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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcos Martin (ranked 2676 p4p, 3995 weight class) and Jon Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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193 cm 25 205 0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt Counter fighter KO power |
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Good takedowns Brawler Granite chin |
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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 3 - 2 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Marcos Martin! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jon Jones! The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Valeri Chadov and Illya Tyunina.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Jones shoots in but doesn't get the takedown and Martin counters with a right hand to the body. Martin circles away from the clinch attempt and Martin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
 It looks like Jon Jones has been cut. Jones throws a right hand that misses
and Martin counters with a lovely straight right hand! Jones is looking to take this fight into the clinch. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Jones tries for a takedown but Martin circles away easily
and Martin counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Martin. Jones tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Jones fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jones jumps guard but Martin turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing. Marcos Martin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jon Jones. Martin wants to break the clinch but can't.
Martin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Martin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jones was well out of range. Poor timing from Martin. Jones changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt. Martin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jones.
Jones wants to clinch.
Jones dives in and scores a takedown into Martin's guard. Martin is looking to stand back up but Jones counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Martin.
 That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martin keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound. Jones is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen. Jones trying to pass the guard but Martin defending well. Jones is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. Jones works his foot free and advances to mount. Jones sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment. Jones raining down hammerfists from mount. Martin is squirming around, avoiding Jones's attempts to control the action. Martin in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
 That's four minutes gone in the round. Jones landing strikes from the mount. Jones controlling the pace for now. Martin knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Jones on the ground. Jones dominating with strikes here. Jones controlling from mount. Jones has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan. Martin is wriggling around trying to escape.
Jones content just to control the position here. The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jones is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Martin is forced to tap! Great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jon Jones!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
31% |
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