PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shane Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Herman Wiliam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Herman Wiliam will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Williams
vs
Wiliam

188 cm
22
205 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

220 cm
21
210 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Shane Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Herman Wiliam!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Damien Edna and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Williams rushes Wiliam and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Wiliam looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Williams is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Wiliam has Williams pressed against the cage.

Williams jumps into guard, dragging Wiliam to the mat.
Wiliam is looking to stand up but Williams won't let him.
Wiliam preventing the sweep.
Williams throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Williams has a closed guard, preventing Wiliam from standing up.
Williams pulls Wiliam in close to his closed guard and prevents Wiliam from doing any damage or advancing position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Williams is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Wiliam throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wiliam is trying to force a seperation but Williams has the dominant position.
Wiliam taking a breather.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wiliam slows down the pace here.
Williams stops a takedown attempt from Wiliam.
Nice body punch from Williams - that landed with a thud.
Wiliam looks gassed!
Wiliam is trying to break the clinch but Williams is controlling him.

Williams breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Williams gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Wiliam is trying to stall.
Williams holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A short right from Williams.

Williams breaks from the clinch.

Williams darts in and clinches Wiliam up against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Williams.

Williams works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Williams postures up and lands a big shot to Wiliam's brow.

Williams stands up from Wiliam's guard - Williams perhaps looking for a knockout.
Williams cracks Wiliam with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

It looks like Herman Wiliam has been cut.
Williams throws a series of punches but Wiliam avoids them all with ease.

Williams closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Wiliam did well to prevent Williams getting side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Williams is nestled in close to Wiliam, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Williams looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Wiliam with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Williams lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Wiliam wants to get back to full guard.
Williams frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Williams scoring with strikes but Wiliam is staying in there.

Williams wants to finish this one by submission but Wiliam is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Williams.
Williams sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wiliam wants to hold on but Williams pushes him away.
Williams scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Wiliam?
Williams cracks Wiliam with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Williams landing strikes from the mount and Wiliam is in trouble!
Williams putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Williams with the ground and pound from mount.
Wiliam is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Williams looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The referee warns Wiliam that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Wiliam tries to hold on but Williams postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams controlling from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Williams lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
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.
Williams content just to control the position here.
Williams lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
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.
Wiliam wants to hold on but Williams pushes him away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Williams controlling his opponent.
Williams dominating with strikes here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shane Williams dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Herman Wiliam's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Williams lands a two punch combo.
Wiliam connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A combination from Williams does no damage.
Williams swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Williams shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Nice uppercut lands for Williams. That snapped Wiliam's head back.
Shane Williams is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Williams cracks Wiliam with a good jab.
Wiliam fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Williams tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Williams shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Williams showed some decent athleticism there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Williams is taking a breather. Wiliam says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Williams lands a nice short elbow.

Williams escapes and gets back to his feet.
Wiliam walks into a jab.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wiliam throws a right hand that Williams ducks under and follows up with a left that Williams also avoids with ease.
Williams rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Wiliam moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Wiliam throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Williams moves into the clinch.

Williams breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wiliam paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Williams drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Williams stays in close to Wiliam's body and controls the position.
Wiliam has his hands on Williams's head, controlling the position.
Wiliam not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Wiliam looking for a guillotine here but Williams defends easily.

Wiliam is working an open guard so Williams takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Williams moves into range and clinches up with Wiliam.

Wiliam breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wiliam fails with a takedown attempt.
Williams connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Williams listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Wiliam shoots and misses
and Williams counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Shane Williams has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Herman Wiliam.
Wiliam takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Wiliam keeps the fight on the outside.
Williams punishes Wiliam's body with a nice straight punch.

Williams has Wiliam up against the cage in a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Williams lands a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams gets through Wiliam's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Wiliam fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Williams breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wiliam has his takedown stuffed
and Williams makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Wiliam showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Williams.
Wiliam looks for a takedown but Williams sprawls well.
Wiliam tries for a takedown but Williams circles away easily

and Williams counters with a single leg into guard. Wiliam didn't expect that.
Wiliam trying to keep a closed guard but Williams is proving a slippery customer.
Williams not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

Williams stands up from guard. Let's bang!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Williams shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Wiliam has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Williams is working away from the top position though.
Williams is trying to control the action in half guard but Wiliam is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Williams stops Wiliam from getting back to his feet.
Williams looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Ground and pound from Williams.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wiliam tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Williams manages to move to mount!
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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shane Williams dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Herman Wiliam's cut.
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!

Williams drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Williams decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Wiliam moves out of range of the strikes.
Wiliam fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Wiliam.

Wiliam working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

Wiliam is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Williams has escaped the position, nice work there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Wiliam stands up and we're back to a striking position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Williams throws the kick towards the body but Wiliam avoids it.
Wiliam fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Wiliam lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Williams throws a right and a left that both miss.
Wiliam circles away from the clinch attempt.
Williams is looking to chop away at Wiliam's legs.
Wiliam tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Williams counters with a straight right hand.
Wiliam gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Williams counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Williams closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Williams wants to pass to mount but Wiliam is defending the position.
Williams stops Wiliam from getting back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams trying to control the action but Wiliam is working from the bottom.
Wiliam trying to hold on to Williams's head to control him but Williams postures up.
Williams thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Wiliam's head.

Williams decides to return to a standing position.
Wiliam misses with a jab, cross combination.
Wiliam plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Wiliam is trying hard to land a takedown here. Williams sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Williams fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Williams will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Wiliam scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Williams misses with a series of wild punches.
Shane Williams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wiliam dodges the punch combination from Williams.
Williams throws a half hearted mid kick.

Wiliam closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Williams is trying to buck Wiliam off.
Wiliam tries to move to mount but Williams blocks the move with his legs.

Wiliam thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Wiliam is looking to take a break and control but Williams is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Williams manages to work his way to half guard, despite Wiliam's best efforts.
Shane Williams is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wiliam tries to pass the half guard into mount. Williams knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Wiliam trying to control the action but Williams is working from the bottom.
Williams works his way to full guard. Good work.
Williams is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Wiliam can do to turn this around?
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.
Williams keeping moving, preventing Wiliam from controlling successfully.
Williams looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Williams striking from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Shane Williams.
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 Skip Squint scores the fight 30:25
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 30:25
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shane Williams!