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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Raistlin Lovelair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ash Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ash Williams struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 206.2lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Raistlin Lovelair has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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220 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
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225 lbs
14 - 6 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
Good chin |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
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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
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Raistlin Lovelair!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ash Williams!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Steve Montenegro and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams scores with a hook to the body. Lovelair takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Williams clinches up with Lovelair and pushes him back against the cage.
Williams lands a shoulder strike.
Williams managing to block the knees to the body from Lovelair.
Lovelair misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Williams.
Williams managing to block the knees to the body from Lovelair.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Williams creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Williams lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Lovelair or not.
Lovelair's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
It looks like Raistlin Lovelair has been cut.
A short right from Williams on the inside.
Williams managing to block the knees to the body from Lovelair.
Williams scores with a nice hook to the head.
Williams lands a body shot in the clinch.
Lovelair is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lovelair's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Williams breaks the clinch.
Lovelair walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Williams with a hook.
Williams fails with the takedown
and Lovelair counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams lands a nice uppercut.
Williams tries to throw a body punch but Lovelair avoids it by throwing Williams back against the cage.
Lovelair tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lovelair throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Williams blocks it with crossed arms.
Williams blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Williams avoiding damage as Lovelair throws knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Williams.
Williams avoiding damage as Lovelair throws knees to the body.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Williams has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Williams avoiding damage as Lovelair throws knees to the body.
Lovelair letting Williams take a breather here.
Williams manages to break the clinch.
Williams connects with a good right hand that stumbles Lovelair. Lovelair circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Williams throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Williams delivers a nice body kick.
Lovelair looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Williams keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lovelair looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Williams lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lovelair throws a head kick that misses
and Williams counters with a nice uppercut.
Williams lands a high kick!
Williams shoots in and gets a takedown into Lovelair's guard.
Williams wants to stand and escape but instead Lovelair has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Lovelair throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Williams works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Lovelair lands a couple of elbows.
Williams looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Let's hope that Williams has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Lovelair throwing strikes from guard but Williams blocks nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lovelair throws a big elbow that misses.
Williams is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Williams pulls Lovelair in close to prevent any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Williams wants to get back to his feet but Lovelair is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Williams manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Lovelair manages to get himself to full guard.
Williams postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Lovelair working for submissions but it's allowed Williams to get to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Williams is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Williams wants to lay and pray for a moment but Lovelair keeps working.
Lovelair is trying to maintain the position but Williams is very close to passing his half guard.
Williams is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Lovelair is trying to control but can't.
Williams prevents Lovelair from improving his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ash Williams dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Raistlin Lovelair's cut.
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.
Williams takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Lovelair swinging wildly here.
Williams has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lovelair. Williams does a little dance to reset his feet.
A nice side step and Williams releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Williams lands with an uppercut that bounces Lovelair off the cage and back into range.
Lovelair fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Williams lands with an overhand left.
Lovelair misses with a body punch
and Williams counters with a stiff right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Williams swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Lovelair.
Lovelair will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lovelair throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Williams counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Williams turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lovelair clinches.
Williams tries a body shot but Lovelair blocks it.
Williams lands an uppercut.
Williams lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Lovelair or not.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lovelair using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Williams has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A hook to the body from Williams.
Lovelair misses with a hook to the ribs.
Williams has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Lovelair avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Williams lands a takedown into guard.
Williams keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Lovelair's head.
Lovelair wants to sweep but no luck.
Williams landing with the ground and pound.
Williams postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Lovelair is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Oh Lovelair is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Williams gets to his feet and stands over Lovelair, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Lovelair felt that one! Williams unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Lovelair from any more punishment!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ash Williams!
An out of breath Ash Williams thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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