PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sergei Dragonov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dean Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Williams is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Kevlar soul. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dragonov
vs
Williams

193 cm
23
270 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

185 cm
22
260 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sergei Dragonov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dean Williams!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, William Peck and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dragonov tries to clinch but Williams is having none of it.

Williams tries to keep at a distance but Dragonov has taken the fight into the clinch.
Dragonov lands a damaging elbow.
Williams jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Dragonov walks away with a smile on his face. Williams gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dragonov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Williams takes a swing at Dragonov's ribcage but misses.
Williams shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Dragonov sprawls well. Dragonov wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Williams gets slowly back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Dragonov has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dragonov scores a nice knee to the body.
Williams tries to pull guard but Dragonov won't allow it.
Sergei Dragonov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dean Williams.
Dragonov misses with a knee to the head.
Williams takes a knee right on the jaw!
Williams tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Dragonov smiles and moves away.

Dragonov closes the distance and pushes Williams back into the cage.
Dragonov lands an elbow inside that Williams shrugs off.
Williams tries to pull guard but Dragonov holds him up against the cage and eventually Williams drops back down to his feet.
Dragonov lands an elbow that stopped Williams in his tracks for a moment.
Williams tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Dragonov smiles and moves away.
Dragonov doesn't manage to clinch there - Williams circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Dragonov rushes Williams and presses him up against the cage.
Dragonov lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Williams tries to pull guard but Dragonov holds him up against the cage and eventually Williams drops back down to his feet.
Dragonov lands a nice elbow.
Dragonov lands a knee to the body.
Williams looks gassed!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Williams tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Dragonov leaning against his opponent.
Dragonov lands a nice knee to the body.
Dragonov creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Williams's defenses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams takes a knee right on the jaw!
Dragonov landing knees to the head.
Dragonov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Williams blocks it with crossed arms.
Dragonov lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Williams fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Dragonov connects with a knee to the head.
Dragonov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dragonov stalling in the clinch.
Dragonov landing knees to the head.
Williams tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Dragonov just stands there and leans against the cage.
Dragonov scores with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Dragonov.
Dragonov using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Williams has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dragonov lands a nice knee to the body.
Dragonov using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Williams has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dragonov landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Dragonov landing knees to the head.
Dragonov lands a nice elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dragonov utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Williams takes a knee right on the jaw!
Dragonov connects with a nasty looking knee right to Williams's face.
Williams takes a knee to the side of the body.
Williams tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Dragonov with a knee to the head.
Dragonov with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Dragonov lands a good knee to the midsection. Williams won't want to take too many of those.
Dragonov lands a damaging elbow.
Dragonov is pushing Williams up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Dragonov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dragonov lands an elbow inside that Williams shrugs off.
Dragonov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Dragonov obliges.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sergei Dragonov dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Dragonov tries to clinch but Williams is having none of it.
Williams misses with a takedown attempt - Dragonov sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Dragonov connects with a solid leg kick.
Dragonov lets loose with a powerful body kick. Williams will feel that in the morning.
Dragonov tries to clinch up.
Williams is breathing heavily.
Dragonov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Williams paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dragonov doesn't manage to clinch there - Williams circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dragonov is looking to clinch.
Williams shoots in for a takedown but Dragonov shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Williams shoots in but Dragonov avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Sergei Dragonov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dean Williams.
Dragonov lands a nice looking body kick.
Sergei Dragonov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dragonov lands with a slapping head kick.
Williams misses with a two punch combination.
Sergei Dragonov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Dragonov darts in and clinches Williams up against the cage.
Dragonov with a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dragonov lands an elbow inside that Williams shrugs off.
Williams takes an elbow to the temple.
Dragonov's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Dragonov lands an elbow inside.
Dragonov crunches a lovely knee into Williams's ribcage.
Dragonov stalling against the cage.
Dragonov is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Williams can do to turn this around?
Dragonov lands an elbow inside that Williams shrugs off.
Dragonov lands a knee to the body.
Dragonov lands a nice knee to the body.
Dragonov scores a nice knee to the body.
Dragonov unloads a knee to the mid-section. Williams lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Dragonov scores with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams takes an elbow to the temple.
Dragonov lands an elbow inside that Williams shrugs off.
Dragonov with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Williams takes a knee right on the jaw!
Dragonov with a knee to the head.
Dragonov creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Williams's defenses.
Dragonov lands a knee to the body.
Dragonov throws a knee to the head but misses.
Williams blocks the elbow strike.
Dragonov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dragonov using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Williams has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

Williams jumps guard.

Williams looking for a guillotine here but Dragonov defends easily.
Dragonov throws a big right hand that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Williams working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Dragonov doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Dragonov manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Williams is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Williams is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Williams working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dragonov.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sergei Dragonov dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Dragonov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Williams looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Dragonov is fending him off so far but Williams persists. Nope, Dragonov circles away and we're back to standing.
Dragonov fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Williams.
Williams swats away the attempt to clinch by Dragonov.
Williams shoots in looking for a takedown. Dragonov tries to sprawl out of it but Williams keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Dragonov manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dragonov moves in looking to clinch but Williams pushes him off.
Williams takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dragonov feints and then cracks Williams's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Williams down.
Williams fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Sergei Dragonov has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dean Williams.
A head kick from Dragonov lands but Williams takes it in his stride.
Dragonov tries to clinch but Williams moves out of range.
Williams stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Dragonov.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dragonov connects with a nasty looking knee right to Williams's face.

It looks like Dean Williams has been cut.
Dragonov lands a nice elbow.
Dragonov creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Williams's defenses.
Dragonov will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Williams up against the cage.
Williams takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sergei Dragonov has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Dragonov lands an elbow just above Williams 's eye.
Dragonov controlling the action here for a moment.
Dragonov using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Williams takes an elbow to the temple.
Dragonov lands a damaging elbow.
Dragonov creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Williams's defenses.
Dragonov has Williams pushed against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dragonov lands an elbow inside.
Williams takes an elbow to the temple.
Dragonov effectively controlling the action here.
Dragonov creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Williams's defenses.
Williams takes an elbow to the forehead.
Dragonov lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Dragonov landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Dragonov gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Dragonov lands a knee to the head.
Williams takes an elbow to the temple.
Dragonov stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Dragonov with a knee to the head.
Dragonov scores with a knee to the head.
Dean Williams has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The referee calls for Dragonov to work.
Sergei Dragonov is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Dragonov is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Williams tries to pull guard but Dragonov holds him up against the cage and eventually Williams drops back down to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Williams swings away with an uppercut that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sergei Dragonov showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Dragonov, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:25
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:25
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sergei Dragonov!