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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Greg Jones (ranked 1602 p4p, 1795 weight class) and Braun Westen (ranked 202 p4p, 217 weight class). Braun Westen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Red Belt
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
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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 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Greg Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Braun Westen!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Nard Betker and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Jones trying to control the action but Westen is working from the bottom.
Jones is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jones has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Jones wants to control but Westen is keeping him busy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Westen is looking to regain half guard here but Jones keeps moving and retains side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Westen is still trying to improve position.
Check out the look on Jones's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
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.
An elbow from Jones crashes against the mat.
Westen tries to buck Jones off but Jones is having none of it.
The strikes coming from Jones are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Westen can't do much from the bottom here.
Jones wants to lay and pray for a moment but Westen keeps working.
Westen is looking for a sweep.
Jones wants to control but Westen is keeping him busy.
Westen is looking to reverse the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Westen is looking for a sweep.
Jones looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Westen is avoiding damage well.
Westen is not content to let Jones control the position.
Westen takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Westen managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Jones.
Jones trying to control the action but Westen is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The strikes coming from Jones are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Jones is looking to take a break and control but Westen is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Westen gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Westen wants to control but Jones is having none of it.
Jones with the ground and pound from mount.
Westen bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Jones bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Westen's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Westen has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Jones has passed into side control.
Jones wants to control but Westen is keeping him busy.
Jones lands some shots froms side control.
Westen is not content to let Jones control the position.
Westen tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Westen is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Greg Jones dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Good standup being displayed there by Westen as he connects with a hook.
Greg Jones is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Westen lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Jones drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Jones postures up in Westen's guard and throws a big left but Westen blocks it.
Westen keeping moving, preventing Jones from controlling successfully.
Westen trying to control the position.
Jones is fighting to break Westen's control of his arms but Westen is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Westen manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Jones manages to get himself to full guard.
Greg Jones overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Westen can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Westen showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Westen manages to get himself to full guard.
Westen wants to sweep but no luck.
Jones is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Westen can do to turn this around?
Jones is looking to work some ground and pound but Westen has wrist control.
Westen not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Jones advances position into side control!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones trying to control the position but Westen is working away.
Jones tries to advance to mount but Westen denies him.
Jones is working hard here to advance position.
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 lands a few punches from side control.
Westen tries to buck Jones off but Jones is having none of it.
Jones has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Jones scores with a couple of good head shots there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Westen is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Jones misses with a head shot.
Westen is in all sorts of trouble here.
Westen regains half guard.
Jones is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Westen is looking to control Jones's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Westen avoid being mounted?
Jones is looking to stall here but Westen recovers full guard.
Westen keeping moving, preventing Jones from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones preventing the sweep.
Westen keeping full guard, as Jones tries to pass.
Jones trying to control the position from guard on top but Westen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Westen wants to control but Jones passes easily into half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jones is looking to take a break and control but Westen is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Greg Jones dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Jones gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Westen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Westen lands a head shot.
Westen lands with a slapping head kick.
Westen drops Jones with a naaaaasty hook - Jones is in real trouble here! Westen dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:18 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Braun Westen!
During a confident post fight interview, Braun Westen 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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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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