PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between William Williamson (ranked 3877 p4p, 5532 weight class) and Arthur King (ranked 438 p4p, 509 weight class). William Williamson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Williamson
vs
King

193 cm
25
185
2 - 1 - 0

180 cm
20
190
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, William Williamson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Arthur King!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Arvi Lind and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King swings for the body but Williamson moves out of range.
Williamson throws a head kick that misses.
A low kick from Williamson misses

and King counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
King misses with a head shot. Williamson uses the momentum to regain guard.
King content to stall in guard here.
King advances to half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
King looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
King winds up and cracks Williamson with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williamson trying to control here.
Williamson on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Williamson is trying to get back to full guard.
King thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Williamson's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
King lands strikes from half guard.
Williamson is looking for a sweep. King is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Williamson blocking the ground and pound attempt from King.
King lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
King missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
King sitting and controlling from the half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
King lands with a punch from half guard.
Williamson on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
King sitting and controlling from the half guard.
It looks like King might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Williamson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
King is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Well, if King is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

King is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Williamson defends it well.
King is nestled in close to Williamson, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
King content to control rather than advance.
Williamson has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. King is working away from the top position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
King has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
King putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
King landing strikes, looking to finish!
King looking to finish Williamson with some ground and pound. This is bad for Williamson!
King landing shots from mount.

Williamson is rocked!

King looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Oh Williamson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
King connects with a bit shot that sees Williamson covering up! More strikes from King and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! King is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Arthur King!
A relieved looking Arthur King thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.