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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Khalabib Nurmy (ranked 2028 p4p, 260 weight class) and Luther Jones (ranked 289 p4p, 39 weight class). Jones has chosen One - Metallica as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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197 lbs
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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
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Khalabib Nurmy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Luther Jones!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Valeri Chadov and Illya Tyunina.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Nurmy.
Nurmy shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Jones is trying to defend but Nurmy finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Jones tries to get to full guard but Nurmy has control of the leg.
Jones wants to sweep but Nurmy has passed to side control!
Jones is looking for a sweep.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jones takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones taking punishment in the form of punches.
Jones is looking for a sweep.
Jones on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Jones tries to improve position but can't.
Nurmy 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.
Jones parries the strikes from Nurmy easily there. Nurmy is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Jones to escape.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nurmy working the ground and pound.
Jones tries to buck Nurmy off but Nurmy is having none of it.
Nurmy lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Jones down.
Nurmy working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
An elbow from Nurmy crashes against the mat.
Nurmy lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Jones down.
Nurmy in side control lands a decent elbow.
Jones felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Nurmy working the ground and pound but Jones is defending the strikes.
Jones is looking for a sweep.
Jones gets back to half guard.
Nurmy seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Jones is looking for a sweep. Nurmy is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nurmy is working for a submission of some sort.
Jones manages to get to full guard.
Jones preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Jones wants to sweep here but Nurmy controlling him for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nurmy with a nice head shot there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Nurmy's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Nurmy stopping the sweep attempt from Jones.
Nurmy lands a couple of digs.
Jones utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Jones has momentary wrist control but Nurmy slips an elbow through the middle.
Nurmy preventing the sweep.
Nurmy postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Jones is on top in guard.
Jones passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Jones wants to lay and pray for a moment but Nurmy keeps working.
Nurmy on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones happy to just control the position for now.
Nurmy wants to control but Jones postures up.
Nurmy tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Jones tries to advance to mount but can't.
Jones is looking to take a break and control but Nurmy is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Nurmy manages to get back to half guard.
Jones wants to take a breather but Nurmy is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Khalabib Nurmy dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Jones doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Nurmy counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Jones thuds a left hand into Nurmy's body.
Jones takes the fight into the clinch.
Nurmy looking for a takedown.
Jones can't find room to land a body shot as Nurmy controls the action.
Nurmy is trying to break the clinch but Jones is controlling him.
Nurmy takes a shot to the head.
I was talking to Nurmy's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nurmy lands with a left to the head.
Nurmy lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
Jones is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Nurmy is defending well.
Jones working aggressively here.
Jones is looking to take this one to the mat.
Khalabib Nurmy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Luther Jones.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Nurmy regains guard immediately.
Jones stopping the sweep attempt from Nurmy.
Jones controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Jones passes Nurmy's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Nurmy gets full guard.
Jones pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Nurmy is keeping the position for now.
Jones postures up.
Jones not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Nurmy has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Jones can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Nurmy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jones can do to turn this around?
Nurmy is looking for a triangle but Jones pushes his legs off easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones advances to half guard.
Nurmy manages to get to full guard.
Nurmy might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Jones pushes down on Nurmy's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Jones slows the pace down in half guard.
Nurmy tries to roll over but Jones keeps him under control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nurmy regains full guard. Nicely done.
Nurmy has his foot on Jones's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Jones works his way back into a safe position though.
Jones sitting in guard here, content to control.
Nurmy keeping full guard, as Jones tries to pass.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Nurmy is on top in guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Nurmy accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Jones is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Jones lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nurmy throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Jones escapes and throws Nurmy's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Nurmy is looking to regain half guard here but Jones keeps moving and retains side control.
Jones working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Nurmy takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Jones wants to lay and pray for a moment but Nurmy keeps working.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nurmy tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Jones wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Luther Jones showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Nurmy avoids the body shot from Jones.
Jones fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Nurmy avoids it really well and circles away.
It looked like Nurmy wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Jones closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Nurmy's guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones tries to free his leg and advance position but Nurmy is retaining full guard.
Jones avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Jones stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Nurmy swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nurmy is looking for a triangle but Jones pushes his legs off easily.
Nurmy throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Nurmy utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Jones works over Nurmy with some ground and pound from guard.
Jones works over Nurmy with some ground and pound from guard.
Nurmy keeping moving, preventing Jones from controlling successfully.
Jones is pushing down on Nurmy's leg trying to pass to half guard. Nurmy is fighting to maintain full guard but Jones has managed to sneak the leg through.
Jones missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Nurmy taking some punishment here, with Jones in his half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Nurmy actively working from the bottom here.
Nice strikes from Jones there.
Nurmy is trying to get back to full guard.
Nurmy looking for submissions off his back.
Jones is stalling here. Nurmy is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Jones seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Nurmy has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Nurmy landing strikes.
Nurmy lands a nice forearm strike.
Jones on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nurmy scores with a couple of short elbows.
Jones is trying to get back to half guard.
Nurmy looks up at the clock and then as Jones takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Nurmy smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Nurmy is working Jones over with some ground and pound from side control.
Nurmy scoring with punches from side control.
Nurmy cracks Jones with a big elbow.
Nurmy throws a strike aimed at the side of Jones's head but Jones avoids it well.
Nurmy in side control lands a decent elbow.
Nurmy creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Jones sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Jones tries to improve position but can't.
Khalabib Nurmy overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones is trying to control Nurmy's posture but Nurmy avoids it.
Nurmy scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Jones to see if he's OK.
Nurmy throws a strike aimed at the side of Jones's head but Jones avoids it well.
Jones is working to avoid the ground and pound but Nurmy connects with a decent elbow.
Jones is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Nurmy's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Jones gets back to full guard.
Jones wants to sweep here but Nurmy controlling him for the moment.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nurmy in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jones looking to control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Khalabib Nurmy showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Nurmy has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 29:28
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Khalabib Nurmy!
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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