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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tom Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Duddy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Duddy has chosen Dropkick Murphys - 'Loyal to No One' as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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194 lbs
20 - 12 - 1 |
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196 lbs
25 - 17 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
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Excellent grappler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Tom Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Duddy!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duddy misses with an uppercut.
Jones avoids the body shot from Duddy.
Duddy misses with a body shot
and Jones counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Jones.
Jones lands a body shot in the clinch.
A body shot lands from Jones.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jones.
Duddy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Duddy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jones.
Duddy is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Jones to keep the fight standing.
I was talking to Jones's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A frustrated look appears on Jones's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Duddy dodges an elbow strike from Jones.
Jones lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Jones taking a breather.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jones working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jones scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nice body punch from Jones - that landed with a thud.
Jones lands a right hand.
Duddy wants to get back to striking at distance but Jones won't allow it.
Jones throws a head punch that misses.
Jones misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've been informed that Duddy has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Jones working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
It looks like John Duddy has been cut.
A nice left hand lands by Jones.
Jones makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Jones misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jones lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jones misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jones misses with a punch to the body.
Jones tries a body shot but Duddy blocks it.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Duddy prevents a body shot from Jones.
Jones fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Duddy.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jones.
Duddy blocking some punches.
Jones misses with a punch to the body.
Jones swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Duddy tries to pull guard but Jones won't allow it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duddy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jones tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jones doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jones swings wildly with an uppercut but Duddy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Duddy trying to control the position but instead, Jones has worked for underhooks and has pushed Duddy into the cage.
Jones throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jones.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Duddy.
Jones misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jones has a couple of punches blocked by Duddy.
Duddy jumps guard and drags Jones to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duddy wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Jones is now in half guard.
Jones missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Duddy gets full guard.
Jones working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Duddy's head.
Duddy has his feet on Jones's thighs here. He's pushed Jones off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Jones screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). John Duddy!
John Duddy decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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