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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Simon Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Elias Eberhard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Williams comes into the arena with UFC: Closer to the Edge (Jared Leto) blaring out of the sound system. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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225 lbs
21 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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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
33 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Simon Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Elias Eberhard!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Phil Schofield and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams leaves Eberhard with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Williams fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Eberhard looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Williams pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Eberhard tries to counter by closing the distance.
Williams lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Eberhard circles away quickly and effectively.
Eberhard takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Simon Williams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Eberhard looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Williams is fending him off so far but Eberhard persists. Nope, Williams circles away and we're back to standing.
Williams throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Williams wants to land a leg kick but Eberhard is out of range.
Williams pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Williams fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Eberhard.
Horrible takedown attempt by Eberhard or perhaps it was just good defense by Williams, which made it look bad.
Simon Williams has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Elias Eberhard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Eberhard moves out of range of the body kick from Williams.
Williams throws a head kick that half lands.
It looks like Elias Eberhard has been cut.
Williams stuffs the takedown.
Eberhard misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Williams.
Williams waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Eberhard.
Eberhard checks a leg kick.
Williams keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Eberhard has a couple of punches blocked by Williams.
A short right from Eberhard.
Williams connects with a knee to the head.
Williams lands a body shot in the clinch.
Eberhard looks winded!
Eberhard working aggressively here.
Williams lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The referee calls for Williams to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Williams for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Williams lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Williams tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Eberhard's elbow.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Williams.
Eberhard misses with a punch to the body.
I was talking to Williams's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Eberhard has a couple of punches blocked by Williams.
Williams lands a body punch.
Williams breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A slapping leg kick lands for Williams.
Eberhard slips a jab and a cross from Williams.
Eberhard avoids a kick to the body.
Williams rushes Eberhard and presses him up against the cage.
Williams is stalling here.
Williams lands an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Eberhard misses with a punch to the body.
Eberhard has a couple of punches blocked by Williams.
Eberhard lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Williams backwards.
Eberhard throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Williamss head.
Williams lands a shoulder strike.
A shot in the inside from Williams.
Eberhard misses with a hook from the clinch.
Williams pressing his opponent against the cage.
Williams lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Eberhard backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Williams fails to land.
Eberhard lands a body punch.
Eberhard misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Eberhard.
Eberhard blocks a body shot from Williams.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams breaks from the clinch.
An inside leg kick lands from Williams.
Eberhard avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Eberhard wants to counter with a clinch but Williams pushes him away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Williams lands with a right hand.
Eberhard takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Simon Williams is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Williams lands with a nice body kick.
Eberhard tries to move into range but Williams moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Williams motions for Eberhard to come forward. Williams throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Williams connects with a jab.
Eberhard throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Williams sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Williams cracks Eberhard with a good jab.
Eberhard tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Williams is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Eberhard gets tackled into the cage by Williams. Williams maintains the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Simon Williams dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Elias Eberhard's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Eberhard shoots in and drives through. Williams sprawls well.
Eberhard doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Williams lands with a cross.
Williams is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Eberhard has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Williams.
Williams connects with an inside leg kick.
Williams lands a jab to the nose.
Williams lets his hands go wild with a nice combination. Left! Right! Uppercut! Spinning backfist! Eberhard goes down and covers up as Williams starts wailing on him! The ref watches the action closely before stepping in and putting a stop to the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Simon Williams!
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hype
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FIGHT
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