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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rafael Fox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darrent Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Darrent Williams struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 172.1lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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178 lbs
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187 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Good wrestler
Basic striking
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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
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rafael Fox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Darrent Williams!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Donatello Bradman and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fox keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Williams misses the target.
Williams walks forward, straight into a front kick from Fox.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Fox - that will leave a mark!
Williams thows a left - swing and a miss!
Williams swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Williams misses with a looping right.
Fox moves in looking to clinch but Williams pushes him off.
Fox throws a head kick that misses.
Fox feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Williams's calf.
Fox throws a quick inside leg kick.
Williams scores with a punch to the head.
Williams ducks under a wild hook from Fox.
Williams throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Williams thows a left - swing and a miss!
Williams tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fox was well out of range. Poor timing from Williams.
Williams avoids the head kick by Fox.
Williams misses with an uppercut.
Fox shoots in for a takedown but Williams shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Williams loads up on a big right hand but Fox slips the punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fox was well out of range. Poor timing from Williams.
Fox scores with a push kick.
Fox misses the shot to the body.
Fox lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Williams throws a body punch but Fox moves out of range.
Williams throws out a loose jab but Fox uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fox avoids the body shot from Williams.
Both fighters circling a little - Fox finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Fox turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Williams looks winded!
Williams swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A head kick misses from Fox.
A nice inside leg kick there by Fox. That's going to slow Williams down.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Williams throws a lazy uppercut
and Fox counters with a straight right hand.
Fox lands with a slapping head kick.
Williams circles away from the clinch attempt.
Fox looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Fox paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams thows a body shot but no joy.
Fox throws a head kick that misses.
Williams misses with a body shot.
Fox instigates a clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Fox throws an elbow but misses.
Fox lands a knee to the head.
Williams should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Williams blocks an elbow strike from Fox.
The referee is keeping an eye on Fox - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Fox is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Fox lands a good knee to the midsection. Williams won't want to take too many of those.
Fox lands an elbow inside.
Williams blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fox jumps into guard, dragging Williams to the mat.
Williams looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams being controlled here momentarily.
Williams throws a big elbow that misses.
Fox manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Williams manages to get himself to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fox throws a big right hand that misses.
Fox missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Fox trying to control but Williams is working from the bottom.
Williams has his hands on Fox's head, controlling the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fox throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Williams works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Fox missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Fox throws a big elbow that misses.
Fox thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Fox trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fox wants to control from the top but Williams keeps moving.
Williams has control of Fox's left arm, preventing Fox from doing any damage.
Fox scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rafael Fox 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.
Fox is looking to clinch but Williams is avoiding it.
Fox slips a jab from Williams.
Williams misses with a hook.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Fox.
Williams throws an overhand right that lands on Fox's shoulder, as Fox tries to avoid the shot.
Fox slips a straight right by Williams.
Williams misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fox.
Fox moves out of range as Williams strikes.
Fox tries to clinch there but Williams circles away.
Fox tries to clinch but Williams moves out of range.
Williams ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fox moves away.
Fox fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Williams looking to score a takedown here. Fox is defending well but Williams drives through and ends up in Fox's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fox trying to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams looking to sit in guard and control but Fox gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Fox has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Fox throwing strikes from guard but Williams blocks nicely.
Williams trying to control the position here.
Fox with a flurry of punches that miss.
Fox postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Williams pulls Fox in close to prevent any damage.
Fox stopping the sweep attempt from Williams.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams looking to control.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Darrent Williams hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Fox ducks under a wild hook from Williams.
Williams lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Williams avoids the body shot from Fox.
Nice defenses there by Fox.
Fox throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Williams is breathing heavily.
Fox catches Williams with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Williams thows a body shot but no joy.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fox. Williams does a little dance to reset his feet.
A slow jab from Williams misses its intended target.
Fox fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fox lands with an uppercut that bounces Williams off the cage and back into range.
Fox ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Williams pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Williams takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Williams fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fox manages to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Fox.
Fox throws a jab but it's blocked by Williams.
Williams takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Williams has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Fox.
Fox throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Fox throws a quick inside leg kick.
Fox drives through with a takedown into Williams's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Fox is in close to Williams's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Fox scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fox thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Williams really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Fox. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Fox keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Williams's head.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Fox works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Williams wants to get back to full guard.
Fox lands strikes from half guard.
Fox is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Williams can do to turn this around?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fox is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Fox is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Fox is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Williams has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Fox is working away from the top position though.
Nice strikes from Fox there.
Williams is trying to get back to full guard.
Fox throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Williams wants to improve his position but Fox is controlling well.
Fox working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rafael Fox dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!
Fox thuds his shin into the meat of Williams's side.
Williams has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Fox.
Fox slips a jab from Williams.
Fox fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A head kick misses from Fox.
Williams throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fox buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Fox lands a high kick!
A bone on bone clash there as Williams blocks the leg kick.
Williams's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fox. Williams does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fox pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Williams throws a poor cross that misses
and Fox makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Williams really felt that one!
Rafael Fox is winning the standup battle so far.
Williams swings for the body but Fox moves out of range.
Williams throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fox has managed to clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice elbow from Fox.
Fox lands a nice knee to the body.
Williams takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Fox obliges.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fox lands an elbow that stopped Williams in his tracks for a moment.
Fox crunches a lovely knee into Williams's ribcage.
Fox utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Fox lands a nice elbow.
Fox with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Fox landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Fox utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
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!
Fox lands a good knee to the midsection. Williams won't want to take too many of those.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Fox 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.
Knees to the body from Fox.
Williams wants to stall.
Fox effectively controlling the action here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Fox.
Fox has Williams pressed against the cage.
Fox missing with knees to the body.
Fox misses with a knee strike.
A frustrated look appears on Williams's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Fox landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Williams slowing the pace effectively.
Fox with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Williams trying to stall but Fox improves his position.
Fox unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Williams taking a breather.
Fox drags the fight down to the ground.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fox is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Fox bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Williams's guard.
Fox lands a couple of elbows.
Darrent Williams has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rafael Fox is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Fox wants to control from the top but Williams keeps moving.
Williams looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Williams is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Williams looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fox is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Fox trying to control but Williams is working from the bottom.
Fox in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Fox makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Fox trying to control the position from guard on top but Williams is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Williams has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Fox stopping the sweep attempt from Williams.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fox is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Williams keeping moving, preventing Fox from controlling successfully.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rafael Fox showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Fox 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 Winston Howard scores the fight for Rafael Fox!
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight for Rafael Fox!
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight for Rafael Fox!
Rafael Fox wins by unanimous decision!
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hype
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pop
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