Mason Jones was left with a shock after missing his UFC debut and his perfect professional record.
The Welshman – 10-0 in MMA – joined the group in October after winning the Cage Warriors welterweight title.
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The violent war was written all over Jones’ face as he suffered a defeat
Jones was paired for his UFC bow on Fight Island 8 against veteran Mike Davis, an American who entered the 8-2 tournament.
But he failed to get his career off with Dana White’s promotion to a successful start as he was wrong on a unanimous decision in Wednesday’s fight.
Jones was desperate for an immediate win and came out of the gate with a spinning kick to tell Davis he was in for a scratch.
Davis managed to score with a takedown halfway through the round but did not maintain control for very long.
The same thing happened a minute later and, again, Jones quickly broke free.
The two looked dangerous in the stand-up and it was anyone’s fight. Jones looked like the relentless offensive lineman and was lying in some bad strikes, but Davis scored his third goal of the round when he looked like he was in trouble against the offensive. cage.
Jones was the attacker and walked on the whole fight, but it wasn’t enough to earn him the win.
Jones also brought a clean knee at the end of the knuckle, but he fired a hook back as it didn’t hit him until the kite.
At the opening of the second round, Jones was looking for just as a kick sent him falling to the canvas. Like the previous round, he fired back as if he was nothing, but Davis certainly seemed to have the win.
Jones then caught the American enemy with clean blows against the cage and the tide began to turn. While Jones was throwing volume, it seemed
Davis was probably doing the job cleaner when they stood in front of each other.
Either way, the two men, Jones in particular, were walking through pictures that were pretty bad.
Davis was very good at using Jones ’forward move against him
The first two rounds ended with Davis and before Jones really came on the gas and outscored his tired opponent in the third, it was too late.
He finished falling 28-29 over the three judges and moved to 10-1.
He is the second double champion to make the leap from Cage Warriors in UFC history after claiming the lightweight and welterweight titles. The other one? McGregor, of course.
After becoming a double champion, he signed a UFC contract 12 days later and has three more fights on his contract.
McGregor signed the same four-fight contract when he joined the UFC.
As Jones mocks his wounds and looks to come again, McGregor will try to secure status as the UFC’s biggest star when he returns to the ring this weekend against Dustin Poirier. .
Jones appears to have been knocked out after losing a hard-fought battle with Davis