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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Jones (ranked 650 p4p, 1134 weight class) and Petr Stukov (ranked 90 p4p, 147 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
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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 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Anthony Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 11 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Petr Stukov!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stukov fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Stukov misses with a straight left.
Stukov throws a poor cross that misses
and Jones counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Stukov lands a jab.
Stukov's coach down at St Petersburg MMA Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Stukov's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Stukov tries to score with a low kick but Jones moves his leg out of the way.
Stukov finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Stukov has managed to clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jones obliges.
Jones being controlled against the ropes.
Jones working aggressively here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Stukov lands with a thumping leg kick.
Jones has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Stukov tries to close the distance and clinch but Jones swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jones ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Stukov throws a series of punches but Jones avoids them all with ease.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stukov misses with a body shot.
Nice shot by Stukov.
Jones takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Stukov has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Jones.
Stukov throws a head kick but Jones moves out of range.
Jones keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
It looks like Petr Stukov has been cut.
Nice uppercut there from Jones.
Stukov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Petr Stukov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stukov tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Jones manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Stukov connects with a leg kick.
Stukov rushes Jones and presses him up against the ropes.
A nice left hand lands by Jones.
Stukov is rocked!
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!
Jones tries to land knees in the clinch but Stukov avoids the damage to the body.
Jones working Stukov over with knees to the body.
Stukov looks winded!
Jones crunches a lovely knee into Stukov's ribcage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Stukov steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Jones. That one must have hurt.
Jones is throwing punches like he's double parked. Oh my word! Huge right hand from Jones shuts the power down on Stukov. Lights out, game over! Jones is your winner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Anthony Jones!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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