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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between James Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vedad Zilic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Williams's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Robot Rock-Daft Punk. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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168 lbs
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170 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vedad Zilic!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Frank Dennis and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zilic closes the distance and pushes Williams back into the cage.
Zilic drops down looking for an ankle pick but Williams pulls his leg out and moves away.
Williams misses the jab.
Jab from Williams.
It looks like Vedad Zilic has been cut.
Williams looks to throw the jab but Zilic is out of range.
Williams lands a body shot.
Williams throws a hook but Zilic avoids it easily.
Williams cracks Zilic with an open hand slap.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zilic shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Williams is trying to get back to full guard.
Williams won't allow Zilic to pass to mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams regains full guard. Nicely done.
Zilic pushes down on Williams's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Williams looks like he's trying to stand up.
Zilic is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Williams is just riding it out for now. Zilic eventually gives up the hold.
Zilic looks gassed!
Williams is looking to improve his position.
The fighters are battling for position here. Williams manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Williams wants to stand and escape but Zilic is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams looking to hit a scissor sweep but Zilic is one step ahead there.
Williams wants to improve his position but instead Zilic has moved into half guard.
Williams missing with punches from the bottom.
Williams knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Zilic on the ground.
Zilic wants to control but Williams is keeping him busy.
Zilic is looking for a kimura here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Williams works his way to full guard. Good work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams looking for a sweep. Not yet Williams, not yet.
Williams lands a decent punch to the body there.
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.
Zilic looking for submissions off his back.
Williams winds up and cracks Zilic with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Williams throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Williams takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Williams frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Williams landing shots from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams landing strikes from the mount and Zilic is in trouble!
Williams raining down shots from the mount!
Zilic takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Zilic tries to reverse the position but Williams maintains control.
Williams postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Zilic looks a forlorn figure.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Zilic is bucking up trying to escape but Williams cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Williams looking to finish Zilic with some ground and pound. This is bad for Zilic!
Zilic is looking to get to half guard.
Zilic is trying to stand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Williams dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Vedad Zilic's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Zilic gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Zilic shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Williams as he avoids it easily.
Williams throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Williams lands a nice shot to the body.
Williams comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Williams lands a glancing blow to the side of Zilic's head.
Williams misses with a jab, cross combination.
Zilic shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Williams pinned against the cage. Williams gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Williams lands a with a good body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams cracks Zilic with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Williams misses with a straight left.
Williams just misses with a punch to the body.
Williams scores with a nice strike.
A nice combination there by Williams.
Zilic gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Williams.
Williams scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Williams cracks Zilic with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Williams throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
James Williams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Williams swinging wilding here.
James Williams is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Williams swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Williams throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Zilic.
Williams misses with a few strikes there.
Williams looks to land a left hand but Zilic moved out of range nicely.
Zilic closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Zilic thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Williams throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Zilic moves away from the strike by Williams.
Zilic ducks under a wild hook from Williams.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams digs a good hook to Zilic's body.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Zilic.
James Williams has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vedad Zilic.
Zilic takes one to the side of the head.
Williams swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Williams throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Williams misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Zilic steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Williams.
Williams lands a two punch combo.
Williams moves out of range of the body kick from Zilic.
A punch combination from Williams misses.
Zilic is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Williams connects with the punch.
Williams misses with a hook. Zilic ducked under it nicely.
Williams misses with a two punch combination.
Williams misses with a straight left.
Zilic displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Williams throws out the jab.
Zilic pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Williams's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Williams duly obliges.
A punch combination from Williams misses.
Williams fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Williams throws a big shot that misses.
Williams will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Williams dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Vedad Zilic's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Zilic slips a jab and a cross from Williams.
Zilic tries a head kick but it misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Williams misses the target.
The fight stays on the outside here - Zilic looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Zilic ducks under a wild hook from Williams.
Zilic tries to score a power double leg takedown but Williams sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Zilic somewhat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Williams throws a jab but it's blocked by Zilic.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Williams defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Zilic.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams fails to land with a series of punches.
Williams scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Zilic doesn't seem bothered though.
Williams loads up on a big right hand but Zilic slips the punch.
Williams fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Zilic on the side of the head.
Zilic avoids the body shot from Williams.
James Williams is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Williams swinging wilding here.
Williams misses with an uppercut.
Zilic closes this distance looking for a takedown but Williams circles away.
James Williams has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vedad Zilic.
Williams fails to land with a series of punches.
Williams rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Zilic moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Williams scores with a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Zilic shoots in but Williams avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Zilic shoots in and drives through. Williams sprawls well.
Williams tries to bum rush Zilic with a series of wild strikes but Zilic uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Zilic avoids a punch combination nicely.
Williams looks to land a left hand but Zilic moved out of range nicely.
Williams throws a shot from downtown. Zilic moves away and avoids it.
Williams cracks Zilic with a good jab.
Williams misses with a series of wild punches.
Zilic ducks under a wild hook from Williams.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Williams lands an impressive looking overhand right. Zilic doesn't seem phased though.
Good exchange - Williams coming out on top.
Zilic showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Williams.
Williams misses with a series of wild punches.
Zilic defending well as Williams loads up on a big left hand.
Williams throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Zilic.
Williams throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Williams stuffs the takedown attempt from Zilic. Zilic gets slowly back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Williams lands a really nice looking cross but Zilic seems unphased.
Williams scores with a hook.
Williams throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Zilic sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Zilic takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Williams swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Zilic fails with the takedown.
Nice takedown defense from Williams. No joy for Zilic on that attempt.
James Williams is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Williams moves out of range as Zilic throws a body kick.
Nice body punch from Williams.
And that's the end of the fight!
James Williams showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Williams, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Williams!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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