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Donald Wynn Williams II biography: 13 things about MMA fighter from Minneapolis, Minnesota

Donald Wynn Williams II is an African American man from Minnesota, United States. Here are 13 more things about him:

  1. He lives in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. (a)
  2. He is a father of two. (b)
  3. He is an entrepreneur.  (a)
  4. He wrestled in high school and college. (a)
  5. His fight name is D Will Ill. As an amateur mixed martial artist, he earned 6 wins and 0 loss in 2010. (a) (b)
  6. On February 4, 2011, he made his successful professional MMA debut by knocking out Travis Krumrei at the Seconds Out / Vivid MMA event “Showdown at the Sheraton 1” in Bloomington, Hennepin County. On April 15, 2011, Adrian Gutierrez submitted him at the Seconds Out / Vivid MMA event “Combat on Capitol Hill 5” in Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, which marked his first professional MMA loss. (b)
  7. On September 23, 2011, he defeated Floyd Hodges via unanimous decision at the Sterling Entertainment Group event “Riot at the Hyatt: Packer vs Viking” in Minneapolis. (b)
  8.  On March 23, 2013, he defeated Josh Wiseman via unanimous decision at the Driller Promotions event “Driller Promotions / SEG Havoc at High Five” in Burnsville, Dakota County, Minnesota. (c)
  9. On March 21, 2015, he defeated Richard Dey at the Savage Entertainment event “Savage Entertainment: March Badness” in Savage, Scott County, Minnesota. (b)
  10. On April 2, 2016, he defeated Ben Pierre-Saint via unanimous decision at the Savage Entertainment event “Savage Entertainment: March Badness 2” in Savage. On December 3, 2016, he knocked out Eugene Crisler at the Savage Entertainment’s 10th anniversary super show in Savage. (b) (c)
  11. On March 23, 2019, Jesse Wannemacher submitted him at the North Star Combat event “North Star Combat 10: Warrior Rising” in Walker, Cass County, Minnesota, which downgraded his professional MMA record to 6 wins and 6 losses. (b) (c)
  12. He was one of the bystanders who witnessed how then Minneapolis Police Department officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on George Floyd‘s neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds outside Cup Foods on Chicago Avenue in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020. (d)
  13. He was the third witness who testified in court before Judge Peter Cahill during the first day of Chauvin’s murder trial on March 29, 2021. (d)

 

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