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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jonathan Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Jim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jonathan Jones has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Decent elbows
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Excellent boxer
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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
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jonathan Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, James Jim!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Saam Ante and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jim scores with a one two! Jones had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
It looks like Jonathan Jones has been cut.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jim paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jones does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Jones doesn't manage to clinch there - Jim circles away.
Jones tries to clinch there but Jim circles away.
An inside leg kick lands from Jones.
James Jim seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jim paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jones has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Jim swings for the body but Jones moves out of range.
Jones takes a jab right on the kisser.
Jones instigates a clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Jones throws an elbow but misses.
Jim avoids the elbow strike from Jones, against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jones looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jones using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jim has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jim is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Jones is keeping busy.
Jim avoids a wild elbow strike from Jones.
Jim avoids the elbow strike from Jones, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jim on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jones throws an elbow but it misses.
Jones misses with an elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Jones throws an elbow but misses.
Jim wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Nice elbow from Jones.
It looks like James Jim has been cut.
Jones throws an elbow but it misses.
Jim avoids the elbow strike from Jones, against the cage.
Jones keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jim's efforts to push away.
Jim tries to stall but Jones uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Jim takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jim avoids a wild elbow strike from Jones.
Jones tries to land knees in the clinch but Jim avoids the damage to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jim avoiding damage.
Jim tries to break free but Jones pushes him back against the cage.
Jim takes an elbow to the temple.
Jones using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jim has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jones pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Jim dodges an elbow strike from Jones.
Jim blocks an elbow strike.
Jim has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Jones seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Jim can turn it around.
Jones lands an elbow that stopped Jim in his tracks for a moment.
Jim blocks an elbow strike from Jones.
Jones goes for a takedown attempt but Jim pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Jones looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jim moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Jim tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jones was well out of range. Poor timing from Jim.
Jim tests Jones's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jones is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jim paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jim ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Jim throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jim throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Jim swings for the body but Jones moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jim. Jones does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jones takes one to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jim misses with a series of wild punches.
Jim just misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones wants to slow Jim down by chopping away at his legs.
Jim throws a series of punches but Jones moves out of range.
Jim throws a lazy right hand but Jones sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jim throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jim swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jones feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Jim's calf.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Jones, right into the meat.
Jim looks to score with a jab to the body but Jones is just out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Jim. Those never looked like landing.
Jones is trying hard to land a takedown here. Jim sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Jones takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Jones tries to land a leg kick but Jim saw it coming and moves away.
Jim ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jones moves away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jones throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Jim wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
No joy there for Jim, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jones dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jim. That did some damage!
Jim fails to land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Jim dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Jim throws a lazy right hand but Jones sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Jim is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Jones rather than just go for the knockout.
Jim with a body punch. A glancing blow.
James Jim is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A combination from Jim does no damage.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Jim!
Jones has closed the distance and engaged Jim in a clinch.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jones misses with a knee strike.
Jim managing to block the knees to the body from Jones.
Jim stalling the fight.
Jones goes for a takedown in the clinch but Jim prevents it.
Jones throws an elbow but it misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
With the fighters up against the cage, Jones throws an elbow but misses.
Jones tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jim avoids it.
Jim is trying to force a seperation but Jones has the dominant position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jones just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jim's brow.
Jones throws an elbow but it misses.
Jones throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jim blocks an elbow strike.
Jim avoiding damage as Jones throws knees to the body.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jim slows down the pace here.
Jim dodges an elbow strike from Jones.
Jones pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Jim tries to stall but Jones uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Jones throws an elbow but it misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jim.
Jones wants a takedown.
Jim stalling the fight.
Jones throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jim wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jones pushes off an throws an elbow but Jim leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Jim can't break the clinch.
Jim takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jim avoids a wild elbow strike from Jones.
Jones lands a good knee to the midsection. Jim won't want to take too many of those.
Jones lands a damaging elbow.
Jim avoids the elbow strike from Jones, against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jones missing with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones working Jim over with knees to the body.
Jim blocks the elbow strike.
Jones comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jones throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jones misses with a knee strike.
Jim breaks the clinch.
Jones does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Jim lands a nice shot to the body.
Jim looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jones takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Jones takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Jones closes the distance but Jim moves to the side
and Jim counters with a three punch combo that has Jones backing up. Jones nods at Jim to acknowledge the strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jim misses the shot to the body.
Jones showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jim.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Jim scores with a sloppy right hand. Jones should have avoided that one.
Jones tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Jim manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jones keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jones slips a jab from Jim.
James Jim seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jim avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jim misses with a double jab.
Jones scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Jim ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jones moves away.
Jim looks to score with a jab to the body but Jones is just out of range.
Jim swats away the attempt to clinch by Jones.
Jim throws a right hand that Jones ducks under and follows up with a left that Jones also avoids with ease.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jim misses with a two punch combination.
Jim misses with a body shot.
A punch combination from Jim misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but James Jim will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Jim thows a body shot but no joy.
Jim misses with the combination.
Jim throws a body punch but Jones moves out of range.
Jim paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Jones tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Jim manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jim misses the shot to the body.
Jim lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Jim.
Jim misses the body punch
and Jones counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Jim throws a series of punches but Jones moves out of range.
Jim throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jones throws a leg kick which misses Jim's front leg but catches the back leg as Jim tries to avoid it.
No joy there for Jim, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jones moves out of range as Jim strikes.
Jim takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jim throws a hook but Jones blocks it.
Jim misses with the combination.
Jim lands a nice shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jim misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jim scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Jones motions for Jim to come forward. Jones throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Left hook, right uppercut from Jim.
Jonathan Jones's cut is getting worse.
Jones tries to clinch up
and Jim counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jim. Jones does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jim lands with a shot to the body.
Jim throws a lazy uppercut
and Jones counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Jones slips a jab and a cross from Jim.
Jones tries a low kick but Jim avoids it.
Jones tries to clinch but Jim moves out of range.
Jim throws a left and a right that both miss
and Jones counters by moving into the clinch.
Jones wants to take the fight to the mat but Jim manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jim avoids the elbow strike from Jones, against the cage.
Jones tries to throw a body punch but Jim avoids it by throwing Jones back against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jones.
Jones tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jim avoids it.
Jones keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jim's efforts to push away.
Jones keeps control of Jim as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jones tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jim's elbow.
Jim takes an elbow to the temple.
That has opened up James Jim's cut even more.
Jim gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Jones.
Jim wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones tries to work over Jim's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nice elbow from Jones.
Jim blocks an elbow strike from Jones.
Jim avoids a wild elbow strike from Jones.
Jim's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Jones lands an elbow just above Jim 's eye.
Jones lands an elbow inside that Jim shrugs off.
Jones looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jones misses with an elbow strike.
Jones misses with an elbow over the top.
Jones pushes off an throws an elbow but Jim leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Jones misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jim.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones tries to score a body lock takedown but Jim shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jonathan Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jones throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jones pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Jones creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jonathan Jones has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Jim taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Jones with a knee to the head.
Jim avoids a wild elbow strike from Jones.
Jones throws an elbow that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jones lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The cut above James Jim's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Jim wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jones has him pressed against the cage.
Jonathan Jones has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
James Jim is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Jones tries a knee to the head but Jim blocks it.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jonathan Jones.
I think Jim 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 Nard Betker scores the fight 28:29
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 28:29
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Jim!
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