PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dan Williamson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Sharpe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Williamson might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to LTJ Bukem - Atlantis. Michael Sharpe will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Williamson
vs
Sharpe

188 cm
20
222 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

210 cm
25
204 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

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Crashforce Voodoo Labs

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dan Williamson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Michael Sharpe!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Steve Smith and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sharpe lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

Williamson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Williamson looking to control but Sharpe is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Williamson misses with a head shot.
Williamson controlling the pace for now.
Poor strikes thrown by Williamson there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Williamson throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Sharpe avoids a series of strikes thrown by Williamson.
Williamson looking to control but Sharpe is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Williamson throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Sharpe is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Williamson goes for an armbar but Sharpe turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Sharpe.
Williamson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sharpe wants to control from the top but Williamson keeps moving.
Williamson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Sharpe with a nice head shot there.
Sharpe trying to control but Williamson is working from the bottom.
Sharpe looking to pass the guard.
Williamson on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Williamson tries to get out of the position.
Williamson keeping moving, preventing Sharpe from controlling successfully.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Sharpe keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Sharpe's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Sharpe duly obliges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williamson shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Sharpe sprawls well. Sharpe wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Williamson gets slowly back to his feet.
Williamson misses with a hook.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Williamson.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dan Williamson. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Williamson shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Sharpe is trying to defend but Williamson finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Williamson is breathing heavily.
Sharpe trying to hold on to Williamson's head to control him but Williamson postures up.
Sharpe gets full guard.
Williamson might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Williamson trying to stand up but can't free himself from Sharpe's guard.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Sharpe escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Williamson gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sharpe pulls Williamson in close to prevent any damage.

Sharpe looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Williamson lands a couple of digs.
Williamson is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Williamson lands a couple of digs.
Williamson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williamson's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Williamson working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Sharpe's head.
Williamson postures up.
Williamson working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Sharpe's head.
Sharpe keeping full guard, as Williamson tries to pass.
Sharpe throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Williamson wants to stand but Sharpe has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

Williamson is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Sharpe is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Sharpe has escaped and now he's on top!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sharpe trying to control the position from guard on top but Williamson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Michael Sharpe will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Williamson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Michael Sharpe is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Williamson looks to land a right hand but Sharpe moved out of range.
Williamson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Sharpe pinned against the cage. Sharpe gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Sharpe throws a series of punches but Williamson moves out of range.
Williamson has a takedown stuffed.
Williamson connects with a crisp jab.
Sharpe cracks Williamson with a good jab.
Williamson lands with a cross.
Sharpe moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Williamson misses with a hook. Sharpe ducked under it nicely.
Williamson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sharpe slips a straight right by Williamson.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Williamson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Williamson punishing his opponent with strikes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sharpe is trying desperately to improve position.
Williamson lands a heavy elbow.
Williamson thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Williamson lands a heavy elbow.
Williamson landing strikes, looking to finish!
Williamson scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Williamson landing strikes from the mount and Sharpe is in trouble!
Sharpe is wriggling around trying to escape.
Sharpe is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Williamson.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Williamson cracks Sharpe with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Sharpe is rocked!
BOOM! Williamson connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Sharpe is still in real trouble! Can Williamson finish him?
Williamson is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Sharpe can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Williamson connects with a bit shot that sees Sharpe covering up! More strikes from Williamson and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Williamson is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dan Williamson!