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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jon Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nigel Benn Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones comes into the arena with Dami Mong Alam - Skusta Clee ft. Flip D blaring out of the sound system. Jon Jones looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.
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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 - 0, fighting out of London, Jon Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Nigel Benn Jr!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Steven Brown and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benn Jr throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jones.
Jones darts in and clinches Benn Jr up against the cage.
Jones's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jones looks to land a combination but Benn Jr avoids it well.
Jones has been working on his boxing with his coaches at UFC (Ultimate Fighter Club) in the buildup to the fight.
Jones moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Jones drives through and clinches with Benn Jr against the cage.
Benn Jr wants to break the clinch but can't.
Benn Jr tries to break the clinch but Jones is controlling the position.
Jones misses with a knee strike.
Jones tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Jones scores with a knee to the head.
Benn Jr blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Benn Jr working hard to break the clinch.
Jones blocks an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones pressing his opponent against the cage.
Benn Jr takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like Nigel Benn Jr has been cut.
Benn Jr is trying to force a seperation but Jones has the dominant position.
Jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A right-left combo lands from Benn Jr.
It looks like Jon Jones has been cut.
Jones explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Jones is looking to slow Benn Jr down with leg kicks.
Benn Jr fails to land with a series of punches.
Jones takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Benn Jr looks to land a combination but Jones avoids it well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jones moves into the clinch.
Jones stalling against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jones pressing his opponent against the cage.
Benn Jr wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A short left from Benn Jr.
Jones slowing the pace effectively.
Jones lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jones escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Benn Jr misses with a few strikes there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones moves into the clinch.
Jones's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Benn Jr throws a right hand that Jones ducks under and follows up with a left that Jones also avoids with ease.
Benn Jr misses with a few strikes there.
Jones went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Benn Jr dodges the punch combination from Jones.
Jones is breathing heavily.
Benn Jr throws a one two combo.
Nigel Benn Jr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Benn Jr lunges at Jones with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Jones's hand.
Jones gets a clinch.
Jones breaks from the clinch.
Jones rushes Benn Jr and presses him up against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jones's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jones closes the distance and clinches.
Benn Jr tries to break free but Jones pushes him back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benn Jr is trying to break the clinch but Jones is controlling him.
Benn Jr on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jones manages to break the clinch.
Benn Jr lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Benn Jr misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A right-left combo lands from Benn Jr.
Jones goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Benn Jr is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jones rushes Benn Jr and presses him up against the cage.
Jones displaying some good clinch control by pressing Benn Jr up against the cage.
Benn Jr wants to break the clinch but can't.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Jon Jones will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Jones forces Benn Jr back against the cage and clinches.
Jones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jones tries to clinch up but Benn Jr circles away and keeps his distance.
Benn Jr throws a series of punches but Jones moves out of range.
Jones wants to clinch up but Benn Jr keeps it at a distance.
Jones lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Benn Jr misses with a jab, cross combination.
Benn Jr looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Benn Jr tries to clinch but Jones is having none of it.
Jon Jones is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Benn Jr closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Benn Jr slips a jab and a cross from Jones.
Jones drives through and clinches with Benn Jr against the cage.
Benn Jr wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jones has Benn Jr pressed against the cage, preventing Benn Jr from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Jones manages to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benn Jr lands a lovely overhand right.
No joy there for Jones, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jones wants to clinch
and Benn Jr counters with a stiff right hand.
Benn Jr throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jones.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Benn Jr circles away from the clinch attempt.
Benn Jr lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Jones is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Benn Jr.
Benn Jr throws a right and a left that both miss.
Jones avoids a punch combination nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jones cracks Benn Jr with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Jones throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A combination from Benn Jr does no damage.
Benn Jr misses with a double jab
and Jones counters with a slapping leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benn Jr tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jones swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jones connects with the punch.
Jones avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jones lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Jones rushes Benn Jr and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Jones's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Benn Jr displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Jones has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Jones throws a front kick that sends Benn Jr stumbling back into the cage.
Jones clinches with his opponent.
Jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jones tries to clinch but Benn Jr moves out of range.
Jones rushes Benn Jr and presses him up against the cage.
Jones landing knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones manages to break the clinch.
Benn Jr lands with a right hand.
Benn Jr pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Jones back to the cage. Benn Jr follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Benn Jr tries to clinch but Jones moves away
and Jones counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Benn Jr tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jones paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Benn Jr closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Benn Jr lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jones circles away quickly and effectively.
Jones gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Benn Jr has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Jones scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jones's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Benn Jr clinches up with Jones and pushes him back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Benn Jr stalks Jones and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Jones's face. Jones staggers backwards, shaken.
Benn Jr lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Nigel Benn Jr seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jones closes the distance and clinches.
Jones stalling in the clinch.
Jones throws a head punch that misses.
Jones breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Benn Jr is working the combinations to good effect here.
Jones has Benn Jr up against the cage in a clinch.
Jon Jones has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Benn Jr blocks an elbow strike from Jones.
Jones taking a breather.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Nigel Benn Jr will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Jones keeps the fight on the outside.
Benn Jr throws a series of punches but Jones moves out of range.
Benn Jr misses with a series of wild punches.
Jones tries to clinch but Benn Jr is having none of it.
Benn Jr fails to land with a series of punches.
Jones went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Jones wants to clinch.
Benn Jr lands a jab to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Benn Jr misses with a few strikes there.
Benn Jr's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Benn Jr duly obliges.
Jones is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Benn Jr is looking for the big counter here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Benn Jr scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benn Jr goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Jones pushes Benn Jr up against the cage in a clinch.
Jones is stalling here.
Jones holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Jones's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jones looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Benn Jr throws a nice looking combination but Jones bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Benn Jr will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jones gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones lands an elbow inside that Benn Jr shrugs off.
Benn Jr is trying to push Jones away but Jones has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Jones using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Benn Jr has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jones breaks the clinch.
Benn Jr closes the distance and clinches.
Benn Jr manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Jones looking to throw knees to the head but Benn Jr is blocking nicely.
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!
Benn Jr is trying to push Jones away but Jones has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Jones creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Benn Jr's defenses.
Jones lands a knee to the body.
Jones controlling the action here for a moment.
Jones manages to break the clinch.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch but Benn Jr swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Benn Jr lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Jones backs up against the cage.
Benn Jr lands a jab to the nose.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Benn Jr displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Jones fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jones fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Benn Jr, pushing him back against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jones crunches a lovely knee into Benn Jr's ribcage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Jones takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A short uppercut from Jones.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Jones.
Jones misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Benn Jr.
Jones lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Benn Jr.
Jones is pushing Benn Jr up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nigel Benn Jr comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Benn Jr has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 28:30
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Nigel Benn Jr!
Nigel Benn Jr opened up his post fight interview with a scream to camera that he wants a title shot! Whether he deserves the shot will be up to the management of the organization, so I guess he'll have to wait and see.
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