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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between William Wulver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akamu Kalani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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196 lbs
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180 lbs
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Good chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, William Wulver!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Akamu Kalani!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Paul Gruel and Jeff Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kalani throws a lazy right hand but Wulver sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Wulver checks a leg kick.
Kalani showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wulver.
Wulver seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Kalani drops his hands momentarily and Wulver takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Wulver dodges the punch combination from Kalani.
As Kalani looks to move away, Wulver throws a big counter combo but Kalani just gets out of the way.
Akamu Kalani seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kalani defending well as Wulver loads up on a big left hand.
Kalani misses with a wild body shot.
Wulver was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kalani rushes Wulver and presses him up against the cage.
Kalani told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Wulver changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Kalani fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Kalani moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kalani fails with an attempt to clinch.
Good shot there by Kalani.
Wulver scores with a jab to the head.
Wulver lands with a nice body punch.
Wulver throws a right and a left that Kalani avoids nicely.
Wulver has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kalani.
Wulver shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Kalani as he avoids it easily.
Wulver will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Wulver has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kalani.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kalani.
Wulver smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wulver throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wulver fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Danga de danga de dang - Kalani scores with a four punch combination!
Wulver stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kalani.
Wulver pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Kalani back to the cage. Wulver follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Kalani scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Wulver doesn't seem bothered though.
Kalani dodges the punch combination from Wulver.
Kalani thuds a left hand into Wulver's body.
Kalani tries to clinch but Wulver moves away
enabling Wulver to counter with a crisp jab.
Kalani tries to clinch but Wulver is having none of it.
Kalani misses with a two punch combination.
Wulver throws a shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wulver keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Wulver appears to be looking for a big counter.
Kalani throws a combination that misses
and Wulver counters with a straight right hand.
Kalani darts in trying to clinch
and Wulver counters with a straight right hand.
Kalani swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Wulver.
Kalani cracks Wulver with an open hand slap.
Kalani throws a combination that misses
letting Wulver counter with a right hand.
Wulver scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Wulver clobbers Kalani with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Kalani lands a nice hook to Wulver's body. Wulver takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Kalani is looking to clinch.
Kalani throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wulver lands a jab to the head.
Kalani staying out of range there.
Kalani drops his hands momentarily and Wulver takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Wulver misses the shot to the body.
Wulver is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Kalani lands a jab-cross combination.
Wulver slips a jab and a cross from Kalani.
Kalani lands a jab to the nose.
Wulver misses with a takedown attempt - Kalani sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for William Wulver. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wulver misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kalani.
Kalani misses with a shot to the body
and Wulver cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kalani misses with a right hand
letting Wulver counter with a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that William Wulver will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
A low kick from Kalani is predictable there
and Wulver counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kalani fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wulver throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Kalani counters with a right hand to the body.
Wulver connects with a looping right hand.
Kalani slips a jab and a cross from Wulver.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kalani! But no joy.
Kalani tries to clinch but Wulver is having none of it.
Kalani swings for the body but Wulver moves out of range.
Nice uppercut lands for Wulver. That snapped Kalani's head back.
Kalani cracks the inside of Wulver's front leg.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kalani throws a leg kick but Wulver checks it.
Kalani swings for the body but Wulver moves out of range.
A left lands for Wulver.
Wulver scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kalani doesn't seem bothered though.
Wulver connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Kalani's hands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wulver misses with a straight left.
Akamu Kalani is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wulver throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kalani darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
William Wulver is winning the standup battle so far.
Kalani scores with a crisp jab that stopped Wulver in his tracks.
Kalani avoids a punch combination nicely.
As Wulver backs off Kalani throws a huge counter combo but Wulver manages to avoid it all.
Wulver fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kalani manages to avoid it.
Kalani misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wulver.
Wulver was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Wulver throws the left hand but Kalani avoids the punch easily.
Kalani slips a jab from Wulver.
Kalani throws out a leg kick but Wulver moves out of range and Kalani only half commits.
Wulver fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kalani manages to avoid it.
Wulver lands with a hook. Kalani tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wulver looks for a takedown but Kalani sprawls well.
Kalani is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wulver keeps the fight on the outside.
Wulver is looking for a counter combo.
A right-left combo lands from Kalani.
It looks like William Wulver has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kalani throws a leg kick
and Wulver counters with a stiff right hand.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kalani looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kalani closes the distance looking to clinch
and Wulver counters with a stiff right hand.
Kalani swinging wildly here.
It looked like Wulver wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wulver fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kalani manages to avoid it.
Wulver keeps the fight on the outside.
Decent striking displayed by Kalani there.
A punch combination from Kalani misses.
Kalani takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A shot to the body from Kalani misses
and Wulver counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Wulver looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kalani misses with a few strikes there.
A big left from Wulver misses.
Kalani wants to counter with a clinch but Wulver pushes him away.
Kalani cracks Wulver with a right hand to the side of the head.
Kalani rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Wulver moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kalani missing with a left hand there. Wulver was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wulver looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Wulver scores with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wulver throws a body shot but no joy.
Kalani misses with a few strikes there.
Kalani throws a lazy uppercut
and Wulver counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Kalani defending well as Wulver loads up on a big left hand.
Wulver misses the shot to the body.
Kalani misses with a shot to the body
and Wulver counters with a one-two to the body.
Danga de danga de dang - Wulver scores with a four punch combination!
Kalani misses with a few strikes there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
William Wulver dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on William Wulver's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Wulver bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
William Wulver is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wulver misses with a wild combination.
Kalani swinging wildly here.
Kalani has taken the fight to the clinch.
Kalani stalling the fight.
Kalani throws an elbow that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kalani is pushing Wulver up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Kalani makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kalani breaks the clinch.
Wulver stuns Kalani with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Kalani rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Wulver moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Wulver lands with a right hand.
Kalani fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Wulver has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Kalani blocks a jab.
A shot to the body from Kalani misses
letting Wulver counter with a right hand.
Kalani connects with a leg kick. Wulver looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Wulver thuds his right hand into Kalani's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A left and a right from Kalani both land. Nice combination.
Wulver connects with a crisp jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wulver throws a body punch but Kalani moves out of range.
Kalani is looking to clinch.
Wulver lands a body shot.
Kalani throws a series of punches but Wulver moves out of range.
Wulver uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kalani.
Kalani misses with a combination
and Wulver counters with a one-two to the body.
Wulver connects with a jab.
Kalani throws a series of punches but Wulver avoids them all with ease.
Kalani fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wulver misses with a hook.
Kalani throws a leg kick but Wulver moved away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Kalani.
Wulver misses with a series of wild punches.
Wulver is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Kalani fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kalani ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wulver moves away.
Wulver shoots in for a takedown but Kalani shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Wulver dodges the punch combination from Kalani.
Sloppy strikes from Kalani. Those never looked like landing.
Kalani misses with a double jab.
Kalani's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Wulver connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Kalani scrambles back to his feet.
Kalani throws a predictable looking body shot
and Wulver counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kalani moves forwards but Wulver connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Kalani lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wulver fails with the takedown.
Kalani is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
A telegraphed right hand from Kalani misses the target.
Kalani avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kalani moves out of range of the strikes.
Kalani tries to counter with a clinch but Wulver shakes him off and moves away.
Kalani keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
William Wulver is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Wulver closes this distance looking for a takedown but Kalani circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for William Wulver. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kalani throws a series of punches but Wulver moves out of range.
Wulver appears to be looking for a big counter.
Akamu Kalani has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kalani misses with a two punch combination.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Akamu Kalani.
I think Wulver has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 28:29
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... William Wulver!
William Wulver 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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