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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Alden West (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leeroy Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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24
151 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
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155 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alden West!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Leeroy Jones!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Igor Prikhodko and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
West looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Jones!
West working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
West misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
West lands a few punches from side control.
West working the ground and pound.
West throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Jones parries the strikes from West easily there. West is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Jones to escape.
West is working Jones over with some ground and pound from side control.
West looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Jones is avoiding damage well.
Jones throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.
West throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
West tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Jones is trying to get back to half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jones gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones blocking the ground and pound attempt from West.
West throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
West really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
West slips a nice elbow through Jones's hands, connecting with Jones's forehead.
West wants to take a breather but Jones is having none of it.
Jones is looking to improve his position.
Jones blocking the ground and pound attempt from West.
Jones is trying to defend against the ground and pound but West scores with a couple of nice shots.
West missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Jones looking for submissions off his back.
Jones blocking the ground and pound attempt from West.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Jones avoiding damage under a succession of punches from West.
West not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
West throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Jones keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Jones is refusing to be controlled, as West sits in half guard.
Jones wants to improve his position but West is controlling well.
West lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
West decides to return to a standing position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
West fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Jones to the ground. West is now in Jones's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
West missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Jones working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from West.
Jones utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Jones is pulling down on West's head to control his posture.
West is in close to Jones's body, working some short punches and elbows.
West stands up from Jones's guard - West perhaps looking for a knockout.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Jones is defended easily by West.
West moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
West lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Jones tries for a takedown but West circles away easily
and West counters with a straight right hand.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Jones enables West to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Jones manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jones is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. West is aware though and is defending well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
West avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
West has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Jones looks winded!
Jones working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from West.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alden West dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
West takes the fight into the clinch.
West's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
West tries to clinch up but Jones circles away and keeps his distance.
West wants to clinch.
West fails with an attempt to clinch.
West tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jones swats him away and circles back towards the center.
West bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Alden West overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
West blocks the strikes from Jones.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jones tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but West wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Jones keeps trying to improve his position.
West sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Jones is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Jones tries to get back to half guard but can't.
West has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Jones shoots in looking for a takedown. West tries to sprawl out of it but Jones keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. West manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Jones shoots for a takedown but West saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
West is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jones takes a body punch but keeps moving.
West stalks Jones and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Jones's face. Jones staggers backwards, shaken.
West wants to clinch.
Jones with a lazy takedown attempt
and West counters with a one-two to the body.
Alden West has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leeroy Jones.
West tries to clinch there but Jones circles away.
Jones on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Alden West is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
West fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jones, pushing him back against the cage.
West lands a knee to the head.
West scores with an uppercut up the middle.
West displaying some good clinch control by pressing Jones up against the cage.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with West for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
West drags the fight down to the ground.
Jones trying to control but West is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones looking to sit in guard and control but West gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Jones preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
West missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
West trying to control but Jones is working from the bottom.
Jones has momentary wrist control but West slips an elbow through the middle.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jones is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Jones is trying to work for a kimura but West is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alden West dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
West gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Jones postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! West is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Jones, into his guard.
Jones has an active guard here but West has managed to pass into half guard.
West working the head and body with strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
West takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Jones actively working from the bottom here.
Jones wants to sweep but West has passed to side control!
West in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
West scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Jones to see if he's OK.
West is trying to ground and pound but Jones uses the momentary lack of control by West to regain half guard.
West throwing shots but Jones is blocking nicely.
West scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones is trying to get back to full guard.
Jones actively working from the bottom here.
Jones looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Jones takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jones actively working from the bottom here.
Jones on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Jones wants to improve his position but West is controlling well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones is trying to defend against the ground and pound but West scores with a couple of nice shots.
West looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Jones with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Jones actively working from the bottom here.
Jones is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
West postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Jones to stand up.
West gets a clinch.
West connects with a knee to the head.
West gets underhooks to prevent Jones's takedown attempt.
West has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Jones clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
West is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Jones. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones trying to control the hands but West won't let him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
West lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Leeroy Jones has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
West lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
West trying to control.
Jones trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
West cracks Jones with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Jones from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
West scores with punches and elbows.
Alden West is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
West throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Jones!
And that's the end of the fight!
Alden West showed his dominance in that final round.
Well West has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alden West!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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