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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mookie Blaylock (ranked 1174 p4p, 124 weight class) and William King (ranked 1335 p4p, 140 weight class). Blaylock comes into the arena with Alive blaring out of the sound system. King has chosen Summer Sixteen By: Drake as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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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
45 - 25 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mookie Blaylock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
33 - 18 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, William King!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King scores with a push kick.
Blaylock tries to clinch but King moves out of range.
Blaylock tries to close the distance and clinch but King swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Blaylock tries to clinch up but King circles away and keeps his distance.
Blaylock bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of King's head.
King walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Blaylock checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Blaylock closes the distance but King moves to the side
letting King counter with a right hand.
King slips a jab and a cross from Blaylock.
Despite the aggression on King's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Blaylock scores with a jab to the head.
Blaylock slips a jab and a cross from King.
King missing with a left hand there. Blaylock was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
King cracks Blaylock with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Blaylock wants to clinch.
William King seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blaylock gets in close and instigates a clinch.
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!
Blaylock swings wildly with an uppercut but King uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Blaylock.
King misses with a punch on the inside.
Blaylock lands a nice shot to the body.
King prevents a body shot from Blaylock.
King blocking some punches.
Blaylock lands an uppercut.
King prevents a body shot from Blaylock.
King working aggressively here.
Blaylock swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from King fails to land.
King tries a body shot but Blaylock blocks it.
King throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A short right from Blaylock.
King lands a hook to the side of the head.
Blaylock tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Blaylock lands a left hand that snaps the head of King backwards.
King lands a shot to the body.
Blaylock working aggressively here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blaylock tries a body shot but King blocks it.
King throws a head punch that misses.
A short right from Blaylock on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blaylock tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Blaylock doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Blaylock stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from King.
King tries a body shot but Blaylock blocks it.
King goes for a takedown in the clinch but Blaylock prevents it.
Blaylock misses with a short punch on the inside.
Blaylock escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Blaylock looks to score with a jab to the body but King is just out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by King.
Blaylock is looking to clinch but King is avoiding it.
Blaylock drives through and clinches with King against the cage.
King has a couple of punches blocked by Blaylock.
King blocks a body shot from Blaylock.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blaylock doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short body shot lands from Blaylock as the two fighters clinch.
King lands with a left to the head.
King swings wildly with an uppercut but Blaylock uses good head movement to avoid it.
King misses with a punch on the inside.
Blaylock lands a nice shot to the body.
King throws a punch but it's blocked by Blaylock.
Blaylock misses with a hook from the clinch.
King blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
King lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Blaylock throws a punch but it's blocked by King.
A nice left hand lands by King.
Blaylock blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Blaylock.
Blaylock tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Blaylock misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blaylock swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short body shot lands from King as the two fighters clinch.
Blaylock pushes King back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
King misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Blaylock lands a hook that snaps the head of King backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
King misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from King fails to land.
Blaylock blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
King blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Blaylock lands a body punch.
Blaylock swings away with an uppercut that misses.
King fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Blaylock fails to land.
King lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Blaylock misses with a punch to the body.
Blaylock misses with a hook from the clinch.
Blaylock is trying to stall.
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 Mookie Blaylock will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Blaylock tries for a takedown but King sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Blaylock tries to close the distance and clinch up but King swats him away and circles back towards the center.
King replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Blaylock blocks it well.
Blaylock misses with an uppercut. King saw that one coming.
Both fighters circling a little - King finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
King scores with a jab to the body.
Blaylock takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
King connects with a body shot that sends Blaylock's belly button to the back.
King connects with a solid leg kick.
King misses with a body kick.
Blaylock fails in his attempt to clinch.
King keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Blaylock.
Blaylock walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Good leg kick by King there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Blaylock fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Blaylock cracks King with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
King scores with a spinning back kick!
King sizes up Blaylock with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
King throws a head kick but Blaylock moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Blaylock misses.
Blaylock scores with a crisp jab that stopped King in his tracks.
Crunch! King slams his shin into Blaylock's torso.
Blaylock connects with a crisp jab.
Blaylock tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
King tries to move into range but Blaylock moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
King does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
King slips under a jab from Blaylock.
William King seems to be getting the better of the standup.
King lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Blaylock tries to close the distance and clinch up but King swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Blaylock has taken the fight to the clinch.
King lands with a short punch from the clinch.
King misses with some punches.
Blaylock working aggressively here.
Blaylock misses with a punch on the inside.
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!
Blaylock misses with a hook to the ribs.
Blaylock tried to land a shot to the body but connects with King's elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blaylock tries to work over King's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Blaylock misses with a punch on the inside.
King has a couple of punches blocked by Blaylock.
Blaylock stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
King can't find room to land a body shot as Blaylock controls the action.
King tries to throw a body punch but Blaylock avoids it by throwing King back against the cage.
Blaylock lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Blaylock swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Blaylock struggles to land a body shot inside as King controls his hands.
Blaylock doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
King swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Blaylock blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Blaylock fails to land.
King fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
King scores with a shoulder strike.
Blaylock scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A nice right hand lands inside from Blaylock.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blaylock misses with some punches.
King fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Blaylock.
King is breathing heavily.
Blaylock swings away with an uppercut that misses.
King doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Blaylock fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Blaylock blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Blaylock.
King blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Blaylock misses with a punch on the inside.
Blaylock misses with a punch on the inside.
King blocks a punch to the side of the head.
King is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Blaylock can't fight it off and eventually King manages to take the fight to the floor. Blaylock looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Blaylock uses the cage to get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
King throws a right hand that Blaylock ducks under and follows up with a left that Blaylock also avoids with ease.
Blaylock gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Blaylock avoids a kick to the body.
Blaylock is looking to counter the offense by King and move into the clinch.
Blaylock gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
King is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Blaylock gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Blaylock throws a head punch that misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Blaylock.
King misses with the head strike.
Blaylock throws a punch but it's blocked by King.
King gets through Blaylock's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Blaylock throws a head punch that misses.
King fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Blaylock softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
King prevents a body shot from Blaylock.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Mookie Blaylock will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Blaylock throws a body punch but King moves out of range.
Blaylock is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
King bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A little jabbing left from King on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
King connects with a high kick.
Blaylock closes the distance and clinches.
Blaylock tries to throw a body punch but King avoids it by throwing Blaylock back against the cage.
Blaylock tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Blaylock lands a body shot in the clinch.
Blaylock misses with a body punch.
King throws a head punch that misses.
Blaylock is leaning against King and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
King struggles to land a body shot inside as Blaylock controls his hands.
Blaylock doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by King.
Blaylock swings wildly with an uppercut but King uses good head movement to avoid it.
King misses with a punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaylock misses with a short punch on the inside.
Blaylock lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Blaylock is working King over against the cage.
King takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Blaylock working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Blaylock lands a body punch in the clinch.
A short right from Blaylock on the inside.
Blaylock working aggressively here.
King misses with a short punch on the inside.
Blaylock lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of King backwards.
King blocking some punches.
A left hand lands to the body for Blaylock.
King blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Blaylock misses with a body punch.
Blaylock tried to land a shot to the body but connects with King's elbow.
King blocking some punches.
King throws a punch but it's blocked by Blaylock.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blaylock misses with a hook to the ribs.
King blocks an uppercut.
Blaylock misses with a punch on the inside.
Blaylock swings away with an uppercut that misses.
King is leaning against Blaylock and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good body shot from King.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Blaylock.
King lands a right hand that snaps the head of Blaylock backwards.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from King.
Blaylock blocking some punches.
King scores with a shoulder strike.
A nice left hand lands by King.
King digs a right hand into Blaylock's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Blaylock's gas tank.
A quick uppercut on the inside from King.
King struggles to land a body shot inside as Blaylock controls his hands.
Mookie Blaylock has scored more points in the clinch so far.
King fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
King tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Blaylock's elbow.
Blaylock blocks a body shot from King.
King is working Blaylock over against the cage.
Blaylock misses with the head strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, King creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
King throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Blaylocks head.
Blaylock misses with some punches.
Blaylock tries a body shot but King blocks it.
Mookie Blaylock is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
King tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
King presses Blaylock against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
King misses with a hook to the ribs.
King swings away with an uppercut that misses.
King lands a right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
King misses with a punch to the body.
King tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Blaylock's elbow.
King tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Blaylock blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Blaylock.
King is looking for a takedown.
King misses with a short punch on the inside.
Blaylock blocks a punch to the side of the head.
William King has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
King lands a left hand that snaps the head of Blaylock backwards.
King throws a punch but it's blocked by Blaylock.
And that's the end of the fight!
William King comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Blaylock 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... William King!
In his post fight interview, William King started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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hype
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