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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dylan Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darin Blood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jackson comes to the cage accompanied by The Beatles - Get Back. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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173 lbs
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179 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dylan Jackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Darin Blood!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Alan Glass and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blood wants to clinch up but Jackson keeps it at a distance.
Jackson tries to clinch but Blood moves away
and Blood moves into the clinch.
Jackson manages to break the clinch.
Blood clinches up against the cage.
Blood missing with knees to the body.
Jackson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jackson takes an elbow to the temple.
It looks like Dylan Jackson has been cut.
Blood tries to throw a body punch but Jackson avoids it by throwing Blood back against the cage.
Blood misses with a punch to the body.
Blood is trying to break free.
Jackson has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Blood is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Blood wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Blood creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jackson effectively controlling the action here.
Jackson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Blood blocks it with crossed arms.
Jackson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Blood blocks it with crossed arms.
Jackson managing to block the knees to the body from Blood.
Blood tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jackson keeps control of Blood as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jackson tries to land a knee to the head but Blood blocks with his arms.
Blood misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jackson.
Jackson lands a knee to the body.
Jackson connects with a knee to the head.
Jackson has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Blood is trying to keep an underhook but Jackson manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Jackson wants to stand up but Blood is controlling the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blood is positioning himself well to prevent Jackson advancing to mount.
Jackson passes into side control, despite Blood's attempt to control the position.
Blood can't do much from the bottom here.
Jackson decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Jackson has closed the distance and engaged Blood in a clinch.
Blood makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Blood wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Blood breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Blood fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson tries to clinch but Blood is having none of it.
Blood tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Jackson counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Blood is trying to keep Jackson in close.
Blood manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Jackson clinches up with Blood and pushes him back against the cage.
Jackson is pressed up against the cage. Blood has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Jackson down to the mat. Jackson avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Jackson has closed the distance and engaged Blood in a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jackson is working for takedown but Blood is calmly controlling the position for now.
Jackson looking to throw knees to the head but Blood is blocking nicely.
Jackson gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Jackson stands up and waves to Blood to follow him.
Jackson shoots in and bounces Blood off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Jackson is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blood managing to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jackson tries to stand but Blood is controlling from the bottom.
Blood trying to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Blood throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Jackson wants to stand but Blood is controlling his posture from full guard.
Blood is trying to keep Jackson in close.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Blood tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jackson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jackson doesn't manage to clinch there - Blood circles away.
Blood wants to clinch up but Jackson keeps it at a distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Blood fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Jackson looks to land a combination but Blood avoids it well.
Blood misses with a double jab
and Jackson moves into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dylan Jackson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dylan Jackson's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Blood tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jackson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jackson moves in looking to clinch but Blood pushes him off.
Jackson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Blood tries a knee to the head but Jackson blocks it.
Jackson looking for a takedown.
Blood lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Jackson or not.
Jackson gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Blood regains guard.
Blood pushes Jackson off and scrambles back to his feet.
Jackson tries to clinch up
and Blood counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Blood drives through and clinches with Jackson against the cage.
Jackson is trying to trip Blood. He has hold of a leg but Blood is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Jackson persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Jackson preventing the sweep.
Blood trying to keep a closed guard but Jackson is proving a slippery customer.
Blood is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blood working a defensive guard here.
Jackson wants to stand but Blood has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Blood has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Jackson wanted to stand there but Blood had control of the position.
Jackson stands up from guard. Let's bang!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Blood swinging wilding here.
Dylan Jackson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jackson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Blood doesn't manage to clinch there - Jackson circles away.
Jackson throws a right and a left that Blood avoids nicely.
Jackson tries to clinch up but Blood circles away and keeps his distance.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Jackson.
Jackson tries to clinch but Blood is having none of it.
Jackson tries to clinch
and Blood counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jackson shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Jackson showed some decent athleticism there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Blood tries to kick Jackson off but Jackson keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
It looks like Jackson is going to stand back up.
Jackson is thwarting Blood's attempts to control the position.
Jackson tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Blood.
Blood is looking for a sweep. Jackson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Jackson wants to stand up but Blood has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Jackson decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Jackson misses with a takedown attempt - Blood sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dylan Jackson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Jackson shoots for a takedown but Blood saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Blood tries to clinch but Jackson is having none of it.
Jackson tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Blood swivels and escapes.
Blood tries to clinch but Jackson moves out of range.
Jackson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Blood but Blood pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Blood looks to land a combination. Jackson sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Blood has taken the fight to the clinch.
Jackson breaks from the clinch.
Jackson stuffs the takedown.
Jackson wants to clinch up but Blood keeps it at a distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Blood shoots in looking for a takedown. Jackson tries to sprawl out of it but Blood keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Jackson manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Darin Blood will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Dylan Jackson's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Blood tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jackson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jackson shoots in and drives through. Blood sprawls well.
Jackson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jackson swats away the attempt to clinch by Blood.
Dylan Jackson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blood tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jackson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Blood clobbers Jackson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Blood clinches with his opponent.
Knees in the clinch landing for Blood.
Blood is pushing Jackson up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Jackson gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Blood regains guard.
Jackson has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Blood is proving hard to escape from.
Jackson might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blood manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Jackson is trying to stand.
Blood throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Jackson is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Blood content just to control the position here.
Blood is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Jackson can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Jackson is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Blood misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Blood controlling the pace for now.
Blood looking to control but Jackson is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Jackson wants to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blood looking to control but Jackson is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Jackson holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Blood tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Blood tries to control but Jackson wriggling away.
Blood punching from mount but Jackson doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Jackson's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Poor strikes thrown by Blood there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Jackson is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Blood swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Jackson is now in Blood's guard. A big mistake from Blood there, giving up the dominant position!
Blood is looking to stand up but Jackson isn't so interested in that idea.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Blood is working an open guard so Jackson takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Jackson fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Darin Blood.
I think Blood has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Darin Blood!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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