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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bryan Williams (ranked 1984 p4p, 2387 weight class) and Triston Santos (ranked 184 p4p, 219 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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170 cm 28 165 9 - 11 - 0 |
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187 cm 28 165 9 - 7 - 1 |
Good wrestling Brawler Cardio machine |
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BJJ White Belt Excellent boxer Good gas tank |
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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 9 - 11 - 0, fighting out of , Bryan Williams! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 9 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Triston Santos! The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Williams misses with a double jab.
Williams throws a leg kick that is checked and Santos counters with a series of strikes. Williams will be more careful next time no doubt. Williams waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Santos. Santos bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Williams's head. Santos with a hook. A jab from Williams misses. Williams throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Santos counters with a lovely straight right hand! Williams takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Williams is rocked! Williams tries to land a leg kick but Santos saw it coming and moves away.
Santos throws out a counter right but Williams avoids it with no problem. Oh Williams is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Santos throws a jab when Williams was well out of range. Williams seems to have got his legs back now. Williams throws out a loose jab but Santos uses good head movement to avoid it. Williams moves into range and clinches up with Santos. Santos misses with a punch to the body.
Santos looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights. Williams swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round. Santos is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage. Williams breaks the clinch.
Santos tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Williams manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat. Nice body punch from Santos. Santos dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Santos connects with a single shot there. Nice cross by Santos. Williams steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Santos. Santos uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Williams. Williams throws a body kick despite being completely out of range and Santos counters with a nice uppercut. Williams definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight. Williams moves into range and clinches up with Santos. Williams stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Williams misses with a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Santos is pushing Williams up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word. Santos tries a body shot but Williams blocks it.
Santos wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee. Santos is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Williams misses with an elbow over the top. Williams gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Santos regains guard.
Williams throws a big right hand that misses. Williams 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. Williams landing some decent shots from guard. Williams throwing strikes from guard but Santos blocks nicely. Williams tries to free his leg and advance position but Santos is retaining full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Williams scoring with punches to the head and body. Williams trying to control the position from guard on top but Santos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Williams might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground. Williams postures up.
Williams pushing down on Santos's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work. Williams looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Santos with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position. Santos wants to get back to full guard. Williams is trying to control the action in half guard but Santos is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard. We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Santos can do anything to dispel that myth. Williams is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position. Williams looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Santos with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position. Williams is trying to control the action in half guard but Santos is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Santos wants to control but Williams is keeping busy.
Williams looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Santos with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position. Williams moves into full mount! Santos won't be happy about that! Santos wants to control but Williams is having none of it. Williams trying to control but he's not successful this time. Santos really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Williams. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out. The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Williams cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Santos wants to control but Williams is having none of it. Williams tries to control but Santos wriggling away. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Bryan Williams will probably get the nod. That's time! Back to the action! Williams rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Santos counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt. Santos is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range. Williams has closed the distance and engaged Santos in a clinch.
Williams gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground. Santos working a defensive guard here.
Williams slips nicely into half guard. The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Williams lands a nice short elbow. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Williams keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Williams is keen to just control but Santos is a slippery customer. Williams works his way into side control. Williams wants to control but Santos is keeping him busy. Williams advances to full mount.
That's one minute gone in the round. Williams raining down hammerfists from mount. Williams is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Santos can do to turn this around? Williams sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment. Williams tries to control but Santos wriggling away. Williams working the ground and pound effectively.
Williams raining down hammerfists from mount. Santos is in a horrible position here. Williams smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Williams looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Williams trying to control but he's not successful this time. Williams working the ground and pound effectively.
Santos takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Williams lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Williams lands a heavy elbow.
Santos is rocked! Williams looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet. Santos is still in real trouble! Can Williams finish him? Williams scores with a couple of good head shots there.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Williams prevents Santos from getting the reversal. Williams lands a heavy elbow. Williams has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Santos is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Bryan Williams! A very excited looking Bryan Williams made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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