PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bryan Williams (ranked 4824 p4p, 4889 weight class) and Brunta Nguana (ranked 430 p4p, 432 weight class). Williams comes to the cage accompanied by Bad Moon Rising - Credence Clearwater Revival. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Williams
vs
Nguana

170 cm
25
165
0 - 1 - 0

179 cm
18
166
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Big heart

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bryan Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Brunta Nguana!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Bart Greer and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Nguana shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Nguana was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Williams regains half guard.
Williams is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Williams slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Williams looking to hit a scissor sweep but Nguana is one step ahead there.
Nguana looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nguana wants to control from the top but Williams keeps moving.
Williams lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Nguana can't keep his opponent in guard - Williams advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams works his foot free and advances to mount.

Williams is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Nguana has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Nguana in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Nguana really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Williams. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Nguana is looking to improve his position but Williams isn't that keen on the idea.
Williams landing strikes from the mount and Nguana is in trouble!
Nguana really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Williams working the ground and pound effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nguana is trying to escape the mount.
Williams working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Nguana is looking to improve his position but Williams isn't that keen on the idea.
Williams controlling from mount.
Williams with good strikes from the mount here!
Williams 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.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Williams cracks Nguana with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Williams landing strikes from the mount and Nguana is in trouble!
Williams postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Nguana looks a forlorn figure.
Nguana gets back to half guard.
Williams has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Nguana takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Nguana wants to control but Williams is having none of it.
Williams scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Williams takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nguana is trying to escape the mount.
We've been hearing that Williams has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Williams looking to control but Nguana is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Williams with the ground and pound from mount.
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 dominating with strikes here.
Nguana is trying desperately to improve position.
Nguana wants to hold on but Williams pushes him away.
Williams takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Williams scores with a couple of good head shots there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Bryan Williams dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Nguana shoots for a takedown but Williams saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Nguana misses with a takedown attempt
and Williams connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Nguana shoots in and bounces Williams off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Nguana working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Williams seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Williams tries to land a sweep but no joy.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Williams is on top in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams with a nice head shot there.
Williams cracks Nguana with a solid left hand.
Williams is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nguana can do to turn this around?
Nguana is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Williams is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

Nguana is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Williams is aware though and is defending well.
Williams trying to control but Nguana is working from the bottom.
Williams with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Williams is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nguana wants to sweep but no luck.
Nguana is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Williams connects with a couple of short punches.

Williams got a little sloppy there for a moment and Nguana has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Williams has managed to get both his arms back between Nguana's legs - danger averted.
Williams stands up over Nguana, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Williams is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Williams keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Nguana's head.
Williams is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Williams wants to control from the top but Nguana keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nguana looking to hit a scissor sweep but Williams is one step ahead there.
Nguana keeping moving, preventing Williams from controlling successfully.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Nguana can do anything to dispel that myth.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Nguana shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Williams pinned against the cage. Williams gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Williams appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Bryan Williams has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brunta Nguana.
Williams stuffs the takedown attempt from Nguana. Nguana gets slowly back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Nguana uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Williams.
Horrible takedown attempt by Nguana or perhaps it was just good defense by Williams, which made it look bad.
Williams appears to be looking for a counter takedown.

Williams clinches with his opponent.
Nguana wants to take the fight to the mat but Williams manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.

Williams lands a takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Williams sitting in guard here, content to control.
Williams chips away with some ground and pound.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Williams slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Nguana is looking for a sweep.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Bryan Williams dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Nguana closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Williams did well to prevent Nguana getting side control.
Williams works his way to full guard. Good work.
Williams preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Williams is adopting a defensive guard.
Williams wants to sweep but no luck.
Williams trying to keep a closed guard but Nguana is proving a slippery customer.
Nguana stopping the sweep attempt from Williams.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Williams escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Nguana gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Nguana looking to pass the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Williams is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Williams is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Nguana is in close to Williams's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Bryan Williams overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Nguana missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Williams looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Williams looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Nguana working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams wants to sweep but no luck.
Nguana wants to control from the top but Williams keeps moving.
Nguana working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Williams's head.
Nguana postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Nguana postures up.
Williams lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Williams is pushing down on Nguana's leg trying to pass to half guard. Nguana is fighting to maintain full guard but Williams has managed to sneak the leg through.
Nguana is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Brunta Nguana has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Williams uses his free foot to push down on Nguana's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Nguana.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams working the ground and pound effectively.
Nguana is looking to improve his position but Williams isn't that keen on the idea.
Williams controlling the position easily from mount.
Bryan Williams is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nguana tries to hold on but Williams pushes him away.
Williams controlling from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nguana is looking to get to half guard.
Williams controlling the pace for now.
Nguana tries to hold on but Williams pushes him away.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Nguana is wriggling around trying to escape.
Williams controlling his opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bryan Williams showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Williams has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Santiago Holmes scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight 30:27
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bryan Williams!
Our winner, Bryan Williams, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.