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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between William Templeton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josh Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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203 lbs
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210 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
KO power |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Dangerous knees
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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
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, William Templeton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Josh Williams!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Micheangelo Fripello and Roger Salmon.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Templeton is looking to control Williams's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Templeton avoid being mounted?
Williams is stalling here. Templeton is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Williams seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Templeton has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Templeton knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Williams on the ground.
Templeton is staying tight to Williams's torso, preventing him from escaping.
You can see the frustration on Williams's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Williams is looking for a sweep.
Templeton decides to stand back up. Templeton steps back and let's Williams get back to his feet.
Williams shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams 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.
Williams wants to work for an arm triangle but Templeton is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Templeton is not content to let Williams control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Templeton trying to control but Williams postures up.
Williams thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Templeton's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Templeton is trying to stand up here but Williams is controlling him well.
Williams is looking for a kimura but Templeton is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Williams to get the leverage.
Williams wants to control but Templeton is keeping him busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Templeton wants to get back to full guard.
Williams is thwarting Templeton's attempts to control the position.
Templeton wants to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Templeton trying to hold on to Williams's head to control him but Williams postures up.
We're going to have a standup here because William Templeton wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Templeton closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Williams looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Williams tries to get to full guard but Templeton has control of the leg.
Templeton is figuring out what he wants to do next.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Templeton seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Williams for as long as he can get away with.
Templeton works his way into full mount!
Williams in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
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!
Templeton in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Templeton controlling from the full mount.
Templeton with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Templeton trying to control but Williams is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
William Templeton dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Williams scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Templeton tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Williams goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Templeton has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Williams but great work by Templeton.
Williams is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Williams gets full guard.
Templeton trying to control but Williams is working from the bottom.
Templeton scoring with punches to the head and body.
Templeton scoring with punches to the head and body.
Williams trying to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Templeton trying to control but Williams is working from the bottom.
Templeton scoring with punches to the head and body.
Templeton scoring with some ground and pound.
William Templeton overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Templeton sitting in guard here, content to control.
Williams bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Templeton's guard.
Templeton might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Templeton has control of Williams's left arm, preventing Williams from doing any damage.
Williams trying to control the position from guard on top but Templeton is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Templeton trying to control the position here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Templeton is keeping the position for now.
We're going to have a standup here because William Templeton wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Templeton decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Templeton is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Templeton is trying to control the action in half guard but Williams is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Templeton is working for a kimura but Williams is defending it quite comfortably.
Templeton is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Templeton is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Templeton shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Williams is looking to improve his position.
Templeton wants to stand but Williams has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Templeton 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.
Templeton is controlling the pace.
Templeton throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
William Templeton dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Templeton gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Templeton escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Williams shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Williams was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Templeton is looking to improve his position but Williams isn't that keen on the idea.
Templeton tries to hold on but Williams pushes him away.
Templeton wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Williams.
Templeton tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Templeton tries to hold on but Williams pushes him away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams unloads with some shots from mount but Templeton bucks and avoids them well.
Templeton is looking to improve his position but Williams isn't that keen on the idea.
Williams avoids the attempt from Templeton to control.
Williams looking to control but Templeton is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Templeton tries to hold on but Williams postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Templeton avoids a series of strikes thrown by Williams.
Templeton tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Williams punching from mount but Templeton doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Templeton tries to hold on but Williams pushes him away.
Williams looking to ground and pound but Templeton is blocking nicely.
Williams can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Templeton is looking to escape.
Williams unloads with some shots from mount but Templeton bucks and avoids them well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Templeton is bucking up trying to escape but Williams cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Josh Williams has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Williams misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Williams can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Templeton is looking to escape.
Templeton is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Williams locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! Templeton is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Josh Williams!
Josh Williams gave a mention to [GTI] Divine Clothing in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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