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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alec Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benson Hedges (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 Monster. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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205 lbs
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180 cm
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204 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alec Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Benson Hedges!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Jonathan Paton and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hedges throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jones fails to land the takedown.
Jones tries to clinch up
and Hedges counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Hedges prevents Jones from improving his position.
Jones actively working from the bottom here.
Hedges wants to stand up but Jones has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Hedges controlling the pace.
Hedges thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Jones's head.
Jones keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Hedges tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Hedges looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hedges throws a right hand that Jones ducks under and follows up with a left that Jones also avoids with ease.
Jones looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Jones decides to stand and escape the position.
Jones misses with a takedown attempt
and Hedges counters with a nice double leg into side control. Jones won't be happy with that.
Jones is breathing heavily.
Jones is trying to get back to half guard.
Hedges works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
You can see the frustration on Jones's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Hedges in side control, throwing shots but Jones defends.
Jones explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hedges pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Hedges circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nice shot by Jones.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hedges 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.
Hedges throws a big shot that misses.
Hedges takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Jones fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hedges thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hedges takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Jones.
Jones wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Jones cracks the inside of Hedges's front leg.
Hedges throws a big shot that misses.
Jones closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Jones lands in his opponent's guard.
Jones throwing strikes from guard but Hedges blocks nicely.
Jones wants to control from the top but Hedges keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones stands and throws Hedges's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Hedges gets back to half guard.
Hedges is looking to improve his position.
Hedges wants to get back to his feet.
Jones is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Jones is pressing down on Hedges's thigh, looking to free his foot. Hedges is holding on for now.
Hedges trying to control from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Jones with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Jones trying to control the action but Hedges is working from the bottom.
Jones controlling the action here.
Jones trying to control the action but Hedges is working from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jones seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Alec Jones will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Hedges tries to keep at a distance but Jones has taken the fight into the clinch.
Jones wants to break free but Hedges has control.
Hedges breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch but Hedges swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hedges throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Jones's waist but Jones gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Hedges off to one side.
Jones shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Hedges but Hedges pushes him off and we're back to square one.
A telegraphed right hand from Hedges misses the target.
Jones misses with a hook. Hedges ducked under it nicely.
Jones gets a clinch.
Hedges escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Good leg kick by Jones there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Hedges swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Jones counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Jones throws a head kick that misses.
Nice takedown defense from Hedges. No joy for Jones on that attempt.
Jones throws a combination that misses
and Hedges counters with a straight right hand.
Hedges tries for a takedown but Jones sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hedges misses with a body shot.
Hedges throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hedges closes the distance looking to clinch
and Jones counters with a nice uppercut.
Jones is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jones dodges the punch combination from Hedges.
Jones has taken the fight to the clinch.
Jones can't break the clinch.
Jones fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alec Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones decides to pull guard.
Jones is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Hedges thows a big elbow that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jones pushes Hedges off and gets back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hedges is looking to clinch.
Jones throws out a leg kick but Hedges moves out of range and Jones only half commits.
Jones staying out of range there.
Jones shoots and misses
and Jones takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jones bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hedges's head backwards.
Hedges avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jones shoots in and drives through. Hedges sprawls well.
Hedges will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Jones with a lazy takedown attempt
and Hedges counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Jones scores with a hook to the body. Hedges takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Jones looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones moves in looking to clinch but Hedges pushes him off.
Jones shoots in but Hedges avoids the takedown attempt easily.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Jones.
Hedges stuffs the takedown attempt from Jones. Jones gets slowly back to his feet.
Jones drops his hands momentarily and Hedges takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Hedges avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jones tries to clinch there but Hedges circles away.
Jones lands a slapping body shot.
Alec Jones is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jones scores with a one two! Hedges had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Jones tries to clinch there but Hedges circles away.
Hedges stuffs the takedown.
Hedges throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Jones counters with a left and a right that stings Hedges.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Jones moves in looking to clinch but Hedges pushes him off.
Jones has his takedown stuffed
and Hedges counters with a one-two to the body.
Hedges moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Hedges misses with a looping left.
Jones moves into the clinch.
Hedges gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Jones.
Jones wants to get back to striking at distance but Hedges won't allow it.
Hedges manages to break the clinch.
Jones ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jones scores with a one two! Hedges had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Jones shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Hedges counters with a nice uppercut.
Jones avoids the head kick by Hedges.
Jones closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alec Jones dominated that second round.
That's time! Jones's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Jones with a lazy takedown attempt
and Jones takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jones tries for a takedown but Hedges circles away easily
and Hedges counters by moving into the clinch.
Hedges manages to break the clinch.
Hedges lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Jones blocks a head kick by Hedges.
Jones tries to keep at a distance but Hedges has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hedges's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hedges swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jones fails with the takedown
and Hedges counters with a takedown into side control.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alec Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hedges wants to control but Jones is keeping him busy.
Jones is trying to control Hedges's posture but Hedges avoids it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hedges decides to stand up, so the ref orders Jones to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hedges throws the left hand but Jones avoids the punch easily.
Jones moves into the clinch.
Jones breaks from the clinch.
Jones fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hedges, pushing him back against the cage.
Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jones has a takedown stuffed.
Jones swats away the attempt to clinch by Hedges.
Hedges gets caught flat footed, as Jones shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Jones won't allow Hedges to sweep him here.
Hedges is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Jones dives into side control.
Hedges is trying to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones wants to control but Hedges is keeping him busy.
Hedges throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.
Hedges trying to control but Jones flips him over like a cheap hooker and has his back!
Jones is looking for the choke from the back position but Hedges is controlling his hands well.
The referee is taking a good look at Hedges as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Jones!
Hedges looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Jones is not going to allow Hedges to sit and survive in this position.
Jones is looking for the choke from the back position but Hedges is controlling his hands well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones has the rear naked choke here! This is very bad for Hedges! Can he survive? No! He's out! Jones gets to his feet and celebrates with his cornermen. He looks absolutely delighted. In the post fight interviews he takes time to thank his parents and everyone who has believed in him from the start. How sweet.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Alec Jones!
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energy
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hype
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