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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Michael Carter Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jordan Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Williams comes to the cage accompanied by FREE THE MADNESS. Taylor has chosen Bow Down as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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181 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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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
16 - 8 - 2, fighting out of New York, Michael Carter Williams !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
35 - 29 - 0, fighting out of London, Jordan Taylor!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Fujiwara and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taylor takes one on the button.
Williams throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Taylor on the side of the head.
Taylor misses with an attempted mid kick.
Williams swings for the body but Taylor moves out of range.
Williams connects with a right hand. Taylor shakes it off.
Taylor is rocked!
Taylor throws a leg kick
and Williams counters with a low kick, right behind Taylor 's knee.
Taylor is still on wobbly legs! Can Williams finish him?
Williams drives through and clinches with Taylor against the cage.
Taylor scores with a shot to the side of Williams 's head.
Taylor seems to have recovered his senses.
Williams prevents a body shot from Taylor.
Williams is trying to break the clinch but Taylor is controlling him.
Nice body punch from Williams .
Williams lands with a short shot to the head.
Williams breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Williams 's jab looks to have found its range, popping Taylor under the eye.
Williams takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Taylor tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Williams . Taylor does a little dance to reset his feet.
A solid body kick from Taylor.
Williams has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Taylor lands a nice leg kick that just misses Williams 's sensitive parts.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams misses with a looping right.
Williams throws a sloppy body shot
and Taylor counters with a straight right hand.
Williams lands with a nice body punch.
Williams takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Williams misses with a shot to the body
and Taylor counters with a low kick, right behind Williams 's knee.
Taylor throws a series of punches but Williams moves out of range.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Williams creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Taylor pushes Williams back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Williams .
Taylor presses Williams against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Williams breaks the clinch.
Taylor throws a low kick but it's checked well by Williams .
This has been an exciting period of action!
Williams misses the shot to the body.
Taylor thuds his right hand into Williams 's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams throws a lazy right hand but Taylor sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Williams misses with a right hand
and Taylor cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Taylor gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Williams lands a jab to the nose.
Taylor moves away from the strike by Williams .
Michael Carter Williams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Williams tries to clinch but Taylor is having none of it.
Williams misses with an uppercut.
Taylor uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Williams .
Williams closes the distance but Taylor moves to the side
and Taylor counters with a left to the body.
Williams throws a lazy head kick
and Taylor counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Taylor ducks right into an uppercut from Williams .
Williams jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Taylor rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Williams counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Taylor thinking.
Williams checks the leg kick nicely there.
Williams misses with a left hand
and Taylor counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Williams is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Taylor will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A swing and a miss from Taylor.
Taylor slips under a jab.
Taylor takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Williams avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Williams throws a body shot but no joy.
Taylor doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Williams just misses with a punch to the body.
Taylor wants to clinch.
A swing and a miss from Williams .
Williams ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Taylor scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Williams lands a leg kick that knocks Taylor off balance momentarily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams checks a low kick from Taylor.
Taylor takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Taylor wants to clinch up but Williams keeps it at a distance.
Williams connects with a solid leg kick.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch but Taylor swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Taylor walks into a left hand.
Taylor shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A good leg kick by Taylor.
A looping hook to the body misses from Taylor. Williams does a little dance to reset his feet.
Williams looks to land a left hand but Taylor moved out of range nicely.
Despite the aggression on Taylor's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Taylor lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Williams looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sloppy strikes from Taylor. Those never looked like landing.
Taylor stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Williams .
Taylor slips under a jab from Williams .
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Carter Williams dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Taylor takes one on the button.
Williams pushes Taylor up against the cage in a clinch.
Williams blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Taylor misses with a hook to the ribs.
Williams blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Taylor presses Williams against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Taylor lands a body punch.
Taylor is trying to stall.
Taylor misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Williams .
Williams gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Taylor lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Taylor misses with a punch to the body.
Williams takes a shot to the head.
Williams looking to throw knees to the head but Taylor is blocking nicely.
Taylor makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Jordan Taylor seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Williams lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Taylor backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Taylor misses with a punch to the body.
Williams pushes off an throws an elbow but Taylor leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Williams .
Williams blocks a body shot from Taylor.
Williams tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Taylor works on Williams 's body with a couple of short punches.
Taylor unloads a knee to the mid-section. Williams lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Williams blocks a body shot from Taylor.
Williams wants to break the clinch but can't.
Williams lands a left hand that snaps the head of Taylor backwards.
Williams misses with a hook from the clinch.
Williams misses with a short punch on the inside.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Taylor misses with a hook to the ribs.
Taylor lands a right hand that snaps the head of Williams backwards.
Taylor misses with a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor can't find room to land a body shot as Williams controls the action.
Williams wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Taylor can't find room to land a body shot as Williams controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Taylor.
Williams fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Taylor.
Williams misses with some punches.
Taylor makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Williams is trying to push Taylor away but Taylor has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Taylor throws a head punch that misses.
Taylor lands a right hand.
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 lands a body shot.
Williams lands a body shot in the clinch.
Williams lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Williams throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Taylors head.
Williams breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams misses with an uppercut
and Taylor counters with a nice uppercut.
Williams tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Taylor was well out of range. Poor timing from Williams .
Taylor throws an off balance right hand
letting Williams counter with a right hand.
Taylor takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Williams swinging wildly here.
Taylor moves out of range as Williams throws a body kick.
Taylor doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Williams misses with a body shot.
Williams is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Taylor.
Williams throws a push kick but Taylor slaps the foot to one side.
Williams lands a glancing blow to the side of Taylor's head.
A slapping leg kick lands for Williams .
Taylor scores with a leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Taylor on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Taylor swings for the body but Williams moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams throws a shot to the body.
Williams lunges at Taylor with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Taylor's hand.
Williams misses with a kick to the body
and Taylor counters with a low kick, right behind Williams 's knee.
Williams connects with a nice looking jab.
Williams scores with a jab to the body.
Taylor misses with a combination
and Williams counters with a left to the body.
Taylor takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Taylor misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Williams counters with a straight right hand.
Taylor throws a jab when Williams was well out of range.
Taylor missing with a left hand there. Williams was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Williams lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Taylor throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Taylor fails to land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Carter Williams dominated that second round.
That's time! Williams 's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Williams throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Williams uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Taylor has time to react.
Williams fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Taylor manages to avoid it.
Williams throws a body shot but no joy.
Taylor staying out of range there.
Williams attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Michael Carter Williams is winning the standup battle so far.
Williams smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Taylor's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Williams connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Taylor scrambles back to his feet.
Taylor gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Williams gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Michael Carter Williams !
Michael Carter Williams 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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hype
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