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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Julio Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robert Patrick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Back in Black. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible
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Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Julio Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Robert Patrick!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Chris Edwards and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Patrick throws a right hand that Jones ducks under and follows up with a left that Jones also avoids with ease.
Patrick moves out of range as Jones throws a body kick.
Patrick tries a quick counter leg kick but Jones is wise to it.
Patrick chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Patrick scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Patrick uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jones.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Jones.
Patrick keeps the fight on the outside.
Patrick is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Patrick with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Patrick fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jones manages to avoid it.
Jones cracks Patrick with a good jab.
It looks like Robert Patrick has been cut.
Jones misses with a head kick.
Julio Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones throws a lazy right hand but Patrick sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A chopping leg kick lands by Jones.
Jones misses with a head kick.
Jones looks to score with a jab to the body but Patrick is just out of range.
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 closes the distance and clinches.
Patrick lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Jones or not.
Jones misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jones trying to land knees to the body.
Jones wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Patrick has him pressed against the ropes.
Patrick makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Patrick fails to land.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Patrick as Jones tries to tie him up.
Patrick can't find room to land a body shot as Jones controls the action.
Jones misses with some punches.
Jones swings wildly with an uppercut but Patrick uses good head movement to avoid it.
Patrick lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Patrick on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Patrick blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jones unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Jones tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jones's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Jones trying to land knees to the body.
Jones looking to throw knees to the head but Patrick is blocking nicely.
Nice body punch from Patrick - that landed with a thud.
Jones swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jones misses with some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patrick pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Patrick throws a nice inside leg kick.
Patrick buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Jones blocks a low kick nicely.
Jones ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Patrick moves away.
Jones misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Patrick.
Patrick tries to counter by closing the distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Donk. Patrick catches Jones right on the button with a cross.
Patrick throws a head kick that misses.
Jones throws a counter high kick but Patrick was just alert enough to avoid it.
Jones pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jones sets himself, and Patrick steps forward looking for the clinch! Jones avoids it this time.
Patrick connects with a solid leg kick.
Patrick avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Patrick throws a fast counter high kick but Jones manages to duck under it in time.
Jones slips a straight right by Patrick.
Patrick takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Patrick throws a nice looking combination but Jones bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Patrick will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
An inside leg kick lands from Patrick.
Jones misses with a body shot.
Jones throws a head kick but Patrick moves out of range.
Jones punishes Patrick's body with a nice straight punch.
Jones showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Patrick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones throws a sloppy head kick
and Patrick counters with a good low kick that Jones was not able to check.
A head kick misses from Patrick.
Jones lands a head kick that bluckles Patrick and drops him to the canvas. He's still conscious but it looks like it's going to take him the full 10 seconds to get back his senses! He's up on 9 and seems to be just about OK to continue.... the referee agrees and we're back to the action with Jones no doubt looking to push for a finish!
Patrick misses with a hook.
Patrick scores with a jab.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Jones, right into the meat.
Jones fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Patrick manages to avoid it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jones tries to land a body kick
and Patrick counters with a straight right hand.
Some bone on bone action there as Patrick checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A slapping leg kick lands for Patrick.
Jones throws a body kick that misses
and Patrick counters with a nice leg kick.
Patrick 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.
Jones cracks Patrick with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Jones avoids a kick to the body.
Patrick fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Jones is looking to clinch.
Patrick with a jab.
Jones looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Jones is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Patrick will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jones swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Patrick lands an overhand right.
Patrick has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Jones keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Patrick is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Jones had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Patrick misses with a leg kick.
A jab from Jones misses.
Jones blocks a jab.
Jones misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Patrick.
Good leg kick by Patrick there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Patrick, right into the meat.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Jones.
Patrick fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Jones checks it well.
Jones is looking to wear down Patrick with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Patrick works the jab nicely.
Patrick staying out of range there.
Jones fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Patrick manages to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Patrick's corner calls for a 1-2. Patrick obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Jones tries to clinch up but Patrick circles away and keeps his distance.
Jones gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Patrick.
Patrick tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jones was well out of range. Poor timing from Patrick.
Patrick connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Jones momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Julio Jones should take that round, based on the knockdown.
The cut man is working on Robert Patrick's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up but Patrick swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jones throws a leg kick but Patrick sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Jones, as that shot connected.
Patrick finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Jones has taken the fight to the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Patrick.
Patrick's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jones throws a wild body kick that Patrick sees coming a mile off.
Jones throws a body punch but Patrick moves out of range.
Jones connects with a body shot that sends Patrick's belly button to the back.
Patrick moves out of range of the body kick.
Patrick throws a head kick that Jones semi-blocks.
Jones is rocked!
Jones misses with a body shot.
Patrick wants to counter with a clinch but Jones pushes him away.
Patrick fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Jones.
Patrick takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Patrick steps in and throws a big head kick that drops Jones to the mat! Jones looks in trouble, can he beat the count? Patrick is bouncing in a neutral corner joining in with the referee '4,5,6' they both chant. 7,8,9... he's not going to make it! 10! He's out! Patrick jumps onto the ropes and takes in the acclaim from the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Robert Patrick!
Our winner, Robert Patrick, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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