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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bones Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Floyd Pacquiao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Pacquiao's choice of entrance music: Sometimes when we Fight. Bones Jones has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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215 lbs
8 - 1 - 0 |
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205 lbs
8 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank |
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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
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bones Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Floyd Pacquiao!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, John Mangel and Damien Edna.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pacquiao misses with a few strikes there.
Pacquiao misses with a two punch combination.
Pacquiao staying out of range there.
Jones tries to bum rush Pacquiao with a series of wild strikes but Pacquiao uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A big right from Pacquiao misses.
Jones will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bones Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jones darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Jones rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Pacquiao counters with a takedown into side control.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Pacquiao tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pacquiao in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Pacquiao tries to move to mount but Jones blocks the move with his legs.
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!
Pacquiao working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Pacquiao trying to control the position but Jones is working away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pacquiao sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Jones is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Pacquiao throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Pacquiao scoring with punches from side control.
Pacquiao is trying to ground and pound but Jones uses the momentary lack of control by Pacquiao to regain half guard.
Jones has hold of Pacquiao's hands but Pacquiao slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Pacquiao thows a huge punch but Jones dodges it nicely.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Pacquiao in particular looking to stall.
Pacquiao stops Jones from getting back to his feet.
Pacquiao has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Jones!
Jones is squirming around, avoiding Pacquiao's attempts to control the action.
Pacquiao sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pacquiao postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Jones looks a forlorn figure.
It looks like Bones Jones has been cut.
Pacquiao looking to finish with strikes here!
Pacquiao lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao unloading with bombs!
Bones Jones's cut is getting worse.
Jones knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Pacquiao on the ground.
Pacquiao looking to control and managing it successfully.
Pacquiao lands a nice shot to the head.
Bones Jones's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Bones Jones's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Floyd Pacquiao!
Floyd Pacquiao spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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hype
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pop
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