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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between William Snowdon (ranked 1234 p4p, 512 weight class) and Alonzo Trotter (ranked 182 p4p, 84 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, William Snowdon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 19 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alonzo Trotter!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trotter digs a good body shot into Snowdon's ribs.
Snowdon is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Trotter.
Trotter appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Trotter lands with a straight right. Snowdon didn't see that one coming.
Trotter scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Snowdon throws a right and a left that both miss.
Snowdon throws out a powerful jab.
A big right from Snowdon misses.
Snowdon takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Snowdon lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Snowdon getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Snowdon connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Snowdon bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Trotter's head backwards.
William Snowdon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Snowdon lands with an uppercut that bounces Trotter off the cage and back into range.
Snowdon connects with a body shot that sends Trotter's belly button to the back.
Snowdon is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Trotter on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Snowdon throws an off balance right hand
and Snowdon takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Snowdon swats away the attempt to clinch by Trotter.
Snowdon fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Trotter scores with a jab to the head.
Trotter tries to close the distance and clinch but Snowdon swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Snowdon jabbing away but nothing is landing.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Trotter has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Snowdon throws a leg kick but Trotter sees it coming and checks it nicely.
William Snowdon is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Trotter misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Snowdon.
Snowdon lands with a nice body kick.
Snowdon goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Snowdon throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jab by Snowdon.
Snowdon uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Trotter.
Trotter misses with a body shot.
Trotter uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Snowdon.
Snowdon misses with a straight left.
Trotter throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Snowdon throws an overhand right that lands on Trotter's shoulder, as Trotter tries to avoid the shot.
Trotter throws a hook to the side of Snowdon's head but Snowdon sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Snowdon moves away from the strike by Trotter.
Snowdon lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Trotter takes a swing at Snowdon's ribcage but misses.
Snowdon lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Trotter throws a lazy uppercut
and Snowdon cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A slow jab from Snowdon misses its intended target.
Trotter changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Snowdon misses with a head kick.
Trotter clinches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Snowdon.
Trotter lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Snowdon gets through Trotter's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Snowdon working aggressively here.
Snowdon throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Trotter blocking some punches.
Trotter lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Trotter goes for a takedown in the clinch but Snowdon prevents it.
Snowdon swings wildly with an uppercut but Trotter uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Snowdon working aggressively here.
Trotter has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Snowdon is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Snowdon lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Snowdon fails to land.
Snowdon breaks the clinch.
Snowdon is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Trotter tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Snowdon is able to avoid easily.
Snowdon keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Trotter.
Snowdon lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Trotter throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Trotter has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Snowdon missing with a left hand there. Trotter was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A jab from Snowdon misses.
Snowdon swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Snowdon throws a jab when Trotter was well out of range.
Trotter closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Trotter wants to control but Snowdon is keeping him busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trotter is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Snowdon knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Snowdon tries to improve position but can't.
Trotter taking a break here but Snowdon is having none of it and regains half guard.
Trotter looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Snowdon wants to get back to full guard.
Snowdon trying to control from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Snowdon wants to get back to full guard.
Trotter is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Snowdon looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
William Snowdon dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Trotter instigates a clinch.
Trotter lands a shoulder strike.
Snowdon lands a nice uppercut.
Trotter misses with the head strike.
Snowdon swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Snowdon can't find room to land a body shot as Trotter controls the action.
Trotter presses Snowdon against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Trotter goes for a takedown attempt but Snowdon pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Trotter scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Snowdon throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Snowdon lands an overhand right.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Trotter.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Snowdon manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Snowdon wants to get back to full guard.
Snowdon slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Snowdon is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Alonzo Trotter has got the better of the ground game so far.
Trotter forces his way into half guard.
Snowdon is looking to control Trotter's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Snowdon avoid being mounted?
Snowdon is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Trotter can do to turn this around?
Trotter is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Snowdon defends it well.
Snowdon is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Trotter pulls his head out easily.
Trotter with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trotter is keen to just control but Snowdon is a slippery customer.
Snowdon wants to improve his position but Trotter is controlling well.
Trotter 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.
Snowdon wants to get back to his feet.
Trotter is looking for a kimura but Snowdon is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Trotter to get the leverage.
Snowdon is staying active underneath Trotter, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Snowdon is working on a guillotine. He's managed to get to full guard and he's really squeezing tight! Trotter is tapping! Great win for Snowdon!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:06 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). William Snowdon!
A relieved looking William Snowdon thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
Alonzo Trotter was interviewed post fight and said 'Sorry dudes'.
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hype
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