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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Robin Williams (ranked 381 p4p, 469 weight class) and Mikey Day (ranked 22 p4p, 30 weight class). Robin Williams has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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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 18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Robin Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 15 - 1, fighting out of New York, Mikey Day!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Day on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A telegraphed right hand from Day misses the target.
Day scores with a kick to the midsection.
Day moves out of range as Williams strikes.
Day looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Day drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Williams holding on.
Williams defending against the ground and pound.
Day working the ground and pound but Williams is defending the strikes.
Williams is trying to improve his position.
Day tries to advance to mount but can't.
Williams struggling a bit here.
Williams is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Williams can't do much from the bottom here.
Day has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Williams prevents Day from improving his position.
Well, if Williams 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 tries to pass to full mount but Day defends it.
Williams throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Day is holding on to half guard well.
Williams looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Williams is stalling here. Day is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Williams seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Day has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Williams's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Day trying to control the action but Williams is working from the bottom.
Williams is trying to control Day's posture but Day avoids it.
Day wants to control but Williams is keeping him busy.
Williams is looking for a sweep.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Williams gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Williams wants to get back to full guard.
Williams has a hand on Day's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Day takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Day raining down shots from the mount!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Day controlling from mount.
Williams can't escape the position.
Day sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Day trying to control but Williams is having none of it.
Day raining down shots from the mount!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Day lands a heavy elbow.
Day connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Williams can't escape the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Day with a couple of short strikes.
Williams can't escape the position.
Williams wants to hold on but Day pushes him away.
Day working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Williams is looking to get to half guard.
Day wants to control the pace but Williams is squirming around nicely.
Day with the ground and pound from mount.
Day wants to control the pace but Williams is squirming around nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mikey Day dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Day ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Williams moves away.
Williams takes one to the chin there.
Day ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Williams moves away.
Day avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Williams lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Day fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Day misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Williams.
It looked like Williams was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Day.
Day lands a jab to the head.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Williams enables Day to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Williams manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Day postures up.
Williams trying to control the position here.
Day trying to control the position from guard on top but Williams is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Day slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams looking for a sweep. Not yet Williams, not yet.
Day being controlled here momentarily.
Day got a little sloppy there for a moment and Williams has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Day has managed to get both his arms back between Williams's legs - danger averted.
Day trying to control but Williams is working from the bottom.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Williams is trying to control the position but Day postures up.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Day takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Williams misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Day.
Day ducks under a wild hook from Williams.
Williams loads up on a big right hand but Day slips the punch.
Williams fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Williams misses its intended target.
Williams tried to score with a low kick but Day checks it.
Day ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Day stuffs the takedown.
That kick from Day tenderised Williams's leg. Williams is trying to keep his angry face on.
Williams scores with the left hand. Day knows he should have avoided that one.
Day tries to clinch up but Williams circles away and keeps his distance.
A telegraphed right hand from Williams misses the target.
Day throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Williams was covering up waiting for the punch and Day finishes the takedown easily into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Day showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Williams lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Williams trying to control but Day is working from the bottom.
Williams tries to free his leg and advance position but Day is retaining full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Day is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Day trying to keep a closed guard but Williams is proving a slippery customer.
Williams controlling from the top position.
Williams working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Mikey Day has got the better of the ground game so far.
Williams distracts Day with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Day keeping moving, preventing Williams from controlling successfully.
Williams stays in close to Day's body and controls the position.
Williams looking to sit in guard and control but Day gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams is trying to control the position but Day postures up.
Williams pulls Day in close to prevent any damage.
Day is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Williams pulls Day in close to his closed guard and prevents Day from doing any damage or advancing position.
Day with a nice head shot there.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Williams wants to control but Day passes easily into half guard.
Day has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Day trying to control the action but Williams is working from the bottom.
Williams tries to get to full guard but Day has control of the leg.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mikey Day showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Williams with a jab.
A swing and a miss from Day.
Day lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Williams has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Day finds it's way round the side to connect with Williams's head.
Robin Williams is winning the standup battle so far.
Williams turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
An inside leg kick from Day misses.
Day's corner calls for a 1-2. Day obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Day connects with a jab.
Day looks to score with a jab to the body but Williams is just out of range.
Williams jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Williams throws a jab but it's blocked by Day.
Day looks to throw the jab but Williams is out of range.
Williams throws an overhand right that lands on Day's shoulder, as Day tries to avoid the shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Day! But no joy.
Day throws a wild body kick that Williams sees coming a mile off.
Williams getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Day looking to land some kicks to the body here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Day uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Williams.
Day moves out of range of the leg kick from Williams.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Day. That snapped Williams's head back.
Williams missing with a left hand there. Day was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Day is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Williams with a body shot.
Williams swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Williams throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Day tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Williams is in Day's guard.
Williams is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Williams trying to control the position from guard on top but Day is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Williams has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Williams postures up.
Williams wants to control from the top but Day keeps moving.
Williams postures up.
Day keeping moving, preventing Williams from controlling successfully.
Williams with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Day keeping full guard, as Williams tries to pass.
Williams trying to control but Day is working from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Day fails with an attempt to clinch.
Williams looks to land a right hand but Day moved out of range.
Williams lands a slapping body shot.
Williams throws a shot from downtown. Day moves away and avoids it.
Williams throws a predictable looking body shot
and Day counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Williams throws out a loose jab but Day uses good head movement to avoid it.
Day let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Day scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Williams throws a jab when Day was well out of range.
Williams throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Day looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Robin Williams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Williams throws a hook to the side of Day's head but Day sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Day lands a jab to the nose.
Williams throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Day slips a straight right by Williams.
A little jabbing left from Day on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Williams misses with a straight right.
Day throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Day walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Williams swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Day misses with a body shot.
A good leg kick by Day.
Day explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Day ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Day defending well as Williams loads up on a big left hand.
Williams looks to score with a jab to the body but Day is just out of range.
Williams swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Williams throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Day on the side of the head.
Day fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Williams manages to avoid it.
Williams lands with a good body shot.
Day shoots in and bounces Williams off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Williams bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Day's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Day is on top in guard.
Day sitting in guard here, content to control.
Williams controls Day momentarily but Day frees himself.
Williams looking to hit a scissor sweep but Day is one step ahead there.
Day throwing strikes but missing.
Day stands up over Williams, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Day is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Day loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Mikey Day.
I've got Day winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mikey Day!
Mikey Day very nearly forgot to thank PWNAGE amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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hype
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RATING
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