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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Liger Justin (ranked 2273 p4p, 24296 weight class) and DaeShaun Williams (ranked 308 p4p, 770 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine |
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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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 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Liger Justin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, DaeShaun Williams!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, William Gold and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Justin blocks a jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Williams misses the target.
Justin half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Williams on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Williams displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Justin throws out the jab.
Justin shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Williams manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Williams uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Justin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Williams.
Williams drops Justin with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Justin looks back up at him and smiles so Williams waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
It looks like Liger Justin has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Justin gets the takedown into side control.
Justin working the ground and pound but Williams is defending the strikes.
Williams gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Williams really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Justin. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Justin prevents Williams from improving his position.
Justin controlling the pace.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams wants to control but Justin is keeping busy.
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.
Justin sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Justin lands strikes from half guard.
Justin missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Justin is nestled in close to Williams, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Justin looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Williams is looking to control Justin's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Williams avoid being mounted?
Justin has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Justin takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Justin thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Williams's head.
Well, if Justin is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Williams is trying to maintain the position but Justin is very close to passing his half guard.
Justin takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Justin seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Williams for as long as he can get away with.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Justin's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Williams scores with a jab. Justin acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Justin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Justin decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Justin lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Williams is looking to improve his position.
Williams is trying is best to control the position here.
Justin keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Williams is looking for a sweep. Justin is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Justin slows the pace down in half guard.
Justin landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Justin lands a nice short elbow.
Justin lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Nice strikes from Justin there.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Justin in particular looking to stall.
Williams is looking to improve his position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but DaeShaun Williams will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Liger Justin's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Williams throws out a loose jab but Justin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Williams throws a shot from downtown. Justin moves away and avoids it.
Justin shoots in and bounces Williams off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Justin is in close to Williams's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Justin slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Justin tries to free his leg and advance position but Williams is retaining full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Justin slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Justin has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Justin content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Williams looking for a sweep. Not yet Williams, not yet.
Justin postures up and lands a big shot to Williams's brow.
Justin wants to control from the top but Williams keeps moving.
Justin lands a couple of digs.
Justin is stalling in the 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.
Justin postures up in Williams's guard and throws a big left but Williams blocks it.
Williams can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Justin controls the pace.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Justin moves away from the strike by Williams.
Williams throws out a loose jab but Justin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Justin slips under a jab from Williams.
Justin getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Williams throws the left hand but Justin avoids the punch easily.
Justin throwing a counter right hand but Williams manages to avoid it.
The crowd cheers as Justin lands an impressive looking overhand right. Williams doesn't seem phased though.
DaeShaun Williams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Williams throws a hook to the side of Justin's head but Justin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Justin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Williams.
Williams gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Justin to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Justin with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Justin not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Further stalling from Justin.
Liger Justin overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Williams wants to sweep here but Justin controlling him for the moment.
Williams wants to control the position but Justin says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Justin throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Williams trying to get back to full guard but Justin takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Justin tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Justin trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Justin landing punches.
Williams is trying to escape the mount.
Justin controlling the pace for now.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Liger Justin dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Liger Justin's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!
A jab lands there for Williams.
Nice jab there from Justin.
Williams throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Justin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Justin takes one to the chin there.
Justin ducks under a wild hook from Williams.
Williams throws a jab when Justin was well out of range.
DaeShaun Williams seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Williams falls off balance throwing a combination
and Williams takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Justin keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Nice takedown defense from Williams. No joy for Justin on that attempt.
Nice takedown defense from Williams. No joy for Justin on that attempt.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Williams! But no joy.
Williams lunges at Justin with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Justin's hand.
Williams might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Justin throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Williams's waist but Williams gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Justin off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Liger Justin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Williams ducks under a wild hook from Justin.
Justin lands a glancing blow to the side of Williams's head.
Justin moves out of range as Williams strikes.
Williams misses with an uppercut.
Williams throws a shot from downtown. Justin moves away and avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Justin darts in looking for a takedown but Williams gets double underhooks and turns Justin into the cage.
Justin leaning his opponent against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Justin.
Justin holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Williams wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Williams managing to block the knees to the body from Justin.
Justin stalling in the clinch.
Justin taking a breather.
Williams looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Justin dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Justin taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Liger Justin.
Williams missing with a left hand there. Justin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Justin lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Justin defending well as Williams loads up on a big left hand.
Justin has a takedown stuffed.
Williams throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Justin counters with a stiff right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Justin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Justin shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Williams as he jumps to the side.
Williams looks to land a left hand but Justin moved out of range nicely.
Justin feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Justin keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Williams's head.
Justin engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
If it seems like I'm not saying a lot, it's just because Justin is stinking the place up with his stalling.
Justin working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Justin controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Williams trying to control the position.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Williams throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Justin counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Williams manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Justin looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Justin fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Justin fails with a takedown attempt.
Justin shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Williams's guard.
Justin slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Justin lands a couple of elbows.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to DaeShaun Williams.
I think Williams has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:29
Judge William Gold scores the fight 28:29
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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energy
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