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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between William Joseph (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommy Lotus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joseph's entrance music is TEARS FOR FEARS - SHOUT. A fine choice. The crowd seem to be enjoying Lotus's choice of entrance music: Eye of the tiger. 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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169 lbs
24 - 11 - 0 |
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183 lbs
26 - 35 - 2 |
Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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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
24 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, William Joseph!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 35 - 2, fighting out of London, Tommy Lotus!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Sam Margolis and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Joseph tries to clinch but Lotus is having none of it.
Joseph shoots in and drives through. Lotus sprawls well.
Lotus stuffs the takedown.
Joseph doesn't succeed with the takedown
letting Lotus counter with a right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for William Joseph. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lotus fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Lotus defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Joseph.
Joseph shoots for a double leg takedown but Lotus sprawls well. He's pushed Joseph's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Joseph throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Lotus counter with a right hand.
Joseph tries to clinch but Lotus moves away
and Lotus counters with a left and a right that stings Joseph.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Joseph takes the fight into the clinch.
Lotus is trying to break the clinch but Joseph is controlling him.
Lotus tries to break free but Joseph pushes him back against the cage.
Lotus has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
I was talking to Joseph's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Lotus working hard to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Joseph misses with a short punch on the inside.
Joseph with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Joseph misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lotus is trying to force a seperation but Joseph has the dominant position.
Joseph tries a body shot but Lotus blocks it.
Joseph fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Joseph lands a body punch.
Lotus wants to get back to striking at distance but Joseph won't allow it.
Joseph scores with a nice hook to the head.
The referee calls for Joseph to work.
Joseph lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Joseph.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Joseph.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lotus is trying to break the clinch but Joseph is controlling him.
Joseph working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Joseph tries to land a knee to the head but Lotus blocks with his arms.
Joseph working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Joseph lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Lotus or not.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Joseph scores with a shot to the side of Lotus's head.
A short right from Joseph on the inside.
Joseph stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Lotus is looking to break free of the clinch but Joseph has double underhooks.
Lotus breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lotus has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Joseph is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Lotus will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Joseph closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joseph misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lotus has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Joseph is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Lotus's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Joseph lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Joseph.
Joseph is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Joseph lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lotus backwards.
Lotus wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lotus has had enough of the clinch but Joseph keeps him there for the moment.
A nice left hand lands by Joseph.
Joseph lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Joseph scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Joseph tries a knee to the head but Lotus blocks it.
Joseph taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Joseph is leaning against Lotus and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Joseph.
Joseph putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Lotus in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Joseph lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Joseph lands a hook that snaps the head of Lotus backwards.
Lotus tries to break the clinch but Joseph is controlling the position.
Joseph prevents Lotus from breaking the clinch.
Joseph lands a shot to the body.
Lotus has had enough of the clinch but Joseph keeps him there for the moment.
Joseph lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Joseph taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Joseph prevents Lotus from breaking the clinch.
Joseph pushes Lotus back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Joseph with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lotus wants to break the clinch but can't.
Joseph prevents Lotus from breaking the clinch.
Joseph lands with a right to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
William Joseph dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Joseph with a poor takedown
and Lotus counters with a two punch combo.
Lotus shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Joseph sprawls well. Joseph wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Lotus gets slowly back to his feet.
Lotus tries to keep at a distance but Joseph has taken the fight into the clinch.
Joseph lands a shoulder strike.
Lotus tries to break free but Joseph pushes him back against the cage.
Lotus looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Joseph using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lotus has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Joseph crunches a lovely knee into Lotus's ribcage.
Joseph misses with a body punch.
Lotus has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Joseph using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Joseph.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Joseph working Lotus over with knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Joseph lands a shot to the body.
Joseph pushes Lotus back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Come on Joseph - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Lotus has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Joseph gets through Lotus's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Joseph is working Lotus over against the cage.
Lotus is trying to break free.
Joseph scores with a nice hook to the head.
Joseph has Lotus pressed against the cage, preventing Lotus from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Lotus wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
William Joseph has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A short right from Joseph on the inside.
Joseph can't find room to land a body shot as Lotus controls the action.
Lotus is trying to break the clinch but Joseph is controlling him.
Joseph pushes Lotus back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Joseph has Lotus pressed against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Joseph scores with a nice short uppercut.
Joseph landing some nice looking knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lotus is trying to break the clinch but Joseph is controlling him.
Lotus tries to break the clinch but Joseph is controlling the position.
A short uppercut from Joseph.
A body shot lands from Joseph.
Joseph lands a nice uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Joseph.
Joseph putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Lotus in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Lotus is breathing heavily.
Joseph lands an uppercut.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Joseph.
Joseph lands a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Joseph.
A body shot lands from Joseph.
Good body shot from Joseph.
Lotus is trying to break the clinch but Joseph has him pressed against the cage.
Lotus wants to break free but Joseph has control.
Joseph tries to throw a body punch but Lotus avoids it by throwing Joseph back against the cage.
Joseph tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lotus's elbow.
Joseph scores with a shot to the side of Lotus's head.
Lotus wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Joseph lands an uppercut.
Lotus blocks a body shot from Joseph.
Lotus's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Joseph throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Joseph prevents Lotus from breaking the clinch.
Joseph lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Joseph lands a nice shot to the body.
Joseph lands a body punch in the clinch.
Joseph misses with a punch to the body.
Joseph taking a breather.
Joseph lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Joseph taking a breather.
Joseph scores with a nice hook to the head.
Joseph scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Joseph lands a right hand.
Joseph lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Joseph.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Joseph takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Joseph working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
William Joseph dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Joseph tries for a takedown but Lotus sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Joseph closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Joseph is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lotus can do to turn this around?
Joseph lands a shoulder strike.
Joseph lands a body shot.
Joseph stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Joseph landing knees to the body.
Lotus can't break the clinch.
Joseph lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lotus backwards.
Joseph displaying some good clinch control by pressing Lotus up against the cage.
Lotus wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lotus takes a knee to the side of the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lotus tries to break the clinch but Joseph is controlling the position.
Joseph lands a knee to the head.
Lotus takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Joseph lands a knee to the head.
Joseph doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lotus is trying to break free.
Joseph works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Joseph lands with a right to the head.
Joseph landing knees to the body.
Joseph lands with a short shot to the head.
Joseph lands with a light punch inside.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Joseph lands a body shot.
Joseph lands a knee to the head.
Joseph scores a nice knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Joseph lands with a light punch inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joseph keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lotus's efforts to push away.
Joseph pushes Lotus back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Joseph utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Joseph lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Lotus takes an elbow to the temple.
Joseph scores with a nice hook to the head.
Joseph lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Joseph lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lotus is rocked!
Joseph lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lotus backwards.
Lotus is still on wobbly legs! Can Joseph finish him?
Joseph pushes Lotus against the cage. Joseph is working some dirty boxing. Joseph pushes off with a quick right hook! Lotus goes down! Lotus tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Joseph moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). William Joseph!
A relieved looking William Joseph thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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