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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Noel James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ash Gibbons (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). James comes to the cage accompanied by Whats New pussy Cat by Tom Jones. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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195 cm
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211 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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190 cm
21
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Tends to cut |
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Noel James! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Ash Gibbons! The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Ackerman and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Gibbons has a takedown stuffed. James sizes up Gibbons with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
It looks like Ash Gibbons has been cut. James misses with a kick to the body.
Nice sprawl there from James as Gibbons shoots in. James lands a two punch combo.
James drops Gibbons with a big left hand and mounts him. Gibbons is in big trouble!
Gibbons is rocked! The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Gibbons tries to get back to half guard but can't. Gibbons is still in real trouble! Can James finish him? James content just to control the position here. Gibbons seems to have recovered his senses. James wants to control the pace but Gibbons is squirming around nicely. James controlling the position easily from mount. Gibbons working to try and regain half guard.
James trying to control but Gibbons is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round. A nice elbow there by James. Gibbons tries to reverse the position but James maintains control. Gibbons takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
That has opened up Ash Gibbons's cut even more. James has control of Gibbons's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Gibbons regains control of the situation pretty easily.
James can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Gibbons is looking to escape. Gibbons throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Gibbons wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Gibbons is in a horrible position here. James smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The cut above Ash Gibbons's eye is starting to cause him problems now. Gibbons is trying desperately to improve position. James fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
James trying to control but he's not successful this time. James controlling from the full mount. Gibbons is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round. James trying to control but he's not successful this time. Gibbons working to try and regain half guard.
James sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment. Gibbons sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though. Gibbons is trying to get back to full guard. Gibbons looks gassed! James seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Noel James just wasn't active enough from the dominant position. James throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gibbons.
That's four minutes gone in the round. The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight. James stuffs the takedown attempt from Gibbons. Gibbons gets slowly back to his feet. Noel James has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ash Gibbons. Gibbons slips a jab and a cross from James.
James connects with a right hand. Gibbons shakes it off.
Ash Gibbons's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters. James throws a low kick but it's checked well by Gibbons. James misses with the combination.
James misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
James moves away from the strike by Gibbons. James misses with a double jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. Gibbons throws a sloppy head kick and James moves out of range easily. Gibbons scores with a takedown into James's guard. James has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Gibbons off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Noel James dominated that round. The cut man is working on Ash Gibbons's cut. OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
James looks to land a combination. Gibbons sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots. James will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Noel James is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Gibbons blocks a low kick nicely. James throws a series of punches but Gibbons moves out of range. Gibbons shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it. Gibbons shoots in for a double leg but James sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy. James throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land. Gibbons moves into the clinch. Gibbons can't break the clinch.
Gibbons is trying to work for a single leg takedown but James pulls him back up using the underhooks. Noel James has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ash Gibbons. James breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
James misses with a series of wild punches.
Gibbons is breathing heavily. Good shot there by James.
That's one minute gone in the round. A clash of legs there as Gibbons blocks the low kick. James chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Gibbons drops his hands momentarily and James takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head. James misses with a two punch combination.
James lands a jab to the nose.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Ash Gibbons's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Noel James!
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energy
A | B |
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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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