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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Miguel Braga (ranked 3498 p4p, 4553 weight class) and Ruaridh Jones (ranked 363 p4p, 408 weight class). Ruaridh Jones has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Miguel Braga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ruaridh Jones!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Daniel Franklin and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones feints and as Braga raises his hands in defense, Jones changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Braga keeping full guard, as Jones tries to pass.
Jones won't allow Braga to get back to his feet.
Jones controlling from the top position.
Jones drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Jones jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Jones sitting in guard here, content to control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Braga on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Braga tries to get out of the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
It looks like Jones might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Braga is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Jones dives into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Braga being controlled for a moment.
Jones is continuing to stall.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Jones's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Jones fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Jones tries to keep at a distance but Braga has taken the fight into the clinch.
Braga breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jones's coach down at Freakshow Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Jones's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Braga lands a head shot.
Good standup being displayed there by Braga as he connects with a hook.
Braga changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Braga fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Jones checks it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Braga misses with a leg kick
so Jones counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Braga being controlled here, momentarily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ruaridh Jones dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Braga doesn't manage to clinch there - Jones circles away.
A jab lands there for Braga.
Jones on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Braga feints a jab promting Jones to slip. Braga then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Jones slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Braga!
Braga dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jones. That did some damage!
Braga slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Braga lands a jab to the nose.
Braga is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jones can do to turn this around?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Braga lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Braga lands a jab-cross combination.
Jones is rocked!
Braga throws a monster overhand right that drops Jones! Braga follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Miguel Braga!
Miguel Braga decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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