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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Doug McMichaels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jericho Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jericho Williams told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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205 lbs
3 - 3 - 0 |
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195 cm
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217 lbs
2 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
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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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Doug McMichaels!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jericho Williams!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Gwen Towbar and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McMichaels tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
McMichaels jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
McMichaels misses with a double jab
and Williams holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Williams lands an elbow inside that McMichaels shrugs off.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Williams is struggling to control the position.
Williams throws a knee to the head but misses.
A frustrated look appears on McMichaels's face as he tries to break the clinch.
McMichaels tries to break the clinch but Williams is controlling the position.
McMichaels is trying to break the clinch but Williams is controlling him.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Williams.
McMichaels really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Williams lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
McMichaels tries to break the clinch but Williams is controlling the position.
Williams lands a knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
McMichaels working hard to break the clinch.
McMichaels takes an elbow to the forehead.
McMichaels wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Williams is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Williams misses with a knee to the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Williams takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
McMichaels working hard to break the clinch.
McMichaels takes an elbow to the temple.
Williams misses with a knee strike.
Williams trying to stall but McMichaels improves his position.
Williams keeps control of McMichaels as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
McMichaels wants to break free but Williams has control.
Williams keeps the fight in the clinch, despite McMichaels's efforts to push away.
Williams lands a nice knee to the body.
A frustrated look appears on McMichaels's face as he tries to break the clinch.
McMichaels tries to break free but Williams pushes him back against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Williams gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Williams prevents McMichaels from breaking the clinch.
Williams scores with a knee to the head.
Williams lands a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
McMichaels is breathing heavily.
Williams controlling the action here for a moment.
Williams throws a knee to the head but misses.
McMichaels looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Williams misses with a knee strike.
Williams stalling in the clinch.
Williams lands an elbow just above McMichaels 's eye.
McMichaels is trying to break the clinch but Williams is controlling him.
A frustrated look appears on McMichaels's face as he tries to break the clinch.
McMichaels has had enough of the clinch but Williams keeps him there for the moment.
Williams lands a nice elbow.
Williams has McMichaels pressed against the cage, preventing McMichaels from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Williams lands an elbow just above McMichaels 's eye.
Williams is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but McMichaels is keeping busy.
McMichaels is trying to break the clinch but Williams has him pressed against the cage.
Williams has McMichaels pressed against the cage, preventing McMichaels from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
McMichaels looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McMichaels manages to break the clinch.
Williams tries to clinch but McMichaels moves out of range.
McMichaels avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A punch combination from McMichaels misses.
Williams dodges the punch combination from McMichaels.
Williams walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Williams takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Williams dodges the punch combination from McMichaels.
The fight stays on the outside here - Williams looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
McMichaels misses with a double jab.
McMichaels throws a right hand that Williams ducks under and follows up with a left that Williams also avoids with ease.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams moves out of range of the body kick from McMichaels.
McMichaels looks to land a combination but Williams avoids it well.
Williams clinches.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Williams with a knee to the head.
Williams with an attempt at a knee that misses.
McMichaels is trying to break the clinch but Williams is controlling him.
McMichaels wants to break free but Williams has control.
McMichaels is trying to break free.
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!
McMichaels wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Williams has him pressed against the cage.
Williams keeps the fight in the clinch, despite McMichaels's efforts to push away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McMichaels has had enough of the clinch but Williams keeps him there for the moment.
McMichaels takes an elbow to the temple.
Nice elbow from Williams.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Williams.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jericho Williams dominated that round.
That's time! McMichaels's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
McMichaels misses with a body kick.
McMichaels misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Doug McMichaels is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Williams closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
McMichaels throws a combination that misses
and Williams counters by moving into the clinch.
Williams connects with a knee to the head.
Williams misses with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Williams.
Williams comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Williams lands a good knee to the midsection. McMichaels won't want to take too many of those.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Williams tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Williams with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
McMichaels can't break the clinch.
Williams lands an elbow that stopped McMichaels in his tracks for a moment.
McMichaels has had enough of the clinch but Williams keeps him there for the moment.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Williams comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
McMichaels wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams with a knee to the head.
Williams throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but McMichaels blocks it with crossed arms.
Williams lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Williams taking a breather.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Williams just misses with a elbow thrown towards McMichaels's brow.
McMichaels tries to break free but Williams pushes him back against the cage.
McMichaels dodges an elbow strike from Williams.
Williams trying to stall but McMichaels improves his position.
Williams throws an elbow that misses.
Williams tries to land knees in the clinch but McMichaels avoids the damage to the body.
McMichaels breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Williams fails in his attempt to clinch.
McMichaels swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Doug McMichaels seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McMichaels tries a head kick but it misses.
McMichaels misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
McMichaels misses with a kick to the body
and Williams counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Williams's hands are dropping dangerously low here and McMichaels connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Williams scrambles back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McMichaels circles away from the clinch attempt.
Williams tries to clinch there but McMichaels circles away.
Danga de danga de dang - McMichaels scores with a four punch combination!
McMichaels misses with a right hand
and Williams counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McMichaels tries to break the clinch but Williams is controlling the position.
Williams is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
McMichaels is trying to push Williams away but Williams has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Williams keeps control of McMichaels as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Williams utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
McMichaels has had enough of the clinch but Williams keeps him there for the moment.
Williams misses with a knee strike.
McMichaels wants to get back to striking at distance but Williams won't allow it.
Williams gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Come on Williams - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
McMichaels working hard to break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McMichaels wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Williams creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through McMichaels's defenses.
A frustrated look appears on McMichaels's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Williams is trying to maintain a safe position but McMichaels gets an underhook and turns Williams into the cage.
Nice elbow from Williams.
McMichaels can't break the clinch.
McMichaels is trying to break free.
McMichaels blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
McMichaels is trying to push Williams away but Williams has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Williams stalling in the clinch.
McMichaels takes a knee right on the jaw!
McMichaels wants to break free but Williams has control.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
McMichaels is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Williams keeps control of McMichaels as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
McMichaels has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Williams.
Williams with an attempt at a knee that misses.
McMichaels working hard to break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McMichaels is trying to break the clinch but Williams is controlling him.
McMichaels tries to break the clinch but Williams is controlling the position.
Williams tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
McMichaels takes an elbow to the temple.
Williams throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but McMichaels blocks it with crossed arms.
Williams keeps the fight in the clinch, despite McMichaels's efforts to push away.
McMichaels working hard to break the clinch.
McMichaels tries to break free but Williams pushes him back against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McMichaels can't break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on McMichaels's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Williams's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Williams lands a damaging elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Williams misses with a knee strike.
McMichaels is trying to break free.
Jericho Williams seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Williams scores a nice knee to the body.
Williams scores with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jericho Williams showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
McMichaels throws a series of punches but Williams avoids them all with ease.
McMichaels misses with a two punch combination.
McMichaels throws a right and a left that both miss.
McMichaels tries to bum rush Williams with a series of wild strikes but Williams uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
McMichaels lands with a thumping leg kick.
Williams on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
McMichaels throws a series of punches but Williams avoids them all with ease.
McMichaels misses with a combination
and Williams counters with an outside leg kick.
McMichaels misses with the combination.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Williams moves in looking to clinch but McMichaels pushes him off.
McMichaels keeps the fight on the outside.
McMichaels throws a leg kick
and Williams counters with a big head kick but McMichaels shrugs it off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from McMichaels misses.
Left hook, right uppercut from McMichaels.
A head kick misses from McMichaels.
McMichaels avoids the head kick by Williams.
Doug McMichaels is winning the standup battle so far.
McMichaels tries a head kick but it misses.
McMichaels throws a right hand that Williams ducks under and follows up with a left that Williams also avoids with ease.
Williams has managed to clinch.
Williams trying to control the position but instead, McMichaels has worked for underhooks and has pushed Williams into the cage.
Williams throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but McMichaels blocks it with crossed arms.
McMichaels has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Williams with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Williams is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Williams lands a damaging elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McMichaels working hard to break the clinch.
McMichaels has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A bit of stalling here from Williams.
Williams misses with a knee strike.
Williams has McMichaels pressed against the cage, preventing McMichaels from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Williams is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but McMichaels is keeping busy.
McMichaels tries to break free but Williams pushes him back against the cage.
Williams keeps control of McMichaels as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A knee to the head by Williams.
Williams misses with an elbow over the top.
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!
Williams tries to land knees in the clinch but McMichaels avoids the damage to the body.
Williams keeps control of McMichaels as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
McMichaels working hard to break the clinch.
McMichaels is trying to push Williams away but Williams has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
McMichaels has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Williams throws a knee to the head but misses.
McMichaels is trying to force a seperation but Williams has the dominant position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McMichaels wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
McMichaels can't break the clinch.
Williams is looking to control McMichaels's arms but McMichaels gets an underhook and turns him. Now Williams has his back to the cage.
Williams throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but McMichaels blocks it with crossed arms.
McMichaels wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Williams has him pressed against the cage.
Williams pushes off an throws an elbow but McMichaels leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
McMichaels can't break the clinch.
Williams tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
McMichaels wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
McMichaels has had enough of the clinch but Williams keeps him there for the moment.
McMichaels wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
McMichaels is trying to break free.
McMichaels wants to break the clinch but can't.
Williams pushes off an throws an elbow but McMichaels leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Williams lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
McMichaels's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
McMichaels avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jab from McMichaels.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch up but McMichaels swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Williams drops his hands momentarily and McMichaels takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
McMichaels tries a head kick but it misses.
McMichaels is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
McMichaels just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd cheers as McMichaels lands an impressive looking overhand right. Williams doesn't seem phased though.
McMichaels swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Williams counters with a big head kick but McMichaels shrugs it off.
McMichaels throws a lazy head kick
and Williams counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. McMichaels is lucky that one didn't land flush.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McMichaels cracks Williams with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but McMichaels paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Doug McMichaels has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Williams slips a jab and a cross from McMichaels.
McMichaels throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Williams counters with a nice uppercut.
Jericho Williams is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Williams wants to clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Doug McMichaels showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Williams 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 George Francis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jericho Williams!
During a confident post fight interview, Jericho Williams thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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