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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johnny General (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kunle Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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218 lbs
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205 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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Decent wrestler
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
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Johnny General!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kunle Jones!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Dean Styles and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones lands a nice looking body kick.
Johnny General seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
General goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
It looks like Kunle Jones has been cut.
General fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jones thuds his shin into the meat of General's side.
Jones lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
General throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Jones's waist but Jones gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing General off to one side.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Jones.
Jones lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
General connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
General has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Jones.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
General tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jones takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
General looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
General misses the shot to the body.
General throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jones swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from General.
General connects with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Jones.
General fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fighters circling - General throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And Jones responds with a good body kick, but General manages to step out the way in time.
Jones avoids the head kick by General.
General shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Jones sprawls well. Jones wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. General gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johnny General. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Jones scores with a spinning back kick!
General is breathing heavily.
General misses with a double jab
and Jones counters with a nice leg kick.
Jones is looking to slow General down with leg kicks.
General throws a series of punches but Jones moves out of range.
Jones thinks about the counter body kick.
Jones misses with a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones cracks the inside of General's front leg.
Jones lands with a good body shot.
Jones chopping away at his opponent's legs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
General dives in for a single leg takedown but Jones sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the ropes.
General keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
General appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Jones throws a nice inside leg kick.
Jones goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Jones lands a front kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Jones.
Jones is looking to land body kicks.
Jones throws a body shot but no joy.
Jones looks to throw the jab but General is out of range.
Jones scores with a jab to the head.
It looks like Johnny General has been cut.
Jones throws a sloppy head kick and General moves out of range easily.
A telegraphed right hand from General misses the target.
General avoids the head kick by Jones.
Jab from General.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
General swings away with a body shot that misses
and Jones makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. General really felt that one!
Jones throws the kick towards the body but General avoids it.
Jones scores with a spinning back kick!
Some wild striking there from General.
A countering left hand to the body from Jones misses.
Jones looking to land some kicks to the body here.
General misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
General on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Jones lands with a thumping leg kick.
Jones throws a push kick but General slaps the foot to one side.
Jones throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
General fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jones avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
General staying out of range there.
Crunch! Jones slams his shin into General's torso.
Jones tries to land a front kick but General steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
General uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jones pushes General away with a front kick.
Jones throws a front kick aimed at General's knee but General avoids it well.
Jones lands a glancing blow to the side of General's head.
General avoids a kick to the body.
Jones looks for the body kick but General saw that one coming.
Jones waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract General.
General misses with a combination
and Jones counters with a thumping low kick.
Good work by Jones as he checks the leg kick.
General tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Jones paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Jones.
As Jones tries to get set, General tries to push him back and clinch up but Jones manages to avoid the attempt.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fighters circle momentarily. Jones darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Jones keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Jones fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and General has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kunle Jones dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.
General blocks a leg kick.
Jones misses with an attempted mid kick.
General tries to counter by clinching up but Jones breaks away and moves out of range.
A good leg kick by Jones.
General connects with a looping right hand.
Jones staying out of range there.
General shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Jones is trying to defend but General finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Jones is looking for a sweep. General is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
We've been hearing good reports from General'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.
General not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
General sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Jones defending well though.
Jones has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
General missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
General is looking to take a break and control but Jones is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jones has his hands clasped together around General's back. He's all about the action.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones works his way to full guard. Good work.
Jones lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
General working a defensive guard here.
General keeping moving, preventing Jones from controlling successfully.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
General lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
General throws a big elbow that misses.
General stopping the sweep attempt from Jones.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
General is fighting to break Jones's control of his arms but Jones is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
General preventing the sweep.
Jones utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Jones trying to keep a closed guard but General is proving a slippery customer.
General won't allow Jones to sweep him here.
Jones wants to control but General passes easily into half guard.
Jones is staying active underneath General, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Jones is looking to control General's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Jones avoid being mounted?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. General lands a nice short elbow.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
General not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Jones trying to control from the bottom.
General lands strikes from half guard.
Jones tries to roll over but General keeps him under control.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Jones can do anything to dispel that myth.
Jones is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
General throwing shots but Jones is blocking nicely.
Jones is looking to improve his position.
Jones wants to control but General is keeping busy.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Johnny General is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jones looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Kunle Jones is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jones lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones scores with a spinning back kick!
General lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
General throws a sloppy head kick and Jones moves out of range easily.
General blocks the body kick.
Jones avoids the body shot from General.
Jones appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Jones takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Jones takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Kunle Jones seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Jones gets off balance looking for a body kick
and General counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
General will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
General on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Jones moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Jones lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and General has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from General and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
General doesn't manage to clinch there - Jones circles away.
Jones takes a jab right on the kisser.
That has opened up Kunle Jones's cut even more.
Jones chopping away at his opponent's legs.
General tries to clinch but Jones moves out of range.
Jones replies with a solid counter kick to the body but General blocks it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny General dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Jones throws a head kick that misses.
General shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Jones sprawls well. Jones wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. General gets slowly back to his feet.
Jones misses with a body kick.
Jones throws a looping overhand right but General ducks down to avoid it.
General moves into the clinch successfully.
Jones breaks from the clinch.
Jones lets loose with a powerful body kick. General will feel that in the morning.
General tries to clinch up.
Jones tries to keep at a distance but General has taken the fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
General throws a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jones misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jones breaks the clinch.
General tries to clinch up against the ropes, 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.
General staying out of range there.
General pulls out of a head kick attempt.
General tries to clinch but Jones moves away
and Jones counters with a good low kick that General was not able to check.
General moves out of range as Jones throws a body kick.
Jones swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Jones feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to General's calf.
General tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jones swats him away and circles back towards the center.
General tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Jones counters with a nice leg kick.
Jones looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Jones throws a solid leg kick but General takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Jones.
Jones looks for the body kick but General saw that one coming.
General wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
General moves out of range as Jones throws a body kick.
General avoids the head kick by Jones.
General cracks Jones with an open hand slap.
General fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Jones. That's going to slow General down.
General stalks Jones and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Jones's face. Jones staggers backwards, shaken.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
General scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
General takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Jones is looking to slow General down with leg kicks.
Jones fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt General.
General scores with a kick to the midsection.
General on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Nice body kick from Jones.
General swinging wildly here.
Jones fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches General on the side of the head.
General's corner calls for a 1-2. General obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
General lands with a kick to the ribs.
Jones misses with a straight right.
Jones moves out of range as General throws a body kick.
General moves out of range as Jones throws a body kick.
A quick step to the side and General tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Horrible takedown attempt by General or perhaps it was just good defense by Jones, which made it look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johnny General. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones scoring well with a low kick there.
Jones is looking to land body kicks.
General moves out of range of the body kick from Jones.
General wants to clinch.
Jones only half commits to the counter leg kick.
General takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
General shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Jones as he jumps to the side.
Jones finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Jones connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
General takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
General tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Jones defends well and General ends up having to push Jones into the ropes where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Jones explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Jones throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
General on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jones connects with an inside leg kick.
Jones throws a push kick but General slaps the foot to one side.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jones. General does a little dance to reset his feet.
General is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Jones.
Nice body kick there by Jones.
Jones throws a leg kick which misses General's front leg but catches the back leg as General tries to avoid it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kunle Jones comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Jones has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 28:29
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kunle Jones!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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