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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Luther Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jim Dickinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luther Jones has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Luther Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jim Dickinson !
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Sandra Marshall and Santiago Holmes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dickinson fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Jones to the ground. Dickinson is now in Jones's guard.
Dickinson won't allow Jones to sweep him here.
Jones trying to control the position.
Dickinson won't allow Jones to sweep him here.
Dickinson cracks Jones with a solid left hand.
Jones looking for a sweep. Not yet Jones, not yet.
Jones is working hard here to advance position.
Jones lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Jones working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Jones looking to pass the guard.
Jones throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones with a flurry of punches that miss.
Jones has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Dickinson is pulling down on Jones's head to control his posture.
Jones is in close to Dickinson 's body, working some short punches and elbows.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones landing with the ground and pound.
Dickinson keeping moving, preventing Jones from controlling successfully.
Jones is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Dickinson had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Jones defends it easily.
Dickinson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Jones slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jones wants to control but Dickinson is keeping him busy.
Jones postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Dickinson avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Jones.
Jones cracks Dickinson with a big elbow.
Jones definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones trying to control the action but Dickinson is working from the bottom.
Dickinson is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Jones is looking to take a break and control but Dickinson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jones in side control, throwing shots but Dickinson defends.
Dickinson on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Jones in side control lands a decent elbow.
Jones trying to control the position but Dickinson is working away.
Jones working away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones landing strikes.
Dickinson takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Jones working the ground and pound.
Dickinson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Jones trying to control the action but Dickinson is working from the bottom.
Jones throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Dickinson is trying to improve his position.
The ground and pound from Jones seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Jones tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Dickinson can do anything to dispel that myth.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones tries to advance to mount but can't.
Jones tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Dickinson dodges the ground and pound from Jones.
Jones throws an elbow but Dickinson slips to the side and avoids it well.
Jones working the body and head with strikes.
Jones lands a decent elbow from side control.
Jones moves into full mount!
Jones is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Dickinson is surviving well by controlling Jones's body position as best he can.
Dickinson avoids a series of strikes thrown by Jones.
Dickinson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jones. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jones landing punches.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Jones lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Dickinson hang on?
Jones with the ground and pound from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Luther Jones dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Nice takedown defense from Jones. No joy for Dickinson on that attempt.
Jones shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Jones was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Jones moves into full mount!
Dickinson holds on to Jones as tight as he can, avoiding damage.
Jones looking to ground and pound but Dickinson is blocking nicely.
Jones working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Jones prevents Dickinson from getting the reversal.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones scoring with strikes but Dickinson is staying in there.
Luther Jones overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Poor strikes thrown by Jones there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Jones landing strikes, looking to finish!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dickinson just holding on.
Dickinson tries to lock up and control but Jones gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones unloading with bombs!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Jones cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Jones with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Jones punishing his opponent with strikes.
Jones prevents Dickinson from getting the reversal.
Jones lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Jones scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Dickinson ?
Dickinson is rocked!
Jones postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Dickinson badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Jones around the waist but Jones pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Jones is the winner by TKO! Jones jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Luther Jones!
After winning the bout, Luther 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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FIGHT
RATING
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