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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Reggie Sanders (ranked 2018 p4p, 3370 weight class) and Bryan Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 291 weight class). Sanders comes to the cage accompanied by Really Do It. This should be fireworks!
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Reggie Sanders!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 11 - 0, fighting out of , Bryan Williams!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Cecil Peabody and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Sanders catches Williams with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
It looks like Bryan Williams has been cut.
Williams misses with a left hand
and Sanders counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Williams is rocked!
Williams wants to land a leg kick but Sanders is out of range.
Williams gets a takedown into half guard.
Williams is trying to control the action in half guard but Sanders is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Williams looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Williams working the head and body with strikes.
Sanders wants to improve his position but Williams is controlling well.
Sanders keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sanders moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams trying to control but Sanders is working from the bottom.
Sanders is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Sanders preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Williams has gone for a leg lock! Sanders slips out almost immediately though and dives into Williams's guard.
Williams is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Sanders throwing strikes but missing.
Williams looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sanders is one step ahead there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams keeps trying to improve his position.
Williams is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Sanders lands a couple of elbows.
Sanders wants to control from the top but Williams keeps moving.
Williams has an active guard here but Sanders has managed to pass into half guard.
Williams is trying to get back to full guard.
Williams looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Sanders lands a nice short elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Sanders is working away from the top position though.
Williams blocking the ground and pound attempt from Sanders.
Williams manages to get to full guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Williams is on top in guard.
Williams tries to free his leg and advance position but Sanders is retaining full guard.
Williams trying to control but Sanders is working from the bottom.
Williams works a leg free and moves into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanders keeping hold of Williams's head, controlling as best he can.
Sanders keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Williams trying to mount his opponent but Sanders defends it.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Williams in particular looking to stall.
Sanders keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sanders is staying active underneath Williams, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Williams looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Sanders with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Williams working the head and body with strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Bryan Williams dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bryan Williams's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Williams changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Sanders looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Williams is looking to take a break and control but Sanders is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Williams wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Sanders, who protects the arm well.
Williams in side control, throwing shots but Sanders defends.
Sanders is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Williams scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Sanders to see if he's OK.
Sanders tries to buck Williams off but Williams is having none of it.
Williams tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Williams has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Sanders is trying to control Williams's posture but Williams avoids it.
Sanders definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams is looking to take a break and control but Sanders is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Williams in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Williams lands an elbow.
Sanders is looking for a sweep.
Sanders manages to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams trying to control from half guard but Sanders is working away.
Williams passes the guard and advances to mount!
Williams controlling the pace for now.
Williams has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Williams is trying to control here but Sanders has managed to regain half guard.
Williams thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Williams frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Williams looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sanders has worked his way to half guard, taking advantage of Williams's lack of action.
Williams wants to take a breather but Sanders is having none of it.
Williams trying to control the pace.
Williams throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Sanders to regain full guard.
Williams works over Sanders with some ground and pound from guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanders is pulling down on Williams's head to control his posture.
Williams wants to pass the guard but Sanders is keeping the position.
Williams trying to control the position from guard on top but Sanders is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Williams working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Williams trying to control the position from guard on top but Sanders is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sanders avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Williams scoring with punches to the head and body.
Bryan Williams has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sanders is pulling down on Williams's head to control his posture.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Bryan Williams showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Bryan Williams's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Williams takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Reggie Sanders has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sanders checks a leg kick nicely.
Sanders scores with a hook.
Williams misses with a combination
and Sanders connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Williams looks to land a left hand but Sanders moved out of range nicely.
Bryan Williams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A punch lands to the side of Williams 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Sanders takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Williams fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Sanders to the ground. Williams is now in Sanders's guard.
Williams postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sanders preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Williams looking to sit in guard and control but Sanders gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanders throws a big right hand that misses.
Williams is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Sanders postures up in Williams's guard and throws a big left but Williams blocks it.
Sanders throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Williams works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Williams working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sanders.
Williams bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Sanders's guard.
Williams seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Williams trying to control but Sanders is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams throws a big right hand that misses.
Williams looking to sit in guard and control but Sanders gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
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.
Williams wants to hit a sweep here but Sanders passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Williams there!
Williams tries to reverse the position but Sanders maintains control.
Sanders is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Williams has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Williams blocking the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanders throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Williams because Sanders loaded up on that one.
Williams bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Sanders keeping moving, preventing Williams from controlling successfully.
Bryan Williams is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Sanders keeping full guard, as Williams tries to pass.
Williams trying to control but Sanders is working from the bottom.
Sanders looking to hit a scissor sweep but Williams is one step ahead there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Williams's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Sanders is wriggling around but Williams manages to pass to half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Reggie Sanders.
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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 28:29
Judge George Francis scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bryan Williams!
Our winner, Bryan Williams, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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