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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Stryker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Walt William (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Walt William has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Johnny Stryker's 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
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Johnny Stryker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Walt William!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Sam Margolis and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stryker keeps the fight on the outside.
Stryker forces William back against the ropes and clinches.
William throws a head punch that misses.
Stryker wants to stall.
Stryker prevents a body shot from William.
William misses with a knee to the head.
Stryker scores with a hook to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Stryker.
Stryker lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Stryker lands with a left to the head.
William tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Stryker's elbow.
William swings away with an uppercut that misses.
William tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Stryker is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Stryker lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of William backwards.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Stryker presses William against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
William effectively controlling the action here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
William is trying to stall.
Stryker blocks a punch to the side of the head.
William fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Stalling in the clinch from William.
William tries to throw a body punch but Stryker avoids it by throwing William back against the ropes.
A shot in the inside from Stryker.
William controlling the action here for a moment.
Stryker drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Stryker looking to slow down the pace here.
Stryker struggles to land a body shot inside as William controls his hands.
Stryker tries to work over William's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Stryker breaks from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stryker throws a one two combo.
Walt William is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Stryker throws a body punch but William moves out of range.
Stryker's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Stryker duly obliges.
Stryker lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stryker misses with a wild body shot.
Stryker bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps William's head backwards.
Stryker circles away from the clinch attempt.
Stryker lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but William circles away quickly and effectively.
William closes the distance and clinches.
Stryker avoiding damage as William throws knees to the body.
Stryker misses with a punch to the body.
William tries a body shot but Stryker blocks it.
William makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Stryker can't find room to land a body shot as William controls the action.
William looking to slow down the pace here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stryker can't find room to land a body shot as William controls the action.
William using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Stryker has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Stryker blocks an uppercut.
Stryker is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. William gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Stryker tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Stryker misses with a punch to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as William takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
With the fighters up against the ropes, William throws an elbow but misses.
Stryker stalling in the clinch but William improves position.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Stryker goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stryker misses with a punch to the body.
Stryker wants to stall.
William slowing the pace effectively.
Stryker lands a hook that snaps the head of William backwards.
Stryker managing to block the knees to the body from William.
Stryker lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Stryker avoiding damage as William throws knees to the body.
William tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Stryker's elbow.
William trying to land knees to the body.
William tries to land a knee to the head but Stryker blocks with his arms.
William lands with a right to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
William throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Stryker blocks it with crossed arms.
William misses with a shot to the kidneys.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stryker makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
William swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Stryker gets through William's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Stryker dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Nice uppercut lands for Stryker. That snapped William's head back.
William has Stryker up against the ropes in a clinch.
William digs a right hand underneath Stryker's ribcage. Stryker let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Stryker blocks an uppercut.
Stryker can't find room to land a body shot as William controls the action.
Stryker is looking to break free of the clinch but William has double underhooks.
William is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
William tries to land knees in the clinch but Stryker avoids the damage to the body.
A shot in the inside from Stryker.
William is trying to maintain a safe position but Stryker gets an underhook and turns William into the ropes.
Stryker makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
William takes a shot to the head.
William throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
William taking a breather.
Stryker taking a breather.
William tries to stall but Stryker uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Stryker is trying to break free.
Stryker is trying to stall.
William misses with a shot to the kidneys.
William has a couple of punches blocked by Stryker.
William blocks a body shot from Stryker.
Stryker tries a body shot but William blocks it.
Stryker throws a punch but it's blocked by William.
William throws an elbow that misses.
William misses with a shot to the kidneys.
William prevents the takedown attempt.
Stryker tries a body shot but William blocks it.
Stryker pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
William wants to clinch.
Johnny Stryker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stryker moves out of range of the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stryker wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Stryker avoids the head kick by William.
Stryker tries to bum rush William with a series of wild strikes but William uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Stryker misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Stryker swinging wildly here.
An inside leg kick from William misses.
Stryker fails with a takedown attempt.
A head kick misses from William.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
William takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
William wants to clinch.
William drives through and clinches with Stryker against the ropes.
William stalling the fight.
Stryker misses with a hook to the ribs.
William tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Stryker avoids it.
William swings away with an uppercut that misses.
William with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Walt William seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Stryker lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Stryker misses with a punch to the body.
Stryker misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Stryker taking a breather.
Stryker swings wildly with an uppercut but William uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
William displaying some good clinch control by pressing Stryker up against the ropes.
Stryker blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Stryker stalling in the clinch but William improves position.
William stalling the fight.
Stryker is looking to break free of the clinch but William has double underhooks.
William is trying to stall.
Stryker is trying to maintain a safe position but William gets an underhook and turns Stryker into the ropes.
William tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Stryker tries to throw a body punch but William avoids it by throwing Stryker back against the ropes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stryker stalling in the clinch but William improves position.
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!
Stryker can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Stryker avoiding damage as William throws knees to the body.
William with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Johnny Stryker will probably get the nod.
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. And we move into the final round!
William looks to land a body kick but Stryker moved away.
William is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
William throws a sloppy head kick and Stryker moves out of range easily.
Stryker scores with a hook to the body. William takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Stryker dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
William looks to score with a jab to the body but Stryker is just out of range.
Stryker paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Stryker clinches.
William tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Stryker misses with a body punch.
Stryker lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of William backwards.
Stryker looking to slow down the pace here.
William blocks a body shot from Stryker.
That's one minute gone in the round.
William swings wildly with an uppercut but Stryker uses good head movement to avoid it.
William keeps control of Stryker as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Stryker blocks an uppercut.
William tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Stryker struggles to land a body shot inside as William controls his hands.
Stryker misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stryker taking a breather.
William is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Stryker is defending well for now.
Stryker blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Come on William - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Stryker wants to stall.
Stryker is working for takedown but William is calmly controlling the position for now.
Stryker tries a body shot but William blocks it.
Stryker prevents a body shot from William.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
William throws a punch but it's blocked by Stryker.
William tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
William throws an elbow but it misses.
Stryker is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but William is defending well.
Stryker misses with a hook to the ribs.
Stryker goes for a takedown in the clinch but William prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johnny Stryker. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
William stalling the fight.
Stryker tries to stall but William uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
William tries to land a knee to the head but Stryker blocks with his arms.
Stryker blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
William tries to work over Stryker's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for William.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
William is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Stryker is defending well for now.
Stryker tries to throw a body punch but William avoids it by throwing Stryker back against the ropes.
Stryker trying to stall but William improves his position.
William is looking to control Stryker's arms but Stryker gets an underhook and turns him. Now William has his back to the ropes.
William tries to land a knee to the head but Stryker blocks with his arms.
Stryker looking to stall.
Nice body punch from Stryker - that landed with a thud.
William tries to land knees in the clinch but Stryker avoids the damage to the body.
William tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Stryker lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Stryker lands a body shot in the clinch.
William throws a punch but it's blocked by Stryker.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
William looking to stall.
William struggles to land a body shot inside as Stryker controls his hands.
William tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Stryker's elbow.
William with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
William creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
William looking to stall.
William takes a shot to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
William prevents a body shot from Stryker.
William with an attempt at a knee that misses.
William misses with a hook to the ribs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stryker is trying to force a seperation but William has the dominant position.
Stryker is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
And that's the end of the fight!
Johnny Stryker showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Stryker has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Paul Tew scores the fight for Johnny Stryker!
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight for Johnny Stryker!
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight for Johnny Stryker!
Johnny Stryker wins by unanimous decision!
Johnny Stryker spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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