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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Georges Laraque (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carl Williamson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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270 lbs
9 - 3 - 0 |
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240 lbs
7 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
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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
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Georges Laraque!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Carl Williamson!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Richard Clark and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williamson staying out of range there.
Laraque misses with the combination.
Williamson shoots in and gets a takedown into Laraque's guard.
Williamson throws a big right hand that misses.
Williamson working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Laraque's head.
Laraque seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Williamson working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Laraque's head.
Williamson throws a strike but Laraque rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Williamson is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Williamson has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Laraque after a bit of a struggle.
Laraque breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Williamson closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Laraque did well to prevent Williamson getting side control.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Williamson lands a nice short elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Williamson lands a nice short elbow.
Laraque has hold of Williamson's hands but Williamson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Williamson thows a huge punch but Laraque dodges it nicely.
Williamson takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Williamson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Laraque with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Williamson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Laraque defending well though.
Williamson scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Williamson looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Laraque is trying to stand.
Williamson landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Williamson drops an elbow to the side of Laraque's head.
Williamson lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Laraque taking some punishment here, with Williamson in his half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Williamson connects with a nice short shot to Laraque's temple.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williamson not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Williamson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Laraque defending well though.
Williamson winds up and cracks Laraque with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
It looks like Georges Laraque has been cut.
Williamson working over Laraque with some ground and pound. Laraque looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Williamson working Laraque over with strikes.
Laraque is breathing heavily.
Williamson lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Laraque quite badly. Laraque pulls Williamson in close trying to recover. Williamson postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Laraque on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Laraque doesn't seem to be complaining too much.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Carl Williamson!
Carl Williamson made sure to mention his sponsor, Versus in his post fight interview.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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