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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Duncan Jon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jared Nicholson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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157 lbs
19 - 14 - 0 |
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158 lbs
6 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, Duncan Jon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jared Nicholson!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Yves DeLean and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nicholson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nicholson defending well as Jon loads up on a big left hand.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Nicholson connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Jon throws a looping overhand right but Nicholson ducks down to avoid it.
Jon pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jon misses with a few strikes there.
Jon scores with a nice strike.
Nicholson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Jon tries to bum rush Nicholson with a series of wild strikes but Nicholson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nicholson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jon.
Jon looks to land a left hand but Nicholson moved out of range nicely.
Nicholson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Nicholson prevents Jon from breaking the clinch.
Nicholson has a couple of punches blocked by Jon.
Jon is trying to break the clinch but Nicholson has him pressed against the cage.
Nicholson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nicholson misses with an elbow over the top.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head punch on the inside from Jon fails to land.
Jon is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Nicholson's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Nicholson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nicholson keeps control of Jon as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jon breaks the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jon throws the left hand but Nicholson avoids the punch easily.
Nicholson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jon throws out the jab.
Jon connects with a jab.
Nicholson moves away from the strike by Jon.
Nicholson misses with a hook. Jon ducked under it nicely.
Jon appears to be looking for a big counter.
Nicholson lands a right hook to the body.
No joy there for Jon, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nicholson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jon.
Nicholson throws out a counter right but Jon avoids it with no problem.
Jon is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Nicholson throws a series of strikes that have Jon backpedaling.
It looks like Duncan Jon has been cut.
Nicholson dodges the punch combination from Jon.
A jab from Nicholson finds it's way through Jon's defenses.
Jon throws a right and a left that Nicholson avoids nicely.
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!
A big left from Jon misses.
Nicholson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nicholson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nicholson lands a lovely overhand right.
Nicholson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jon feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Nicholsons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Good leg kick by Nicholson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Jared Nicholson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nicholson thuds a left hand into Jon's body.
Nicholson lands with a right hand.
Nicholson throws a body shot but no joy.
Jon looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Jon drops his hands momentarily and Nicholson takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Jon misses the jab.
Nicholson tries to clinch but Jon moves away
letting Jon counter with a right hand.
Nicholson moves away from the strike by Jon.
Nicholson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jon misses the shot to the body.
Jon changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Nicholson scores with a shot to the body.
Jon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nicholson manages to avoid it.
Nicholson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Nicholson misses with a series of wild punches.
Nicholson misses the jab.
Jon throws a looping overhand right but Nicholson ducks down to avoid it.
Nicholson looks to land a right hand but Jon moved out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jon throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nicholson.
Nicholson blocks a jab.
Jon throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nicholson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Nicholson slips a straight right by Jon.
Jon looks to throw the jab but Nicholson is out of range.
Jon misses the jab.
Nicholson lands with a straight right. Jon didn't see that one coming.
Nicholson throws a leg kick which misses Jon's front leg but catches the back leg as Jon tries to avoid it.
Nicholson connects with an inside leg kick.
Jon throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jon takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nicholson swinging wildly here.
Jon scores with a body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jon misses with a shot to the body
and Jon takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nicholson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nicholson gets a clinch.
Nicholson lands an elbow inside.
Nicholson lands a damaging elbow.
Jon wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nicholson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nicholson prevents Jon from breaking the clinch.
Nicholson has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Nicholson misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Nicholson on the inside.
Jon has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jon wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jon blocks a body shot from Nicholson.
Nicholson misses with a punch to the body.
Nicholson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Nicholson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jon working hard to break the clinch.
Nicholson lands a body punch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Nicholson throws an elbow but misses.
Nicholson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jon's efforts to push away.
Jon takes an elbow to the forehead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jared Nicholson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Duncan Jon's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Nicholson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Nicholson lands with an uppercut that bounces Jon off the cage and back into range.
Nicholson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Nicholson misses the shot to the body.
Jon takes a swing at Nicholson's ribcage but misses.
Jon throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nicholson shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Jon eats them both and turns towards Nicholson to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Duncan Jon's cut is getting worse.
Nicholson is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Jon chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Nicholson can pounce on him.
Jon avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nicholson slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Jon misses with a body shot
letting Nicholson counter with a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nicholson slips a jab and a cross from Jon.
Jon walks into a straight right hand from Nicholson.
Jon misses the jab.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Nicholson.
Good leg kick by Nicholson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Nicholson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nicholson throws a head kick that misses
and Jon cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jon throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Nicholson makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Jon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jon scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Jon tries to move into range but Nicholson moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Jon takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Nicholson closes the distance and clinches.
Nicholson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jared Nicholson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Jon is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jon has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jon throws a head punch that misses.
Nicholson misses with an elbow strike.
Jon scores with a shoulder strike.
Nicholson misses with an elbow over the top.
Jon wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jon wants to break free but Nicholson has control.
Nicholson lands an elbow inside.
Nicholson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Jon lands a left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nicholson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Jon's defenses.
Duncan Jon's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Nicholson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jon tries to break the clinch but Nicholson is controlling the position.
Jon looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
With the fighters up against the cage, Nicholson throws an elbow but misses.
Jon breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nicholson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Nicholson.
Jon just misses with a punch to the body.
Jon lands with a straight right. Nicholson didn't see that one coming.
Nicholson throws out a loose jab but Jon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jon jabbing away but nothing is landing.
It seemed like Nicholson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Nicholson getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Jon looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nicholson ducks under a wild hook from Jon.
Nicholson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A nice side step and Nicholson releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Nicholson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Jon keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Nicholson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jon.
Nicholson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Jon throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nicholson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nicholson lands a body shot.
Nicholson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nicholson misses the shot to the body.
Nicholson swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Jon.
Jon drops his hands momentarily and Nicholson takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Jon throws a jab but it's blocked by Nicholson.
Nicholson lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Jon takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Jon closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Nicholson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jon misses with a double jab.
Jon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nicholson.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jon is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Nicholson uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Jon has time to react.
Jeez, Duncan Jon's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Nicholson connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Jon momentarily.
Jon is rocked!
Jon takes one to the chin there.
Oh Jon is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nicholson circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Jon to the canvas! Jon doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Nicholson keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jared Nicholson!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Jared Nicholson made sure he mentioned GREEN!160, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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