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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Liddel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Liddel is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Campeão, Vencedor. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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205 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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180 cm
21
200 lbs
2 - 4 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Brawler
Intelligent |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Knockout power |
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, John Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Frank Liddel!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Liddel scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Liddel throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Liddel with the ground and pound but Jones regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Liddel throwing shots but Jones is blocking nicely.
Jones is pressing down on Liddel's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Liddel trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Jones avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Jones wants to sweep but no luck.
Jones trying to keep a closed guard but Liddel is proving a slippery customer.
Liddel throws a strike but Jones rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Jones cracks Liddel with a solid left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones cracks Liddel with a solid left hand.
Liddel utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Liddel working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Jones.
Jones is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Jones wants to get up but he can't break Liddel's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Jones throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Liddel works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Liddel wants to get back to his feet but Jones is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Jones missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Liddel's head.
Jones stands and throws Liddel's legs to the side, diving into side control.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Liddel can do anything to dispel that myth.
Jones throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Jones connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Liddel some visible discomfort.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jones wants to control but Liddel is keeping him busy.
Jones misses with the ground and pound.
Jones lands a decent elbow from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here as Jones stalls from top position.
Jones in side control lands a decent elbow.
Liddel is pushing Jones's head away, looking to escape. Jones manages to hold on to the position though.
Jones tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Jones in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
The strikes coming from Jones are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Jones working the head and body with strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Liddel parries the strikes from Jones easily there. Jones is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Liddel to escape.
Jones scores with punches from side control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Liddel tries to escape but Jones is in control.
Jones working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Jones dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Liddel shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Nice strikes from Liddel there.
Jones slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
John Jones overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Liddel is working Jones over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Liddel missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Liddel in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Liddel must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Liddel trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Jones wants to sweep but no luck.
Jones 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 utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Liddel really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jones. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Liddel postures up in Jones's guard and throws a big left but Jones blocks it.
Jones looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Liddel's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Jones keeping full guard, as Liddel tries to pass.
Jones trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Liddel scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Jones bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Liddel's guard.
Liddel scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Jones looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Liddel is breathing heavily.
Liddel avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jones trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Jones postures up and lands a big shot to Liddel's brow.
Jones trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Jones with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Jones working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Jones landing some decent shots from guard.
Jones throws a big elbow that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Jones throws a big elbow that misses.
Jones throws a big right hand that misses.
Jones with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jones accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Jones seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Jones throws a big elbow that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liddel can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Jones controls the pace.
Liddel is looking to stand up but Jones isn't so interested in that idea.
Liddel keeping moving, preventing Jones from controlling successfully.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The ref stands the fighters back up. John Jones wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Liddel shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Liddel working over Jones with some ground and pound. Jones looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Jones dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Liddel gets a double leg takedown into Jones's guard.
Liddel is sitting in close to Jones's body. Jones has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Liddel is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Liddel is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Jones.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). John Jones!
During a confident post fight interview, John Jones thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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