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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jericho Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julio Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Williams comes into the arena with Infinite Mass - Bullet blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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217 lbs
10 - 8 - 0 |
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213 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
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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
10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jericho Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Julio Jones!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams closes the distance and pushes Jones back into the cage.
Jones blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Williams tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jones pulls Williams into guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Jones controlling the position.
Williams has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Jones is proving hard to escape from.
Jones bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Williams's guard.
Jones not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Jones pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Williams is keeping the position for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Julio Jones was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Williams rushes Jones and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Williams using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jones has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Williams misses with a punch on the inside.
Williams using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jones has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Williams looking to throw knees to the head but Jones is blocking nicely.
Williams connects with a knee to the head.
Williams lands a damaging elbow.
Jones jumps into guard, dragging Williams to the mat.
Williams being controlled here momentarily.
Williams preventing the sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Jones darts in and clinches Williams up against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Williams.
Williams breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've been told by Williams's head coaches at Rape Academy that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Jones works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Williams wants to clinch up but Jones keeps it at a distance.
Williams keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Williams looks to clinch
and Jones counters with a nice body shot.
Jones uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Williams.
Williams is looking to clinch but Jones is avoiding it.
Williams knocks Jones to the floor with a head kick! Can he finish him!?
Williams wants to stand but Jones has his arm trapped.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Jones looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The fighters are battling for position here. Jones manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Jones is looking for a triangle but Williams pushes his legs off easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones wants to sweep but no luck.
Jones pulls Williams in to control the position.
Jones manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Jones sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jericho Williams dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch but Jones swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Williams takes the fight into the clinch.
Williams misses with a knee strike.
Williams misses with the head strike.
Williams scores with a knee to the head.
Williams misses with a knee strike.
Williams escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jones darts in looking for a takedown but Williams gets double underhooks and turns Jones into the cage.
Williams lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Williams throws a head punch that misses.
Williams throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jones blocks it with crossed arms.
Williams connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jones's face.
Williams pushes Jones back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Williams with a knee to the head.
Jones is rocked!
Williams tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Williams manages to break the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Williams tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Jones manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Jones just content to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jones in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Jones is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Williams has escaped the position, nice work there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Williams, who protects the arm well.
An elbow from Jones crashes against the mat.
Jones wants to lay and pray for a moment but Williams keeps working.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Jones wants to control but Williams is keeping him busy.
Jones slows the pace down.
Jones looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Jones is trying to get an arm triangle but Williams is defending well.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jones trying to control the action but Williams is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Julio Jones will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Williams lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Jericho Williams is winning the standup battle so far.
Williams throws a sloppy head kick and Jones moves out of range easily.
Williams is looking to clinch but Jones is avoiding it.
Williams tries to clinch but Jones moves out of range.
Williams is looking to clinch.
Jones will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jones gets a clinch.
Nice elbow from Williams.
Williams looking to throw knees to the head but Jones is blocking nicely.
Williams escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jones has a takedown stuffed.
Williams tries to clinch there but Jones circles away.
Williams gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Williams breaks the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams scores with a one two! Jones had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Horrible takedown by Jones or perhaps it was just good defense by Williams which made him look bad.
Williams tries to clinch but Jones moves out of range.
Jericho Williams is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Williams stuns Jones with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Williams looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jones circles away from the clinch attempt.
Williams lands a high kick!
Jones dives in and grabs Williams's left leg, looking for a takedown. Williams pushes down on Jones's head and hops out.
Jericho Williams has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Julio Jones.
Williams tries to clinch up.
Williams misses with a wild body shot.
A big right from Williams misses.
Jones fails with the takedown.
Jones takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Williams closes the distance and clinches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams looking to throw knees to the head but Jones is blocking nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Williams gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Williams fails to land.
Jones working hard to break the clinch.
Williams with a knee to the head.
Williams connects with a knee to the head.
Williams misses with a knee strike.
Williams manages to break the clinch.
Jones avoids the head kick by Williams.
A solid body kick from Williams.
Williams scores with a push kick.
Williams defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Jones.
Jones has Williams up against the cage in a clinch.
Williams using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jones has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Williams throws a punch but it's blocked by Jones.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams scores with a shot to the side of Jones's head.
Jericho Williams has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Williams misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Williams lands with a light punch inside.
Jones is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Williams is keeping busy.
Williams manages to break the clinch.
Jericho Williams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones blocks a jab.
Williams scores with a nice right hand.
Jones pushes Williams up against the cage in a clinch.
Williams breaks the clinch.
Williams clinches.
Williams lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Williams's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Williams tries to clinch there but Jones circles away.
Jericho Williams is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jones tries to score a power double leg takedown but Williams sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Jones somewhat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Williams as he jumps to the side.
Jones rushes Williams and presses him up against the cage.
Williams tries to land a knee to the head but Jones blocks with his arms.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Williams creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Still in the clinch, Williams scores with a nice short uppercut.
Williams landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Williams.
Williams lands a big knee from the Thai clinch and Jones goes down hard! The ref takes a good look at him but he's still defending himself. Williams in side control.
Jones is still in real trouble! Can Williams finish him?
Williams decides to take the fight back to the feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Williams rushes Jones and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Williams breaks from the clinch.
Williams cracks the inside of Jones's front leg.
Williams moves into the clinch.
Williams lands an elbow inside that Jones shrugs off.
Williams scores with a knee to the head.
Williams manages to break the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jericho Williams showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Williams has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jericho Williams!
An out of breath Jericho Williams thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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