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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sam Allen (ranked 5018 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeff Jones (ranked 22288 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones has chosen My Name is as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sam Allen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jeff Jones!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Elvis Blanc and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones closes the distance and clinches.
Jones throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Allen blocks it with crossed arms.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Jones as Allen tries to tie him up.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Allen content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Allen is trying to break the clinch but Jones has him pressed against the cage.
Allen trying to control the position but instead, Jones has worked for underhooks and has pushed Allen into the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Allen fails to land.
Jones scores with a knee to the head.
Jones throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Allen blocks it with crossed arms.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Allen's efforts to push away.
Jones throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Allen blocks it with crossed arms.
Jones tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Allen tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jones avoids it.
Jones misses with a knee strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones tries a knee to the head but Allen blocks it.
Allen pulls Jones into guard.
Jones stands up from Allen's guard - Jones perhaps looking for a knockout.
Jones moves into the clinch successfully.
Jones using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Allen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jones tries a knee to the head but Allen blocks it.
Allen takes a knee to the side of the body.
Jones misses with a knee strike.
Jones looks winded!
Allen successfully pulls guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Allen looking to control.
Allen looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Jones stands up from Allen's guard - Jones perhaps looking for a knockout.
Allen tries for a takedown but Jones sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Allen fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones clinches up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jones with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jones using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Allen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but Allen blocks with his arms.
Allen looking to stall.
Allen creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jones misses with a knee strike.
Allen is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sam Allen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Allen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but Allen blocks with his arms.
Jones using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Allen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Allen looking to stall.
Jones throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones blocks the elbow strike.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but Allen blocks with his arms.
Allen wants to stall.
Jones tries a knee to the head but Allen blocks it.
Allen is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Allen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Allen trying to control the position but instead, Jones has worked for underhooks and has pushed Allen into the cage.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but Allen blocks with his arms.
Jones has Allen pressed against the cage, preventing Allen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Allen trying to control the position but instead, Jones has worked for underhooks and has pushed Allen into the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Jones misses with a knee to the head.
Jones tries a knee to the head but Allen blocks it.
Jones misses with a knee strike.
Allen tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Jones just stands there and leans against the cage.
Allen lands with a left to the head.
Allen landing knees to the body.
Jones has Allen pressed against the cage, preventing Allen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Allen trying to stall but Jones improves his position.
Allen tries to work over Jones's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Allen can't find room to land a body shot as Jones controls the action.
Allen wants to stall.
Allen really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Allen content to slow the pace in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jeff Jones dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Allen darts in and clinches Jones up against the cage.
Allen is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Jones throws a knee to the head but misses.
Allen tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Jones smiles and moves away.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Allen.
Jones drives through and clinches with Allen against the cage.
Jones lands a knee to the head.
Allen successfully pulls guard.
Jones stands up and waves to Allen to follow him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Allen clinches up with Jones and pushes him back against the cage.
Jones looking to throw knees to the head but Allen is blocking nicely.
Jones looking to throw knees to the head but Allen is blocking nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones scores with a knee to the head.
Jones is breathing heavily.
Allen missing with knees to the body.
Jones throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Allen blocks it with crossed arms.
Jones using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Allen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Allen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Allen has closed the distance and engaged Jones in a clinch.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jones with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jeff Jones seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Allen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right from Allen.
Jones tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jones throws a knee to the head but misses.
Allen is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but Allen blocks with his arms.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Allen has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jones misses with a knee to the head.
Allen is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Allen is trying to pull guard but Jones turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sam Allen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Allen is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Allen fails to pull guard.
A frustrated look appears on Allen's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Allen.
Jones throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Allen blocks it with crossed arms.
Allen taking a breather.
Jones tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Allen looking to slow down the pace here.
Jones avoids the elbow strike from Allen, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jones tries a knee to the head but Allen blocks it.
Allen working aggressively here.
Allen looking to throw knees to the head but Jones is blocking nicely.
Allen stalls.
Allen decides to pull guard.
Allen 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.
Allen bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Jones's guard.
The fighters are working up against the cage. Jones manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
Jones missing with knees to the body.
Jones lands a good knee to the midsection. Allen won't want to take too many of those.
Allen trying to stall but Jones improves his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Allen stalling in the clinch.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but Allen blocks with his arms.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Allen tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Jones just stands there and leans against the cage.
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!
Allen tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Jones using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Allen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Allen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Jones misses with a knee to the head.
Allen is trying to pull guard but Jones has him pressed against the cage.
Jones tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Allen avoids it.
Allen leaning his opponent against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jeff Jones showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Allen's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Jones drives through and clinches with Allen against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Jones with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Allen struggles to land a body shot inside as Jones controls his hands.
Jones has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jones misses with a knee to the head.
Jones throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Allen blocks it with crossed arms.
Allen wants to get back to striking at distance but Jones won't allow it.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Jones misses with a knee to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones tries a knee to the head but Allen blocks it.
Allen can't break the clinch.
Jones with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jones takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jones managing to block the knees to the body from Allen.
With the fighters up against the cage, Allen throws an elbow but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen scores with a knee to the head.
Allen jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Jones walks away with a smile on his face. Allen gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Jones tries to keep at a distance but Allen has taken the fight into the clinch.
Jones trying to land knees to the body.
Allen looking to slow down the pace here.
Allen tries to stall but Jones uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Allen tries a knee to the head but Jones blocks it.
Jones is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Allen is defending well for now.
Allen is trying to maintain a safe position but Jones gets an underhook and turns Allen into the cage.
Jones looking to throw knees to the head but Allen is blocking nicely.
Allen lands a damaging elbow.
Jones on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jones tries a knee to the head but Allen blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Allen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jones blocks it with crossed arms.
Jones blocks an elbow strike from Allen.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Jones as Allen tries to tie him up.
Allen tries to work over Jones's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Allen misses with a punch on the inside.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Allen takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Jones tries to land a knee to the head but Allen blocks with his arms.
Allen lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Jones or not.
Allen wants to stall.
Jones using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Allen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Allen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Allen fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from Allen.
A nice right hand lands inside from Allen.
Allen tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sam Allen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones misses with a knee to the head.
Jones blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Allen stalling in the clinch but Jones improves position.
Allen tries to stall but Jones uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Jones with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Allen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jones backwards.
Allen lands with a right to the head.
Jones throws a knee to the head but misses.
Allen is trying to push Jones away but Jones has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Allen is trying to stall.
Allen scores with a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Allen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jones is defending well for now.
Jones tries a knee to the head but Allen blocks it.
Allen is looking to control Jones's arms but Jones gets an underhook and turns him. Now Allen has his back to the cage.
Jones prevents a body shot from Allen.
Allen stalling the fight.
Jones with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sam Allen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Allen controlling the action here for a moment.
Allen tries to throw a body punch but Jones avoids it by throwing Allen back against the cage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jones throws a knee to the head but misses.
Allen tries to land knees in the clinch but Jones avoids the damage to the body.
Allen stalling in the clinch but Jones improves position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sam Allen showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Jones has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 28:29
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jeff Jones!
Jeff Jones decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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