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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sergio De La Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ashley Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ashley Williams is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sergio De La Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ashley Williams!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Bruno Lombardi and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De La Cruz has his takedown stuffed
and Williams counters with a nice low kick that buckles De La Cruz's knee momentarily.
De La Cruz tries to land a body kick
and Williams counters with a nice low kick that buckles De La Cruz's knee momentarily.
Williams scoring well with a low kick there.
De La Cruz shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Williams counters with a thumping low kick.
De La Cruz is breathing heavily.
De La Cruz doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Williams counters with a leg kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sergio De La Cruz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
De La Cruz gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Williams counters with a slapping leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
De La Cruz tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Williams with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams drives through and clinches with De La Cruz against the cage.
Williams with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Williams misses with a knee to the head.
Williams drops De La Cruz with a big knee straight up the middle! De La Cruz is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
It looks like Sergio De La Cruz has been cut.
Williams throws a nice outside leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Williams.
A chopping leg kick lands by Williams.
Williams connects with a leg kick. De La Cruz looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
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!
Williams is looking to slow De La Cruz down with leg kicks.
A nice leg kick lands there from Williams.
Williams scoring well with a low kick there.
An inside leg kick lands from Williams.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams lands a nice leg kick that just misses De La Cruz's sensitive parts.
De La Cruz takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Williams lands a front kick.
Williams lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Williams forces De La Cruz back against the cage and clinches.
De La Cruz jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Williams walks away with a smile on his face. De La Cruz gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
De La Cruz is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
De La Cruz tries to clinch
and Williams counters with an outside leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Williams.
A chopping leg kick lands by Williams.
Williams closes the distance and clinches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Williams tries a knee to the head but De La Cruz blocks it.
De La Cruz can't find room to land a body shot as Williams controls the action.
Williams misses with a knee to the head.
Williams using the Thai plumb to throw knees but De La Cruz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Williams with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Williams using the Thai plumb to throw knees but De La Cruz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Williams utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Williams with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knees to the body from Williams.
Williams throws a knee to the head but misses.
Williams tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Williams using the Thai plumb to throw knees but De La Cruz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
De La Cruz could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Williams tries to land a knee to the head but De La Cruz blocks with his arms.
Williams landing knees to the head.
De La Cruz fails to pull guard.
Williams looking to throw knees to the head but De La Cruz is blocking nicely.
Williams using the Thai plumb to throw knees but De La Cruz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
De La Cruz is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Williams pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams throws a knee to the head but misses.
Williams lands a good knee to the midsection. De La Cruz won't want to take too many of those.
Williams tries a knee to the head but De La Cruz blocks it.
Williams scores with a knee to the head.
Williams misses with a knee to the head.
De La Cruz tries for a takedown. No joy.
Williams tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Williams misses with a knee strike.
De La Cruz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Williams with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Williams tries a knee to the head but De La Cruz blocks it.
Williams scores with a knee to the head.
Williams tries a knee to the head but De La Cruz blocks it.
Williams tries to land knees in the clinch but De La Cruz avoids the damage to the body.
De La Cruz has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Williams avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Williams misses with a knee strike.
De La Cruz jumps guard but Williams stands there with De La Cruz around his waist. De La Cruz gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
De La Cruz jumps guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ashley Williams dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sergio De La Cruz's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
De La Cruz misses with a takedown attempt
and Williams counters by clinching up.
De La Cruz is looking to break free of the clinch but Williams has double underhooks.
Williams keeps control of De La Cruz as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Williams tries a knee to the head but De La Cruz blocks it.
Williams tries a knee to the head but De La Cruz blocks it.
De La Cruz jumps guard but Williams stands there with De La Cruz around his waist. De La Cruz gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Williams tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Williams tries to land a knee to the head but De La Cruz blocks with his arms.
Knees to the body from Williams.
Williams with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
De La Cruz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Williams unloads a knee to the mid-section. De La Cruz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Williams using the Thai plumb to throw knees but De La Cruz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Williams tries to land a knee to the head but De La Cruz blocks with his arms.
Williams throws a knee to the head but misses.
Williams tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Williams with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De La Cruz tries to land knees in the clinch but Williams avoids the damage to the body.
Williams keeps the fight in the clinch, despite De La Cruz's efforts to push away.
De La Cruz tries for a takedown but Williams manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sergio De La Cruz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Williams using the Thai plumb to throw knees but De La Cruz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Williams with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Williams throws a knee to the head but misses.
Williams misses with a knee to the head.
De La Cruz is working for takedown but Williams is calmly controlling the position for now.
De La Cruz wants to break free but Williams has control.
De La Cruz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Williams tries to land knees in the clinch but De La Cruz avoids the damage to the body.
Williams tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Williams tries a knee to the head but De La Cruz blocks it.
De La Cruz tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Williams smiles and moves away.
De La Cruz shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Williams counters with an outside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
De La Cruz misses with a takedown
and Williams counters with an outside leg kick.
De La Cruz looks to clinch
and Williams counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Sergio De La Cruz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Williams throws a low kick but it's checked well by De La Cruz.
Williams has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A nice inside leg kick there by Williams. That's going to slow De La Cruz down.
Williams connects with a leg kick. De La Cruz looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
De La Cruz throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Williams counters with a nice kick to the body.
A combination from De La Cruz does no damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Williams.
De La Cruz will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Williams moves into the clinch.
De La Cruz stalling in the clinch but Williams improves position.
Williams tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and De La Cruz avoids it.
Williams tries to land a knee to the head but De La Cruz blocks with his arms.
De La Cruz wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Williams tries a knee to the head but De La Cruz blocks it.
De La Cruz working hard to break the clinch.
De La Cruz is working for takedown but Williams is calmly controlling the position for now.
Williams using the Thai plumb to throw knees but De La Cruz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Williams looking to throw knees to the head but De La Cruz is blocking nicely.
Williams misses with a knee strike.
De La Cruz tries to break the clinch but Williams is controlling the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Williams connects with a knee to the head.
De La Cruz tries to circle away but Williams has him pinned against the cage.
Williams gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from De La Cruz.
Williams misses with a knee strike.
Williams using the Thai plumb to throw knees but De La Cruz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
De La Cruz decides to pull guard.
De La Cruz trying to keep a closed guard but Williams is proving a slippery customer.
De La Cruz looking to control but Williams passes into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ashley Williams showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Sergio De La Cruz's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
A head kick by De La Cruz misses
and Williams counters with a nice leg kick.
De La Cruz fails with the takedown
and Williams makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. De La Cruz really felt that one!
Sergio De La Cruz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De La Cruz shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Williams counters with a nice leg kick.
Williams connects with a leg kick. De La Cruz looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Williams feints and then cracks De La Cruz's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow De La Cruz down.
That kick from Williams tenderised De La Cruz's leg. De La Cruz is trying to keep his angry face on.
Williams closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Williams throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but De La Cruz blocks it with crossed arms.
Williams with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Williams tries to land a knee to the head but De La Cruz blocks with his arms.
Williams lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Williams unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Williams tries to land a knee to the head but De La Cruz blocks with his arms.
Williams drops De La Cruz with a big knee straight up the middle! De La Cruz is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
De La Cruz is rocked!
Williams fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt De La Cruz.
Oh De La Cruz is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Williams clinches up against the cage.
De La Cruz seems to have got his legs back now.
Williams misses with a knee strike.
Williams tries to land a knee to the head but De La Cruz blocks with his arms.
Williams with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Williams using the Thai plumb to throw knees but De La Cruz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
De La Cruz fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sergio De La Cruz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
De La Cruz is trying to force a seperation but Williams has the dominant position.
Williams landing knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and De La Cruz avoids it.
De La Cruz can't get the takedown.
Williams using the Thai plumb to throw knees but De La Cruz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Williams tries a knee to the head but De La Cruz blocks it.
Williams using the Thai plumb to throw knees but De La Cruz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ashley Williams seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Williams tries a knee to the head but De La Cruz blocks it.
De La Cruz tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Williams just stands there and leans against the cage.
Williams misses with a knee strike.
De La Cruz tries to circle away but Williams has him pinned against the cage.
De La Cruz is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Williams connects with a nasty looking knee right to De La Cruz's face.
Williams prevents a takedown attempt there.
Williams using the Thai plumb to throw knees but De La Cruz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
De La Cruz tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Williams with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
De La Cruz misses with the head strike.
Williams connects with a nasty looking knee right to De La Cruz's face.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from De La Cruz.
Williams keeps control of De La Cruz as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
De La Cruz drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Williams gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Williams with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
De La Cruz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Williams.
De La Cruz managing to block the knees to the body from Williams.
De La Cruz tries for a takedown. No joy.
De La Cruz tries to pull guard but Williams won't allow it.
Williams connects with a knee to the head.
Williams missing with knees to the body.
De La Cruz is trying to break the clinch but Williams is controlling him.
Williams throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but De La Cruz blocks it with crossed arms.
De La Cruz decides to pull guard.
Williams preventing the sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
De La Cruz wants to improve his position but instead Williams has moved into half guard.
Williams controlling the action here.
Williams really doesn't want to stay on the ground with De La Cruz. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Williams prevents De La Cruz from improving his position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ashley Williams comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Williams winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Dean Styles scores the fight 25:30
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 25:30
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ashley Williams!
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energy
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