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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Wayne Williams (ranked 492 p4p, 56 weight class) and Liquid Gold (ranked 897 p4p, 109 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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150 lbs
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Wayne Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 23 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Liquid Gold!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Russell Pearce and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gold moves out of range as Williams strikes.
Williams has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Zero Tolerance in the buildup to the fight.
A left lands for Gold.
Good standup being displayed there by Williams as he connects with a hook.
Gold steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Williams.
Wayne Williams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gold blocks a jab.
Williams looks to land a right hand but Gold moved out of range.
Gold pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gold cracks Williams with a good jab.
Gold closes the distance and clinches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gold creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Gold fails to land.
Williams is trying to push Gold away but Gold has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Williams blocks an uppercut.
Gold throws a head punch that misses.
Williams breaks the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Williams throws out a loose jab but Gold uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gold blocks a jab.
Gold defending well as Williams loads up on a big left hand.
Williams fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gold manages to avoid it.
Gold misses with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gold.
Gold throws out a counter right but Williams avoids it with no problem.
Williams jabs at Gold's body.
A big left from Williams misses.
Gold looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Williams misses with a wild body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Williams. Gold does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gold swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
We've been informed that Gold has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Gold just misses with a punch to the body.
Gold tries to move into range but Williams moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Williams misses with a looping right.
Gold is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Williams.
Nice uppercut there from Gold.
Williams looks to throw the jab but Gold is out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Gold! But no joy.
Williams slips a straight right by Gold.
Gold slips a jab and a cross from Williams.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gold has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Gold is rocked!
Williams swings widly with a right hand
and Gold counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Williams misses with a wild combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Williams, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gold takes a swing at Williams's ribcage but misses.
Gold steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Williams.
Williams throws a right hand that misses
and Gold counters with a head kick that drops Williams to the mat! Williams scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Williams is rocked!
Williams uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gold.
Williams gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Oh Williams is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Williams is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gold.
Williams seems to have got his legs back now.
Williams bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Gold's head.
Gold is still on wobbly legs! Can Williams finish him?
Williams lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Gold lands with a hook. Williams tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Williams connects with a looping right hand.
Gold misses with a double jab.
Williams looks to throw the jab but Gold is out of range.
Gold was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Gold misses with a straight left.
Gold seems to have recovered his senses.
Gold throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
It looked like Williams wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Williams misses with a right hand
and Gold counters with a good low kick that Williams was not able to check.
Williams with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Gold to score with a decent uppercut.
Williams scores with a crisp jab that stopped Gold in his tracks.
Gold gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Gold working aggressively here.
Good body shot from Williams.
Williams tries to circle away but Gold has him pinned against the cage.
Gold being controlled against the cage.
Williams has a couple of punches blocked by Gold.
A head punch on the inside from Gold fails to land.
Gold blocks a body shot from Williams.
Williams takes an elbow to the forehead.
Williams blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gold misses with a punch on the inside.
Gold lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Williams working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gold being controlled against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Gold.
Williams blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Williams struggles to land a body shot inside as Gold controls his hands.
Gold throws a head punch that misses.
Gold lands a right hand.
Williams wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gold lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Williams wants to break the clinch but can't.
A short left from Gold.
Gold prevents Williams from breaking the clinch.
Gold scores with a shot to the side of Williams's head.
Gold tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gold lands with a left to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A short left from Gold.
Williams wants to break the clinch but can't.
With the fighters up against the cage, Gold throws an elbow but misses.
A head punch on the inside from Williams fails to land.
Gold misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Liquid Gold dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Nice shot by Gold.
Gold looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Williams misses with a combination
and Gold counters with a stiff right hand.
Williams misses with a jab to the body
and Gold counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Gold ducks under a wild hook from Williams.
Gold looks to land a right hand but Williams moved out of range.
Williams misses with a right hand
and Gold counters with a nice kick to the body.
Williams takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Gold blocks a jab.
Gold lands an overhand right.
Williams is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Gold connects with a body shot that sends Williams's belly button to the back.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Williams misses with an uppercut.
Williams throws an overhand right that lands on Gold's shoulder, as Gold tries to avoid the shot.
Gold keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Williams.
A jab from Williams misses.
Gold cracks Williams with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Liquid Gold seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gold dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Williams. That did some damage!
That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Williams misses the target.
Williams cracks Gold with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Williams's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Gold connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Williams scrambles back to his feet.
Gold moves out of range of the strikes.
Gold only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Williams throws a shot from downtown. Gold moves away and avoids it.
Gold swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A nice inside leg kick there by Gold. That's going to slow Williams down.
Gold forces Williams back against the cage and clinches.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Williams wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gold blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Williams manages to break the clinch.
Gold takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Williams pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Williams looks to land a left hand but Gold moved out of range nicely.
Williams throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Gold! But no joy.
Williams rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gold moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Gold scoring well with a low kick there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gold moves away from the strike by Williams.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Gold. Gold obviously looking to wear him down.
A punch combination from Williams misses.
Gold unleashes a big counter combination but Williams bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Williams takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Williams falls off balance throwing a combination
and Gold counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nice body kick there by Gold.
Gold keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Williams fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Gold.
Gold misses with a kick to the body.
It looked like Williams wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Sloppy strikes from Williams. Those never looked like landing.
Williams swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Gold.
Gold avoids the body shot from Williams.
Williams throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Gold counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nice defenses there by Gold.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Gold! But no joy.
Williams throws out a powerful jab.
Williams throws out a powerful jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams connects with a body shot that sends Gold's belly button to the back.
Gold gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Gold misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gold throws a head punch that misses.
Williams lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gold backwards.
Williams breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Williams swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Gold.
Williams misses with a hook.
Gold is looking to slow Williams down with leg kicks.
Williams bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Williams walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Gold slips a jab from Williams.
Gold is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Williams with a body shot.
Williams connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Gold momentarily.
Gold connects with an inside leg kick.
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!
Gold turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A big left from Williams misses.
Gold throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Williams misses the target.
Williams misses with a looping right.
Williams throws a body shot but no joy.
Nice uppercut there from Williams.
Gold gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Gold lands a big uppercut and Williams crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Williams looks OK. Gold waves Williams back to his feet!
Williams connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Williams throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Gold counters with a good, hard body kick but Williams shrugs it off.
Williams misses with an uppercut.
Gold now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Williams moves away from the strike by Gold.
Gold walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Williams misses with a left hand
and Gold counters with a left to the body.
Gold moves into the clinch successfully.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Williams is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gold misses with the head strike.
Gold throws a head punch that misses.
A short uppercut from Gold.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Liquid Gold showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Williams's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Gold lands with an uppercut that bounces Williams off the cage and back into range.
Gold uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Williams.
Gold misses with a body shot.
Williams is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Williams throws a right hand that misses
and Gold counters with a low kick, right behind Williams 's knee.
Gold has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gold drops Williams with a beautiful combination! Williams stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Gold is looking for the KO!
Gold connects with a leg kick. Williams looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Williams lands with a nice body punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A cross from Williams lands.
Gold uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Williams throws a jab but it's blocked by Gold.
Gold throws a poor cross that misses
and Williams counters with a nice uppercut.
Gold tries to move into range but Williams moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A slow jab from Williams misses its intended target.
Gold is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Gold slips a jab and a cross from Williams.
Gold loads up on a big right hand but Williams slips the punch.
Williams rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Gold counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Williams misses with a jab to the body
and Gold counters with a huge left! Williams is in big trouble! He's backing up but Gold isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Williams from any more damage. A dominating finish by Gold!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Liquid Gold!
A very excited looking Liquid Gold made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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