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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Randy Orton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vegas Willyams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Willyams has a pretty significant injury - he really shouldn't be fighting right now but he's a warrior and he's here none the less! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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280 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Randy Orton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vegas Willyams!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Orton shoots in for a takedown but Willyams shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Willyams looks gassed!
Orton closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Willyams did well to prevent Orton getting side control.
Orton landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Orton connects with a nice short shot to Willyams's temple.
Orton takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Orton is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Orton seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Orton lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Orton takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Orton winds up and cracks Willyams with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Orton knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Willyams on the ground.
Orton scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Orton slips a nice elbow through Willyams's hands, connecting with Willyams's forehead.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Orton connects with a nice short shot to Willyams's temple.
Willyams is defending against the submission attempts here by Orton.
Orton landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Orton lands a nice short elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Willyams flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Orton scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Orton winds up and cracks Willyams with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Willyams on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Orton blocks the strikes from Willyams.
Nice strikes from Orton there.
Orton prevents Willyams from improving his position.
Orton will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Willyams striking from half guard on the bottom.
Orton scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Orton is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Orton fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Orton shoots in but Willyams avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Randy Orton. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Willyams shoots in but no luck this time.
Willyams shoots in for a takedown but Orton shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Orton keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Willyams shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Orton as he avoids it easily.
Orton shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Willyams sprawls well. Willyams wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Orton gets slowly back to his feet.
Orton fails with a takedown attempt.
Orton closes this distance looking for a takedown but Willyams circles away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Orton shoots in but no luck this time.
Orton shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Willyams pinned against the cage. Willyams gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Orton shoots in looking for a takedown. Willyams tries to sprawl out of it but Orton keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Willyams manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Willyams.
Orton fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Willyams avoids it really well and circles away.
Orton looks for a takedown but Willyams sprawls well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Willyams shoots in but Orton avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Orton shoots for a double leg takedown but Willyams sprawls well. He's pushed Orton's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Willyams throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Orton's waist but Orton gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Willyams off to one side.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Orton.
Horrible takedown by Willyams or perhaps it was just good defense by Orton which made him look bad.
Willyams fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Orton avoids it really well and circles away.
Orton looks for a takedown but Willyams sprawls well.
Willyams shoots in looking for a takedown. Orton tries to sprawl out of it but Willyams keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Orton manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Willyams stuffs the takedown attempt from Orton. Orton gets slowly back to his feet.
Orton fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Willyams fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Orton avoids it really well and circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Orton is defended easily by Willyams.
Orton fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Orton stuffs the takedown attempt from Willyams. Willyams gets slowly back to his feet.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Orton.
Willyams looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Orton tries for a takedown but Willyams sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Willyams shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Orton as he avoids it easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
No luck for Orton with that takedown attempt.
Orton changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Willyams tries to avoid it but Orton manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Willyams to the ground. Willyams escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Orton decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Willyams punching from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Randy Orton dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Willyams shoots in but no luck this time.
Orton shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Willyams sprawls well. Willyams wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Orton gets slowly back to his feet.
Vegas Willyams is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Orton shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Willyams napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Willyams misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Orton lands an elbow.
Willyams misses with a strike from the bottom.
Willyams is looking to regain half guard here but Orton keeps moving and retains side control.
Orton is chipping away with strikes.
Willyams misses with a strike from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Willyams manages to work his way to half guard, despite Orton's best efforts.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Orton lands a nice short elbow.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Orton shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Willyams but Willyams pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Willyams leaves Orton with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Randy Orton. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Willyams throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Orton's waist but Orton gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Willyams off to one side.
Orton shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Willyams pinned against the cage. Willyams gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Willyams changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Orton tries to avoid it but Willyams manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Orton to the ground. Orton escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Willyams misses with a takedown attempt - Orton sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Orton shoots for a double leg takedown but Willyams sprawls well. He's pushed Orton's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Orton tries to score a power double leg takedown but Willyams sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Orton somewhat.
Orton shoots for a takedown but Willyams saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Orton looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Willyams is fending him off so far but Orton persists. Nope, Willyams circles away and we're back to standing.
Willyams shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Orton fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Willyams avoids it really well and circles away.
Orton fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Willyams shoots in but Orton avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Willyams has a takedown stuffed.
Orton slaps away a takedown attempt from Willyams, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Orton shoots in for a takedown but Willyams shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Willyams shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Orton but Orton pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Willyams is trying hard to land a takedown here. Orton sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Willyams misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Orton shoots in for a double leg but Willyams sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Willyams shoots in for a double leg but Orton sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Nice takedown defense from Orton. No joy for Willyams on that attempt.
Orton dives in and grabs Willyams's left leg, looking for a takedown. Willyams pushes down on Orton's head and hops out.
Horrible takedown by Orton or perhaps it was just good defense by Willyams which made him look bad.
Willyams slaps away a takedown attempt from Orton, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Willyams shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Orton sprawls well. Orton wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Willyams gets slowly back to his feet.
Orton fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Willyams avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Willyams fails with the takedown.
Willyams shoots in for a double leg but Orton sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Orton changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Willyams tries to avoid it but Orton manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Willyams to the ground. Willyams escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Willyams changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Orton tries to avoid it but Willyams manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Orton to the ground. Orton escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Orton shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Orton was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Willyams can't escape the position.
Orton blocks Willyams's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Willyams is in all sorts of trouble here.
Orton pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Orton prevents Willyams from getting the reversal.
Orton putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Orton is landing with some decent strikes but Willyams is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Willyams is trying to escape the mount.
Orton connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Willyams flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Willyams throwing hammer fists to the chest of Orton. What's that going to do exactly?
The referee warns Willyams that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Orton dominating with strikes here.
Willyams really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
BOOM! Orton connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Willyams flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Willyams is trying to escape the mount.
Willyams swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Willyams working to try and regain half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Randy Orton dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Orton dives in and grabs Willyams's left leg, looking for a takedown. Willyams pushes down on Orton's head and hops out.
Willyams looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Orton changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Willyams tries to avoid it but Orton manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Willyams to the ground. Willyams escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Willyams stuffs the takedown attempt from Orton. Orton gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Randy Orton. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Orton shoots in for a double leg but Willyams sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Willyams shoots for a takedown but Orton saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Orton shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Willyams as he jumps to the side.
Willyams shoots in for a takedown but Orton shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Willyams has a takedown stuffed.
Willyams shoots in looking for a takedown. Orton tries to sprawl out of it but Willyams keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Orton manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Orton scores a takedown into full mount!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Willyams throwing hammer fists to the chest of Orton. What's that going to do exactly?
Willyams is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Orton with a couple of short strikes.
Orton lands a heavy elbow.
Willyams is mounted and he's throwing punches. Is that wise?
Orton connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Orton postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Willyams looks a forlorn figure.
Orton scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Willyams?
Randy Orton overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Orton working the ground and pound effectively.
Orton landing strikes from the mount and Willyams is in trouble!
Willyams is in a horrible position here. Orton smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Orton working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Willyams flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Orton blocks Willyams's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Orton fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Orton blocks Willyams's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Willyams swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Willyams has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Orton scoring with strikes but Willyams is staying in there.
Orton lands a nice shot to the head.
Orton pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Orton lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Willyams hang on?
Willyams is working to get back to half guard.
Orton landing strikes from the mount.
Orton putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Orton lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Willyams hang on?
Orton prevents Willyams from getting the reversal.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Orton cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Orton looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Willyams is trying desperately to improve position.
Willyams swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orton lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Orton putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Orton is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Willyams taking shots to the head.
Orton postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Willyams looks a forlorn figure.
Orton lands with some strikes.
Willyams throwing hammer fists to the chest of Orton. What's that going to do exactly?
Orton blocks Willyams's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Orton pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Orton lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Willyams hang on?
Willyams throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Orton lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Willyams hang on?
Willyams throwing hammer fists to the chest of Orton. What's that going to do exactly?
Orton looking to finish Willyams with some ground and pound. This is bad for Willyams!
Willyams in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Willyams taking shots to the head.
Orton has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Willyams's face.
Orton pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Willyams is in all sorts of trouble here.
Orton landing shots from mount.
Orton scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Willyams is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Willyams is desperately trying to improve his position but Orton has a good base and remains in mount.
Willyams in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Willyams throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Orton blocks Willyams's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Orton lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Orton blocks Willyams's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Willyams throwing hammer fists to the chest of Orton. What's that going to do exactly?
Willyams throwing hammer fists to the chest of Orton. What's that going to do exactly?
Willyams bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Vegas Willyams has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Willyams preventing the sweep.
And that's the end of the fight!
Randy Orton showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Orton, 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 Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Randy Orton!
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