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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cruz Jefferson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jefferson comes to the cage accompanied by Damian Marley - Welcome to Jamrock. Davis has chosen Franz Ferdinand - Ulysses as his entrance music. Antonio Davis has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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185 cm
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185 lbs
16 - 16 - 0 |
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187 cm
30
182 lbs
23 - 13 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed |
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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
16 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cruz Jefferson! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
23 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Antonio Davis! The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Robert Douchet and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Davis lands with a thumping leg kick.
Davis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jefferson was well out of range. Poor timing from Davis. Jefferson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Davis throws a looping overhand right but Jefferson ducks down to avoid it. Jefferson misses the shot to the body. Davis will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A leg kick checked by Davis. Antonio Davis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. A decent looking cross lands there for Jefferson. Jefferson doesn't manage to clinch there - Davis circles away.
Jefferson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple. Jefferson checks a low kick from Davis. A big left from Davis misses. Davis takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Jefferson misses with a takedown attempt - Davis sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses. Jefferson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Davis throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jefferson.
That's one minute gone in the round. Jefferson takes a shot right to the bread basket. Jefferson ducks under a wild hook from Davis. Davis misses with a head kick.
Nice shot lands for Davis. Jefferson fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Davis is out of range. Davis swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jefferson moves away from the strike by Davis. Davis misses with a looping right. Jefferson forces Davis back against the cage and clinches. Jefferson blocks an uppercut.
Jefferson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
It looks like Antonio Davis has been cut. Davis swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jefferson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Davis backwards. Davis takes a knee to the side of the body. Jefferson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Davis's face.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Davis.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Davis looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now. Davis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Both guys are working to get underhooks. Davis wants to break free but Jefferson has control.
Jefferson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. Davis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Davis is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage. Davis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The referee calls for Jefferson to work.
Davis throws a head punch that misses. Come on Davis - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Jefferson lands a right hand. Jefferson lands a nice knee to the body. Davis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Jefferson stalling.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Davis working aggressively here.
Davis lands an uppercut. Davis gets through Jefferson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head. Davis working aggressively here.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily. Jefferson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. Jefferson scores with a shot to the side of Davis's head.
Davis is rocked! The pace really dropping off here, momentarily. Jefferson can't get the takedown.
Davis works on Jefferson's body with a couple of short punches. Davis wants to get back to striking at distance but Jefferson won't allow it.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Davis letting Jefferson take a breather here. Davis has a couple of punches blocked by Jefferson.
Davis cracks Jefferson with a nice body shot. Jefferson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Davis backwards. This has been an exciting period of action! Jefferson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. Davis has Jefferson pressed against the cage.
Jefferson lands a nice elbow from the clinch. Davis is still on wobbly legs! Can Jefferson finish him? Davis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Davis seems to have recovered his senses. Davis tries to throw a body punch but Jefferson avoids it by throwing Davis back against the cage. Jefferson digs a right hand into Davis's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Davis's gas tank. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! A right hand to the body from Jefferson.
Jefferson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Davis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jefferson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. 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 Cruz Jefferson will probably get the nod. The cut man is working on Antonio Davis's cut. The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Jefferson pushes Davis away with a front kick. Jefferson connects with a picture perfect right hand that knocks Davis out cold! This one is over in a flash!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Cruz Jefferson! A very excited looking Cruz Jefferson made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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