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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cory Steel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James William (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Steel's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Immortal Technique-Point of no return. William has chosen Outlaw's Reward as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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214 lbs
20 - 10 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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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
24 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Cory Steel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, James William!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, John Roberts and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steel misses with a wild body shot.
Steel throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Steel feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Williams jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
It looks like James William has been cut.
Steel looks to land a combination but William avoids it well.
Cory Steel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Steel tries to bum rush William with a series of wild strikes but William uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Steel is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
William shoots in for a takedown but Steel shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Steel throws a left and a right that both miss
and William counters with a shoot takedown. Steel fights it but they end up in guard.
Steel wants to get back to his feet but William is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Steel is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and William dives into side control.
William working the body and head with strikes.
William in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
That's one minute gone in the round.
William tries to advance to mount but can't.
Steel wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
William is working Steel over with some ground and pound from side control.
William working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Steel wants to get back to his feet but William drags him back down.
William working the body and head with strikes.
William is chipping away with strikes.
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!
The ground and pound from William seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Sloppy strikes there by William.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
William throwing shots but missing, from side control.
William tries for a kimura but Steel is defending well.
William throws a strike aimed at the side of Steel's head but Steel avoids it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steel wants to get back to his feet but William drags him back down.
The ground and pound from William seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
William cracks Steel with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Steel is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
William landing a few strikes.
Steel is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Steel is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
William scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Steel to see if he's OK.
Steel tries to escape but William is in control.
William connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Steel some visible discomfort.
Steel is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, William asserts his dominance and retains side control.
William working the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
William tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no William has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
William working the ground and pound.
William cracks Steel with a big right hand but Steel just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
William scores with punches from side control.
William is putting a hurting on Steel here, landing some big shots from side control.
William working the head with strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Steel is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, William asserts his dominance and retains side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
William scores with punches from side control.
Steel wants to get back to his feet.
William is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Steel is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Steel is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, William asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Steel tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
William connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
William with shots to the head and body - Steel looks very uncomfortable down there.
William with a couple of short strikes.
Steel is rocked!
William breaks from Steel's wrist control and lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James William dominated that round.
The cut man is working on James William's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Steel throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
William uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Steel.
William gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Steel wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Steel wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
William keeps control of Steel as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Steel blocks a punch to the side of the head.
William misses with a short punch on the inside.
William lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Steel is trying to push William away but William has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
William throws a punch but it's blocked by Steel.
A body shot lands from William.
William lands with a light punch inside.
Steel scores with a nice hook to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A frustrated look appears on Steel's face as he tries to break the clinch.
William lands a right hand.
Steel tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from William.
That's one minute gone in the round.
William lands a right hand that snaps the head of Steel backwards.
Steel can't break the clinch.
Nice body punch from William.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
William misses with a shot to the kidneys.
William lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Steel wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but William has him pressed against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from William.
Steel working hard to break the clinch.
William lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Steel backwards.
Steel looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
James William seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
William lands a body punch.
William makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
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!
William lands a hook that snaps the head of Steel backwards.
William lands a body punch in the clinch.
William tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Steel smiles and moves away.
Steel throws a jab when William was well out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steel misses with an uppercut. William saw that one coming.
William scores with the left hand. Steel knows he should have avoided that one.
Cory Steel is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
William swinging wildly here.
A jab from William finds it's way through Steel's defenses.
Steel takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
William works Steel's body with a nice hook.
William forces Steel back against the cage and clinches.
Steel letting William take a breather here.
William decides to pull guard.
William looking to hit a scissor sweep but Steel is one step ahead there.
William has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Steel should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, William has tightened it up now! Steel should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). James William!
Jumping up and down and very excited, James William waved his t-shirt featuring Brute's logo in front of the cameras.
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