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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bryant Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and bernardo carsalade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bryant Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, bernardo carsalade!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Robert Twigg and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
carsalade closes this distance looking for a takedown but Jones circles away.
Jones rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but carsalade moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
carsalade throws a looping overhand right but Jones ducks down to avoid it.
carsalade looks for a takedown but Jones sprawls well.
Jones connects with a high kick.
It looks like bernardo carsalade has been cut.
Jones has closed the distance and engaged carsalade in a clinch.
carsalade goes for a takedown attempt but Jones pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Bryant Jones has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of bernardo carsalade.
Jones moves in looking to clinch but carsalade pushes him off.
Jones darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
carsalade manages to get to full guard.
carsalade keeping full guard, as Jones tries to pass.
Jones will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones throws and elbow that misses. carsalade uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Jones's guard. Nice move by carsalade!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Jones is on top in guard.
carsalade utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Jones stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Jones shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with carsalade but carsalade pushes him off and we're back to square one.
carsalade shoots and misses
and Jones counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
carsalade looks gassed!
Jones working the head and body with strikes.
Jones is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and carsalade defends it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones wants to control but carsalade is keeping him busy.
Jones working over carsalade with some ground and pound. carsalade looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
carsalade keeping hold of Jones's head, controlling as best he can.
carsalade wants to get back to full guard.
Jones is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. carsalade doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Jones.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
carsalade tries to roll over but Jones keeps him under control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
carsalade moves into full guard.
Jones postures up.
carsalade keeping moving, preventing Jones from controlling successfully.
carsalade trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Jones is on the wrong end of a couple of strikes there.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Jones misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
carsalade scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Jones is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
carsalade stands up.
carsalade drives through and clinches with Jones against the cage.
carsalade tries to pull guard but Jones won't allow it.
Jones lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of carsalade backwards.
carsalade tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Jones just stands there and leans against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jones takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bryant Jones dominated that round.
The cut man is working on bernardo carsalade's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
carsalade looks to score with a jab to the body but Jones is just out of range.
carsalade darts in trying to clinch
and Jones counters with a thumping low kick.
bernardo carsalade seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
carsalade manages to break the clinch.
carsalade tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
carsalade shoots and misses
and Jones counters with a nice leg kick.
Jones is looking to clinch.
Jones fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
carsalade has his takedown stuffed
and Jones counters with a nice double leg into side control. carsalade won't be happy with that.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones decides to stand back up.
Jones darts in and clinches carsalade up against the cage.
carsalade pulls guard.
Jones gets to his feet - carsalade follows without any prompting.
carsalade scores a takedown into full mount!
Jones is squirming around, avoiding carsalade's attempts to control the action.
carsalade working Jones over with strikes here.
Jones wants to hold on but carsalade pushes him away.
Jones is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Jones wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
carsalade throwing damaging strikes from the back! Jones could be in trouble here!
carsalade doesn't have the hooks in and Jones manages to turn into his guard.
carsalade is working an open guard so Jones takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
carsalade throws a lazy head kick
and Jones counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for carsalade!
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 fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
carsalade tries to hold on but Jones pushes him away.
Bryant Jones overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
carsalade is in all sorts of trouble here.
carsalade bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Jones kicks carsalade off and gets to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Jones showed some decent athleticism there.
carsalade has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Jones is working away from the top position though.
carsalade is trying to get back to full guard.
Jones wants to lay and pray for a moment but carsalade keeps working.
carsalade kicks off Jones and gets to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
carsalade avoids the head kick by Jones.
carsalade lands a nice leg kick that just misses Jones's sensitive parts.
Jones avoids the head kick by carsalade.
carsalade doesn't succeed with the takedown
so Jones counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Bryant Jones has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of bernardo carsalade.
Jones sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed carsalade's guard.
carsalade moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
carsalade has his foot on Jones's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Jones works his way back into a safe position though.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
carsalade lands a decent shot there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Jones's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bryant Jones dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on bernardo carsalade's cut.
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. This is the final round!
carsalade has his takedown stuffed
and Jones counters with a straight right hand.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but carsalade paws at him with a jab and circles away.
carsalade scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Jones moves into full guard.
Jones is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Jones manages to break the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jones shoots and misses
and carsalade counters with a nice low kick that buckles Jones's knee momentarily.
Jones keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from carsalade.
carsalade throws a head kick that misses
and Jones counters with a takedown into side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones wants to lay and pray for a moment but carsalade keeps working.
Jones misses with the ground and pound.
Jones lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear carsalade down.
Jones thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
carsalade is looking to reverse the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Jones working away.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Jones closes the distance looking to clinch
and carsalade counters with a takedown into side control.
carsalade taking a breather here.
Jones manages to work his way to half guard, despite carsalade's best efforts.
Jones tries to roll over but carsalade keeps him under control.
Jones looking for submissions off his back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
carsalade working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
carsalade is looking to stall here but Jones recovers full guard.
Jones looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
carsalade is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Jones is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Jones has escaped and now he's on top!
Jones trying to control but carsalade is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
carsalade seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
carsalade throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
carsalade not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
carsalade striking off his back but it's not causing Jones any problems.
Jones working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
carsalade looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
bernardo carsalade has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bryant Jones is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jones stands up and waves to carsalade to follow him.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Bryant Jones.
Well Jones 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 George Francis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bryant Jones!
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