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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tom Mhr (ranked 4011 p4p, 4528 weight class) and Jonah Ayers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tom Mhr could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jonah Ayers's chin.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tom Mhr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jonah Ayers!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Dean Styles and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ayers has Mhr up against the cage in a clinch.
Mhr can't break the clinch.
Ayers has picked Mhr up - he's going for a ride! Ayers dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Ayers wants to lay and pray for a moment but Mhr keeps working.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mhr is looking for a sweep. Ayers is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Mhr keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Mhr missing with punches from the bottom.
Mhr is staying active underneath Ayers, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mhr looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Ayers looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Ayers is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ayers is trying to control the action in half guard but Mhr is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Ayers looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Mhr with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Ayers has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Ayers has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ayers can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Mhr is looking to escape.
Ayers content just to control the position here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ayers is working for a guillotine from mount but Mhr frees his head quite easily.
Ayers looking to finish Mhr with some ground and pound. This is bad for Mhr!
Ayers tries to control but Mhr wriggling away.
Ayers punishing his opponent with strikes.
Mhr tries to reverse the position but Ayers maintains control.
Ayers looking for a guillotine from mount but Mhr is having none of it.
Mhr controls the position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ayers wants to control the pace but Mhr is squirming around nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ayers is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Mhr can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Ayers trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Ayers landing strikes, looking to finish!
Ayers lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Mhr hang on?
Ayers trying to control but Mhr is having none of it.
Ayers landing shots from mount.
Ayers dominating with strikes here.
Mhr slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mhr taking some punishment here, with Ayers in his half guard.
Ayers working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Mhr is staying active underneath Ayers, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Ayers is working for a kimura but Mhr is defending it quite comfortably.
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!
Ayers landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Ayers uses his free foot to push down on Mhr's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Mhr.
Ayers has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Mhr's face.
Mhr is squirming around, avoiding Ayers's attempts to control the action.
Ayers dominating with strikes here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jonah Ayers dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Mhr scores with a punch to the head.
Mhr is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Mhr is defended easily by Ayers.
Mhr closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mhr working away.
Ayers is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Mhr working the head and body with strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mhr tries to stand but Ayers controls the position and pulls Mhr into his guard.
Mhr postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mhr pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ayers is keeping the position for now.
Ayers has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ayers is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Mhr throws a strike but Ayers rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Mhr trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ayers lands a couple of elbows.
Ayers trying to control the position from guard on top but Mhr is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ayers is working Mhr over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Ayers is working Mhr over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Ayers postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Ayers landing with the ground and pound.
Ayers keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Mhr's head.
Ayers working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Ayers trying to control but Mhr is working from the bottom.
Ayers pushes down on Mhr's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nice strikes from Ayers there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ayers working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Ayers wants to take a breather but Mhr is having none of it.
Ayers passes the guard and advances to mount!
A nice elbow there by Ayers.
Ayers tries to control but Mhr wriggling away.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Ayers cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Mhr is squirming around, avoiding Ayers's attempts to control the action.
Ayers working the ground and pound effectively.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ayers breaks from Mhr's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Mhr knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ayers on the ground.
Ayers content just to control the position here.
Mhr tries to hold on but Ayers postures up.
Ayers lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Ayers scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Mhr is squirming around, avoiding Ayers's attempts to control the action.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ayers landing strikes, looking to finish!
Ayers trying to control but Mhr is having none of it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jonah Ayers showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Ayers stuffs the takedown.
Mhr slips a jab and a cross from Ayers.
Mhr shoots in looking for a takedown. Ayers tries to sprawl out of it but Mhr keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Ayers manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Ayers darts in looking for a takedown but Mhr gets double underhooks and turns Ayers into the cage.
Tom Mhr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mhr shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Ayers as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tom Mhr. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ayers dives in and grabs Mhr's left leg, looking for a takedown. Mhr pushes down on Ayers's head and hops out.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ayers misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mhr shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Ayers but Ayers pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Mhr tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ayers paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mhr misses with a double jab.
Mhr gets caught napping as Ayers dives in and scores a takedown. Mhr manages to retain guard.
Ayers passes into half guard.
Ayers looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Ayers is trying for a kimura here. Mhr looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Ayers wins by kimura!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jonah Ayers!
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energy
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hype
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