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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Wally Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Cote (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Williams comes into the arena with Safety Dance by Men Without Hats blaring out of the sound system. Wally Williams has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Wally Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Richard Cote!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Chad Campbell and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice cross by Cote.
Cote scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Cote checks a leg kick.
Cote tries to keep at a distance but Williams has taken the fight into the clinch.
Cote scores with a shoulder strike.
Cote avoids a wild elbow strike from Williams.
Cote fails to pull guard.
Williams missing with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Williams.
Cote avoids the elbow strike from Williams, against the cage.
Williams misses with an elbow over the top.
Cote swings wildly with an uppercut but Williams uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cote blocks the elbow strike.
A frustrated look appears on Cote's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Williams is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cote is defending well for now.
Cote takes an elbow to the forehead.
Cote tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Williams smiles and moves away.
Cote lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
It looks like Wally Williams has been cut.
Cote throws a right hand that Williams ducks under and follows up with a left that Williams also avoids with ease.
Williams misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Wally Williams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Williams is looking to clinch but Cote is avoiding it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams ducks under a wild hook from Cote.
Williams throws a combination that misses
enabling Cote to counter with a crisp jab.
Williams throws a head kick that misses.
Williams bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Cote looks gassed!
A combination from Cote does no damage.
Williams wants to clinch.
Cote swinging wilding here.
Cote will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cote throws a right and a left that both miss.
Williams throws a head kick that misses.
Williams tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Cote counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams thuds his shin into the meat of Cote's side.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Williams tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Williams throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Williams misses with a series of wild punches.
Williams misses with a head kick.
Williams falls off balance throwing a combination
and Cote makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Williams throws a head kick but Cote moves out of range.
Williams fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Cote, pushing him back against the cage.
Knees to the body from Williams.
Cote wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams lands an elbow that stopped Cote in his tracks for a moment.
Williams is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cote is defending well for now.
Williams lands a knee to the body.
Williams lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Williams scores with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Williams obliges.
Williams throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cote blocks it with crossed arms.
Williams lands an elbow just above Cote 's eye.
Cote takes an elbow to the forehead.
Cote can't break the clinch.
Williams lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Williams is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Williams lands a good knee to the midsection. Cote won't want to take too many of those.
Williams unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Cote tries to pull guard but Williams holds him up against the cage and eventually Cote drops back down to his feet.
Wally Williams has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Richard Cote.
Cote fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Cote managing to block the knees to the body from Williams.
Williams putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Cote in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Cote digs a right hand into Williams's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Williams's gas tank.
Cote gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Williams is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Williams not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Williams is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Williams lands with a punch from half guard.
Williams missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Cote is trying to get back to full guard.
Williams not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cote is defending against the submission attempts here by Williams.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cote moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wally Williams dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Wally Williams's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Williams thows a body shot but no joy.
Williams throws a half hearted mid kick.
A shot to de liver by Cote. Beautiful body shot.
Cote lands a nice looking body shot.
Williams looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cote lands a nice hook to Williams's body. Williams takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Cote looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cote is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Williams rather than just go for the knockout.
Williams takes one to the chin there.
Cote is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Cote digs a good hook to Williams's body.
Williams lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Williams takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Cote looks to score with a jab to the body but Williams is just out of range.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Williams tries a head kick but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Cote.
Cote fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Williams manages to avoid it.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cote paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Williams pivots, looking for a leg kick but Cote is out of range and Williams settles back down.
Wally Williams is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Williams throws a head kick that misses.
Williams takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A shot to de liver by Cote. Beautiful body shot.
Cote ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Cote cracks Williams with a good jab.
Williams throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Williams pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cote avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Williams takes one on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cote avoids a kick to the body.
Williams takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Some bone on bone action there as Cote checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Cote throws a left and a right that both miss
and Williams finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Richard Cote seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Williams scores with a spinning back kick!
Williams lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cote's sensitive parts.
Williams doesn't manage to clinch there - Cote circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Williams looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Williams tries a head kick but it misses.
Williams scores with a head kick.
Cote scores with the left hand. Williams knows he should have avoided that one.
Williams shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Williams.
Williams throws a head kick but Cote moves out of range.
Williams throws a combination that misses
and Cote counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Left hook, right uppercut from Cote.
Cote misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Williams tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cote throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Williams is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Williams misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cote has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cote paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Williams is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Cote.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Williams throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Williams throws a head kick but Cote moves out of range.
Williams takes one to the side of the head.
Williams wants to clinch up but Cote keeps it at a distance.
Williams throws a half hearted mid kick.
Cote throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Williams lands a head kick!
Cote lands a jab-cross combination.
Williams scores with a leg kick.
Williams throws a sloppy head kick and Cote moves out of range easily.
Cote looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Williams delivers a nice body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Richard Cote showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Wally Williams's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Williams misses with a combination
and Cote counters with a nice uppercut.
Williams pushes Cote away with a front kick.
Williams bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Williams throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A solid body kick from Williams.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Williams.
Cote avoids the head kick by Williams.
A head kick misses from Williams.
Cote connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Williams momentarily.
Cote avoids the head kick by Williams.
Cote looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Williams looks for the body kick but Cote saw that one coming.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Cote misses with a few strikes there.
Williams throws a half hearted mid kick.
Cote avoids the head kick by Williams.
Cote throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Cote swats away the attempt to clinch by Williams.
Williams pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cote misses with a wild combination.
Cote walks forward, straight into a front kick from Williams.
Williams misses with a double jab
and Cote counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Williams takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Williams throws a right and a left that Cote avoids nicely.
Cote fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Williams manages to avoid it.
Williams darts in trying to clinch
and Cote cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Cote crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Williams - the referee stops the clock and Cote gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Williams. Cote manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Williams tries to land a front kick but Cote steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Williams misses with a leg kick.
Williams lands a nice looking kick to the body. Cote takes a step back to recover.
Williams feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Cote's calf.
Cote throws a looping overhand right but Williams ducks down to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Williams.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cote paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Williams looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cote misses with a series of wild punches.
Williams tries a head kick but it misses.
Cote lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Williams lands with a kick to the temple. Cote shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Danga de danga de dang - Cote scores with a four punch combination!
Cote avoids the head kick by Williams.
Cote fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Williams looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Williams pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Cote throws a nice looking combination but Williams bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Williams lands with a kick to the temple. Cote shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Cote ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A right-left combo lands from Cote.
Williams throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Cote!
Williams misses with a body kick.
Williams throws a nice head kick!
Cote jabs Williams right on the nose. Williams blinks but takes it well.
Williams throws a push kick but Cote slaps the foot to one side.
Cote avoids the head kick by Williams.
Williams thows a left - swing and a miss!
Williams scores with a spinning back kick!
And that's the end of the fight!
Wally Williams showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Williams has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 David Schapiro scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wally Williams!
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