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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tim Douglas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and London Jordan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jordan is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Till I Collapse. Tim Douglas has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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273 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
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215 lbs
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Good takedowns
Counter fighter
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
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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
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tim Douglas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, London Jordan!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Peter Branson and Winston Alpacca.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Douglas uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jordan.
Jordan throws a low kick but Douglas avoids it.
Douglas misses with a straight right.
Douglas has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Jordan finds it's way round the side to connect with Douglas's head.
Jordan lands with a shot to the body.
Jordan tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Douglas is able to avoid easily.
Douglas throws a right hand that misses
and Jordan counters with a takedown into side control.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Jordan thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jordan is looking to take a break and control but Douglas is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jordan tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Jordan has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Douglas is looking to regain half guard here but Jordan keeps moving and retains side control.
Douglas holds on tight, trying to prevent any damage.
Jordan trying to control the position but Douglas is working away.
Douglas is looking for a sweep.
Jordan is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Douglas knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Douglas tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Douglas manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Douglas throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Jordan tries to get to full guard but Douglas has control of the leg.
Douglas is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Jordan slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Douglas cracks Jordan with a solid left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jordan lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Douglas!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Jordan wants to control the pace but Douglas is squirming around nicely.
Douglas tries to hold on but Jordan pushes him away.
Jordan pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Douglas is wriggling around here but as he tries to escape, Jordan has taken his back.
Jordan is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Douglas up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Douglas manages to reverse the position and now he's in Jordan's guard. Nice work there by Douglas.
Jordan not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Douglas's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Jordan looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Douglas trying to control the position from guard on top but Jordan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jordan looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Douglas postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jordan bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Douglas's guard.
Jordan pushes down on Douglas's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Douglas wants to get back to full guard but Jordan has passed into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
London Jordan dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Jordan swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Douglas blocks a leg kick.
Nice body punch from Jordan.
Douglas throws a looping overhand right but Jordan ducks down to avoid it.
Good shot there by Jordan.
Jordan is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Douglas enables Jordan to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Douglas manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Douglas will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Jordan looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Douglas looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Jordan. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jordan passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Jordan tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
London Jordan has got the better of the ground game so far.
Douglas is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Jordan off and has taken his back!
Even with his hooks in, Douglas manages to miss with strikes from the back.
Douglas throwing sloppy strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jordan turns into Douglas and is now in his guard.
Douglas looking for a sweep. Not yet Douglas, not yet.
Jordan passes into half guard.
Douglas is trying to control but can't.
Douglas tries to get to full guard but Jordan has control of the leg.
Douglas looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Jordan is pressing down on Douglas's thigh, looking to free his foot. Douglas is holding on for now.
Douglas manages to get to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jordan controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Jordan must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Douglas trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Douglas looking to hit a scissor sweep but Jordan is one step ahead there.
Jordan trying to control the position from guard on top but Douglas is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Douglas keeping full guard, as Jordan tries to pass.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Douglas throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Jordan trying to control but Douglas is working from the bottom.
Jordan postures up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. London Jordan wasn't active enough on the ground.
Jordan lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Douglas at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
London Jordan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!
Jordan lands with a shot to the body.
Jordan swings for the body but Douglas moves out of range.
Douglas pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jordan connects with a crisp jab.
Douglas thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jordan connects with the punch.
Jordan closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Douglas did well to prevent Jordan getting side control.
Douglas gets full guard.
Douglas throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Douglas is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Douglas is on top in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Douglas pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jordan is keeping the position for now.
Douglas drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Jordan dives on top into guard.
Douglas not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Jordan pushing down on Douglas's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Jordan is looking to take a break and control but Douglas is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jordan looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Tim Douglas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jordan is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Jordan seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Douglas does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Jordan is looking for a kimura but Douglas is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Jordan to get the leverage.
Jordan trying to control from half guard but Douglas is working away.
Jordan is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Douglas defends it well.
Douglas is defending against the submission attempts here by Jordan.
Jordan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Douglas slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
London Jordan is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Jordan sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Douglas's guard.
Douglas moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Douglas keeping full guard, as Jordan tries to pass.
Douglas manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jordan can't escape the position.
Douglas thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Douglas thowing shots but they're missing.
Douglas misses with some ground and pound and Jordan recovers position to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jordan keeping control of the position.
Douglas is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
And that's the end of the fight!
London Jordan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Jordan 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 David Hoff scores the fight 27:30
Judge Peter Branson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... London Jordan!
London Jordan decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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energy
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hype
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