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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Pierre Letang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cain Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones has chosen Hell's Bells- AC/DC as his entrance music. Cain Jones will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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145 lbs
6 - 7 - 0 |
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149 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pierre Letang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 6 - 1, fighting out of New York, Cain Jones!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, John Kavanagh and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Jones stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Some wild striking there from Jones.
Jones fails to land with a series of punches.
Letang on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Letang closes the distance and clinches.
Letang fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Letang breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nice body punch from Jones.
Jones punishes Letang's body with a nice straight punch.
Letang drives through and clinches with Jones against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jones letting Letang take a breather here.
Letang keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jones's efforts to push away.
Letang doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Letang misses with a hook from the clinch.
Letang struggles to land a body shot inside as Jones controls his hands.
Letang can't find room to land a body shot as Jones controls the action.
Letang is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Jones to keep the fight standing.
Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Letang wants to clinch up but Jones keeps it at a distance.
Letang pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Jones lands with a shot to the body.
Letang closes the distance and clinches.
Letang pressing his opponent against the cage.
Letang has Jones pressed against the cage, preventing Jones from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jones blocking some punches.
Letang has been working on his balance at Canadian Dragon MMA, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Jones.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Letang misses with a short punch on the inside.
Letang lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
Jones working hard to break the clinch.
Letang is looking to take this one to the mat.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Letang wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jones has him pressed against the cage.
Jones looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Letang is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Jones gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pierre Letang. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones being controlled against the cage.
Letang stalls.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Letang tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jones's elbow.
Letang avoiding damage.
Letang looking to slow down the pace here.
Letang lands with a right to the head.
Jones is trying to push Letang away but Letang has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Jones wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Letang has him pressed against the cage.
Jones breaks from the clinch.
Letang tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Jones defends well and Letang ends up having to push Jones into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Letang fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws a series of punches but Letang avoids them all with ease.
Letang is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jones misses with a two punch combination.
A nice combination there by Jones.
Letang is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Jones.
Letang is looking to clinch but Jones is avoiding it.
Jones tests Letang's chin there with a solid looking shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jones lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Letang closes the distance and clinches.
Jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jones throws a series of strikes that have Letang backpedaling.
Letang wants to clinch.
Jones lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Letang is rocked!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cain Jones dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Letang misses the shot to the body.
Cain Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Letang counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Letang.
Letang misses with a punch to the body.
Jones stops a takedown attempt from Letang.
Jones is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Letang misses with a short punch on the inside.
Letang tries to work over Jones's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jones wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Letang has him pressed against the cage.
Letang pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Letang throws a body shot but no joy.
Letang is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Sloppy strikes from Jones. Those never looked like landing.
Sloppy strikes from Jones. Those never looked like landing.
Jones has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Letang shoots in and drives through. Jones sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pierre Letang. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones keeps the fight on the outside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Letang moves into range and clinches up with Jones.
Letang is trying to pull guard but Jones turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Jones looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Letang tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jones's elbow.
Jones can't break the clinch.
Jones is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Letang throws a punch but it's blocked by Jones.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Jones has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Letang seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Jones can turn it around.
A head punch on the inside from Letang fails to land.
Letang is trying to drag Jones to the mat but Jones just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Letang misses with a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Letang keeps control of Jones as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Letang controlling the action here for a moment.
Letang tries to work over Jones's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jones blocks a body shot from Letang.
Letang misses with a hook from the clinch.
Letang struggles to land a body shot inside as Jones controls his hands.
Letang scores with a hook to the body.
Letang is looking to break free of the clinch but Jones has double underhooks.
Letang breaks the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Letang looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Cain Jones seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The crowd cheers as Jones lands an impressive looking overhand right. Letang doesn't seem phased though.
Letang needs to keep his hands up - Jones had a free shot at his head there.
Jones fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Letang throwing a counter right hand but Jones manages to avoid it.
Letang moves into the clinch.
Letang misses with a short punch on the inside.
Letang misses with a hook from the clinch.
Letang misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jones.
Letang gets through Jones's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Letang will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Jones up against the cage.
Letang misses with the head strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Letang avoids the body shot from Jones.
Jones throws a right and a left that both miss.
Letang tries to clinch up but Jones circles away and keeps his distance.
Jones swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Letang.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
No joy there for Jones, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A looping hook to the body misses from Letang. Jones does a little dance to reset his feet.
A left and a right from Jones both land. Nice combination.
Jones misses with a wild combination.
Letang shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Jones pinned against the cage. Jones gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Letang tries to clinch up but Jones circles away and keeps his distance.
Pierre Letang is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Letang shoots in but Jones avoids the takedown attempt easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cain Jones showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Letang shoots in but Jones avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Letang avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jones misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jones lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Left hook, right uppercut from Jones.
Oh Letang is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Letang gets tagged by a hook that puts him to sleep! Jones points and yells something to his unconcious foe before strutting off. Letang wakes up just in time to hear Jones thank his coaches in the post fight interview.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:30 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Cain Jones!
After winning the bout, Cain Jones thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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