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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between George Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hype Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Santos comes to the cage accompanied by Riding All Night And Day. George Santos has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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170 cm
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130 lbs
10 - 5 - 1 |
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166 cm
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143 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
Experienced |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
10 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, George Santos! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hype Williams! The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Micheangelo Fripello and Josh West.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Williams feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Santoss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist! Santos takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him. A jab from Williams does it's job there. Santos fails in his attempt to clinch. Santos is looking to clinch but Williams is avoiding it.
Williams lands a jab to the head.
Santos doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body. Williams misses with a hook. Santos ducked under it nicely. A telegraphed right hand from Williams misses the target. Santos wants to clinch up but Williams keeps it at a distance. Santos on the wrong end of a nice jab. Williams connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Santos momentarily.
Santos ducks under a wild hook from Williams. Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up but Williams swats him away and circles back towards the center. Santos takes one to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Santos moves out of range as Williams strikes. Williams changes levels and scores with a jab to the body. Santos walks into a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round. Williams throws a hook but Santos blocks it. Santos needs to keep his hands up - Williams had a free shot at his head there. Hype Williams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Williams jabs Santos right on the nose. Santos blinks but takes it well. Santos takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Williams throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Santos tries to close the distance and clinch but Williams swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Santos blocks a head kick by Williams.
Santos tries to clinch but fails miserably and Williams counters with a straight right hand. Santos takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Santos has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Williams finds it's way round the side to connect with Santos's head. Good exchange - Williams coming out on top. Williams missing with a left hand there. Santos was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Williams lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Santos has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Santos and we're back underway with a touch of gloves. Williams stuns Santos with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range. Santos tries to clinch there but Williams circles away.
Williams might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable. Williams stalks Santos and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Santos's face. Santos staggers backwards, shaken. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Santos fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Williams connects with a good right hand that stumbles Santos. Santos circles away out of range and recomposes himself. Williams misses with an uppercut. Santos saw that one coming. Santos wants to clinch up but Williams keeps it at a distance. Williams waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Santos. Williams dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Santos takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt. Santos clinches up with Williams and pushes him back against the cage. Santos keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Williams's efforts to push away. Williams has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate. Williams escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Williams stuns Santos with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range. Williams misses with a wild combination.
Williams lands with a hook. Santos tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head. Williams lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Santos tries to clinch up but Williams circles away and keeps his distance. Williams misses with a jab, cross combination.
Santos on the wrong end of a nice jab. Santos moves in looking to clinch but Williams pushes him off. Santos uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Williams. Williams lands a glancing blow to the side of Santos's head. Williams connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt. A slow jab from Williams misses its intended target. Williams tries to land a leg kick but Santos saw it coming and moves away.
Santos tries to clinch but Williams moves out of range. Santos wants to clinch up but Williams keeps it at a distance. Williams misses with a two punch combination.
Williams throws a shot from downtown. Santos moves away and avoids it. Williams looks to land a right hand but Santos moved out of range. Williams is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Santos had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté. Good shot there by Williams. Santos tries to close the distance and clinch but Williams swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Santos on the wrong end of a nice jab. Williams lands with a good body shot. Santos looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that. No joy there for Santos, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Williams misses with a low kick.
Williams misses with an uppercut. Santos is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Williams. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Williams misses with a few strikes there.
Williams misses with a straight left. Santos tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Williams connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Santos's hands. Williams lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Santos backs up against the cage.
Williams lands with a nice body punch. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Williams works the jab nicely. Williams waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Santos. Santos tries to clinch but Williams is having none of it. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hype Williams dominated that round. The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Williams misses the jab. Williams cracks Santos with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage. Williams looks to land a right hand but Santos moved out of range. George Santos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Santos tries to clinch but Williams moves out of range. Williams lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head. Williams misses with a hook. Santos ducked under it nicely. Sloppy strikes from Williams. Those never looked like landing. Santos moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross. Santos wants to clinch and Williams counters with a three punch combo that has Santos backing up. Santos nods at Williams to acknowledge the strikes. Santos takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it. Williams throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Williams scores with a one two! Santos had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes. Santos tries to clinch up but Williams circles away and keeps his distance. Santos fails with an attempt to clinch.
Santos tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Santos fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round. Santos tries to clinch up but Williams circles away and keeps his distance. Williams misses with a straight right. Williams loads up on a big right hand but Santos slips the punch. Santos takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Williams throws a shot from downtown. Santos moves away and avoids it. Santos is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Santos walks into a straight right hand from Williams. Santos moves into range and clinches up with Williams. Santos has a couple of punches blocked by Williams.
Santos pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. Santos lands an elbow inside. Williams has had enough of the clinch but Santos keeps him there for the moment. Santos comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush. Williams working hard to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Santos misses with an elbow strike.
Williams takes an elbow to the forehead. Williams dodges an elbow strike from Santos.
Williams wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Williams wants to break the clinch but can't.
Santos keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Williams's efforts to push away. Santos prevents Williams from breaking the clinch. Williams can't break the clinch.
Santos misses with an elbow strike.
Williams wants to break the clinch but can't.
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! Williams wants to break the clinch but can't.
Santos keeps control of Williams as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. Nice elbow from Santos.
It looks like Hype Williams has been cut. Williams is trying to break the clinch but Santos has him pressed against the cage. Santos lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. Williams working hard to break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Williams tries to circle away but Santos has him pinned against the cage. Williams is looking to control Santos's arms but Santos gets an underhook and turns him. Now Williams has his back to the cage. Williams tries to break the clinch but Santos is controlling the position. Santos keeps control of Williams as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. Williams wants to break the clinch but can't.
Santos misses with an elbow strike.
Williams wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee. Williams can't break the clinch.
Santos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Williams.
Williams wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Williams takes an elbow to the temple. Williams breaks the clinch.
Williams dips to his left and cracks Santos with an uppercut! A cross from Williams lands. Williams lands a body shot.
A big right from Williams misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Williams works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance. Santos is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Santos is looking to clinch but Williams is avoiding it.
Williams misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Santos.
Williams scores to the head and body with a nice combination! Williams misses with a straight left. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Santos with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Williams to score with a decent uppercut. Williams scores with a nice strike. Williams lands a body shot.
Santos tries to clinch but Williams is having none of it. Williams keeps the fight on the outside. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Williams listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut. Santos staying out of range there. Williams dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Williams missing with a left hand there. Santos was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hype Williams showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards. The cut man is working on Hype Williams's cut. The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
An inside leg kick from Williams misses. Santos is looking to clinch but Williams is avoiding it.
Williams dips to his left and cracks Santos with an uppercut! Santos tries to close the distance and clinch but Williams swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Williams scores with a jab. Williams keeps the fight on the outside. Williams lands a nice shot to the body.
Williams bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Santos's head backwards. Santos moves in looking to clinch but Williams pushes him off. Williams throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Santos on the side of the head. Williams scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard. Santos fails in his attempt to clinch. Santos is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Santos walks into a straight right hand from Williams. Williams feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Santoss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
That's one minute gone in the round. Williams scores with a decent looking hook. Williams fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Santos looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath. Williams scores with a shot to the body.
A jab from Williams finds it's way through Santos's defenses. A punch lands to the side of Santos 's head but he takes it in his stride. Santos takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch. Santos uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Williams. Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Williams paws at him with a jab and circles away. Santos tries to clinch but Williams is having none of it. A cross from Williams lands. Williams misses the jab. Williams scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent. Hype Williams seems to be getting the better of the standup. Williams is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot. A head kick misses from Santos. Nice shot lands for Williams.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Santos darts in trying to clinch and Williams counters with a one-two to the body. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Nice uppercut lands for Williams. That snapped Santos's head back.
Santos tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. A left lands for Williams. Williams missing with a left hand there. Santos was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Good standup being displayed there by Williams as he connects with a hook. Santos blocks a jab. A shot to the liver by Williams. Beautiful body shot. Santos tries to clinch there but Williams circles away.
Santos is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Santos wants to clinch up but Williams keeps it at a distance. Santos tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Williams manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Santos tries to clinch there but Williams circles away.
Williams throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Williams avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nice jab there from Williams. No joy there for Williams, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Santos fails with an attempt to clinch.
Santos is looking to clinch. Williams uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook. Williams just misses with a punch to the body.
Santos avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Santos tries to clinch up but Williams circles away and keeps his distance. Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Williams paws at him with a jab and circles away. Santos wants to clinch up but Williams keeps it at a distance. Santos is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Williams misses with a hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Williams loads up on a big right hand but Santos slips the punch. Williams misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Williams waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Santos. A punch combination from Williams misses. Santos tries to clinch up. Williams lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw. Williams scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction. 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! Santos wants to clinch. Santos tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. The fighters circling - Williams throws out the jab but it was never going to land. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Good standup being displayed there by Williams as he connects with a hook. Williams lands a right hook to the body.
George Santos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! Williams tests Santos's chin there with a solid looking shot.
And that's the end of the fight! Hype Williams comfortably won the final round on my scorecard. 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 Chris Saunders scores the fight 27:30 Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 27:30 Judge Josh West scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hype Williams! Hype Williams seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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