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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Digao Sanantonio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ashley Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ashley Williams is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Digao Sanantonio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ashley Williams!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Jonathan Paton and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanantonio throws a push kick but Williams slaps the foot to one side.
A nice inside leg kick there by Williams. That's going to slow Sanantonio down.
Sanantonio is looking to chop away at Williams's legs.
Sanantonio tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Williams was well out of range. Poor timing from Sanantonio.
A combination from Sanantonio does no damage.
Williams dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sanantonio. That did some damage!
Sanantonio throws a series of punches but Williams avoids them all with ease.
Sanantonio throws the kick towards the body but Williams avoids it.
Williams ducks under a wild hook from Sanantonio.
Williams throws a quick inside leg kick.
Sanantonio tries to clinch but Williams moves out of range.
Sanantonio is looking to clinch but Williams is avoiding it.
A solid body kick from Williams.
Sanantonio fails to land with a series of punches.
Williams throws a leg kick but Sanantonio checks it.
Sanantonio misses with a few strikes there.
Williams feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Sanantonio's calf.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanantonio closes the distance looking to clinch
and Williams counters by moving into the clinch.
Williams with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Williams tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Williams takes a knee right on the jaw!
Williams tries to land a knee to the head but Sanantonio blocks with his arms.
Williams lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Digao Sanantonio has been cut.
Williams tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Williams tries a knee to the head but Sanantonio blocks it.
Williams misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sanantonio.
Sanantonio missing with knees to the body.
Williams on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Williams throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sanantonio throws a punch but it's blocked by Williams.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Williams throws a knee to the head but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sanantonio throws an elbow but misses.
Williams lands a nice knee to the body.
Sanantonio is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Williams looking to throw knees to the head but Sanantonio is blocking nicely.
Sanantonio tries to stall but Williams uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Sanantonio throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sanantonio avoiding damage as Williams throws knees to the body.
Sanantonio on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Williams tries a knee to the head but Sanantonio blocks it.
Williams misses with a knee strike.
Williams throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sanantonio blocks it with crossed arms.
Williams with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Williams using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sanantonio has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Williams connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sanantonio's face.
Sanantonio misses with an elbow over the top.
Williams tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sanantonio avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Sanantonio.
Williams throws a knee to the head but misses.
Williams misses with a knee to the head.
Williams with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sanantonio pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sanantonio tries to land knees in the clinch but Williams avoids the damage to the body.
Sanantonio pushes off an throws an elbow but Williams leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Williams landing knees to the head.
Williams looking to throw knees to the head but Sanantonio is blocking nicely.
Williams tries a knee to the head but Sanantonio blocks it.
Williams looking to throw knees to the head but Sanantonio is blocking nicely.
Sanantonio is trying to maintain a safe position but Williams gets an underhook and turns Sanantonio into the cage.
Sanantonio tries to land knees in the clinch but Williams avoids the damage to the body.
Williams landing knees to the body.
Sanantonio blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Williams tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Williams with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams blocks an elbow strike from Sanantonio.
Williams throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sanantonio tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sanantonio throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Williams takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like Ashley Williams has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Williams tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Williams blocks the elbow strike.
Williams with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sanantonio taking a breather.
Williams blocks the elbow strike.
Williams dodges an elbow strike from Sanantonio.
Williams with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Williams with an attempt at a knee that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sanantonio trying to stall but Williams improves his position.
Sanantonio scores a nice knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ashley Williams dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.
Sanantonio tries to clinch but Williams moves away
and Williams counters by moving into the clinch.
Williams tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sanantonio misses with an elbow over the top.
Sanantonio scores with a knee to the head.
Sanantonio throws an elbow that misses.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sanantonio just misses with a elbow thrown towards Williams's brow.
Williams with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Williams throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sanantonio blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ashley Williams seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Sanantonio throws an elbow but it misses.
Sanantonio managing to block the knees to the body from Williams.
Williams on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sanantonio with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Williams lands a knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sanantonio lands a damaging elbow.
Williams avoiding damage as Sanantonio throws knees to the body.
Williams tries a knee to the head but Sanantonio blocks it.
Williams lands a good knee to the midsection. Sanantonio won't want to take too many of those.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams missing with knees to the body.
Sanantonio takes a knee right on the jaw!
Williams connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sanantonio's face.
Williams with a knee to the head.
Williams using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sanantonio has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Williams using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sanantonio has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Williams with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Williams unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sanantonio lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Williams using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sanantonio has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Williams crunches a lovely knee into Sanantonio's ribcage.
Williams looking to throw knees to the head but Sanantonio is blocking nicely.
Williams landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Williams tries a knee to the head but Sanantonio blocks it.
Williams throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sanantonio blocks it with crossed arms.
Williams avoids the elbow strike from Sanantonio, against the cage.
Sanantonio pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams managing to block the knees to the body from Sanantonio.
Williams misses with a knee strike.
Williams tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Williams with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sanantonio gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Williams with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Williams tries to land a knee to the head but Sanantonio blocks with his arms.
Williams tries to land a knee to the head but Sanantonio blocks with his arms.
Williams with a knee to the head.
Sanantonio connects with a knee to the head.
Williams throws a knee to the head but misses.
Williams avoids a wild elbow strike from Sanantonio.
Sanantonio lands with a right to the head.
Williams tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Williams throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sanantonio throws an elbow but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Williams avoids the elbow strike from Sanantonio, against the cage.
Williams misses with a knee to the head.
Williams tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sanantonio avoids it.
Williams tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sanantonio throws an elbow but it misses.
Williams takes an elbow to the forehead.
Williams tries a knee to the head but Sanantonio blocks it.
Sanantonio is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Sanantonio throws an elbow that misses.
Williams using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sanantonio has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Williams takes an elbow to the temple.
Sanantonio lands an elbow inside.
Sanantonio pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sanantonio misses with an elbow over the top.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanantonio pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Williams looking to throw knees to the head but Sanantonio is blocking nicely.
Williams throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sanantonio is trying to maintain a safe position but Williams gets an underhook and turns Sanantonio into the cage.
Sanantonio pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sanantonio putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Williams in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Williams lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Williams tries to land a knee to the head but Sanantonio blocks with his arms.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sanantonio gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Williams avoids a wild elbow strike from Sanantonio.
Sanantonio tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Williams misses with a knee to the head.
Williams blocks an elbow strike from Sanantonio.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sanantonio pushes Williams back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Williams with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Williams misses with a knee strike.
Williams tries to land a knee to the head but Sanantonio blocks with his arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ashley Williams 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.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Sanantonio fails to land with a series of punches.
Sanantonio blocks a low kick nicely.
Sanantonio misses with a double jab.
Williams throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Sanantonio throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Williams moves away from the strike by Sanantonio.
A nice inside leg kick there by Williams. That's going to slow Sanantonio down.
Sanantonio looks to land a body kick but Williams moved away.
Williams swats away the attempt to clinch by Sanantonio.
Williams scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sanantonio throws a series of punches but Williams avoids them all with ease.
Williams connects with an inside leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanantonio takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Williams has managed to clinch.
Williams tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Williams tries to land knees in the clinch but Sanantonio avoids the damage to the body.
Williams throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sanantonio blocks it with crossed arms.
Williams is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sanantonio is defending well for now.
Williams avoids a wild elbow strike from Sanantonio.
Sanantonio lands a shoulder strike.
Sanantonio creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Williams lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Williams misses with a knee to the head.
Williams tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Williams avoids a wild elbow strike from Sanantonio.
Williams is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sanantonio is defending well for now.
Sanantonio lands an elbow inside.
Sanantonio throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanantonio with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sanantonio throws an elbow that misses.
Williams using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sanantonio has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Williams dodges an elbow strike from Sanantonio.
Williams takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sanantonio on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Williams using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sanantonio has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sanantonio.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sanantonio tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Williams avoids it.
Williams avoids the elbow strike from Sanantonio, against the cage.
Williams tries a knee to the head but Sanantonio blocks it.
Williams tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Williams tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sanantonio throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Williams looking to throw knees to the head but Sanantonio is blocking nicely.
Sanantonio misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Williams.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams avoids a wild elbow strike from Sanantonio.
Williams blocks the elbow strike.
Williams blocks an elbow strike.
Williams with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Williams misses with a knee to the head.
Williams tries to land knees in the clinch but Sanantonio avoids the damage to the body.
Williams with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Williams tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sanantonio looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sanantonio stalling against the cage.
Williams throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sanantonio throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Williams avoids a wild elbow strike from Sanantonio.
Sanantonio lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sanantonio throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Williams blocks it with crossed arms.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Sanantonio.
Williams tries to land a knee to the head but Sanantonio blocks with his arms.
Sanantonio creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Williams's defenses.
Sanantonio is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Sanantonio pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Williams blocks an uppercut.
Sanantonio works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Sanantonio scores a nice knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sanantonio is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Williams is defending well for now.
Digao Sanantonio has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Williams blocks an elbow strike from Sanantonio.
Williams avoids the elbow strike from Sanantonio, against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sanantonio lands an elbow that stopped Williams in his tracks for a moment.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Williams with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sanantonio connects with a knee to the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Digao Sanantonio showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Williams has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 28:29
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ashley Williams!
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