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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Malik Jones (ranked 264 p4p, 29 weight class) and Taiki Aoki (ranked 328 p4p, 39 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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142 lbs
27 - 11 - 0 |
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156 lbs
34 - 15 - 2 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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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
27 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Malik Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
34 - 15 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Taiki Aoki!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Aoki.
Aoki takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Jones delivers a nice body kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Aoki lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Jones has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Jones and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Aoki avoids the body shot from Jones.
Jones misses the shot to the body.
Jones takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Aoki fails with a takedown attempt.
Jones feinted with a counter takedown.
Aoki has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Aoki blocks the body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aoki will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Jones cracks Aoki with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Jones fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Aoki is out of range.
Jones lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Aoki circles away quickly and effectively.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aoki fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Jones sprawls well initially but Aoki persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Jones is looking for a sweep. Aoki is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Jones desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Aoki is looking to take a break and control but Jones is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jones is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Jones blocking the ground and pound attempt from Aoki.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jones looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Aoki pushes past his half guard into mount!
Jones really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aoki throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Jones is looking to improve his position but Aoki isn't that keen on the idea.
Aoki tries to control but Jones wriggling away.
Aoki controlling from the full mount.
Aoki misses with a head shot.
Jones is squirming around, avoiding Aoki's attempts to control the action.
Aoki has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Aoki fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aoki working the ground and pound effectively.
Jones tries to lock up and control but Aoki gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Aoki is landing with some decent strikes but Jones is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Aoki prevents Jones from getting the reversal.
Aoki trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Aoki with good strikes from the mount here!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Aoki is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Jones can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Jones is in all sorts of trouble here.
Jones manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Aoki perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Aoki.
Jones wants to improve his position but Aoki is controlling well.
Jones moves into full guard.
Aoki loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Aoki trying to control the position from guard on top but Jones is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jones working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Aoki.
Aoki postures up in Jones's guard and throws a big left but Jones blocks it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Aoki working some strikes from top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Taiki Aoki 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 fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Jones connects with a single shot there.
Jones dives in for a single leg takedown but Aoki sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
And Aoki tries to counter it with a takedown but Jones pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Jones forces Aoki back against the cage and clinches.
Jones lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Jones fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The referee calls for Aoki to work.
Aoki trying to control the position but instead, Jones has worked for underhooks and has pushed Aoki into the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A hook to the body from Aoki.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Jones.
Aoki lands with a left to the head.
Aoki wants to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aoki swings wildly with an uppercut but Jones uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jones blocking some punches.
Aoki tries a body shot but Jones blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Aoki.
Still in the clinch, Jones scores with a nice short uppercut.
Jones misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jones pushes Aoki back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Jones lands a body shot in the clinch.
Jones blocking some punches.
Jones throws a punch but it's blocked by Aoki.
Aoki is looking to control Jones's arms but Jones gets an underhook and turns him. Now Aoki has his back to the cage.
A short uppercut from Jones.
Jones misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Aoki.
Jones misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Aoki swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aoki has a couple of punches blocked by Jones.
A head punch on the inside from Aoki fails to land.
Aoki misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jones.
Aoki can't find room to land a body shot as Jones controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Aoki.
Aoki misses with the head strike.
Jones lands a takedown into guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jones slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Jones working the ground and pound from side control.
Jones works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Aoki regains half guard.
Jones landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Aoki is looking to control Jones's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Aoki avoid being mounted?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones prevents Aoki from improving his position.
The fighters are battling for position here. Aoki manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Aoki working for a triangle but Jones defends it easily.
Aoki had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Jones defends it easily.
Jones is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Aoki throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Jones working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Jones is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Jones scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Jones's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Aoki looking for a sweep. Not yet Aoki, not yet.
Jones trying to control but Aoki is working from the bottom.
Jones throws a big right hand that misses.
Jones throws a big elbow that misses.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jones accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Malik Jones dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Aoki closes this distance looking for a takedown but Jones circles away.
Aoki misses with a low kick.
Jones is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Jones throws a body shot but no joy.
Jones throws a body shot but no joy.
Jones fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Aoki manages to avoid it.
Aoki changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Jones is looking to wear down Aoki with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
No joy there for Jones, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Aoki cracks Jones with an open hand slap.
Jones darts in and clinches Aoki up against the cage.
Jones misses with a hook to the ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones misses with a punch on the inside.
Jones lands with a right to the head.
Aoki's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Aoki blocks a body shot from Jones.
Jones blocks an uppercut.
Aoki misses with some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jones.
Jones misses with the head strike.
Aoki lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Jones lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Jones misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jones misses with a punch to the body.
Jones misses with a hook from the clinch.
Aoki scores with a nice hook to the head.
Jones throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Aokis head.
Malik Jones has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Jones misses with some punches.
Jones throws a punch but it's blocked by Aoki.
Jones prevents a body shot from Aoki.
Aoki has a couple of punches blocked by Jones.
Jones drops down looking for an ankle pick but Aoki pulls his leg out and moves away.
A jab from Jones does it's job there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aoki lands with an overhand left.
Malik Jones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Aoki scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Jones doesn't seem bothered though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A bone on bone clash there as Jones blocks the leg kick.
Aoki fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jones manages to avoid it.
Jones tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Aoki manages to circle out of the way.
Aoki throws a body shot but no joy.
Aoki throws a front kick aimed at Jones's knee but Jones avoids it well.
Jones takes the fight into the clinch.
Aoki throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Joness head.
Aoki prevents a body shot from Jones.
Jones misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jones tries to work over Aoki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Aoki misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jones working aggressively here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Aoki fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Aoki closes this distance looking for a takedown but Jones circles away.
Aoki fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jones manages to avoid it.
Jones fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Aoki manages to avoid it.
Jones throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
And Aoki tries to counter it with a takedown but Jones pushes his down on his head and steps out.
A punch lands to the side of Aoki 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Aoki throws a low kick but Jones avoids it.
Aoki gets a takedown into half guard.
Jones wants to get back to full guard.
Jones is pressing down on Aoki's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aoki won't allow Jones to sweep him here.
Aoki working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Jones is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Jones has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Aoki wants to control from the top but Jones keeps moving.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Malik Jones.
I think Jones 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Malik Jones!
Malik Jones was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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energy
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hype
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