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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jon Jones (ranked 5999 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Motts (ranked 6124 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones comes to the cage accompanied by Kygo ft. Ellie Goulding - Summer Love. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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135 lbs
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
KO power |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jon Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Matt Motts!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Stewart Dunkirk and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Motts!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Motts can do anything to dispel that myth.
Motts is looking to regain half guard here but Jones keeps moving and retains side control.
Check out the look on Jones's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Motts manages to work his way to half guard, despite Jones's best efforts.
Motts is looking to control Jones's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Motts avoid being mounted?
Jones slips a nice elbow through Motts's hands, connecting with Motts's forehead.
Motts is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Jones scores with a couple of nice shots.
Motts regains full guard. Nicely done.
Jones postures up and lands a big shot to Motts's brow.
Motts looking to control.
Motts has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Jones stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Motts swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Motts seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Motts tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Motts escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Jones gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Jones has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Jones cracks Motts with a solid left hand.
Motts looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jones accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Jones is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Jones stands up over Motts, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Motts lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Jones looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Motts trying to control the position from guard on top but Jones is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Motts wants to pass the guard but Jones is keeping the position.
Jones preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones striking off his back but it's not causing Motts any problems.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jones trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Motts drops back looking for a leg! Jones is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Jones manages to kick Motts off! Motts jumps back into Jones's guard.
Motts passes Jones's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Jones tries to get to full guard but Motts has control of the leg.
Jones could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Motts is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Jones defends it well.
Motts throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Jones to regain full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Motts looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Motts wants to control from the top but Jones keeps moving.
Jones throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Motts postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Jones wants to sweep here but Motts controlling him for the moment.
Jones avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Motts is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Jones will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
No luck for Jones with that takedown attempt.
Motts misses with an uppercut.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Jones.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jon Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones shoots in but Motts avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Jones shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Motts pinned against the cage. Motts gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Jones has a takedown stuffed.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jones ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jones shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Motts closes the distance and clinches up with Jones, looking for a takedown. Motts pushes Jones against the cage but Jones circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Jon Jones will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Jones misses with a takedown
letting Motts counter with a right hand.
Jones shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Motts but Motts pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Jones has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jon Jones. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Motts shoots in for a takedown but Jones shows good takedown defense.
Jones darts in looking for a takedown but Motts gets double underhooks and turns Jones into the cage.
Jones gets caught napping as Motts dives in and scores a takedown. Jones manages to retain guard.
Motts preventing the sweep.
Jones throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Motts accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Motts is looking to work some ground and pound but Jones has wrist control.
Motts has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Jones looking for a sweep. Not yet Jones, not yet.
Motts postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Motts throws a big elbow that misses.
Jon Jones overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Motts throwing strikes but missing.
Motts controlling from the top position.
Motts looking to sit in guard and control but Jones gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Motts pulls Jones in to control the position.
Jones works over Motts with some ground and pound from guard.
Motts pulls Jones in to control the position.
Motts looking for a sweep. Not yet Motts, not yet.
Jones keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Motts's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Motts's head.
Jones cracks Motts with a solid left hand.
Jones working some strikes from top position.
Motts is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Jones is aware though and is defending well.
Jones stands up over Motts, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Jones postures up and lands a big shot to Motts's brow.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Jones's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Jones distracts Motts with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Jones lands a couple of digs.
Jones cracks Motts with a solid left hand.
Jones is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jones is in close to Motts's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Jones stands up over Motts, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Jones works over Motts with some ground and pound from guard.
Jones won't allow Motts to sweep him here.
Jones might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Motts is breathing heavily.
Jones with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Jones landing with the ground and pound.
Jones lands a couple of decent looking shots.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones postures up and lands a big shot to Motts's brow.
Jones scoring with punches to the head and body.
Jones keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Motts's head.
Jones landing with the ground and pound.
Jones cracks Motts with a solid left hand.
Jones is in close to Motts's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Jones makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Motts has momentary wrist control but Jones slips an elbow through the middle.
Jones landing with the ground and pound.
Jones postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Jones scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Jones works over Motts with some ground and pound from guard.
Motts looking for a guillotine here but Jones defends 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.
Jones landing some decent shots from guard.
Jones scoring with some ground and pound.
Jones distracts Motts with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Jones's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jones landing with the ground and pound.
Jones stands up over Motts, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Jones landing with the ground and pound.
Jones keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Motts's head.
Jones landing with the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Motts is on top in guard.
Jones tries to land a sweep but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jon Jones dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Jones shoots in and drives through. Motts sprawls well.
It seemed like Motts was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Nice takedown defense from Motts. No joy for Jones on that attempt.
Motts throws out a counter right but Jones avoids it with no problem.
Motts misses with an uppercut. Jones saw that one coming.
Motts gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Jones to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Jones keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Motts's head.
Motts has his foot on Jones's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Jones works his way back into a safe position though.
Jones postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Jones with a nice head shot there.
Jones lands a couple of digs.
Jones is working Motts over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Jones works over Motts with some ground and pound from guard.
Motts has momentary wrist control but Jones slips an elbow through the middle.
Jones has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Motts to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Jones is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Motts pulls down on the head and he's put Jones to sleep! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Matt Motts!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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