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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jon Monroe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bob Roberts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Monroe comes to the cage accompanied by Simple Man - Lynyrd Skynyrd. Roberts has chosen Moves Like Jagger as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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169 lbs
29 - 18 - 1 |
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166 lbs
7 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
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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
29 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Jon Monroe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bob Roberts!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Ian Loll and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Monroe slips a straight right by Roberts.
Monroe throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Roberts stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Monroe.
Roberts takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Monroe scores with a crisp jab that stopped Roberts in his tracks.
Monroe tests Roberts's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Roberts's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Monroe connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Roberts scrambles back to his feet.
Monroe lands a really nice looking cross but Roberts seems unphased.
Monroe takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Monroe fakes the leg kick and cracks Roberts in the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Monroe lands a head kick!
Good standup being displayed there by Monroe as he connects with a hook.
Roberts moves away from the strike by Monroe.
Monroe slips a jab and a cross from Roberts.
Monroe is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Monroe sizes up Roberts with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Jon Monroe is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Monroe throws a nice looking combination but Roberts bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Roberts thinks about the counter body kick.
Roberts with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Monroe to score with a decent uppercut.
Roberts misses with a low kick.
Monroe is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
A punch lands to the side of Roberts 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Monroe missing with a left hand there. Roberts was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Roberts tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Monroe paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Monroe keeps Roberts at a distance using the push kick.
We've been told by Monroe's head coaches at Fight Factory that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Monroe lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Monroe.
Good shot there by Monroe.
Monroe changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Monroe throws a big shot that misses.
Roberts tries a head kick but it misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Roberts walks into a stiff left hand from Monroe.
Roberts throws a nice inside leg kick.
Roberts misses with a low kick as Monroe jumps back.
Roberts moves out of range as Monroe strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Monroe lands a nice leg kick that just misses Roberts's sensitive parts.
Monroe lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Roberts gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Monroe.
Roberts has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Monroe.
Monroe cracks Roberts with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Roberts blocks a jab.
Roberts takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Monroe misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Roberts.
Monroe keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Roberts is sent reeling backwards by a solid uppercut. He barely regains his balance and Monroe moves in for the kill throwing a continuous barrage of punches that force the ref to step in.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jon Monroe!
During a confident post fight interview, Jon Monroe thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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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
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