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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jeffrey Roth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jon Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Jones's choice of entrance music: GDFR-Flo Rida. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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214 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
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193 cm
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205 lbs
0 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Good low kicks
Granite chin |
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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
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jeffrey Roth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jon Jones!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Russell Pearce and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roth instigates a clinch.
Roth decides to pull guard.
Roth is adopting a defensive guard.
Jones drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Jones jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Roth bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Jones's guard.
Jones is working an open guard so Roth takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Nice takedown defense from Roth. No joy for Jones on that attempt.
Jones scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
It looks like Jeffrey Roth has been cut.
A decent looking cross lands there for Jones.
Roth tries to score a power double leg takedown but Jones sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Roth somewhat.
Roth shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Roth showed some decent athleticism there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones looks like he's trying to stand up.
Roth looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Roth stands up and beckons Jones to join him on the feet.
Jon Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Roth closes the distance and clinches.
Roth breaks from the clinch.
Roth bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Jones is looking for a sweep.
Jones is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Roth looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roth is trying to get an arm triangle but Jones is defending well.
Roth could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Jones is trying to improve his position.
Roth cracks Jones with a big right hand but Jones just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Roth thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Roth thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Jones is looking to regain half guard here but Roth keeps moving and retains side control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Roth stands up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jeffrey Roth dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jeffrey Roth's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Jones throws a combination that misses
and Roth counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Roth is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Jones to keep the fight standing.
Jones tries to break free but Roth pushes him back against the cage.
Roth stalling.
Jones gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Roth.
Roth gets control of Jones's arms and successfully pulls guard. Roth will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Jones really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Roth. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Roth is controlling Jones's posture.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Roth's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roth looking to hit a scissor sweep but Jones is one step ahead there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roth has Jones pulled in close to control his posture.
Roth looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jones postures up in Roth's guard and throws a big left but Roth blocks it.
Roth is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jones can do to turn this around?
Roth pulls Jones in close to prevent any damage.
Jones with a nice head shot there.
Jones must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Jones preventing the sweep.
Jones is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Roth is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Jones throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Roth is adopting a defensive guard.
Roth not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Jones connects with a couple of short punches.
Jones is working Roth over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Roth is rocked!
Jones chips away with some ground and pound.
Oh Roth is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jones cracks Roth with a solid left hand.
Jones postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Roth covers up, he's hurt! Jones keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Jones and the ref steps in to end the fight! Jones can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jon Jones!
Jon Jones got down on his knees post fight and begged the management for a title shot. 'Please, I want that title shot so bad! Give it to me!'
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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
31% |
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