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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Victor Sanches (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Paul Jones is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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174 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin |
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Decent boxing
Solid chin |
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Victor Sanches!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Paul Jones!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Albert Achterberg and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanches tries to clinch there but Jones circles away.
Victor Sanches seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones lands the left hand.
It looks like Victor Sanches has been cut.
Jones lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sanches circles away quickly and effectively.
Jones looks to land a combination but Sanches avoids it well.
Sanches blocks a jab.
Jones gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Jones's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Sanches connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Jones scrambles back to his feet.
Jones looks to throw the jab but Sanches is out of range.
Sanches throws a sloppy head kick
and Sanches takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The fighters circling - Jones throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jones lands with an overhand left.
Sanches looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Sanches moves in looking to clinch but Jones pushes him off.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jones circles away from the clinch attempt.
And Jones tries to counter it with a takedown but Sanches pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Jones scores with a jab.
Jones stalks Sanches and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Sanches's face. Sanches staggers backwards, shaken.
Sanches moves away from the strike by Jones.
Sanches looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Nice straight punches there by Jones. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Jones.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanches lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Jones is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Jones misses with a two punch combination.
Jones throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sanches cracks Jones with a good jab.
Sanches is breathing heavily.
Jones throws a hook but Sanches avoids it easily.
Jones just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromSanches.
Sloppy strikes from Jones. Those never looked like landing.
Sloppy strikes from Jones. Those never looked like landing.
Jones throws a nice looking combination but Sanches bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jones on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Sanches throws a sloppy head kick and Jones moves out of range easily.
Sanches shoots in looking for a takedown. Jones tries to sprawl out of it but Sanches keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Jones manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Jones is looking for the big counter here.
Sanches 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 Sanches off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Victor Sanches. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sanches avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jones uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sanches dives in for a single leg takedown but Jones sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Sanches needs to keep his hands up - Jones had a free shot at his head there.
Jones goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Jones tries to bum rush Sanches with a series of wild strikes but Sanches uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jones lunges at Sanches with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Sanches's hand.
Jones throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sanches.
Jones throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nice shot by Jones.
Jones stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Sanches.
A big left from Sanches misses.
Jones misses with a series of wild punches.
Sanches has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Jones finds it's way round the side to connect with Sanches's head.
Jones lands a two punch combo.
Jones fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jones has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Sanches clinches.
Jones escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sanches throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Jones tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Sanches is in Jones's guard.
Jones manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Jones misses with a double jab.
Jones is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Sanches had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice takedown defense from Jones. No joy for Sanches on that attempt.
Sanches shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Jones napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Jones explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Jones is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Sanches moves in looking to clinch but Jones pushes him off.
Despite the aggression on Jones's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Jones stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Sanches misses with a double jab
and Jones counters with a three punch combo that has Sanches backing up. Sanches nods at Jones to acknowledge the strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot by Jones.
Sanches lands a head kick. Jones smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Jones rushes Sanches and presses him up against the cage.
Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jones checks a leg kick.
Jones throws a nice looking combination but Sanches bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sanches throws a jab when Jones was well out of range.
Jones is working the combinations to good effect here.
Jones misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sanches wants to clinch up but Jones keeps it at a distance.
Jones misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sanches scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sanches fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jones connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Jones shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Sanches sprawls well. Sanches wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Jones gets slowly back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paul Jones dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Victor Sanches's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Sanches fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Jones has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Jones tests Sanches's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A lazy left from Sanches finds it's target.
Sanches ducks under a wild hook from Jones.
Sanches is looking to counter punch.
Sanches throws a head kick but Jones moves out of range.
Victor Sanches is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sanches fails with a takedown attempt.
Sanches on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanches with a poor takedown
and Jones counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jones lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Sanches rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Jones counters with a three punch combo that has Sanches backing up. Sanches nods at Jones to acknowledge the strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jones misses with a wild combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones scores with a jab. Sanches acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Jones clobbers Sanches with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Sanches is rocked!
Jones ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Oh Sanches is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jones walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Sanches drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Jones swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Sanches's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Paul Jones!
After winning the bout, Paul 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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RATING
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