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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Maci Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edoja Jame (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maci Jones could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Edoja Jame's chin.
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265 lbs
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280 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Maci Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Edoja Jame!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Steve Montenegro and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jame shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Jones's guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Jame won't allow Jones to get back to his feet.
Jones keeping full guard, as Jame tries to pass.
Jame trying to control but Jones is working from the bottom.
Jame looking to pass the guard.
Jame not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Jones might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Edoja Jame has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Jame looks to land a combination but Jones avoids it well.
Jones misses with an uppercut. Jame saw that one coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones shoots in looking for a takedown. Jame tries to sprawl out of it but Jones keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Jame manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Jones throws a combination that misses
and Jame counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jame keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jones.
Jones tries to bum rush Jame with a series of wild strikes but Jame uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jones misses with a two punch combination.
Jame throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jones connects with a looping right hand.
Jame takes the fight into the clinch.
Jame blocking some punches.
Jones jumps guard but Jame stands there with Jones around his waist. Jones gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Jones fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jones tries to break the clinch but Jame is controlling the position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jame creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jame wants to break free but Jones has control.
Jones throws a punch but it's blocked by Jame.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jones tries to throw a body punch but Jame avoids it by throwing Jones back against the cage.
Jame wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jones has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jones misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jones is trying to push Jame away but Jame has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Jame breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jones tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Jame defends well and Jones ends up having to push Jame into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Maci Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jame blocking some punches.
Jones takes a shot to the head.
Jones swings wildly with an uppercut but Jame uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jame pulls guard effortlessly.
Jame manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Jame is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Jones's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jones is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jame throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Jame misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Jame trying to control but Jones is having none of it.
Jame with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Jame takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jame wants to control the pace but Jones is squirming around nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jame throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Jones is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Edoja Jame dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Jones throws a lazy right hand but Jame sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Maci Jones is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jones throws a nice looking combination but Jame bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jame has taken the fight to the clinch.
Jame tightens his grip and picks Jones up, before dumping him to the ground. Jones manages to land in guard.
Jones wants to stand but Jame is controlling the position.
Jame controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Jame looking to sit in guard and control but Jones gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Jame looking for a sweep. Not yet Jame, not yet.
Jame managing to control the position.
Jones with a nice head shot there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones scoring with punches to the head and body.
Jame trying to strike off his back.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Jones's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jame is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Jones is controlling him.
Jame has momentary wrist control but Jones slips an elbow through the middle.
Jones missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Jones wants to stand and escape but instead Jame has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Jame stands and steps away. Jones gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Jame closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jame displaying some good clinch control by pressing Jones up against the cage.
Jones is trying to pull guard but Jame has him pressed against the cage.
Jones escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jones dives in for a single leg takedown but Jame sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jones keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jame's efforts to push away.
Jame successfully pulls guard.
Jones stopping the sweep attempt from Jame.
Jones trying to control but Jame is working from the bottom.
Jones throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jame works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Jame is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones lands a couple of digs.
Edoja Jame has got the better of the ground game so far.
Jones gets to his feet - Jame follows without any prompting.
Jones throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jame has Jones up against the cage in a clinch.
Jones lands with a right to the head.
Jones fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Maci Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones working aggressively here.
Jame decides to pull guard.
Jame trying to strike off his back.
Jame is controlling Jones's posture.
Jones would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Jones distracts Jame with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jame had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Jones defends it easily.
Jame scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Jones misses with a left hand
and Jame counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jones throws a good cross that connects.
Jones tries to score a power double leg takedown but Jame sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Jones somewhat.
Jame clinches up with Jones and pushes him back against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jones fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jame lands with a short shot to the head.
Jones tries to pull guard but Jame won't allow it.
Jones tries to pull guard but Jame holds him up against the cage and eventually Jones drops back down to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Edoja Jame will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Jame misses with a double jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Jones misses the target.
Jame slips a jab and a cross from Jones.
Jame rushes Jones and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Jones wants to break free but Jame has control.
Jame gets control of Jones's arms and successfully pulls guard. Jame will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Jame bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Jones's guard.
Jones wants to get back to his feet but Jame passes into half guard.
Jame is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jones pushes Jame off looking to stand but Jame dives back in and keeps control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jame stands up from half guard.
Jame tries a head kick but it misses.
Jones swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Maci Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jame lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Jones backs up against the cage.
Jame throws a one two combo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jame pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jame looking to score a takedown here. Jones is defending well but Jame drives through and ends up in Jones's guard.
Jame trying to control but Jones is working from the bottom.
Jame seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones is looking to stand up but Jame isn't so interested in that idea.
Jame sitting in guard here, content to control.
Edoja Jame has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Jame throws a one two combo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jame is pawing at Jones, trying to feel the distance before throwing out a cross that crashes into Jones's nose. Jones is badly hurt! Jame pounces, throwing wild strikes as both fighters end up on the ground! Jones tries desperately to hold on but Jame is relentless in his assault! As Jones receives an ever increasing number of unanswered strikes the referee pulls Jame away and this one is in the books!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:08 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Edoja Jame!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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