PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Wapen Arsenaal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brandon Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wapen Arsenaal has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Arsenaal
vs
Williams

179 cm
20
178 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

175 cm
20
171 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Wapen Arsenaal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Brandon Williams!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Radbod Blank and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Arsenaal misses with a straight right.
Arsenaal is looking to clinch.
Arsenaal tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Williams lands a big head kick that sends Arsenaal tumbling to the mat! Williams takes a step backwards and waves Arsenaal back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Arsenaal is rocked!

It looks like Wapen Arsenaal has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Williams instigates a clinch.
Oh Arsenaal is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Williams trying to land knees to the body.
Williams scores with a knee to the head.

Wapen Arsenaal's cut is getting worse.
Williams crunches a lovely knee into Arsenaal's ribcage.
Arsenaal seems to have got his legs back now.
Williams tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Williams wants a takedown.
Williams is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Arsenaal gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Williams tries to land a knee to the head but Arsenaal blocks with his arms.
Williams landing knees to the head.
Williams misses with an elbow over the top.
Williams misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Arsenaal.
Williams landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Arsenaal fails to pull the fight into his guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams misses with a knee strike.

Williams breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Arsenaal moves out of range of the body kick.
Arsenaal shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A jab from Williams misses.
Williams throws a wild body kick that Arsenaal sees coming a mile off.

Williams clinches with his opponent.

Williams pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Arsenaal clinches but Williams breaks the clinch

and Williams holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Williams is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Arsenaal gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Wapen Arsenaal has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brandon Williams.
Arsenaal managing to block the knees to the body from Williams.
Arsenaal blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Williams is pushing Arsenaal up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arsenaal on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Williams tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Williams is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Arsenaal pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Arsenaal fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Knees to the body from Williams.
Arsenaal avoiding damage as Williams throws knees to the body.
Williams tries to land a knee to the head but Arsenaal blocks with his arms.
Williams looking to throw knees to the head but Arsenaal is blocking nicely.
Arsenaal tries to pull guard but Williams won't allow it.
Williams with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Williams unloads a knee to the mid-section. Arsenaal lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Williams misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Arsenaal.

Williams escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Williams cracks the inside of Arsenaal's front leg.
Arsenaal looks to clinch
and Williams counters with a big head kick but Arsenaal shrugs it off.

Wapen Arsenaal's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Williams misses with a body kick.
Williams looks to land a combination but Arsenaal avoids it well.
Williams is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Arsenaal ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Williams looks gassed!
Williams thuds his shin into the meat of Arsenaal's side.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Arsenaal sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.

Williams moves into the clinch.

Williams drags the fight down to the ground.
Williams thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Arsenaal!
Williams controlling from mount.
Arsenaal is trying desperately to improve position.
Arsenaal's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Williams controlling from mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Williams lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Brandon Williams!