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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Will Dickinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Whonjon William (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Dickinson might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to turisas- stand up and fight. Whonjon William has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Will Dickinson's chin.
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Abu Dhabi Champ
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Will Dickinson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Whonjon William!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dickinson decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Dickinson missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Dickinson is controlling the pace.
William tries to roll over but Dickinson keeps him under control.
William looking for submissions off his back.
Dickinson wants to take a breather but William is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
William is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Dickinson lands strikes from half guard.
Dickinson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks William with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dickinson is keen to just control but William is a slippery customer.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
William is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Dickinson wants to take a breather but William is having none of it.
William avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Dickinson.
Dickinson is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but William still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, William has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!
William tries to move to mount but Dickinson blocks the move with his legs.
Check out the look on William's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
William is trying to get an arm triangle but Dickinson is defending well.
Dickinson is looking to reverse the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
William is staying tight to Dickinson's torso, preventing him from escaping.
William is looking to take a break and control but Dickinson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Dickinson is looking to reverse the position.
William fails to land a wild elbow strike.
The strikes coming from William are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Dickinson managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by William.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dickinson on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
The referee asks William politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. William prefers to stall for the moment though.
William wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Dickinson, who protects the arm well.
William tries to score with some ground and pound. Dickinson controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
William lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Dickinson down.
Dickinson is not content to let William control the position.
Dickinson sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Dickinson is not content to let William control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dickinson moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
William throws a strike but Dickinson rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Dickinson working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Dickinson trying to control the position from guard on top but William is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
William is trying to keep Dickinson in close.
William is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Dickinson is aware though and is defending well.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
William keeping moving, preventing Dickinson from controlling successfully.
William tries to strike from the bottom.
William tries to land a sweep but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Whonjon William will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Dickinson tries to close the distance and clinch but William swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A countering left hand to the body from William misses.
William misses with an uppercut. Dickinson saw that one coming.
Dickinson takes the fight into the clinch.
Dickinson gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
William has an active guard here but Dickinson has managed to pass into half guard.
William is looking to improve his position.
William looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dickinson scoring with strikes to the body and head.
William tries to get to full guard but Dickinson has control of the leg.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Will Dickinson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
William is defending against the submission attempts here by Dickinson.
Dickinson winds up and cracks William with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
William is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Dickinson's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Dickinson's back!
Dickinson trying to control but not successfully.
William lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Dickinson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dickinson tries to escape but William has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Dickinson prevents William from getting a body triangle.
I really don't envy Dickinson right now.
William is trying to stick to Dickinson's back but Dickinson is turning into William. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in William's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Dickinson.
Dickinson postures up and lands a big shot to William's brow.
William looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Dickinson stands up over William, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
We've been hearing that Dickinson has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
William throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Dickinson trying to control the position from guard on top but William is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
William can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Dickinson controls the pace.
William is trying to control the position from the bottom.
William throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Dickinson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Dickinson avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
William keeping moving, preventing Dickinson from controlling successfully.
Dickinson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Dickinson forces his way into half guard.
Dickinson prevents William from improving his position.
Dickinson is looking to take a break and control but William is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Ground and pound from Dickinson.
Dickinson wants to control but William is keeping him busy.
William gets back to full guard.
Dickinson looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dickinson wants to control from the top but William keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Will Dickinson dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Dickinson ducks under a wild hook from William.
Dickinson appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
William scores with a nice strike.
Dickinson shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. William is trying to defend but Dickinson finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
William is staying active underneath Dickinson, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Dickinson is looking for a kimura but William is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Dickinson to get the leverage.
Dickinson prevents William from improving his position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dickinson is looking to advance position but William won't allow it.
William trying to hold on to Dickinson's head to control him but Dickinson postures up.
Dickinson thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's one minute gone in the round.
William has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Dickinson is working away from the top position though.
William is looking for a sweep. Dickinson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
William punching from the bottom.
Dickinson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed William's head.
Dickinson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
William wants to improve his position but Dickinson is controlling well.
William keeps trying to improve his position.
William manages to get to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
William preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Dickinson wants to control from the top but William keeps moving.
William is looking for a triangle but Dickinson pushes his legs off easily.
William working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Dickinson doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Dickinson manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Dickinson works over William with some ground and pound from guard.
William looking for a guillotine here but Dickinson defends easily.
Dickinson advances to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
William has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Dickinson is working away from the top position though.
Nice strikes from Dickinson there.
Dickinson is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Nice strikes from Dickinson there.
Dickinson throwing shots but William is blocking nicely.
William on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Dickinson lands with a punch from half guard.
William is looking to improve his position.
Dickinson has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dickinson scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish William?
Dickinson landing strikes from the mount.
William is wriggling around trying to escape.
Dickinson looking to control but William is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Dickinson lands a nice shot to the head.
William can't escape the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dickinson content just to control the position here.
William wants to control but Dickinson is having none of it.
William tries to reverse the position but Dickinson maintains control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Will Dickinson showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Dickinson has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Will Dickinson!
A victorious Will Dickinson thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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