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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mike Bansa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Derrick Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Derrick Williams was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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155 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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155 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Self confident |
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Decent boxing
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mike Bansa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Derrick Williams!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bansa connects with the punch.
Mike Bansa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bansa rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Williams moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bansa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Williams.
Williams is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Bansa's half guard.
Bansa is defending against the submission attempts here by Williams.
Williams throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Bansa to regain full guard.
Bansa working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Williams.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams tries to free his leg and advance position but Bansa is retaining full guard.
Bansa is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Williams is controlling him.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Williams controls from within his opponent's guard.
Williams pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bansa is keeping the position for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Derrick Williams wasn't active enough on the ground.
Bansa misses with a double jab
and Williams counters with a one-two to the body.
Bansa tries to clinch up but Williams circles away and keeps his distance.
Bansa fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bansa tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Williams counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
A head kick misses from Bansa.
Bansa throws a nice inside leg kick.
Bansa tries to clinch there but Williams circles away.
Bansa lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bansa doesn't manage to clinch there - Williams circles away.
Williams avoids the head kick by Bansa.
Bansa moves into the clinch successfully.
Bansa unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bansa scores a nice knee to the body.
Bansa misses with an elbow strike.
Bansa pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Williams wants a takedown but no success here.
Bansa breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bansa misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bansa throws a head kick but Williams moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bansa tries to clinch
and Williams counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Knees to the body from Bansa.
Williams looks winded!
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!
Bansa using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bansa lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bansa breaks from the clinch.
Bansa is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bansa is looking to clinch but Williams is avoiding it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bansa lands a big head kick that sends Williams tumbling to the mat! Bansa takes a step backwards and waves Williams back to his feet - he wants the finish!
It looks like Derrick Williams has been cut.
Williams swats away the attempt to clinch by Bansa.
Bansa rushes Williams and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Bansa dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Derrick Williams's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Bansa tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Williams paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bansa lands a left and a right that send Williams crashing to the mat, dazed. Bansa thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Williams is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bansa tries to clinch up
and Williams counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Williams stops Bansa from standing up.
Williams's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Bansa wants to get back to his feet but Williams is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Williams throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bansa works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bansa keeping moving, preventing Williams from controlling successfully.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Derrick Williams.
Bansa throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Williams throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Bansa was covering up waiting for the punch and Williams finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Bansa has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Williams off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Williams shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Bansa sprawls well. Bansa wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Williams gets slowly back to his feet.
Williams is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bansa stuns Williams with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Bansa tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Williams paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bansa forces Williams back against the cage and clinches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bansa has had enough of the clinch but Williams keeps him there for the moment.
Bansa lands a good knee to the midsection. Williams won't want to take too many of those.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bansa just misses with a elbow thrown towards Williams's brow.
Bansa throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bansa lands an elbow just above Williams 's eye.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bansa is trying to break the clinch but Williams is controlling him.
Bansa looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bansa looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Williams jumps guard but Bansa turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Bansa's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Williams fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Mike Bansa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Derrick Williams.
Williams keeps the fight on the outside.
Bansa stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Bansa wants it to stay on the feet.
Mike Bansa is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bansa swinging wildly here.
Bansa tries to close the distance and clinch up but Williams swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bansa fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bansa is looking to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bansa looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Williams shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Bansa as he avoids it easily.
Mike Bansa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bansa doesn't manage to clinch there - Williams circles away.
Mike Bansa is winning the standup battle so far.
Bansa lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bansa pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bansa tries to clinch there but Williams circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Bansa dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Derrick Williams's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Bansa is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bansa is looking to clinch but Williams is avoiding it.
Williams shoots in looking for a takedown. Bansa tries to sprawl out of it but Williams keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Bansa manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bansa looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bansa is looking to slow Williams down with leg kicks.
Bansa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Williams avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bansa misses with a head kick.
Williams decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Williams takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Williams stalling away here and it's allowed Bansa to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Williams trying to control the position from guard on top but Bansa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Williams throws a strike but Bansa rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Bansa pushing down on Williams's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bansa passes to full mount!
Bansa lands a nice shot to the head.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Williams can do anything to dispel that myth.
Bansa with the ground and pound from mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Williams is bucking up trying to escape but Bansa cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Derrick Williams has got the better of the ground game so far.
Bansa lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Williams hang on?
Bansa landing strikes from the mount and Williams is in trouble!
Williams is still in real trouble! Can Bansa finish him?
Bansa working Williams over with strikes here.
Bansa scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Williams takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Bansa's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mike Bansa!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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