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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Hughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ethan Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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255 lbs
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280 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Great elbows
Very strong |
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ryan Hughes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ethan Jones!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Daniel Franklin and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hughes closes the distance and clinches.
Hughes lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Ethan Jones has been cut.
Hughes stalling in the clinch.
Hughes prevents the takedown attempt.
Jones being controlled against the cage.
Hughes is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Jones gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Jones takes an elbow to the forehead.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Hughes takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Hughes lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hughes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nice takedown defense from Jones. No joy for Hughes on that attempt.
Jones shoots in for a takedown but Hughes shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Jones shoots in but Hughes avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Ryan Hughes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ethan Jones.
Hughes closes the distance and clinches.
Hughes stalling against the cage.
Hughes is pressed up against the cage. Jones has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Hughes down to the mat. Hughes avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Hughes has closed the distance and engaged Jones in a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes tries to pull guard but Jones holds him up against the cage and eventually Hughes drops back down to his feet.
Hughes using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Hughes.
Hughes taking a breather.
Jones takes an elbow to the temple.
Hughes has Jones pushed against the cage.
Hughes lands an elbow inside that Jones shrugs off.
Hughes gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hughes is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Jones wants a takedown but no success here.
Hughes stalls.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones takes an elbow to the temple.
Hughes dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Ryan Hughes.
Hughes clinches.
Jones letting Hughes take a breather here.
Hughes lands an elbow that stopped Jones in his tracks for a moment.
Hughes stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Hughes is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Hughes gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hughes slows down the pace here.
Hughes tries to stall but Jones uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Hughes stalling.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Ryan Hughes.
Hughes fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Jones lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Hughes working a defensive guard here.
Hughes keeping moving, preventing Jones from controlling successfully.
Jones is in close to Hughes's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Jones has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Jones is looking to work some ground and pound but Hughes has wrist control.
Jones postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Jones throwing strikes from guard but Hughes blocks nicely.
Jones throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hughes works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones is looking to work some ground and pound but Hughes has wrist control.
Jones throwing strikes from guard but Hughes blocks nicely.
Hughes controls Jones momentarily but Jones frees himself.
Jones wants to pass the guard but Hughes is keeping the position.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Hughes clinches with his opponent.
Hughes prevents the takedown attempt.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jones has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Hughes avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Jones takes an elbow to the temple.
Hughes lands an elbow that stopped Jones in his tracks for a moment.
Hughes lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryan Hughes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ethan Jones's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Hughes gets a clinch.
Jones is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Hughes pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Jones is working for takedown but Hughes is calmly controlling the position for now.
Hughes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hughes tries to clinch up.
Hughes shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Jones manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Jones is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Jones throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Hughes wants to control but Jones is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Jones throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Hughes taking some punishment here, with Jones in his half guard.
Hughes is looking to improve his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones thows a huge punch but Hughes dodges it nicely.
Hughes on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Hughes tries to get out of the position.
Hughes is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Jones scores with a couple of nice shots.
Jones takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Jones landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Hughes keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Hughes here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Hughes keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Jones throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hughes is trying to get back to full guard.
Hughes is looking to escape.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jones missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hughes moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Jones postures up.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Hughes fails with the takedown
and Jones counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Jones working over Hughes with some ground and pound. Hughes looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Hughes knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Jones on the ground.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jones lands strikes from half guard.
Hughes looks like he's trying to stand up.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Jones is looking to take a break and control but Hughes is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jones working over Hughes with some ground and pound. Hughes looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hughes has hold of Jones's hands but Jones slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Jones is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Jones working Hughes over with strikes.
Jones lands with a punch from half guard.
Jones missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Ethan Jones has got the better of the ground game so far.
Hughes is looking for a sweep. Jones is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Jones is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Jones thows a huge punch but Hughes dodges it nicely.
Nice strikes from Jones there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hughes scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Jones manages to mount him!
Jones lands a nice shot to the head.
It looks like Ryan Hughes has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hughes is bucking up trying to escape but Jones cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Ryan Hughes's cut is getting worse.
Jones is landing with some decent strikes but Hughes is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Jeez, Ryan Hughes's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Ryan Hughes's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Ethan Jones!
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energy
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hype
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mgr
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RATING
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