PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ilham Aliyev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bonzi Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aliyev comes to the cage accompanied by Why Can't We Be Friends? . Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Aliyev
vs
Williams

185 cm
22
185 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

183 cm
19
188 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

Dark Storm Performance

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ilham Aliyev!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bonzi Williams!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Fedor Mirinova and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Williams.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch but Aliyev swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Williams misses the jab.
Williams fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Aliyev is out of range.
A head kick misses from Aliyev.
Williams fails in his attempt to clinch.

Aliyev has Williams up against the cage in a clinch.
Williams wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Aliyev has him pressed against the cage.
Aliyev taking a breather.
Aliyev using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Aliyev with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Williams wants to get back to striking at distance but Aliyev won't allow it.
Aliyev connects with a knee to the head.
Aliyev lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Williams looking to stall.
Williams gets underhooks to prevent Aliyev's takedown attempt.
Aliyev controlling the action here for a moment.

Aliyev pulls guard effortlessly.
Williams is looking to stand up but Aliyev won't let him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aliyev 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 wants to get up but he can't break Aliyev's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

Aliyev looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Williams wants to stand but Aliyev is controlling his posture from full guard.

Aliyev looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Aliyev is breathing heavily.
Williams wants to stand and escape but instead Aliyev has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Aliyev controls from within his opponent's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Aliyev wants to control from the top but Williams keeps moving.

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.
Aliyev won't allow Williams to get back to his feet.
Aliyev forces his way into half guard.
Aliyev tries to pass to full mount but Williams defends it.
Aliyev is working hard here to advance position.
Aliyev throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Williams wants to get back to his feet.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Aliyev clinches up against the cage.
Williams lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Aliyev or not.
Aliyev tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Williams just stands there and leans against the cage.
Aliyev has Williams pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Williams manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ilham Aliyev. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Aliyev prevents Williams from breaking the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams is leaning against Aliyev and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

Williams escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Aliyev avoids a punch combination nicely.
Williams goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Williams tries to clinch up
and Aliyev counters with a good low kick that Williams was not able to check.
Williams swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Aliyev moves into the clinch.
Williams looking to stall.
Aliyev keeps control of Williams as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Williams wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Aliyev has him pressed against the cage.
Aliyev using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Williams has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Williams is looking to break free of the clinch but Aliyev has double underhooks.
Williams wants to break the clinch but can't.

Aliyev breaks the clinch.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Aliyev paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Williams lands with a precision combination! Left, right, uppercut and Aliyev falls flat on his face, eyes wide open but he's out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Bonzi Williams!