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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Alex Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and William Spud (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones comes to the cage accompanied by Real American. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Alex Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, William Spud!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Sandra Marshall and David Hoff.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones moves in looking to clinch but Spud pushes him off.
Spud tries to counter with a clinch but Jones shakes him off and moves away.
Jones tries to clinch there but Spud circles away.
Jones tries to clinch up but Spud circles away and keeps his distance.
Spud misses with a hook
and Jones counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Jones throws a shot from downtown. Spud moves away and avoids it.
Spud tries to counter with a clinch but Jones shakes him off and moves away.
Jones wants to clinch.
Spud steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Jones.
Jones scores with a nice head shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Jones misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jones wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Spud.
Spud leaning his opponent against the cage.
Spud looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spud leaning his opponent against the cage.
Jones wants to stall.
Jones wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Spud has him pressed against the cage.
Jones lands a nice uppercut.
Jones tries to break free but Spud pushes him back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jones.
Jones lands with a left to the head.
Jones misses with some punches.
Jones tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Spud stalling.
Jones being controlled against the cage.
Spud continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Jones taking a breather.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spud misses with a short punch on the inside.
Spud blocks an uppercut.
Jones tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jones has had enough of the clinch but Spud keeps him there for the moment.
Spud has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jones makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Spud tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Spud blocking some punches.
Jones has a couple of punches blocked by Spud.
Spud blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jones misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Spud.
Spud is struggling to control the position.
Spud misses with a hook from the clinch.
Spud stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Jones has Spud pressed against the cage, preventing Spud from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jones prevents a body shot from Spud.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones blocks a body shot from Spud.
Spud throws a punch but it's blocked by Jones.
Spud blocking some punches.
Spud struggles to land a body shot inside as Jones controls his hands.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jones.
Jones blocks a body shot from Spud.
Spud takes a shot to the head.
Jones working aggressively here.
Jones throws a punch but it's blocked by Spud.
Jones lands a left hand.
Jones blocking some punches.
Spud misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jones has a couple of punches blocked by Spud.
Jones fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jones can't break the clinch.
Spud blocks an uppercut.
Spud displaying some good clinch control by pressing Jones up against the cage.
Jones working aggressively here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spud's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Jones swings wildly with an uppercut but Spud uses good head movement to avoid it.
Spud blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Spud wants to get back to striking at distance but Jones won't allow it.
Spud wants to get back to striking at distance but Jones won't allow it.
Spud tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Spud dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Spud blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jones has a couple of punches blocked by Spud.
Jones misses with a punch on the inside.
Spud's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alex Jones dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Jones is looking to clinch but Spud is avoiding it.
Alex Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones moves in looking to clinch but Spud pushes him off.
Oooooh!!! Jones has knocked Spud down with a huge combo! Jones steps away and waves a wobbly Spud back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
It looks like William Spud has been cut.
Spud clinches up against the cage.
Jones has Spud pressed against the cage, preventing Spud from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Spud tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jones is looking to control Spud's arms but Spud gets an underhook and turns him. Now Jones has his back to the cage.
Jones misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jones.
Jones lands a left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jones blocks an uppercut.
Spud blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Spud misses with a punch to the body.
Jones prevents a body shot from Spud.
Spud lands an uppercut.
Spud misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jones trying to stall but Spud improves his position.
Jones blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jones misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Spud controlling the action here for a moment.
Spud is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The crowd are getting on Spud's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Spud.
Spud wants to break free but Jones has control.
Jones trying to control the position but instead, Spud has worked for underhooks and has pushed Jones into the cage.
Spud misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jones is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Jones prevents Spud from breaking the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Spud as Jones tries to tie him up.
Spud pressing his opponent against the cage.
Alex Jones has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Jones fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Spud content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Spud is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Jones swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Spud lands a hook that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
Jones is trying to break the clinch but Spud is controlling him.
Jones working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A shot in the inside from Jones.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Spud is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Jones swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones prevents Spud from breaking the clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Jones lands with a short shot to the head.
Spud has a couple of punches blocked by Jones.
Jones misses with a short punch on the inside.
Spud misses with a punch on the inside.
Spud keeps control of Jones as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jones blocks an uppercut.
Jones throws a punch but it's blocked by Spud.
Jones is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Spud can do to turn this around?
Jones blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jones misses with the head strike.
Spud is pushing Jones up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Jones has a couple of punches blocked by Spud.
Jones lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Jones fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spud is struggling to control the position.
Jones lands an uppercut.
Spud avoiding damage.
Spud pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
An inside leg kick lands from Jones.
Alex Jones is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Spud paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jones moves in looking to clinch but Spud pushes him off.
Spud avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Spud wants to counter with a clinch but Jones pushes him away.
Jones fails in his attempt to clinch.
Spud swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Spud avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Spud moves into the clinch successfully.
Spud wants to get back to striking at distance but Jones won't allow it.
Jones working aggressively here.
Jones throws a punch but it's blocked by Spud.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alex Jones dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on William Spud's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Jones is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch but Spud swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Spud paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jones fails in his attempt to clinch.
Alex Jones is winning the standup battle so far.
Jones tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Spud manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A big left from Spud misses.
Spud clinches up with Jones and pushes him back against the cage.
Jones gets through Spud's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Spud fails to land.
Spud content to slow the pace in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Spud working aggressively here.
Jones has a couple of punches blocked by Spud.
Jones is looking to break free of the clinch but Spud has double underhooks.
Spud misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jones throws a head punch that misses.
Spud slows down the pace here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spud stalls.
Spud throws a punch but it's blocked by Jones.
Jones has a couple of punches blocked by Spud.
Jones swings wildly with an uppercut but Spud uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Spud.
A nice left hand lands by Spud.
Jones is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Spud is keeping busy.
Jones is trying to stall.
Jones seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Spud is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
Spud blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jones fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jones misses with some punches.
Jones lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Spud taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Come on Spud - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jones.
Spud misses with a body punch.
Spud pressing his opponent against the cage.
Spud is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Spud receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Spud is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by William Spud.
Jones tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Spud manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jones tries to clinch but Spud is having none of it.
Jones is looking to clinch but Spud is avoiding it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jones looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jones doesn't manage to clinch there - Spud circles away.
Jones looks to land a combination but Spud avoids it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jones wants to clinch.
Spud wants to counter the offense by Jones and move into the clinch position.
Jones is looking to clinch.
Jones is looking to clinch but Spud is avoiding it.
Spud moves into the clinch.
Jones swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Spud has a couple of punches blocked by Jones.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Spud.
Spud tries to circle away but Jones has him pinned against the cage.
Spud wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Spud misses with a hook to the ribs.
Spud taking a breather.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jones.
Alex Jones is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spud is trying to break the clinch but Jones has him pressed against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Spud.
Jones blocking some punches.
Spud blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jones is trying to push Spud away but Spud has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Jones being controlled against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Spud.
William Spud has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Spud is looking to break free of the clinch but Jones has double underhooks.
And that's the end of the fight!
William Spud comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Jones has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Santiago Holmes scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight 29:28
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alex Jones!
Our winner, Alex Jones, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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