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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mac Jonson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Myke Hawk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mac Jonson has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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175 lbs
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180 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Mac Jonson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Myke Hawk!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Paul Tew and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jonson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hawk misses with a few strikes there.
Jonson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hawk.
Hawk looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Jonson pulls Hawk in close to prevent any damage.
Jonson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hawk is one step ahead there.
Hawk really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jonson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Jonson is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Hawk looking to throw knees to the head but Jonson is blocking nicely.
Hawk wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hawk with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jonson is working for takedown but Hawk is calmly controlling the position for now.
Jonson is pressed up against the cage. Hawk has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Jonson down to the mat. Jonson avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Hawk plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Jonson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jonson throws a right hand that Hawk ducks under and follows up with a left that Hawk also avoids with ease.
Jonson shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Hawk as he jumps to the side.
Jonson is breathing heavily.
Jonson drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Hawk wants to get back to his feet but Jonson is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jonson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Jonson trying to control the position from guard on top but Hawk is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jonson scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jonson would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Hawk wants to get back to his feet but Jonson passes into half guard.
Jonson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Jonson missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Good leg kick by Hawk there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Jonson tries to clinch up but Hawk circles away and keeps his distance.
Hawk gets caught flat footed, as Jonson shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Jonson is looking to work some ground and pound but Hawk has wrist control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jonson is looking to work some ground and pound but Hawk has wrist control.
Jonson slips nicely into half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Jonson throwing shots but Hawk is blocking nicely.
Jonson gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Jonson scores a takedown into full mount!
Jonson with shots to the head and body - Hawk looks very uncomfortable down there.
Jonson working away from the top, dropping strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hawk is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Jonson thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Jonson punching from mount but Hawk doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Jonson wants to control the pace but Hawk is squirming around nicely.
Jonson throwing strikes here but Hawk is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Hawk is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Jonson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Jonson tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mac Jonson dominated that round.
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.
Hawk tries to close the distance and clinch but Jonson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hawk gets a clinch.
Jonson has had enough of the clinch but Hawk keeps him there for the moment.
Hawk unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jonson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hawk unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jonson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jonson gets underhooks to prevent Hawk's takedown attempt.
Hawk breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A head kick misses from Hawk.
Hawk lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Horrible takedown by Jonson or perhaps it was just good defense by Hawk which made him look bad.
Jonson closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Hawk wants to get back to his feet.
Hawk is not content to let Jonson control the position.
Hawk avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Jonson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jonson seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Hawk is breathing heavily.
Hawk is trying to stand back up but Jonson is controlling him
Jonson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hawk defending well though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jonson throwing shots but Hawk is blocking nicely.
Jonson is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Hawk is trying to stand up here but Jonson is controlling him well.
Jonson tries to stand and escape but Hawk actually recovers to full guard.
Hawk wants to get back to his feet but Jonson is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Jonson stands up and waves to Hawk to follow him.
Hawk plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Jonson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hawk is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hawk tries for a takedown but Jonson sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Hawk tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hawk closes the distance but Jonson moves to the side
and Jonson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawk throws a head kick but Jonson moves out of range.
Jonson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A shot to de liver by Hawk. Beautiful body shot.
Jonson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Hawk but Hawk pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mac Jonson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jonson shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Jonson is working for a kimura but Hawk is defending it quite comfortably.
Hawk is staying active underneath Jonson, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jonson looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Jonson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hawk defending well though.
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 Mac Jonson will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Hawk clinches but Jonson breaks the clinch
and Jonson counters with a takedown into side control.
Jonson trying to control the position but Hawk is working away.
Jonson wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Hawk, who protects the arm well.
Jonson sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Hawk is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jonson remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Jonson decides to stand back up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jonson fails to land the takedown.
Jonson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Hawk counters with an inside leg kick.
Hawk pushes Jonson away with a front kick.
Mac Jonson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hawk throws a left and a right that both miss
and Jonson counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Hawk's guard now.
Jonson wants to stand and escape but instead Hawk has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Jonson bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Hawk's guard.
Hawk wants to stand and escape but Jonson is having none of it.
Jonson trying to control the position from guard on top but Hawk is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jonson looking to pass the guard.
Jonson is working Hawk over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Jonson trying to control the position from guard on top but Hawk is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jonson wants to pass the guard but Hawk is keeping the position.
Jonson wants to stand and escape but instead Hawk has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawk is looking to stand up but Jonson won't let him.
Jonson looking for a sweep. Not yet Jonson, not yet.
Jonson is working hard here to advance position.
Jonson lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Hawk!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Jonson working the ground and pound effectively.
Jonson throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Hawk takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Jonson landing strikes from the mount and Hawk is in trouble!
Myke Hawk has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jonson is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Hawk has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Jonson is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Hawk can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mac Jonson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Jonson, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mac Jonson!
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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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