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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Leroy Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and mike whitby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Williams's entrance music is Ambitions Az A Ryder. A fine choice. whitby is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by turn my swag on. Leroy Williams has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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150 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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151 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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Decent wrestler
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Leroy Williams!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, mike whitby!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Lou da Vinci and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice takedown defense from Williams. No joy for whitby on that attempt.
Williams tries for a takedown but whitby sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Williams is looking to clinch.
whitby closes the distance looking to clinch
and Williams counters by clinching up.
Williams tries to land a knee to the head but whitby blocks with his arms.
Williams lands a knee to the head.
It looks like mike whitby has been cut.
whitby wants to get back to striking at distance but Williams won't allow it.
Williams escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Williams misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
whitby misses with a takedown attempt
and Williams moves into the clinch.
Williams drops down looking for an ankle pick but whitby pulls his leg out and moves away.
whitby throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
whitby darts in trying to clinch
and Williams counters with a head kick. That will keep whitby thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams closes this distance looking for a takedown but whitby circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Leroy Williams. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Williams takes the fight into the clinch.
whitby lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Williams backwards.
whitby lands an elbow that stopped Williams in his tracks for a moment.
It looks like Leroy Williams has been cut.
whitby connects with a nasty looking knee right to Williams's face.
whitby is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Williams lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Williams wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
whitby lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Williams on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
whitby tries to stall but Williams uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
whitby with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Williams prevents whitby from breaking the clinch.
Williams on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
whitby lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
whitby tries to land a knee to the head but Williams blocks with his arms.
whitby lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Williams can't break the clinch.
Williams is trying to break free.
The is referee keeping an eye on whitby - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Williams stalling against the cage.
Williams is breathing heavily.
Knees in the clinch landing for Williams.
Williams stops a takedown attempt from whitby.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
whitby avoiding damage as Williams throws knees to the body.
whitby has had enough of the clinch but Williams keeps him there for the moment.
Williams tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Williams goes for a takedown in the clinch but whitby prevents it.
Williams escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
whitby shoots in and bounces Williams off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Williams is working an open guard so whitby takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
whitby wants to clinch.
Williams with a lazy takedown attempt
enabling whitby to counter with a crisp jab.
Williams is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Williams closes the distance but whitby moves to the side
and whitby counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Williams's guard now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
whitby is looking to work some ground and pound but Williams has wrist control.
Williams is looking for a triangle but whitby pushes his legs off easily.
Williams had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. whitby is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Williams Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take whitby's back instead.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams avoiding whitby 's attempts to control his hands.
whitby is having to fend off submission attempts from Williams, who is looking to sink in the choke. Williams doesn't have the hooks in though and whitby manages to reverse position! He's now on top, in his opponent's guard.
whitby pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Williams is keeping the position for now.
whitby trying to control the position from guard on top but Williams is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
whitby preventing the sweep.
whitby is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
whitby pushing down on Williams's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
whitby wants to pass to mount but Williams is defending the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Williams slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
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.
whitby won't allow Williams to sweep him here.
Williams has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but whitby can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
whitby stopping the sweep attempt from Williams.
whitby slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
whitby scoring with some ground and pound.
whitby controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Williams working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. whitby doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. whitby manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Williams has momentary wrist control but whitby slips an elbow through the middle.
Williams has his foot on whitby's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. whitby works his way back into a safe position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but mike whitby will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Williams fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with whitby, pushing him back against the cage.
whitby blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Williams escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
whitby rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Williams moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
mike whitby seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Williams gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
whitby doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Williams connects with a nasty looking knee right to whitby's face.
Williams fails to pull the fight into his guard.
whitby wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Williams has him pressed against the cage.
Williams prevents whitby from breaking the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Williams.
whitby wants to break the clinch but can't.
whitby tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Williams fails to pull guard.
Williams has whitby pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. whitby manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Leroy Williams. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Williams manages to pull guard.
Williams throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
whitby must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Williams wants to sweep here but whitby controlling him for the moment.
whitby is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
whitby stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Williams swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
whitby looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
whitby wants to control from the top but Williams keeps moving.
Williams working for a triangle but whitby defends it easily.
whitby advances to half guard.
whitby drops an elbow to the side of Williams's head.
whitby working over Williams with some ground and pound. Williams looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Ground and pound from whitby.
whitby is figuring out what he wants to do next.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams tries to regain full guard. Instead though, whitby has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
whitby is in the full mount, landing strikes.
whitby with a couple of short strikes.
Williams is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
whitby working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Williams is working to get back to half guard.
whitby looking to control but Williams is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Williams is looking to improve his position but whitby isn't that keen on the idea.
A nice elbow there by whitby.
Williams in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Williams keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The referee warns Williams that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
whitby scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Williams?
whitby sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
whitby can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Williams is looking to escape.
Williams is looking to get to half guard.
whitby with good strikes from the mount here!
The referee warns Williams that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Williams is working to get back to half guard.
whitby landing punches.
whitby lands with some strikes.
mike whitby has got the better of the ground game so far.
Williams taking shots to the head.
Williams tries to reverse the position but whitby maintains control.
whitby controlling the pace for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
mike whitby showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Crunch! Williams slams his shin into whitby's torso.
whitby throws a nice head kick!
Williams shoots in but whitby avoids the takedown attempt easily.
whitby shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Williams but Williams pushes him off and we're back to square one.
whitby misses with a lunging right hand
and Williams counters by clinching up.
Williams wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
whitby pulls guard.
Williams advances position into side control!
Williams tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Williams has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
whitby takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Williams has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for whitby!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams goes for an armbar but whitby turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from whitby.
Williams has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. whitby is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Williams.
Williams is looking to regain half guard here but whitby keeps moving and retains side control.
Williams manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Williams is trying to work for a kimura but whitby is defending well.
Williams prevents whitby from improving his position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if whitby can do anything to dispel that myth.
Williams wants to pass the guard but whitby is defending well.
whitby trying to hold on to Williams's head to control him but Williams postures up.
Williams is looking for a kimura here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
whitby gets back to full guard.
whitby lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Williams!
Williams takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Williams takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, whitby cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Williams taking shots to the head.
whitby prevents Williams from getting the reversal.
whitby trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Williams really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
whitby with good strikes from the mount here!
whitby prevents Williams from getting the reversal.
Williams gets back to half guard.
whitby is keen to just control but Williams is a slippery customer.
Williams manages to get to full guard.
Williams looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but whitby is defending well. Williams quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! whitby has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Williams celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:02 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Leroy Williams!
Leroy Williams is the new featherweight champion!
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energy
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hype
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