully.
Witt trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Jones stays in close to Witt's body and controls the position.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Jones stands and steps away. Witt gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jones thows a body shot but no joy.
Jones fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Aaron Witt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Witt connects with a nice looking jab.
A jab from Witt misses.
Jones blocks a jab.
Nice uppercut lands for Witt. That snapped Jones's head back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Aaron Witt will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Jones takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Witt closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Jones's guard.
Witt throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jones works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Jones is pulling down on Witt's head to control his posture.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Witt accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Witt postures up.
Witt throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jones works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Witt is in close to Jones's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Witt throws a big elbow that misses.
Witt throwing strikes from guard but Jones blocks nicely.
Jones preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Witt throws a big elbow that misses.
Witt throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jones works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Witt looking to sit in guard and control but Jones gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Witt is looking for a triangle but Jones pushes his legs off easily.
Witt working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Jones doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Jones manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Jones controls from within his opponent's guard.
Witt is trying to hold Jones in close to prevent damage but Jones has managed to pass into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Jones seems content to control.
Jones tries to pass to full mount but Witt defends it.
Witt wants to get back to full guard.
Witt gets full guard.
Jones controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Witt looking to control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jones wants to pass the guard but Witt is keeping the position.
Witt wants to sweep here but Jones controlling him for the moment.
Witt is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Witt is pulling down on Jones's head. It's preventing any offense from Jones, at least for the moment.
Jones trying to control the position from guard on top but Witt is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Witt has his foot on Jones's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Jones works his way back into a safe position though.
Jones throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Jones looking to pass the guard.
Witt keeping moving, preventing Jones from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Witt looking for a guillotine here but Jones defends easily.
Jones controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Fred Jones was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Witt tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Jones manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jones tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fred Jones is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Witt throws an off balance right hand
and Jones counters with a leg kick.
Witt throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jones sees it coming and avoids it easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Witt misses with a body shot.
Witt throws out a loose jab but Jones uses good head movement to avoid it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Witt tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Witt bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aaron Witt dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Witt avoids the body shot from Jones.
Witt looks for a takedown but Jones sprawls well.
Jones gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Witt.
Witt looks to land a right hand but Jones moved out of range.
Witt checks a leg kick.
Jones tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Witt looks for the body kick but Jones saw that one coming.
Witt is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Jones tries to work over Witt's front leg with a kick but Witt checks it.
Jones misses with a wild body shot.
Witt fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jones manages to avoid it.
Jones throws a half hearted mid kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Jones.
Witt shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Jones counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Jones throws a nice inside leg kick.
Witt is looking to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Witt just misses with a punch to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Jones. That's going to slow Witt down.
Jones lands a glancing blow to the side of Witt's head.
Jones misses with a leg kick.
Witt shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Jones defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aaron Witt. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Witt misses with a body shot.
Witt takes a swing at Jones's ribcage but misses.
Witt takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Witt is trying hard to land a takedown here. Jones sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Witt shoots in for a takedown but Jones shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jones lands an overhand right.
Witt tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jones was well out of range. Poor timing from Witt.
Witt misses with a left hand
and Jones counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jones uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Witt.
Jones has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws a half hearted mid kick.
Witt drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Jones manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Jones scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Jones is controlling the pace.
Jones thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Witt's head.
Jones wants to pass the guard but Witt is defending well.
Witt is trying to maintain the position but Jones is very close to passing his half guard.
Jones wants to lay and pray for a moment but Witt keeps working.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Witt tries to roll over but Jones keeps him under control.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Witt trying to control from the bottom.
Jones trying to pass the guard but Witt defending well.
Witt is staying active underneath Jones, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Jones prevents Witt from improving his position.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Fred Jones.
Witt misses with a body punch
and Jones counters with a nice body shot.
Jones changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Jones lands a body shot.
Witt shoots in for a takedown but Jones shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Jones works Witt's body with a nice hook.
Jones is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Witt rather than just go for the knockout.
Witt tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jones paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Witt tries to close the distance and clinch but Jones swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jones looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws a leg kick which misses Witt's front leg but catches the back leg as Witt tries to avoid it.
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!
A telegraphed right hand from Witt misses the target.
Witt tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Jones ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Witt moves in looking to clinch but Jones pushes him off.
Jones scores with a hook.
Witt tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Jones manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Witt misses the shot to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Jones.
Jones cracks Witt with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Witt throws a front kick aimed at Jones's knee but Jones avoids it well.
Witt misses with an uppercut. Jones saw that one coming.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jones scoring well with a low kick there.
Witt takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Jones cracks the inside of Witt's front leg.
Witt avoids the head kick by Jones.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fred Jones really dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Witt doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Witt wants to clinch.
Jones moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Jones scores with a sloppy right hand. Witt should have avoided that one.
Jones blocks a jab.
Witt looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Witt is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Jones misses with a wild combination.
Jones fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Jones swinging wildly here.
Jones throws out a leg kick but Witt moves out of range and Jones only half commits.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Witt rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Jones counters with a nice uppercut.
Witt shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Jones counters with a nice body shot.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Witt takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Witt pushes Jones up against the cage in a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jones.
Jones blocking some punches.
Jones misses with a punch to the body.
Witt is leaning against Jones and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Jones gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Witt punching from the bottom.
Jones is keen to just control but Witt is a slippery customer.
Witt wants to improve his position but Jones is controlling well.
Witt gets back to full guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Witt looking to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Witt is looking for a triangle but Jones pushes his legs off easily.
Jones wants to pass the guard but Witt is keeping the position.
Jones pushing down on Witt's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Jones not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Jones controlling the action here.
Witt is looking to improve his position.
Witt tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Witt is staying active underneath Jones, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Jones slows the pace down in half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones wants to take a breather but Witt is having none of it.
Fred Jones has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Jones throws a lazy right hand but Witt sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jones is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Jones with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Witt tries to clinch up.
Jones moves out of range of the strikes.
Witt throws a body punch but Jones moves out of range.
Witt shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Witt throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jones works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Jones has his hands on Witt's head, controlling the position.
Witt sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Jones's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Witt trying to control from Jones's half guard. Jones has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Jones working a defensive guard here.
Witt is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Jones keeping full guard, as Witt tries to pass.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jones is controlling Witt's posture.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Witt accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fred Jones dominated that fourth round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Witt tries to score a power double leg takedown but Jones sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Witt somewhat.
Jones looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Jones shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Jones keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Witt misses with a hook.
Jones connects with an inside leg kick.
Witt fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aaron Witt. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones misses with a body shot
enabling Witt to counter with a crisp jab.
Witt tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Jones manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Witt misses with a wild body shot.
Witt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Witt shoots in for a double leg but Jones sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Witt connects with a nice looking jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Witt takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Jones doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Witt with a jab.
Jones moves out of range of the strikes.
Witt walks into a straight right hand from Jones.
Witt takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Jones jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Witt swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Witt shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Jones as he jumps to the side.
Witt wants to clinch.
Jones avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Witt is looking to clinch but Jones is avoiding it.
Jones swats away the attempt to clinch by Witt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A punch combination from Jones misses.
Witt takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Witt takes a swing at Jones's ribcage but misses.
Jones throws a head kick that half lands.
Witt avoids the body shot from Jones.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Witt crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Jones - the referee stops the clock and Witt gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Jones. Witt manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Witt misses with an uppercut. Jones saw that one coming.
Jones slips under a jab from Witt.
Witt paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Witt checks a leg kick nicely.
Jones lands with an uppercut that bounces Witt off the cage and back into range.
Fred Jones seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jones throws a low kick but it's checked well by Witt.
Witt is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Witt tries to clinch up but Jones circles away and keeps his distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones lands with a kick to the ribs.
Jones walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Witt takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Witt clinches with his opponent.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Witt misses with the head strike.
Witt lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Witt misses with a punch on the inside.
Witt is fighting off a takedown attempt but Jones is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Witt to the mat. Witt regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Jones avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Jones trying to control the position from guard on top but Witt is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Witt looking to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Witt wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Witt throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jones trying to control the position from guard on top but Witt is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Fred Jones was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Jones throws a sloppy head kick and Witt moves out of range easily.
Witt is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jones chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Witt can pounce on him.
Jones slips a jab and a cross from Witt.
Jones throws a front kick aimed at Witt's knee but Witt avoids it well.
And that's the end of the fight!
Fred Jones comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Jones 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 47:48
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 46:49
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fred Jones!
Fred Jones is the new featherweight champion!
Fred Jones made sure to mention his sponsor, Syndicate Nutrition in his post fight interview.
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