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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sylvester Ritter (ranked 413 p4p, 44 weight class) and William King (ranked 418 p4p, 46 weight class). Ritter comes to the cage accompanied by Another one Bites the dust. King is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Summer Sixteen By: Drake. This should be a great matchup!
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278 lbs
18 - 14 - 0 |
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190 cm
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265 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Lethal high kicks
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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
18 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sylvester Ritter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
38 - 19 - 3, fighting out of Montreal, William King!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, William Peck and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ritter throws a shot from downtown. King moves away and avoids it.
King blocks a jab.
King misses with a straight right.
King is looking to slow Ritter down with leg kicks.
Some wild striking there from Ritter.
Ritter on the wrong end of a nice hook.
The fighters circling - Ritter throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ritter throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Some wild striking there from Ritter.
Ritter looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
King is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ritter.
Ritter takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Ritter steps to the side to avoid the strikes from King.
Ritter seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Ritter is looking to clinch but King is avoiding it.
Ritter has his takedown stuffed
and King counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
William King is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ritter misses with an uppercut.
King fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ritter has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Ritter swings and misses with a shot to the body
and King counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Ritter takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Ritter displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
It looks like William King has been cut.
King lands a lovely overhand right.
Ritter wants to clinch.
Decent striking displayed by King there.
A nice inside leg kick there by King. That's going to slow Ritter down.
Ritter misses with a straight right.
Ritter misses with a leg kick
and King counters with a lovely straight right hand!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ritter has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from King.
King misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ritter.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ritter shoots for a takedown but King saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
King bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Ritter shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. King defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sylvester Ritter. That's going to take a lot out of him.
King lands a slapping body shot.
Ritter swings and misses with a hook to the body.
King lands with a kick to the ribs.
King tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ritter was well out of range. Poor timing from King.
King ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ritter moves away.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts King, as that shot connected.
Ritter takes a swing at King's ribcage but misses.
King tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ritter was well out of range. Poor timing from King.
King moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
King connects with a body shot that sends Ritter's belly button to the back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
King misses with the body kick
and Ritter counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Ritter thows a huge punch but King dodges it nicely.
Ritter throws a strike but King avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
King avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Ritter in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Ritter wants to pass the guard but King is keeping the position.
Ritter wants to control from the top but King keeps moving.
Ritter is looking to work some ground and pound but King has wrist control.
Ritter lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
King bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Ritter's guard.
Ritter is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ritter is pulling down on King's head to control his posture.
Ritter is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
King looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Ritter looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Ritter controlling King's posture.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
William King dominated that round.
The cut man is working on William King's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Ritter takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ritter throws a hook but King avoids it easily.
King digs a good hook to Ritter's body.
King has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ritter is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Ritter looks to throw the jab but King is out of range.
Ritter misses with a double jab.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from King, right into the meat.
King misses with a left hand
and Ritter counters by clinching up.
King misses with the head strike.
King prevents a body shot from Ritter.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ritter goes for a takedown attempt but King pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
No joy there for Ritter, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ritter slips under a jab.
Ritter misses with a right hand
and King counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Ritter takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
This has been an exciting period of action!
King lands with a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ritter stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from King.
King lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
King misses with a body shot.
King lands a really nice looking cross but Ritter seems unphased.
Ritter looks to land a right hand but King moved out of range.
Ritter misses with a body shot.
Ritter tries to clinch but King moves out of range.
Ritter has his takedown stuffed
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
King stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Ritter takes a jab right on the kisser.
A good leg kick by King.
King chopping away at his opponent's legs.
King scores with a leg kick.
King scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
King wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
King connects with a leg kick. Ritter looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donk. King catches Ritter right on the button with a cross.
King lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A decent looking body kick lands there for King.
King ducks under a wild hook from Ritter.
King jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
King lands with a nice body punch.
Good shot there by King.
King throws a head kick that half lands.
A punch combination from King misses.
Ritter blocks a head kick by King.
A little feinted left hand from Ritter on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Ritter takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Ritter is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by King.
William King seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That kick from King tenderised Ritter's leg. Ritter is trying to keep his angry face on.
King throws a one two combo.
Ritter swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
King dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
King fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Ritter looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Ritter takes a jab right on the kisser.
Ritter seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Ritter misses with a looping left.
King scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Ritter doesn't seem bothered though.
King cracks Ritter with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
King feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Ritter's calf.
Ritter is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Ritter misses with a series of wild punches.
William King seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ritter just misses with a punch to the body.
A slapping body kick lands there for King.
King swings and misses with a hook to the body.
King scores with a body shot.
King tests Ritter's chin there with a solid looking shot.
King connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
King slips a jab and a cross from Ritter.
King feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Ritters jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
King lands the left hand.
Ritter is rocked!
King is looking for an opening here. He's unloaded a big left hand that catches Ritter flush on the jaw and sends him tumbling to the canvas! Ritter is out cold! King holds back from landing any unnecessary shots to his unconscious opponent, as the referee reacts slowly to the situation. A brutal knockout and then some excellent sportsmanship - this guy is my new favorite fighter!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). William King!
William King bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
Sylvester Ritter spoke after the fight, saying 'To all the young kids out there... Its not the failures that define who you are but how hard you bite back once you get up.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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