The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Tyson fails in his attempt to clinch. Tyson moves in looking to clinch but Jones pushes him off. Jones closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Tyson to the mat! Tyson manages to get full guard. Tyson manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Tyson wants to clinch. A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Tyson. Jones steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Tyson. Tyson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jones closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Jones lands in his opponent's guard. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Jones wants to stand but Tyson has a closed guard, so he can't escape. That's one minute gone in the round. Tyson wants to control but Jones passes easily into half guard.
Tyson trying to control from the bottom.
Jones stalling. Tyson wants to get back to full guard. Jones is taking a breather. Tyson says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something. That's two minutes gone in the round. The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight. Jones seems to be working for a kimura but Tyson defends the submission attempt. Jones maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Tyson could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Jones has cracked it and Tyson is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Jones!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Joseph Jones!
