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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jayson Francis (ranked 738 p4p, 1175 weight class) and Colton Wilder (ranked 89 p4p, 144 weight class). Wilder has chosen Tombstone - Avatar Darko as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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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 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jayson Francis!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Colton Wilder!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, William Gold and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wilder misses with a hook. Francis ducked under it nicely.
Francis is looking to counter with head kicks.
Francis avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Wilder 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.
Francis fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
We've been told by Francis's head coaches at Gunplay MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Wilder lands a jab to the nose.
Wilder misses with a hook.
Colton Wilder seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Francis lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
An inside leg kick from Francis misses.
Wilder looks to throw the jab but Francis is out of range.
Wilder moves into the clinch successfully.
A nice right hand lands inside from Wilder.
Wilder misses with a knee to the head.
Wilder looking to throw knees to the head but Francis is blocking nicely.
Wilder misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wilder doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Francis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wilder with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wilder lands a shoulder strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Francis's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Francis blocks an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilder lands with a left to the head.
Wilder throws a knee to the head but misses.
Francis misses with a hook from the clinch.
Francis lands a body punch in the clinch.
Wilder struggles to land a body shot inside as Francis controls his hands.
Wilder can't find room to land a body shot as Francis controls the action.
Francis manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Wilder tries to throw a body punch but Francis avoids it by throwing Wilder back against the cage.
Wilder swings wildly with an uppercut but Francis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wilder fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Wilder as Francis tries to tie him up.
Francis blocks an uppercut.
Francis is trying to force a seperation but Wilder has the dominant position.
Francis blocks a body shot from Wilder.
Francis tries a body shot but Wilder blocks it.
Francis misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wilder throws a knee to the head but misses.
Francis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wilder tries to work over Francis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wilder swings wildly with an uppercut but Francis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Francis trying to stall but Wilder improves his position.
Wilder connects with a knee to the head.
It looks like Jayson Francis has been cut.
Wilder tries to land a knee to the head but Francis blocks with his arms.
Francis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Francis takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Francis takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Francis throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Wilder drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Francis defends it well.
Francis misses with a looping right.
Francis takes one to the chin there.
Nice straight punches there by Wilder. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Wilder.
Wilder instigates a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Wilder fails to land.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Francis.
Francis tries to work over Wilder's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilder scores with a shoulder strike.
Wilder has Francis pressed against the cage, preventing Francis from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Francis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wilder rushes Francis and presses him up against the cage.
Francis throws a punch but it's blocked by Wilder.
Wilder scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wilder tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Francis's elbow.
A hook to the body from Wilder.
Wilder tries to land a knee to the head but Francis blocks with his arms.
Wilder tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wilder working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wilder tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wilder scores with a nice hook to the head.
Still in the clinch, Wilder scores with a nice short uppercut.
Wilder works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Francis is breathing heavily.
Wilder pushes Francis back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wilder lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Francis backwards.
Wilder misses with a hook from the clinch.
Francis fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Francis misses with some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Wilder.
A short right from Francis on the inside.
Wilder scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Francis is trying to break the clinch but Wilder has him pressed against the cage.
A short right from Wilder.
Wilder blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Wilder.
A head punch on the inside from Francis fails to land.
Wilder misses with a short punch on the inside.
Francis looking to slow down the pace here.
Francis content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Wilder misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wilder misses with a body punch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Wilder.
A short right from Francis.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Wilder takes a shot to the head.
A short uppercut from Wilder.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Colton Wilder dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jayson Francis's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Francis throws a sloppy head kick and Wilder moves out of range easily.
Francis on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Wilder tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Francis manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Wilder pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Francis misses with a leg kick
and Wilder counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Francis trying to control the position here.
Francis keeping moving, preventing Wilder from controlling successfully.
Wilder working some strikes from top position.
Francis seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Wilder scoring with some ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Francis not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Wilder wants to pass the guard but Francis is keeping the position.
Wilder postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Wilder's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Francis is on top in guard.
Francis stays in close to Wilder's body and controls the position.
Wilder tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Francis controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Francis stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Wilder swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Francis preventing the sweep.
Wilder is still trying to improve position.
Francis is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Francis stopping the sweep attempt from Wilder.
Wilder trying to control the position.
Wilder looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Francis trying to control but Wilder is working from the bottom.
Wilder looking for a sweep. Not yet Wilder, not yet.
Wilder has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Wilder is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Francis stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Wilder swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Francis trying to control the position from guard on top but Wilder is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Francis uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wilder.
Francis finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilder defending well as Francis loads up on a big left hand.
Wilder throws a lazy right hand but Francis sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Wilder is looking to clinch but Francis is avoiding it.
Colton Wilder seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Wilder tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Francis was well out of range. Poor timing from Wilder.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Francis tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Francis taking a breather.
A short left from Wilder.
A knee to the head by Wilder.
Wilder misses with a knee to the head.
Francis is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Francis blocks a body shot from Wilder.
Francis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Francis looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Francis swings wildly with an uppercut but Wilder uses good head movement to avoid it.
Francis can't find room to land a body shot as Wilder controls the action.
Wilder lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wilder lands a shot to the body.
Wilder blocking some punches.
Francis lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Francis takes a knee right on the jaw!
This has been an exciting period of action!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Wilder.
Wilder misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Francis.
A frustrated look appears on Francis's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Wilder misses with a punch on the inside.
Francis working aggressively here.
Wilder landing knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wilder throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Franciss head.
Wilder trying to land knees to the body.
Wilder lands a hook to the side of the head.
Francis is rocked!
Wilder utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Oh Francis is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wilder lands a knee to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Wilder creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Colton Wilder showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jayson Francis's cut.
That's time! Francis's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Francis takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Francis seems to have got his legs back now.
Francis misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jab, jab by Wilder - just one landing.
Wilder rushes Francis and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Francis struggles to land a body shot inside as Wilder controls his hands.
Wilder scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Colton Wilder seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Francis tries to throw a body punch but Wilder avoids it by throwing Francis back against the cage.
Francis tumbles to the floor! Wilder threw a big shot that dropped him and now Wilder is on top looking to finish! Francis has guard but can he survive?!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wilder pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Francis is keeping the position for now.
Wilder postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Francis covers up, he's hurt! Wilder keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Wilder and the ref steps in to end the fight! Wilder can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Colton Wilder!
Colton Wilder is the new heavyweight champion!
Colton Wilder decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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hype
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