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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roy Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Gaines (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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205 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Roy Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kevin Gaines!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Alan Glass and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gaines throws a lazy right hand but Williams sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gaines misses with a few strikes there.
Gaines throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Williams tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Gaines swivels and escapes.
Gaines throws the left hand but Williams avoids the punch easily.
Williams shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Gaines's guard.
Gaines working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Williams.
Gaines wants to stand and escape but Williams is having none of it.
Williams is looking to stand up but Gaines won't let him.
Williams is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Williams wants to control from the top but Gaines keeps moving.
Williams thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Gaines working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Williams.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams prevents Gaines from getting back to his feet.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Gaines closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Williams is rocked!
Williams misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Oh Williams is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Williams fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Williams seems to have got his legs back now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Roy Williams. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gaines jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gaines stalks Williams and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Williams's face. Williams staggers backwards, shaken.
Kevin Gaines is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Williams is breathing heavily.
Gaines misses with a double jab.
Williams shoots in looking for a takedown. Gaines tries to sprawl out of it but Williams keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Gaines manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Nice body punch from Gaines.
Williams slips a jab and a cross from Gaines.
Gaines scores with a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gaines swinging wilding here.
Gaines throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gaines misses with a few strikes there.
Williams tries to move into range but Gaines moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Gaines throws a shot to the body.
Gaines looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Good shot there by Gaines.
Gaines misses with a wild combination.
Gaines misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gaines tries to bum rush Williams with a series of wild strikes but Williams uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gaines lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gaines tries to bum rush Williams with a series of wild strikes but Williams uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Williams throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Gaines's waist but Gaines gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Williams off to one side.
Gaines misses with the combination.
Williams throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Gaines's waist but Gaines gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Williams off to one side.
Gaines throws a right and a left that Williams avoids nicely.
Williams shoots in but no luck this time.
Gaines scores with a jab to the body.
Gaines throws a right and a left that Williams avoids nicely.
A head kick misses from Williams.
Gaines misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Williams misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Gaines throws a lazy right hand but Williams sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Williams will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Gaines misses with a wild combination.
Gaines throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gaines misses with a body shot.
Williams tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Gaines swivels and escapes.
Williams looks for a takedown but Gaines sprawls well.
Williams misses with a takedown attempt - Gaines sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Williams takes one to the side of the head.
Gaines listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kevin Gaines dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Gaines swinging wilding here.
Gaines throws a jab but it's blocked by Williams.
Williams shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Gaines throws an overhand right that lands on Williams's shoulder, as Williams tries to avoid the shot.
Gaines misses with a series of wild punches.
Gaines throws a series of punches but Williams avoids them all with ease.
Williams shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Gaines pinned against the cage. Gaines gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Williams fails to land the takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gaines throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Williams.
That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Gaines, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gaines throws a right and a left that both miss.
Williams shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Roy Williams. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Williams takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Williams looks for a takedown but Gaines sprawls well.
Gaines swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Williams fails with the takedown.
Roy Williams is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gaines looks to land a combination but Williams avoids it well.
Gaines misses with a two punch combination.
A slow jab from Gaines misses its intended target.
Williams shoots in looking for a takedown. Gaines tries to sprawl out of it but Williams keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Gaines manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Kevin Gaines seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Williams steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gaines.
The fight stays on the outside here - Williams looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gaines keeps the fight on the outside.
A big right from Gaines misses.
A combination from Gaines does no damage.
Gaines throws an overhand right that lands on Williams's shoulder, as Williams tries to avoid the shot.
Williams closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Gaines to the mat! Gaines manages to get full guard.
Gaines keeping moving, preventing Williams from controlling successfully.
Gaines is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Williams is pushing down on Gaines's leg trying to pass to half guard. Gaines is fighting to maintain full guard but Williams has managed to sneak the leg through.
Williams slips a nice elbow through Gaines's hands, connecting with Gaines's forehead.
Gaines wants to get back to his feet.
Williams sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Gaines defending well though.
Williams trying to control from half guard but Gaines is working away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Gaines pushes Williams off looking to stand but Williams dives back in and keeps control.
Williams wants to control but Gaines is keeping him busy.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Gaines misses with the combination.
Williams misses with a takedown attempt - Gaines sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Kevin Gaines seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gaines scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Williams fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Gaines misses with a double jab.
Horrible takedown by Williams or perhaps it was just good defense by Gaines which made him look bad.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kevin Gaines showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Williams takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Gaines misses with a two punch combination.
Gaines throws a right and a left that both miss.
Williams takes one to the side of the head.
Gaines tries to bum rush Williams with a series of wild strikes but Williams uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Williams shoots for a takedown but Gaines saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Williams pushes Gaines up against the cage in a clinch.
Williams breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gaines throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
A punch combination from Gaines misses.
Williams throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Gaines's waist but Gaines gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Williams off to one side.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Williams fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Roy Williams. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gaines tries to bum rush Williams with a series of wild strikes but Williams uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gaines tries to bum rush Williams with a series of wild strikes but Williams uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A punch combination from Gaines misses.
Gaines misses with a double jab.
No luck for Williams with that takedown attempt.
Gaines moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Gaines misses with a jab, cross combination.
Williams closes this distance looking for a takedown but Gaines circles away.
Gaines rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Williams moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Gaines misses with a double jab.
Gaines throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gaines is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Williams.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Williams shoots for a takedown but Gaines saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Gaines misses with an uppercut. Williams saw that one coming.
Williams has a takedown stuffed.
Gaines rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Williams moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Williams shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Gaines pinned against the cage. Gaines gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Gaines works Williams's body with a nice hook.
Nice cross by Gaines.
Williams fails to land the takedown.
Gaines scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gaines lands with a nice body punch.
Williams changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Gaines tries to avoid it but Williams manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Gaines to the ground. Gaines escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
A punch combination from Gaines misses.
Williams fails with the takedown.
Williams shoots for a takedown but Gaines saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Gaines connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
No luck for Williams with that takedown attempt.
Gaines misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Williams is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Gaines.
Williams looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams trying to control but Gaines is working from the bottom.
Williams trying to stand up but can't free himself from Gaines's guard.
Gaines is looking to stand up but Williams isn't so interested in that idea.
Williams trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Gaines wants to get back to his feet but Williams is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Roy Williams has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
And that's the end of the fight!
Kevin Gaines comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Gaines winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Downing scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kevin Gaines!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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