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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between DJ Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marlo Bell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marlo Bell will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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196 lbs
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191 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, DJ Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Marlo Bell!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bell looks to land a combination but Williams avoids it well.
Williams throws a nice inside leg kick.
Bell works Williams's body with a nice hook.
Williams closes the distance and clinches up with Bell, looking for a takedown. Williams pushes Bell against the cage but Bell circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Williams takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Bell is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Williams avoids the body shot from Bell.
Williams throws a series of punches but Bell avoids them all with ease.
Nice sprawl there from Bell as Williams shoots in.
Bell connects with a single shot there.
Bell lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Williams misses the shot to the body.
Bell connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Bell swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Williams throws a body punch but Bell moves out of range.
Bell throws a shot to the body.
Williams throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bell jabs at Williams's body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bell.
Marlo Bell is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Williams ducks under a wild hook from Bell.
Bell waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Williams.
Bell with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Williams to score with a decent uppercut.
Williams drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bell utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Williams is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Bell looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Williams throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams with a nice head shot there.
Bell keeping moving, preventing Williams from controlling successfully.
Williams with a flurry of punches that miss.
Bell looking for a sweep. Not yet Bell, not yet.
Williams postures up.
Williams might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Williams wants to control from the top but Bell keeps moving.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Williams slips a jab from Bell.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Bell misses
and Williams makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Williams tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bell was well out of range. Poor timing from Williams.
Bell swings for the body but Williams moves out of range.
Bell misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Williams.
Bell tests Williams's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bell lands a lovely overhand right.
Bell throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bell looks to land a right hand but Williams moved out of range.
Bell fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Williams manages to avoid it.
Williams drops his hands momentarily and Bell takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Williams is looking to wear down Bell with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Bell looks to land a right hand but Williams moved out of range.
Williams uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bell.
Williams shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for DJ Williams. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bell throws a body punch but Williams moves out of range.
Bell scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Williams slips a jab from Bell.
Williams looks to score with a jab to the body but Bell is just out of range.
Williams avoids the body shot from Bell.
Williams misses with a few strikes there.
Marlo Bell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bell swings away with a body shot that misses
and Williams counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Bell uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Williams.
Williams changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Bell looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Williams misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Bell struggling a bit here.
Bell is not content to let Williams control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marlo Bell dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Williams avoids the body shot from Bell.
Bell swings for the body but Williams moves out of range.
No luck for Williams with that takedown attempt.
Bell will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bell uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Williams.
A jab from Bell finds it's way through Williams's defenses.
It looks like DJ Williams has been cut.
Williams on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Bell avoids the body shot from Williams.
Bell wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Bell avoids the body shot from Williams.
Bell avoids the body shot from Williams.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bell scores with a body shot.
Williams misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Bell scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Williams throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bell swings for the body but Williams moves out of range.
Williams uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bell.
Williams shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Bell misses the body punch
and Williams counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Bell's guard now.
Williams trying to control but Bell is working from the bottom.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Bell can do anything to dispel that myth.
Bell working a defensive guard here.
Williams working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams scoring with some ground and pound.
Williams content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Bell has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Bell preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Williams postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Williams postures up in Bell's guard and throws a big left but Bell blocks it.
Williams postures up in Bell's guard and throws a big left but Bell blocks it.
Williams lands a couple of elbows.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams postures up in Bell's guard and throws a big left but Bell blocks it.
Bell 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.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Williams changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Bell looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Bell is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Williams throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Williams missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Williams prevents Bell from improving his position.
Williams trying to mount his opponent but Bell defends it.
Bell is pressing down on Williams's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bell preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Williams stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bell swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Williams working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Bell throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bell throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Williams gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Bell.
Bell uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Williams has time to react.
Bell misses the body punch
and Williams counters with a nice double leg into guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bell keeping moving, preventing Williams from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Marlo Bell will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on DJ Williams's cut.
That's time! Williams's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!
Bell smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
DJ Williams is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A telegraphed right hand from Bell misses the target.
Williams defending well as Bell loads up on a big left hand.
Bell throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bell misses with a wild combination.
A big left from Bell misses.
Williams pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Williams misses the jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bell misses with a looping right.
Williams ducks under a wild hook from Bell.
The fighters circling - Bell throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Williams.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Williams gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A shot to de liver by Williams. Beautiful body shot.
Good exchange - Williams coming out on top.
Williams looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Williams drops an elbow to the side of Bell's head.
Bell is holding on to half guard well.
Bell on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Williams missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Williams missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Williams throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Williams is looking to take a break and control but Bell is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Williams throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Bell tries to get to full guard but Williams has control of the leg.
Williams throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Williams thows a body shot but no joy.
Williams steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bell.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams defending well as Bell loads up on a big left hand.
Bell cracks Williams with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Williams doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Williams drops his hands momentarily and Bell takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Williams misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Williams lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bell circles away quickly and effectively.
Williams fails to land with a series of punches.
Bell scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
A punch combination from Bell misses.
Williams slips a straight right by Bell.
Bell misses with an uppercut. Williams saw that one coming.
Bell lands a body shot.
Williams throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Bell was covering up waiting for the punch and Williams finishes the takedown easily into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Bell's head.
Marlo Bell is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bell 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.
Bell is pulling down on Williams's head to control his posture.
Williams throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bell looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
DJ Williams has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Williams scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Bell looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Marlo Bell.
I've got Bell 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 28:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Marlo Bell!
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hype
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