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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Watson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). James Watson is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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194 lbs
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194 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Anderson Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, James Watson!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Winston Alpacca and Peter Branson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Jones gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Watson misses with a looping left.
Nice shot lands for Watson.
Horrible takedown by Jones or perhaps it was just good defense by Watson which made him look bad.
Jones is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Jones swings for the body but Watson moves out of range.
Watson scores with a nice strike.
Watson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Watson scores with a hook.
Watson throws a series of punches but Jones avoids them all with ease.
Jones tries to clinch but Watson moves out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Watson misses with a two punch combination.
Watson connects with a looping right hand.
Watson misses with a wild combination.
Watson throws a jab when Jones was well out of range.
Jones tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Watson swivels and escapes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Watson tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Jones is in Watson's guard.
Watson wants to stand and escape but Jones is having none of it.
Watson is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Watson looks winded!
Watson is working an open guard so Jones takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
A nice combination there by Watson.
A big left from Watson misses.
Jones misses with a double jab.
Jones goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Watson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Watson ducks under a wild hook from Jones.
Jones rushes Watson and presses him up against the cage.
Watson manages to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Watson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Watson connects with a looping right hand.
Watson misses with the combination.
Watson misses with a lunging right hand
and Jones counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Jones.
Watson tries to break free but Jones pushes him back against the cage.
Watson is looking to break free of the clinch but Jones has double underhooks.
Watson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Watson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Jones.
Watson can't break the clinch.
Watson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Watson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Jones counters with a nice double leg into side control. Watson won't be happy with that.
Jones happy to just control the position for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones prevents Watson from escaping the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jones advances to full mount.
Jones cracks Watson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Jones is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up but Watson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
James Watson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Well, if Jones is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Jones is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones looking to control and managing it successfully.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jones landing strikes from the mount.
Jones controlling the position easily from mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jones landing strikes from the mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anderson Jones dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Watson misses with the combination.
Watson moves out of range as Jones strikes.
Some wild striking there from Watson.
Jones will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Jones walks into a left hand.
Jones shoots in looking for a takedown but Watson manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Jones's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Jones gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Watson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Watson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Watson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jones's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jones fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anderson Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Watson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Watson lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones moves forwards but Watson connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Watson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
James Watson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Watson swinging wildly here.
Watson throws a series of punches but Jones avoids them all with ease.
Jones tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Watson defends well and Jones ends up having to push Watson into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jones fails to pull guard.
Watson breaks from the clinch.
Watson throws a right and a left that Jones avoids nicely.
Jones looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Watson misses with a series of wild punches.
Watson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Watson tries to bum rush Jones with a series of wild strikes but Jones uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Watson misses with an uppercut
and Jones counters with a shoot takedown. Watson fights it but they end up in guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Watson can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Jones controls the pace.
Jones works over Watson with some ground and pound from guard.
Jones gets to his feet - Watson follows without any prompting.
Jones uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Watson.
Jones on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Jones misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jones shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Watson as he jumps to the side.
Watson throws a nice looking combination but Jones bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Watson enables Jones to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Watson manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Watson is looking to stand up but Jones isn't so interested in that idea.
Jones engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watson wants to stand and escape but Jones is having none of it.
Watson wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Jones manages to pass to side control.
Jones takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Jones's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Jones passes the guard and advances to mount!
Watson is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones with good strikes from the mount here!
Jones moves to back control.
Jones is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Jones gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Jones gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Jones apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Jones tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Watson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Watson throws a series of punches but Jones moves out of range.
Jones fails with a takedown attempt.
Watson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Watson needs to keep his hands up - Jones had a free shot at his head there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jones misses with a takedown attempt - Watson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Watson moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anderson Jones dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Watson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Watson might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Watson.
Watson slips under a jab.
Watson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jones circles away quickly and effectively.
Watson throws the left hand but Jones avoids the punch easily.
Watson gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
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 trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Jones won't allow Watson to get back to his feet.
Jones scoring with punches to the head and body.
Watson is looking to stand up but Jones isn't so interested in that idea.
Jones decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Watson, up you get!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jones misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Watson misses with an uppercut. Jones saw that one coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Watson misses with a combination
and Jones counters with a one-two to the body.
Jones takes the fight into the clinch.
Watson can't break the clinch.
Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Watson throws a series of punches but Jones avoids them all with ease.
A slow jab from Watson misses its intended target.
Jones wants to clinch.
No luck for Jones with that takedown attempt.
Horrible takedown by Jones or perhaps it was just good defense by Watson which made him look bad.
James Watson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watson clobbers Jones with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Watson lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Jones rushes Watson and presses him up against the cage.
Jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jones shoots in for a double leg but Watson sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anderson Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Watson works over Jones's head and body with a nice combination.
Watson lands an overhand right.
Watson connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Jones momentarily.
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!
Watson throws a combination that misses
and Jones counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Jones.
Jones prevents Watson from getting back to his feet.
Jones works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Watson wants to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Jones is looking for a kimura but Watson is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Jones to get the leverage.
Anderson Jones overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Watson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Jones.
Jones prevents Watson from standing back up.
Jones controlling the action here.
Watson looks like he's trying to stand up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watson is trying to escape back to his feet but Jones uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Watson wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Jones working the ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jones is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Watson's shoulder. That is not cool.
Jones tries for a kimura but Watson is defending well.
James Watson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Anderson Jones is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Watson pushes Jones away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Jones gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Anderson Jones showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Jones, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Michael Johnstone scores the fight 30:27
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight 30:27
Judge Peter Branson scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anderson Jones!
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