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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marlon Jones Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tim Cahill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cahill is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Tie me Kangaroo Down. Marlon Jones Jr could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Tim Cahill's chin.
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211 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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183 cm
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192 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily |
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Good takedowns
Basic striking
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Marlon Jones Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Tim Cahill!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Daniel Bishop and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cahill throws a series of punches but Jones Jr avoids them all with ease.
Jones Jr misses with a jab, cross combination.
A jab from Jones Jr misses.
Cahill moves away from the strike by Jones Jr.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Cahill is defended easily by Jones Jr.
We've been told by Jones Jr's head coaches at Finn Warriors Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Cahill shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jones Jr pivots, looking for a leg kick but Cahill is out of range and Jones Jr settles back down.
Cahill shoots in and drives through. Jones Jr sprawls well.
Marlon Jones Jr has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tim Cahill.
Jones Jr throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Cahill counters with a series of strikes. Jones Jr will be more careful next time no doubt.
Cahill showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jones Jr.
Cahill shoots in looking for a takedown. Jones Jr tries to sprawl out of it but Cahill keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Jones Jr manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Cahill has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Jones Jr is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Nice jab there from Jones Jr.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jones Jr. Cahill does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cahill keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jones Jr throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones Jr throws an overhand right that lands on Cahill's shoulder, as Cahill tries to avoid the shot.
Cahill throws a nice looking combination but Jones Jr bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cahill is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Cahill.
Cahill showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jones Jr.
Jones Jr defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Cahill.
Cahill gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
letting Jones Jr counter with a right hand.
Marlon Jones Jr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cahill takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Jones Jr defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Cahill.
Cahill shoots for a double leg takedown but Jones Jr sprawls well. He's pushed Cahill's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Jones Jr misses with a looping right.
Cahill uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jones Jr.
Cahill with a poor takedown
and Jones Jr counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sloppy strikes from Jones Jr. Those never looked like landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones Jr thuds a left hand into Cahill's body.
Cahill looks winded!
Cahill blocks a jab.
Nice body punch from Jones Jr.
Jones Jr throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A combination from Jones Jr does no damage.
Jones Jr throws a right and a left that Cahill avoids nicely.
Jones Jr misses the jab.
Cahill with a lazy takedown attempt
and Jones Jr counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Cahill keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jones Jr.
Jones Jr lands a nice shot that snaps Cahill's head back.
Jones Jr moves into range and connects with a jab.
A jab from Jones Jr misses.
Cahill shoots for a takedown but Jones Jr saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Cahill slips under a jab from Jones Jr.
Jones Jr lands with a hook. Cahill tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Cahill is rocked!
Jones Jr misses with an uppercut. Cahill saw that one coming.
Cahill is still on wobbly legs! Can Jones Jr finish him?
Jones Jr lands with a good body shot.
Jones Jr jabs at Cahill's body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cahill walks into a picture perfect straight right hand from Jones Jr! He's gone down face first to the canvas, unconscious before he even hit the floor! Ohhhh. My. Goodness! That boys and girls was a beautiful knockout! Give that man a biscuit!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:07 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Marlon Jones Jr!
Marlon Jones Jr decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
68% |
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