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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Colt Jones (ranked 564 p4p, 76 weight class) and Roy Benavidez (ranked 1748 p4p, 226 weight class). Colt 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 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Colt Jones !
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Roy Benavidez!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Arvi Lind and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benavidez throws a shot from downtown. Jones moves away and avoids it.
Jones appears to be looking for a big counter.
Jones 's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Benavidez connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Jones scrambles back to his feet.
It looks like Colt Jones has been cut.
Jones throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Benavidez misses with a hook. Jones ducked under it nicely.
The fighters circling - Benavidez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Jones went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Nice defenses there by Benavidez.
Jones ducks under a wild hook from Benavidez.
A little feinted left hand from Jones on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Jones scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
A momentary lapse in concentration from Jones enables Benavidez to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Jones manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Benavidez prevents Jones from getting back to his feet.
Benavidez stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jones swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Benavidez postures up.
Benavidez sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Jones 's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Benavidez is keen to just control but Jones is a slippery customer.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benavidez wants to free his trapped foot but Jones is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Benavidez is working for a kimura but Jones is defending it quite comfortably.
Jones wants to get back to full guard.
Jones looks like he's trying to stand up.
Benavidez passes to side control.
Jones is in a bad spot here and he knows it... just holding on for now.
Jones is looking for a sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two 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.
Benavidez tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Benavidez has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Benavidez tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Benavidez has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Benavidez is trying to get an arm triangle but Jones is defending well.
Jones prevents Benavidez from moving into mount.
Benavidez advances nicely into full mount.
Jones is looking to get to half guard.
Benavidez avoids the attempt from Jones to control.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Benavidez with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benavidez wants to take Jones 's back but he can't do it this time.
Jones keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Benavidez looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Benavidez works his way to his opponent's back.
Benavidez trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Jones trying to get back to his feet but Benavidez is in full control for now.
Jones tries to escape but Benavidez has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benavidez is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Jones has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Jones tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Benavidez fails to advance to Jones 's back.
Benavidez trying to control but Jones is having none of it.
Jones has given up his back. Will we see Benavidez going for some submissions?
Jones wants to get back to his feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Benavidez is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Benavidez has his opponent's back but Jones is looking to stand. He manages to get to his feet and shakes off Benavidez.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Roy Benavidez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Colt Jones 's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Benavidez throws a big shot that misses.
Benavidez defending well as Jones loads up on a big left hand.
Jones uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Benavidez.
Jones has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Jones there as he acknowledges the shot.
Jones moves out of range of the strikes.
Jones tries to clinch but Benavidez moves out of range.
Jones missing with a left hand there. Benavidez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Benavidez missing with a left hand there. Jones was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Benavidez slips under a jab from Jones .
Jones needs to keep his hands up - Benavidez had a free shot at his head there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Benavidez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jones waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Benavidez.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benavidez throws a jab when Jones was well out of range.
It looked like Jones wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Jones cracks Benavidez with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Jones looks to land a left hand but Benavidez moved out of range nicely.
Jones ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Jones staying out of range there.
We've been told by Jones 's head coaches at The Performance Center that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Benavidez misses with a looping left.
Jones seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Jones misses with an uppercut
letting Benavidez counter with a right hand.
Benavidez misses with a hook. Jones ducked under it nicely.
Jones uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Benavidez has time to react.
Jones tries to bum rush Benavidez with a series of wild strikes but Benavidez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jones slaps away a takedown attempt from Benavidez, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Jones moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones ducks under a wild hook from Benavidez.
Jones throws a series of punches but Benavidez moves out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Benavidez swings widly with a right hand
and Jones counters with a nice uppercut.
The fighters circling - Jones throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Benavidez thows a left - swing and a miss!
Benavidez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Benavidez moves out of range of the strikes.
Benavidez throws out a counter right but Jones avoids it with no problem.
Benavidez lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Jones lands with a good body shot.
Benavidez slips a jab and a cross from Jones .
Jones wants to clinch up but Benavidez keeps it at a distance.
Jones scores with a decent looking hook.
Roy Benavidez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Benavidez connects with the punch.
Nice straight punches there by Benavidez. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Benavidez.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benavidez misses with a looping right.
A little feinted left hand from Jones on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Benavidez.
Jones throws a hook but Benavidez blocks it.
Benavidez looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Benavidez lands with an overhand left.
Colt Jones is winning the standup battle so far.
Jones misses with a double jab.
Benavidez throws a hook but Jones blocks it.
Jones defending well as Benavidez loads up on a big left hand.
Nice jab there from Jones .
Jones uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Benavidez.
Benavidez shoots in and drives through. Jones sprawls well.
Colt Jones has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Roy Benavidez.
Benavidez throws a hook but Jones avoids it easily.
A swing and a miss from Benavidez.
Jones is looking for a counter combo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benavidez throws a lazy right hand but Jones sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
As Benavidez looks to move away, Jones throws a big counter combo but Benavidez just gets out of the way.
Benavidez missing with a left hand there. Jones was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sloppy strikes from Jones . Those never looked like landing.
Jones moves away from the strike by Benavidez.
Jones slips under a jab from Benavidez.
Jones looks to land a combination but Benavidez avoids it well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Benavidez misses with a lunging right hand
and Jones counters with a two punch combo.
Benavidez lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Jones scores with a jab to the head.
Benavidez is rocked!
Benavidez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Benavidez is still on wobbly legs! Can Jones finish him?
Benavidez dodges the punch combination from Jones .
Jones fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Colt Jones will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Colt Jones 's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Benavidez throws a shot from downtown. Jones moves away and avoids it.
Benavidez seems to have recovered his senses.
Benavidez misses with an uppercut. Jones saw that one coming.
It looked like Jones wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Benavidez throws a big shot that misses.
Jones uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Benavidez.
Jones throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Benavidez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Jones !
Benavidez throws a hook but Jones avoids it easily.
It looked like Jones wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Jones swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jones misses with a hook. Benavidez ducked under it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Benavidez throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Jones to counter with a crisp jab.
Jones uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Benavidez.
Jones jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jones ducks under a wild hook from Benavidez.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benavidez takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Benavidez shoots in and drives through. Jones sprawls well.
Benavidez thows a left - swing and a miss!
A little feinted left hand from Jones on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Jones rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Benavidez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A big left from Benavidez misses.
Jones throwing a counter right hand but Benavidez manages to avoid it.
Benavidez with a poor takedown
and Jones counters with a two punch combo.
Benavidez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jones throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jones ducks under a wild hook from Benavidez.
Jones misses with a few strikes there.
Jones slips a straight right by Benavidez.
Jones misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jones scores with a jab to the body.
Benavidez misses with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Jones . Those never looked like landing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Benavidez gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Jones .
Benavidez misses with a lunging right hand
and Jones counters with a one-two to the body.
Nice defenses there by Jones .
Benavidez's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Jones connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Benavidez scrambles back to his feet.
Colt Jones is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jones looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A big right from Benavidez misses.
Benavidez misses with a straight right.
Jones fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Benavidez looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Jones misses with a few strikes there.
Benavidez throws a poor cross that misses
and Jones counters with a stiff right hand.
Benavidez scores with a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Jones misses.
Jones staying out of range there.
A big right from Benavidez misses.
Jones rushes Benavidez with punches - Benavidez moves straight backwards instead of circling and gets clipped by the second strike... and the third... and the fourth! Oh, Benavidez goes down! Jones follows up with more strikes and the ref steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Colt Jones !
Colt Jones retains his middleweight title!
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