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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Buster Cherry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eli Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cherry kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Busters Back. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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279 lbs
23 - 14 - 0 |
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266 lbs
26 - 16 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Buster Cherry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Eli Williams!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, William Peck and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams feints and as Cherry raises his hands in defense, Williams changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Williams in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Cherry avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Williams throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Cherry works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Williams postures up.
Williams is looking to work some ground and pound but Cherry has wrist control.
Williams trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Williams trying to control but Cherry is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Williams is looking to work some ground and pound but Cherry has wrist control.
Williams throws a strike but Cherry rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Cherry not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Williams is looking for a triangle but Cherry pushes his legs off easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cherry got a little sloppy there for a moment and Williams has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Cherry has managed to get both his arms back between Williams's legs - danger averted.
Williams has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Williams seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Williams throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Cherry works over Williams with some ground and pound from guard.
Cherry stands up over Williams, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Cherry's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Cherry in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Cherry tries to free his leg and advance position but Williams is retaining full guard.
Williams is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Williams is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Cherry postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cherry working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Williams has his foot on Cherry's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Cherry works his way back into a safe position though.
Williams wants to get back to his feet but Cherry is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Williams is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Cherry works his way to full guard. Good work.
Cherry is looking for a triangle here but Williams uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Cherry tries to bench press Williams off him but Williams keeps the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Cherry has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Williams but great work by Cherry.
Cherry lands a few punches from side control.
Williams manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Cherry wants to free his trapped foot but Williams is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Williams looking for submissions off his back.
Williams looking for submissions off his back.
Williams taking some punishment here, with Cherry in his half guard.
Williams is looking to control Cherry's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Williams avoid being mounted?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Cherry trying to control from half guard but Williams is working away.
Williams is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Cherry thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Williams's head.
Williams makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cherry wants to clinch up but Williams keeps it at a distance.
Williams avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Williams misses with a straight right.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cherry misses with an uppercut
and Williams counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Cherry throws a hook to the side of Williams's head but Williams sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cherry connects with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Eli Williams 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.
Cherry misses with a lunging right hand
and Williams counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Williams throws a big right hand that misses.
Williams postures up in Cherry's guard and throws a big left but Cherry blocks it.
Williams with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Williams's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Williams trying to control but Cherry is working from the bottom.
Williams landing with the ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Williams trying to control but Cherry is working from the bottom.
Williams trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams throws a big right hand that misses.
Williams throws a big elbow that misses.
Cherry throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Cherry wants to sweep here but Williams controlling him for the moment.
Williams lands a couple of elbows.
Eli Williams has got the better of the ground game so far.
Cherry utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Williams wants to control from the top but Cherry keeps moving.
Williams tries to free his leg and advance position but Cherry is retaining full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams trying to control but Cherry is working from the bottom.
Williams with a nice head shot there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cherry is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Williams won't allow Cherry to sweep him here.
Williams throws a big right hand that misses.
Williams trying to control the position from guard on top but Cherry is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Williams stands and throws Cherry's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Cherry is looking to reverse the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cherry is trying to control Williams's posture but Williams avoids it.
Williams trying to control the action but Cherry is working from the bottom.
Williams working the head with strikes.
Cherry tries to improve position but can't.
Cherry parries the strikes from Williams easily there. Williams is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Cherry to escape.
Cherry is looking to reverse the position.
Williams working away.
Williams lands a decent elbow from side control.
Williams tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Check out the look on Williams's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Williams landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Williams scoring with punches from side control.
Cherry manages to work his way to half guard, despite Williams's best efforts.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Williams lands a nice short elbow.
Williams is trying to control. Cherry wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Williams is nestled in close to Cherry, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Williams working Cherry over with strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cherry avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Williams.
Cherry is refusing to be controlled, as Williams sits in half guard.
Ground and pound from Williams.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eli Williams showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! 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.
Williams avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Williams lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Williams jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nice uppercut there from Williams.
Williams moves out of range as Cherry strikes.
Cherry ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Williams moves away.
Williams fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Williams throws an overhand right that lands on Cherry's shoulder, as Cherry tries to avoid the shot.
Cherry looks to throw the jab but Williams is out of range.
Williams bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Cherry's head.
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 is looking to score with low kicks.
Williams is looking to land body kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams misses with a hook. Cherry ducked under it nicely.
Cherry loads up on a big right hand but Williams slips the punch.
Williams shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Cherry but Cherry pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Cherry keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Good leg kick by Cherry there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Williams misses the shot to the body.
Williams is looking to chop away at Cherry's legs.
Cherry thows a body shot but no joy.
Cherry misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Williams.
Williams shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Cherry leaves Williams with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Cherry walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Cherry throws an off balance right hand
and Williams decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Cherry's guard.
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 stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Cherry swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Cherry wants to sweep here but Williams controlling him for the moment.
Cherry lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Williams!
Williams tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Cherry cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Cherry wants to control the pace but Williams is squirming around nicely.
Cherry is really struggling to control Williams but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Williams is desperately trying to improve his position but Cherry has a good base and remains in mount.
Buster Cherry has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cherry avoids the attempt from Williams to control.
Williams keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Cherry avoids the attempt from Williams to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cherry scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cherry lands a big elbow.
Williams is desperately trying to improve his position but Cherry has a good base and remains in mount.
Cherry lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Williams takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Cherry scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Williams is rocked!
Cherry cracks Williams with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Buster Cherry!
In his post fight interview, Buster Cherry started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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energy
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hype
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