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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Phil Willian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Phil Willian has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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300 lbs
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270 lbs
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Good wrestling
Brawler
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Phil Willian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Mike Jones!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Stewart Dunkirk and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones lands the left hand.
Willian has his takedown stuffed
and Jones counters with a left and a right that stings Willian.
Willian is breathing heavily.
Jones has closed the distance and engaged Willian in a clinch.
Jones works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jones breaks from the clinch.
Jones looks to land a combination but Willian avoids it well.
Jones drives through and clinches with Willian against the cage.
Jones manages to break the clinch.
Jones's corner calls for a 1-2. Jones obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Jones scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Jones throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Jones misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jones gets a takedown into half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Willian is looking for a sweep. Jones is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
We've been hearing good reports from Willian's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Jones wants to control but Willian is keeping him busy.
Willian wants to control but Jones is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Jones sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Willian defending well though.
Jones lands strikes from half guard.
Jones working Willian over with strikes.
Jones wants to lay and pray for a moment but Willian keeps working.
Jones scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Jones is keen to just control but Willian is a slippery customer.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Willian makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Jones throws a shot to the body.
Jones scores with a takedown into Willian's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jones throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Willian works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Willian on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Willian tries to get out of the position.
Willian trying to control the position here.
Willian working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Jones.
Willian keeping full guard, as Jones tries to pass.
Jones throws a big elbow that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Willian manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Jones manages to get himself to full guard.
Jones keeping full guard, as Willian tries to pass.
Willian prevents Jones from getting back to his feet.
Willian controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones wants to stand but Willian is controlling the position.
Phil Willian has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Willian darts in looking for a takedown but Jones gets double underhooks and turns Willian into the cage.
Jones has picked Willian up - he's going for a ride! Jones dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Jones working over Willian with some ground and pound. Willian looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Willian is trying to control but can't.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Jones lands a nice short elbow.
Willian keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Jones 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 fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jones shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Willian eats them both and turns towards Jones to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Jones is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jones misses with a combination
and Willian counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Willian.
Jones wants to get back to his feet but Willian is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Willian tries to free his leg and advance position but Jones is retaining full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Willian stands and steps away. Jones gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Jones shoots in but Willian avoids the takedown attempt easily.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Willian.
Willian moves out of range of the body kick.
Jones will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Willian looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Jones is fending him off so far but Willian persists. Nope, Jones circles away and we're back to standing.
We've been informed that Jones has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Willian takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Jones throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jones shoots in looking for a takedown but Willian manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Jones's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Mike Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Willian shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Jones sprawls well. Jones wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Willian gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Phil Willian. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Danga de danga de dang - Jones scores with a four punch combination!
Willian goes for a double leg but Jones avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Jones continues to drive forward.
Jones lands a shot to the body.
Jones has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Willian after a bit of a struggle.
Willian is looking to break free of the clinch but Jones has double underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Willian stops a takedown attempt from Jones.
Good body shot from Jones.
Willian is looking to control Jones's arms but Jones gets an underhook and turns him. Now Willian has his back to the cage.
Jones lands a takedown into guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jones accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Willian looking to control.
Jones throwing strikes from guard but Willian blocks nicely.
Mike Jones has got the better of the ground game so far.
Jones is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Jones scoring with punches to the head and body.
Jones keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Willian's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Willian looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Jones passes into side control.
Jones lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Willian down.
Willian is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Jones off and has taken his back!
Jones has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jones wants to get back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jones preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Willian.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Mike Jones will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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!
Willian takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Jones throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jones scores with a one two! Willian had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Jones scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Jones shoots in looking for a takedown. Willian tries to sprawl out of it but Jones keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Willian manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Jones tries to sprawl but Willian drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Willian wants to pass the guard but Jones is defending well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jones kicks off Willian and gets to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones is looking to clinch but Willian is avoiding it.
Willian shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Jones as he avoids it easily.
Jones bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Willian's head backwards.
Jones fails with an attempt to clinch.
Willian misses with a takedown attempt
and Jones counters with a straight right hand.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Jones turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Jones is looking to take a break and control but Willian is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jones is trying to ground and pound but Willian uses the momentary lack of control by Jones to regain half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Willian trying to control from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Willian tries to get to full guard but Jones has control of the leg.
Jones missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Jones working the head and body with strikes.
Still in half guard, Jones seems content to control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jones tries to pass to full mount but Willian defends it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Willian blocking the ground and pound attempt from Jones.
Willian has hold of Jones's hands but Jones slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Jones not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Jones missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Willian has hold of Jones's hands but Jones slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Willian controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Jones thows a huge punch but Willian dodges it nicely.
Jones winds up and cracks Willian with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Willian keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Willian landing rabbit punches to the side of Jones's head. Not doing much damage but still scoring a few points.
Willian is in trouble now - Jones has advanced to mount!
Willian is desperately trying to improve his position but Jones has a good base and remains in mount.
Willian sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Jones stalling away here and it's allowed Willian to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Willian is controlling Jones's posture.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jones is in close to Willian's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Phil Willian has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mike Jones is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Willian looking for a guillotine here but Jones defends easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Jones comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Jones has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Jones!
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