PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Raven LaCriox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kain Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). LaCriox's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, End of Everything by Steromud. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

LaCriox
vs
Williams

182 cm
20
205 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

190 cm
22
207 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Raven LaCriox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kain Williams!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Gwen Towbar and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
LaCriox tries to clinch there but Williams circles away.
Williams dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on LaCriox. That did some damage!
Williams throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Williams fails with the takedown.
LaCriox moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

Williams shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
LaCriox is looking to stand up but Williams isn't so interested in that idea.
Williams looking to pass the guard.
Williams is looking to work some ground and pound but LaCriox has wrist control.
Williams stops LaCriox from standing up.

LaCriox has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Williams off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Williams moves in looking to clinch but LaCriox pushes him off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Williams looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Williams is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
LaCriox lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
LaCriox misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Williams avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
LaCriox blocks a head kick by Williams.
LaCriox tries to close the distance and clinch but Williams swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
LaCriox tries to clinch but Williams moves out of range.
Williams fails to land the takedown.
LaCriox pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
LaCriox misses with a few strikes there.

LaCriox gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Williams slips nicely into half guard.
Williams content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
LaCriox trying to control but Williams postures up.
Williams stops LaCriox from getting back to his feet.
Williams is controlling the pace.
Williams stops LaCriox from getting back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
LaCriox is trying to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Williams content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Williams looks gassed!
LaCriox wants to get back to his feet.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Williams shoots in for a double leg but LaCriox sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Raven LaCriox has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kain Williams.
LaCriox lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Williams backs up against the cage.
Williams misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
LaCriox wants to clinch up but Williams keeps it at a distance.
LaCriox wants to clinch but Williams slips to the side

and Williams counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in LaCriox's guard now.
LaCriox is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Williams is controlling him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
LaCriox is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
LaCriox can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Williams controls the pace.
Williams trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Williams is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Williams sitting in guard, not really doing much.
LaCriox wants to stand but Williams is controlling the position.
Williams controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
LaCriox wants to stand and escape but Williams is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kain Williams 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.

Williams shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Williams fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

LaCriox is rocked!
LaCriox wants to try and get back to his feet.
Oh LaCriox is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Williams putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Williams lands a big elbow.
Williams with shots to the head and body - LaCriox looks very uncomfortable down there.
The referee warns LaCriox that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

Williams swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Kain Williams!