PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Coleman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dave Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Coleman
vs
Williams

185 cm
22
178 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

175 cm
23
165 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tommy Coleman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dave Williams!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Frank Dennis and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams throws a lazy right hand but Coleman sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Williams misses with a double jab.
Coleman lands with an overhand left.
Williams misses with a few strikes there.
Williams shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Coleman defends it nicely.
Williams swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch but Coleman swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Coleman takes the fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Coleman taking a breather.
Williams tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Coleman stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Coleman crunches a lovely knee into Williams's ribcage.
Williams is working for takedown but Coleman is calmly controlling the position for now.
Coleman stalling against the ropes.

Coleman breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Williams tries to clinch but Coleman moves away

and Coleman holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Come on Coleman - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Tommy Coleman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dave Williams.

Coleman pushes Williams up against the ropes in a clinch.
Williams is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Coleman is defending well for now.
Coleman lands a body shot in the clinch.
Williams tries to break the clinch but Coleman is controlling the position.
Coleman lands with a light punch inside.

Coleman's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Coleman moves in looking to clinch but Williams pushes him off.

Coleman moves into range and clinches up with Williams.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Coleman escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Williams swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Coleman counters with a head kick.
Coleman lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

It looks like Dave Williams has been cut.
Williams misses with a takedown attempt

and Coleman counters by moving into the clinch.
Coleman stalling the fight.
Coleman landing knees to the head.
Coleman keeps control of Williams as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Coleman's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Williams falls off balance throwing a combination

and Coleman moves into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Coleman breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Williams tries a head kick but it misses.
Williams with a poor takedown
and Coleman counters with a head kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Coleman throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Williams stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Coleman blocks a head kick by Williams.
A head kick by Williams misses

and Coleman counters by moving into the clinch.
Williams tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Coleman manages to break the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Coleman tries to clinch but Williams is having none of it.
Coleman tries to bum rush Williams with a series of wild strikes but Williams uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy Coleman dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dave Williams's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Coleman forces Williams back against the ropes and clinches.
Coleman lands a knee to the body.
Nice body punch from Coleman - that landed with a thud.
Coleman unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Coleman avoiding damage.
Williams with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Coleman breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Coleman ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

Coleman rushes Williams and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Williams takes an elbow to the temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams misses with a knee strike.
Williams tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Williams has had enough of the clinch but Coleman keeps him there for the moment.
Coleman lands a nice elbow.
Williams misses with the head strike.
Coleman stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Coleman stalling against the ropes.
Williams is looking to break free of the clinch but Coleman has double underhooks.
Coleman'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.
Williams takes an elbow to the temple.

That has opened up Dave Williams's cut even more.

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.
Williams wants to break the clinch but can't.
Coleman lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Coleman lands a nice shot to the body.
Coleman gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

The cut above Dave Williams's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Williams throws a knee to the head but misses.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Coleman.

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

and Coleman holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Coleman breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Coleman misses with a head kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Williams tries to land a knee to the head but Coleman blocks with his arms.
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 Coleman walks away with a smile on his face. Williams gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Williams misses with a double jab
and Coleman counters with a thumping low kick.
Tommy Coleman is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coleman tries to clinch but Williams moves out of range.
Williams misses with a takedown attempt
and Coleman counters with a solid body kick.
Tommy Coleman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dave Williams.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Coleman breaks from the clinch.
Both fighters circling a little - Coleman finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Coleman lands a left hand that snaps the head of Williams backwards.

Dave Williams's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Coleman dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy Coleman dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Dave Williams's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Coleman has Williams up against the ropes in a clinch.
Good body shot from Coleman.

Coleman's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Coleman throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Williams.

Coleman clinches up with Williams and pushes him back against the ropes.

Coleman breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Coleman doesn't manage to clinch there - Williams circles away.
Williams with a poor takedown
and Coleman counters with a nice body kick.
A head kick misses from Coleman.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Coleman fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Williams, pushing him back against the ropes.
Coleman connects with a nasty looking knee right to Williams's face.
Williams throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Coleman blocks it with crossed arms.
Williams throws a head punch that misses.

Coleman manages to break the clinch.

Coleman moves into range and clinches up with Williams.
Coleman crunches a lovely knee into Williams's ribcage.
Williams wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Coleman has Williams pushed against the ropes.

Coleman pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coleman tries to clinch up.

Coleman forces Williams back against the ropes and clinches.
Coleman throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Williams with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Coleman stalling in the clinch.

Coleman pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Williams closes the distance but Coleman moves to the side

and Coleman moves into the clinch.
Coleman dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Knees in the clinch landing for Coleman.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Coleman unloads a knee to the mid-section. Williams lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Coleman landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Coleman stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
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 Coleman walks away with a smile on his face. Williams gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Coleman darts in and clinches Williams up against the ropes.
Coleman comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Dave Williams's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:04 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Tommy Coleman!