PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fred Micks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Williamson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Williamson's choice of entrance music: LTJ Bukem - Atlantis. Fred Micks could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Dan Williamson's chin.

Micks
vs
Williamson

188 cm
26
200 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

188 cm
21
222 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

White Gorilla Nutrition
White Gorilla Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Fred Micks!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dan Williamson!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Robert Douchet and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Micks just misses with a punch to the body.
Williamson looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Micks slips under a jab.
Williamson lands with a right hand.
Williamson swinging wildly here.
Williamson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A big left from Williamson misses.
Micks is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Williamson.

Williamson shoots in and bounces Micks off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Micks is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Williamson tries to stand but Micks is controlling from the bottom.
Williamson won't allow Micks to sweep him here.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Williamson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Micks wants to stand and escape but Williamson is having none of it.

Micks manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Micks just misses with a punch to the body.
Williamson fails with a takedown attempt.
Williamson throws the left hand but Micks avoids the punch easily.
Williamson scores with a jab to the jaw.
A telegraphed right hand from Williamson misses the target.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Williamson.
Dan Williamson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Williamson shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Williamson showed some decent athleticism there.

Micks pushes Williamson off and gets back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williamson misses with a hook. Micks ducked under it nicely.
Williamson lands a head shot.
Williamson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Fred Micks has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dan Williamson.
Micks moves out of range of the strikes.
Williamson throws a hook but Micks blocks it.
Williamson loads up on a big right hand but Micks slips the punch.
Williamson throws a looping overhand right but Micks ducks down to avoid it.
Micks's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Micks duly obliges.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Williamson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Williamson looks gassed!
Micks rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Williamson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Williamson might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Micks throws a series of punches but Williamson moves out of range.
A combination from Micks does no damage.
Williamson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Williamson lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Williamson walks into a jab.
Micks lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Micks slips under a jab.
Micks misses with a body kick.

Williamson shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williamson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Micks defending well though.
Williamson seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Micks does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Williamson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Micks wants to get back to his feet.
Williamson prevents Micks from improving his position.

Micks manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Jab from Williamson.
Williamson misses with a looping right.
Micks scores with a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williamson uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Micks has time to react.
Micks shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Micks dips to his left and cracks Williamson with an uppercut!
Williamson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Micks.
Micks smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Williamson looks up at the clock. Bad move! Micks lands a right hand from hell, dropping Williamson. Micks pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fred Micks!
Fred Micks retains his light heavyweight title!