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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gary Willis (ranked 709 p4p, 109 weight class) and Short Badass (ranked 743 p4p, 119 weight class). Willis kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Metallica - Fade to Black. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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220 lbs
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Gary Willis!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 1, fighting out of London, Short Badass!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Willis moves to clinch but Badass breaks away
letting Badass counter with a right hand.
Willis misses with an uppercut. Badass saw that one coming.
Willis shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Badass as he avoids it easily.
A nice side step and Badass releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Willis drives through and clinches with Badass against the ropes.
Willis is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the ropes enables Badass to keep the fight standing.
Badass breaks the clinch.
Willis dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A slow jab from Badass misses its intended target.
Willis changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Badass looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Willis tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Willis misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Willis postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Willis in side control, throwing shots but Badass defends.
Willis creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Badass sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Willis trying to control the position but Badass is working away.
Willis misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Willis scores with punches from side control.
Willis misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Willis moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Badass managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Willis.
Willis in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Willis laying and praying for a moment but Badass takes advantage and regains half guard.
Willis sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Badass defending well though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Willis wants to take a breather but Badass is having none of it.
Badass keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Willis tries to pass to full mount but Badass defends it.
Willis drops an elbow to the side of Badass's head.
Willis tries to pass the half guard into mount. Badass knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Willis thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Willis throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Willis throwing shots but Badass is blocking nicely.
Willis wants to pass the guard but Badass is defending well.
Badass is trying to control but can't.
Badass regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Willis.
Willis pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Badass is keeping the position for now.
Willis forces his way into half guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Willis not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Badass wants to control but Willis is keeping busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Badass is defending against the submission attempts here by Willis.
Badass blocking the ground and pound attempt from Willis.
Badass keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Willis wants to pass the guard but Badass is defending well.
Willis throwing shots but Badass is blocking nicely.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Badass keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Willis wants to take a breather but Badass is having none of it.
Willis lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Badass is trying to get back to full guard.
Willis not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Badass has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Badass blocking the ground and pound attempt from Willis.
Willis missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Willis is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Willis wants to take a breather but Badass is having none of it.
Willis trying to advance position but Badass counters by regaining guard.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Willis throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Willis trying to control but Badass is working from the bottom.
Willis scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Willis trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Badass working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Willis.
Badass is controlling Willis's posture.
Willis wants to control from the top but Badass keeps moving.
Willis in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Willis looking to sit in guard and control but Badass gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Willis 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.
Badass trying to control the position from guard on top but Willis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Badass preventing the sweep.
Badass trying to control the position from guard on top but Willis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Badass not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Willis drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Badass tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Willis wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Willis looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Willis tries to advance to mount but can't.
Badass tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Willis easily slips into full mount!
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Badass blocking the ground and pound.
Badass is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Willis working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Badass wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Willis.
Willis pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Badass is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Willis throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Badass because Willis loaded up on that one.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Willis throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Badass manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Willis trying to control the action but Badass is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gary Willis dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Willis closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Willis lands in his opponent's guard.
Badass keeping moving, preventing Willis from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Willis postures up in Badass's guard and throws a big left but Badass blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Willis throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Badass works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Willis loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Badass 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.
Willis postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Willis throws a strike but Badass rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Willis working a defensive guard here.
Badass won't allow Willis to sweep him here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Badass slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Willis wants to sweep but no luck.
Badass slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Badass takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Willis shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Badass napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Willis moves into full mount!
Badass in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Badass is looking to improve his position but Willis isn't that keen on the idea.
Willis sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
BOOM! Willis connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Willis sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Badass wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Willis.
Willis throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Willis cracks Badass with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Willis looking to ground and pound but Badass is blocking nicely.
Willis lands a couple of good shots and Badass has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Badass tries to roll but Willis sticks to his back.
Willis missing with punches from the back.
Badass avoids the strikes from Willis.
Badass staying busy and making it hard for Willis to control.
Willis is landing with strikes from the back.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Willis punches the canvas rather than the man.
Willis is striking from the back but Badass escapes and manages to recover to half guard.
Badass is trying to control but can't.
Willis is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Willis scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Badass is staying active underneath Willis, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Gary Willis overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Badass blocking the ground and pound attempt from Willis.
Willis missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Badass wants to get back to full guard.
Willis is looking to take a break and control but Badass is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Willis is really struggling to control Badass but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Badass has hold of Willis's hands but Willis slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Badass is not content to let Willis control the position.
Willis is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Badass can do to turn this around?
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Willis works his way into full mount!
Willis punching from mount but Badass doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Willis throws a strike there. Badass manages to avoid it well and slips a leg under to get to half guard.
Badass tries to get to full guard but Willis has control of the leg.
Badass regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Willis.
Willis wants to pass the guard but Badass is keeping the position.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Willis wants to control from the top but Badass keeps moving.
Willis trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Badass keeping moving, preventing Willis from controlling successfully.
Badass 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.
Willis postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Willis is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Willis missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Badass utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Willis forces his way into half guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Willis thows a huge punch but Badass dodges it nicely.
Badass blocking the ground and pound attempt from Willis.
Willis tries to pass the half guard into mount. Badass knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Willis throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Willis tries to pass to full mount but Badass defends it.
Willis lands with a punch from half guard.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Badass taking some punishment here, with Willis in his half guard.
Willis trying to control from half guard but Badass is working away.
Badass keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Willis is pressing down on Badass's thigh, looking to free his foot. Badass is holding on for now.
Badass keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Willis thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Badass is staying active underneath Willis, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Willis working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Willis trying to mount his opponent but Badass defends it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gary Willis dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Willis shoots for a double leg takedown but Badass sprawls well. He's pushed Willis's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Badass circles away from the clinch attempt
and Badass counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Badass with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Willis moves to clinch but Badass breaks away
enabling Badass to counter with a crisp jab.
Badass leaves Willis with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Gary Willis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Badass connects with the punch.
The fighters circling - Badass throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Badass ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Willis scores with a takedown into Badass's guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Willis trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Willis loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Willis trying to control the position from guard on top but Badass is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Badass keeping full guard, as Willis tries to pass.
Willis trying to control but Badass is working from the bottom.
Badass looking for a sweep. Not yet Badass, not yet.
Willis throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Badass works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Willis works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Badass is trying to get back to full guard.
Willis controlling the action here.
Badass is trying to get back to full guard.
Willis thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Willis throwing shots but Badass is blocking nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Willis is looking to advance position but Badass won't allow it.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Willis takes one to the side of the head.
Willis ducks under a wild hook from Badass.
Willis shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Badass counters with a nice body shot.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gary Willis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Willis fails with the takedown
and Badass counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Willis fails with the takedown
and Badass counters with a stiff right hand.
Willis misses with a takedown attempt
letting Badass counter with a right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Willis tries to clinch up
and Badass counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Willis tries for a takedown but Badass circles away easily
and Badass counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Willis moves in looking to clinch but Badass pushes him off.
Willis wants to clinch
letting Badass counter with a right hand.
Willis gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Badass.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Willis has his takedown stuffed
and Badass counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Badass throws a hook but Willis avoids it easily.
Willis has his takedown stuffed
and Willis takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Willis is defended easily by Badass.
Willis dives in for a single leg takedown but Badass sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the ropes.
Badass throws out a loose jab but Willis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Willis tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Badass counters with a nice uppercut.
Willis with a lazy takedown attempt
and Badass counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Willis will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Willis with a poor takedown
and Badass counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Short Badass is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Badass lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Badass.
Willis shoots and misses
and Badass counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Badass cracks Willis with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Badass connects with a right hand. Willis shakes it off.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Badass connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Willis momentarily.
Willis is rocked!
Willis staying out of range there.
Willis shoots and misses
and Willis takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Oh Willis is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Badass slips under a jab from Willis.
Willis seems to have got his legs back now.
Short Badass seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Badass's jab looks to have found its range, popping Willis under the eye.
Willis with a poor takedown
and Badass counters with a straight right hand.
Badass sends Willis crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Badass is motioning to the referee to let Willis up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Willis doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Badass counters with a crisp right hand that drops Willis! Badass lets Willis back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Willis takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Willis with a poor takedown
enabling Badass to counter with a crisp jab.
A shot to the liver by Badass. Beautiful body shot.
Badass with a hook.
Willis is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Badass drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Willis right on the button. Willis goes down! Badass follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Badass gets the win via TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:37 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Short Badass!
Short Badass is the new light heavyweight champion!
Short Badass spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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