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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Neilson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shane WiIliams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Neilson comes to the cage accompanied by Who Run This- 50 cent. WiIliams has chosen Eye Of The Tiger as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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192 lbs
12 - 8 - 0 |
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183 cm
26
198 lbs
11 - 7 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin |
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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
12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kevin Neilson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Shane WiIliams!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Yves DeLean and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Neilson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has WiIliams pinned against the cage. WiIliams gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Neilson!
WiIliams doesn't manage to clinch there - Neilson circles away.
Neilson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Neilson swats away the attempt to clinch by WiIliams.
WiIliams misses the shot to the body.
Neilson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from WiIliams.
WiIliams misses with a combination
and Neilson counters with a two punch combo.
Neilson lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Nice cross by Neilson.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Neilson misses with an uppercut.
Neilson lands a right hook to the body.
Nice jab there from Neilson.
Neilson jabs WiIliams right on the nose. WiIliams blinks but takes it well.
Shane WiIliams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Neilson keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Neilson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from WiIliams.
WiIliams ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Neilson moves away.
WiIliams moves into the clinch.
WiIliams breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Neilson shoots in but no luck this time.
WiIliams misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Neilson lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
WiIliams keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
WiIliams rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Neilson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
WiIliams missing with a left hand there. Neilson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
WiIliams misses with a straight left.
Neilson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent WiIliams stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Neilson fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. WiIliams sprawls well initially but Neilson persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
WiIliams is looking for a sweep. Neilson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
WiIliams looks gassed!
WiIliams wants to get back to full guard but Neilson has passed into side control.
Neilson has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of WiIliams's face.
Neilson breaks from WiIliams's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Neilson trying to control but he's not successful this time.
WiIliams takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Neilson throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for WiIliams because Neilson loaded up on that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neilson lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
WiIliams is squirming around, avoiding Neilson's attempts to control the action.
Neilson unloading with bombs!
WiIliams is looking to get to half guard.
Neilson lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
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!
Neilson thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Neilson 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.
Neilson trying to control but WiIliams is having none of it.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if WiIliams can do anything to dispel that myth.
Neilson scores with a couple of good head shots there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
WiIliams is looking to get to half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Neilson landing strikes from the mount.
Neilson pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Neilson landing strikes, looking to finish!
Neilson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
WiIliams in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Neilson with the ground and pound from mount.
Neilson with the ground and pound from mount.
Neilson connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
A nice elbow there by Neilson.
This has been an exciting period of action!
BOOM! Neilson connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Neilson looking to finish WiIliams with some ground and pound. This is bad for WiIliams!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Neilson.
Neilson looking to finish WiIliams with some ground and pound. This is bad for WiIliams!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
WiIliams is wriggling around trying to escape.
Neilson landing punches.
Neilson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
WiIliams keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Neilson raining down shots from the mount!
Neilson cracks WiIliams with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Neilson unloading with bombs!
Neilson postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. WiIliams looks a forlorn figure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kevin Neilson 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.
Neilson scores with a jab to the jaw.
WiIliams looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Neilson dodges the punch combination from WiIliams.
Neilson changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. WiIliams looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
An elbow from Neilson crashes against the mat.
WiIliams is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Neilson seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Neilson throws a strike but WiIliams avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
WiIliams looking for a sweep. Not yet WiIliams, not yet.
Neilson postures up.
WiIliams is breathing heavily.
WiIliams keeping moving, preventing Neilson from controlling successfully.
Neilson throwing strikes but missing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Neilson trying to control but WiIliams is working from the bottom.
Neilson lands a couple of digs.
Neilson throws a big right hand that misses.
Neilson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as WiIliams works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
WiIliams throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Neilson.
Neilson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from WiIliams.
Neilson fails to land the takedown.
Shane WiIliams is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
WiIliams on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Neilson stalks WiIliams and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into WiIliams's face. WiIliams staggers backwards, shaken.
Neilson scores with a jab to the head.
WiIliams throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
WiIliams is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Neilson looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? WiIliams is fending him off so far but Neilson persists. Nope, WiIliams circles away and we're back to standing.
Neilson connects with the punch.
Neilson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from WiIliams.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
WiIliams gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Neilson throws a strike but WiIliams rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Neilson pushes WiIliams off and scrambles back to his feet.
Neilson misses with a double jab.
Neilson is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Neilson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from WiIliams.
Neilson thuds his right hand into WiIliams's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
WiIliams lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Neilson circles away quickly and effectively.
Kevin Neilson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Neilson connects with a crisp jab.
WiIliams tries to clinch up but Neilson circles away and keeps his distance.
Neilson lands a glancing blow to the side of WiIliams's head.
Neilson lands with an uppercut that bounces WiIliams off the cage and back into rage.
Some bone on bone action there as Neilson checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neilson moves out of range of the strikes.
WiIliams throws a jab when Neilson was well out of range.
Neilson looks to land a combination. WiIliams sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
WiIliams missing with a left hand there. Neilson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Neilson is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Neilson slips under a jab.
Neilson scores with a hook to the body. WiIliams takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
WiIliams misses with a straight right.
WiIliams misses with a hook. Neilson ducked under it nicely.
Neilson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that WiIliams can do to turn this around?
Neilson lands a jab.
Neilson scores with a jab. WiIliams acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Neilson tries for a takedown but WiIliams sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kevin Neilson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
WiIliams misses with a two punch combination.
WiIliams takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Neilson changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. WiIliams tries to avoid it but Neilson manages to keep hold of a leg and drag WiIliams to the ground. WiIliams escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Neilson scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Ground and pound from Neilson.
Neilson tries to pass to full mount but WiIliams defends it.
Neilson working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Neilson there.
WiIliams on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
WiIliams is trying to maintain the position but Neilson is very close to passing his half guard.
Neilson looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
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!
Neilson wants to stand up but WiIliams is controlling the position.
Neilson lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
WiIliams is trying to get back to full guard.
WiIliams works his way to full guard. Good work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kevin Neilson dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Neilson lands with an overhand left.
WiIliams rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Neilson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
WiIliams waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Neilson.
Neilson misses with a jab, cross combination.
WiIliams throws a series of punches but Neilson avoids them all with ease.
A punch lands to the side of WiIliams 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Neilson looks to land a combination but WiIliams avoids it well.
Neilson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with WiIliams but WiIliams pushes him off and we're back to square one.
WiIliams pivots, looking for a leg kick but Neilson is out of range and WiIliams settles back down.
Neilson scores with a three punch combo!
Neilson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Neilson throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck WiIliams on the side of the head.
Neilson uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Neilson moves into range and connects with a jab.
WiIliams misses with a looping right.
Neilson lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Neilson closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Neilson lands in his opponent's guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
WiIliams looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Neilson decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on WiIliams, up you get!
Neilson shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts WiIliams as he jumps to the side.
WiIliams rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Neilson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Neilson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Neilson defending well as WiIliams loads up on a big left hand.
Neilson scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Neilson landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Neilson looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Neilson is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
WiIliams avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Neilson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neilson is controlling the pace.
WiIliams keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Neilson decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
WiIliams walks into a stiff left hand from Neilson.
A telegraphed right hand from WiIliams misses the target.
Kevin Neilson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
WiIliams has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Neilson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
WiIliams gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Neilson.
WiIliams thows a body shot but no joy.
WiIliams throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
WiIliams throws an overhand right that lands on Neilson's shoulder, as Neilson tries to avoid the shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neilson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Neilson keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Neilson shoots for a takedown but WiIliams saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kevin Neilson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Neilson connects with a looping right hand.
Neilson's corner calls for a 1-2. Neilson obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Neilson tries for a takedown but WiIliams sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Neilson slips a straight right by WiIliams.
WiIliams throws the left hand but Neilson avoids the punch easily.
Kevin Neilson is winning the standup battle so far.
Neilson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Neilson fails with a takedown attempt.
WiIliams misses with a double jab
and Neilson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
WiIliams with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Neilson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
WiIliams swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
WiIliams misses with a series of wild punches.
WiIliams needs to keep his hands up - Neilson had a free shot at his head there.
Neilson throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neilson shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
WiIliams throws an overhand right that lands on Neilson's shoulder, as Neilson tries to avoid the shot.
WiIliams takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A telegraphed right hand from WiIliams misses the target.
Neilson scores with the left hand. WiIliams knows he should have avoided that one.
Neilson lands a right hook to the body.
WiIliams misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Neilson.
WiIliams swings away with a body shot that misses
and WiIliams takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nice uppercut lands for Neilson. That snapped WiIliams's head back.
Neilson throws a one two combo.
WiIliams walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Neilson misses with a takedown attempt - WiIliams sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Neilson paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Shane WiIliams has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Neilson closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. WiIliams did well to prevent Neilson getting side control.
WiIliams flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Neilson is trying to control the action in half guard but WiIliams is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kevin Neilson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Neilson, 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kevin Neilson!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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