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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Santosh Nagasaki (ranked 356 p4p, 23 weight class) and Wayne Williams (ranked 484 p4p, 28 weight class). Nagasaki's entrance music is Execute Plan: Nuclear Tortoise. A fine choice. 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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144 lbs
21 - 13 - 0 |
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175 cm
28
145 lbs
18 - 10 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Santosh Nagasaki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Wayne Williams!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Nagasaki stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A left lands for Williams.
Nagasaki gets a takedown into half guard.
Nagasaki lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Williams has hold of Nagasaki's hands but Nagasaki slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Williams actively working from the bottom here.
Nagasaki slips a nice elbow through Williams's hands, connecting with Williams's forehead.
Nagasaki scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Williams looking for submissions off his back.
Nagasaki looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Williams with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Nagasaki is looking to take a break and control but Williams is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Williams looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Nagasaki looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Nagasaki lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Nagasaki lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Williams looking for submissions off his back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki working over Williams with some ground and pound. Williams looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Nagasaki seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Williams does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Nagasaki is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Williams!
Williams felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Nagasaki with shots to the head and body - Williams looks very uncomfortable down there.
Nagasaki with good strikes from the mount here!
Nagasaki has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Williams's face.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nagasaki postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Williams looks a forlorn figure.
Williams is trying to escape the mount.
Nagasaki controlling from the full mount.
Nagasaki has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Williams is trying to escape the mount.
Williams sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Williams looking for submissions off his back.
Nagasaki winds up and cracks Williams with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nagasaki keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki working the head and body with strikes.
Nagasaki stalling away here and it's allowed Williams to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Nagasaki postures up and lands a big shot to Williams's brow.
Nagasaki with a flurry of punches that miss.
Nagasaki postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Nagasaki is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Nagasaki landing with the ground and pound.
Williams working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Nagasaki has passed into half guard!
Nagasaki seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Santosh Nagasaki dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Williams tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Williams digs a good hook to Nagasaki's body.
Wayne Williams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nagasaki gets a double leg takedown into Williams's guard.
Nagasaki sitting in guard here, content to control.
Williams is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Nagasaki trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Williams looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nagasaki is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Nagasaki stands up over Williams, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Nagasaki stands up over Williams, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nagasaki works over Williams with some ground and pound from guard.
Nagasaki lands a couple of elbows.
Nagasaki with a nice head shot there.
Nagasaki postures up and lands a big shot to Williams's brow.
Williams keeping moving, preventing Nagasaki from controlling successfully.
Williams throws his legs up looking for a submission but Nagasaki uses it to pass to side control.
Williams is trying to get back to his feet.
Williams is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Williams looking for submissions off his back.
Nagasaki is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Nagasaki slows the pace down in half guard.
Nagasaki working the head and body with strikes.
Williams is not content to let Nagasaki control the position.
Nagasaki seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams looking for submissions off his back.
Nagasaki moves into side control, avoiding a weak kimura attempt from Williams.
Nagasaki working the ground and pound from side control.
Williams tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Nagasaki wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Nagasaki is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Williams can do to turn this around?
Nagasaki lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Williams down.
Nagasaki is working Williams over with some ground and pound from side control.
Nagasaki lands an elbow.
Nagasaki scores with a couple of short elbows.
Santosh Nagasaki overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Williams is working to avoid the ground and pound but Nagasaki connects with a decent elbow.
Nagasaki looks up at the clock and then as Williams takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Nagasaki smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Williams throws Nagasaki to one side and escapes!
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!
Nagasaki takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Nagasaki misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Williams cracks Nagasaki with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Nagasaki looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Wayne Williams is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Williams misses with a wild body shot.
Nagasaki thuds a left hand into Williams's body.
Nagasaki connects with a body shot that sends Williams's belly button to the back.
Williams misses with a straight right.
Williams moves out of range of the strikes.
Williams blocks a low kick nicely.
Williams checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Williams looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Nagasaki throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Williams was covering up waiting for the punch and Nagasaki finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Nagasaki's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Santosh Nagasaki dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Williams swings for the body but Nagasaki moves out of range.
Nagasaki looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Williams throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nagasaki changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Williams throws a series of strikes that have Nagasaki backpedaling.
Nagasaki uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Williams.
Nagasaki showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Williams.
Nagasaki throws a body shot but no joy.
Nagasaki fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Williams sprawls well initially but Nagasaki persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Williams scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Nagasaki manages to mount him!
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!
Nagasaki trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Nagasaki with good strikes from the mount here!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nagasaki landing strikes from the mount and Williams is in trouble!
Nagasaki lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Williams hang on?
Williams is looking to get to half guard.
Nagasaki lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Williams hang on?
Williams is in a horrible position here. Nagasaki smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Nagasaki dominating with strikes here.
Williams is rocked!
Nagasaki is landing with some decent strikes but Williams is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Williams is still in real trouble! Can Nagasaki finish him?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki landing strikes from the mount and Williams is in trouble!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nagasaki fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Nagasaki loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Williams scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Nagasaki land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Nagasaki stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Santosh Nagasaki!
An out of breath Santosh Nagasaki thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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