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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Wayne Williams (ranked 167 p4p, 473 weight class) and Takumi Sagaki (ranked 10 p4p, 27 weight class). Sagaki has chosen One Piece - AMV - We Are! (Full Song) as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wayne Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Takumi Sagaki!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sagaki displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Williams throws out the jab.
Sagaki drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Williams defends it well.
Sagaki moves away from the strike by Williams.
Williams looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Sagaki misses with a straight right.
Williams throws a predictable looking body shot
and Sagaki counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Sagaki is trying to control the action in half guard but Williams is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Williams blocking the ground and pound attempt from Sagaki.
Sagaki seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Williams does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Sagaki throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Williams is trying to stand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sagaki tries to pass the half guard into mount. Williams knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Sagaki wants to control but Williams is keeping him busy.
Sagaki wants to pass the guard but Williams is defending well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sagaki is still trying to improve position.
Sagaki has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sagaki keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Sagaki thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Williams's head.
Williams is trying to stand up here but Sagaki is controlling him well.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Nice takedown defense from Williams. No joy for Sagaki on that attempt.
Williams misses with an uppercut.
Sagaki displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Williams throws out the jab.
Williams works Sagaki's body with a nice hook.
Wayne Williams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Williams misses with a looping right.
Sagaki moves away from the strike by Williams.
Sagaki throws a leg kick but Williams moved away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sagaki moves out of range as Williams strikes.
Sagaki drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Williams defends it well.
A shot to the liver by Williams. Beautiful body shot.
Wayne Williams is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice uppercut lands for Williams. That snapped Sagaki's head back.
Williams throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sagaki feints the counter takedown.
Williams bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Sagaki's head backwards.
Williams moves out of range of the strikes.
Williams just misses with a punch to the body.
Williams connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Williams throws a shot from downtown. Sagaki moves away and avoids it.
Sagaki is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Williams keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sagaki.
Williams throws an overhand right that lands on Sagaki's shoulder, as Sagaki tries to avoid the shot.
Williams scores with the left hand. Sagaki knows he should have avoided that one.
Sagaki throws a head kick that misses.
Williams fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Williams bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Sagaki's head backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sagaki moves out of range as Williams strikes.
Sagaki uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Williams.
Williams lands a jab to the head.
Sagaki attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Williams throws a hook to the side of Sagaki's head but Sagaki sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sagaki uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Williams.
Sagaki drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Williams defends it well.
Good standup being displayed there by Williams as he connects with a hook.
Sagaki slips a straight right by Williams.
And Sagaki tries to counter it with a takedown but Williams pushes his down on his head and steps out.
We've been informed that Sagaki has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
A telegraphed right hand from Williams misses the target.
Williams cracks Sagaki with an open hand slap.
Sagaki slips a jab from Williams.
Williams looks to score with a jab to the body but Sagaki is just out of range.
Sagaki staying out of range there.
Williams is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Williams slips a straight right by Sagaki.
Sagaki tries to move into range but Williams moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams misses with a hook.
Horrible takedown attempt by Sagaki or perhaps it was just good defense by Williams, which made it look bad.
Williams lands with a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sagaki tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Williams defends well and Sagaki ends up having to push Williams into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Wayne Williams has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Takumi Sagaki.
Williams waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sagaki.
Williams lands a jab to the head.
Sagaki takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Williams scores with a jab.
Williams misses with a hook. Sagaki ducked under it nicely.
Sagaki slips a straight right by Williams.
Williams jabs Sagaki to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Williams misses with a hook.
Williams lands with a straight right. Sagaki didn't see that one coming.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Wayne Williams dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
A big right from Williams misses.
Sagaki slips under a jab from Williams.
Sagaki lands with a thumping leg kick.
Sagaki defending well as Williams loads up on a big left hand.
Sagaki tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Sagaki takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Sagaki moves away from the strike by Williams.
Sagaki is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Sagaki fails with a takedown attempt.
Williams throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Williams tries to sprawl but Sagaki drives through with a takedown into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sagaki works his foot free and advances to mount.
Sagaki looking to control but Williams is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Sagaki sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Williams is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Williams holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Sagaki tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Sagaki looking to control but Williams is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Sagaki thowing shots but they're missing.
Sagaki tries to control but Williams wriggling away.
Sagaki connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sagaki throwing strikes here but Williams is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Sagaki trying to control but Williams is having none of it.
Sagaki misses with a head shot.
Wayne Williams is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sagaki landing strikes from the mount.
Williams is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sagaki can do to turn this around?
Sagaki misses with some ground and pound and Williams recovers position to half guard.
Sagaki stops Williams from getting back to his feet.
Takumi Sagaki has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sagaki scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Sagaki is trying to control the action in half guard but Williams is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sagaki missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Williams on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Sagaki winds up and cracks Williams with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Sagaki is looking for a kimura but Williams is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Sagaki to get the leverage.
Sagaki is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Williams defends it well.
Sagaki is looking to stall here but Williams recovers full guard.
Williams keeping moving, preventing Sagaki from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sagaki trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Sagaki trying to control but Williams is working from the bottom.
Sagaki trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Sagaki trying to control but Williams is working from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Williams being controlled here, momentarily.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Sagaki darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Takumi Sagaki showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!
Williams scores with a jab to the body.
Sagaki staying out of range there.
Sagaki is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Sagaki misses with a low kick.
Williams ducks right into an uppercut from Sagaki.
Williams swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Williams jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Williams thuds a left hand into Sagaki's body.
Williams stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Williams wants it to stay on the feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sagaki swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Williams misses the shot to the body.
Sagaki slips a jab from Williams.
Williams blocks a jab.
Williams throws a jab but it's blocked by Sagaki.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sagaki shoots in for a takedown but Williams shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Williams misses with an uppercut.
Sagaki changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Sagaki tries for a takedown but Williams circles away easily
and Williams counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Wayne Williams has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Takumi Sagaki.
Williams jabs Sagaki to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Sagaki slips under a jab from Williams.
Sagaki shoots in looking for a takedown but Williams manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Sagaki's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Williams throws a hook to the side of Sagaki's head but Sagaki sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And Sagaki tries to counter it with a takedown but Williams pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Sagaki takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A big right from Williams misses.
Williams throws an off balance right hand
and Sagaki counters with a shoot takedown. Williams fights it but they end up in guard.
Williams is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Sagaki presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sagaki misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Williams misses the shot to the body.
Sagaki changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Sagaki fails with a takedown attempt.
Williams checks a low kick from Sagaki.
Horrible takedown attempt by Sagaki or perhaps it was just good defense by Williams, which made it look bad.
Williams lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Sagaki defending well as Williams loads up on a big left hand.
Sagaki slips a jab from Williams.
Sagaki drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Williams defends it well.
A big right from Williams misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Sagaki connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Williams throws a hook but Sagaki blocks it.
Williams misses with a body punch
and Sagaki counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Sagaki trying to control the position from guard on top but Williams is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sagaki is looking to pass into half guard but Williams pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Williams is in guard.
Sagaki has an active guard here but Williams has managed to pass into half guard.
Sagaki wants to improve his position but Williams is controlling well.
Sagaki is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Williams's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Williams's back!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sagaki is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
Sagaki has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Williams.
Williams is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Williams manages to escape to a better position under a series of strikes. Sagaki is now in side control.
The ground and pound from Sagaki seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Sagaki throws an elbow but Williams slips to the side and avoids it well.
Williams takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
The strikes coming from Sagaki are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
And that's the end of the fight!
Wayne Williams showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Williams 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wayne Williams!
Wayne Williams seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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