PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bodie Long (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and cory williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Long might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Friends In Low Places. cory williams has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Long
vs
williams

187 cm
20
215 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

203 cm
18
225 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

Kangaroo Muscle

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bodie Long!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, cory williams!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Robert Twigg and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
williams fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
williams swats away the attempt to clinch by Long.
Long uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from williams.
williams misses with a double jab.

Long clinches with his opponent.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Long scores a nice knee to the body.
williams looks gassed!
Long crunches a lovely knee into williams's ribcage.
Long with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knees to the body from Long.
williams is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Long with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Long with a knee to the head.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but williams blocks with his arms.
Long landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Long with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Long trying to land knees to the body.

williams breaks the clinch.
Long fails with an attempt to clinch.
williams throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Long.
Long tries to clinch but williams moves out of range.

Long rushes williams and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Long tries to land knees in the clinch but williams avoids the damage to the body.
Long 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.
Long using the Thai plumb to throw knees but williams has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but williams blocks with his arms.
williams is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Long prevents williams from breaking the clinch.
williams is looking to break free of the clinch but Long has double underhooks.
A short uppercut from Long.
williams has had enough of the clinch but Long keeps him there for the moment.
Long with an attempt at a knee that misses.
williams is trying to break free.
Long landing knees to the body.
Long misses with a knee strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Long misses with a knee to the head.
Long throws a knee to the head but misses.
williams wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Long misses with a knee to the head.
Long lands a nice knee to the body.
Long keeps control of williams as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Long tries a knee to the head but williams blocks it.
Long unloads a knee to the mid-section. williams lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Long with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Long throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but williams blocks it with crossed arms.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but williams blocks with his arms.
Long misses with a knee to the head.

williams escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
williams keeps the fight on the outside.
Long throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Long slips a jab from williams.
Long fails with an attempt to clinch.
williams goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Nice uppercut there from williams.
williams fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
williams slips a jab and a cross from Long.
Long misses with a head kick.
williams waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Long.

Long takes the fight into the clinch.
Long unloads a knee to the mid-section. williams lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Long crunches a lovely knee into williams's ribcage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Long connects with a knee to the head.
Long tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Long crunches a lovely knee into williams's ribcage.
Long landing knees to the head.
williams takes a knee right on the jaw!

williams is rocked!
Long landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
williams is still on wobbly legs! Can Long finish him?
Long tries to land a knee to the head but williams blocks with his arms.
Long prevents williams from breaking the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Long lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Long throws a knee to the head but misses.
Long throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but williams blocks it with crossed arms.
Long tries a knee to the head but williams blocks it.
williams seems to have recovered his senses.
williams wants to break the clinch but can't.
Long landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Long lands a big knee to the head and williams goes down! Long is looking to finish!

Long tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Long has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
williams stops Long from passing to mount.
Long slows the pace down.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
williams tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Long wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

Long stands up.
Long tries to clinch up.
Long staying out of range there.
Long keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from williams.

Long moves into the clinch successfully.
Long misses with a knee strike.
williams is trying to break free.
Long crunches a lovely knee into williams's ribcage.
Long throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but williams blocks it with crossed arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Long looking to throw knees to the head but williams is blocking nicely.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Long misses with a knee to the head.

williams manages to break the clinch.

Long drives through with a takedown into guard.
Long passes easily into side control. Nice work.
williams is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Long asserts his dominance and retains side control.

Long thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Long stands up and beckons williams to his feet.
cory williams is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
williams misses with a hook.
williams looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

Long looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for williams!

Long stands up from mount. Strange move.
williams misses with a wild combination.
Long looks to land a combination but williams avoids it well.
Long blocks a jab.
Long defending well as williams loads up on a big left hand.
cory williams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Long steps to the side to avoid the strikes from williams.
williams throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
williams connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Long momentarily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
williams misses with a combination

and Long counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for williams!
Long takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

Long stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
No joy there for Long, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nice defenses there by Long.
Long moves out of range of the strikes.
williams throws a right hand that Long ducks under and follows up with a left that Long also avoids with ease.
williams misses with a two punch combination.

Long feints and as williams raises his hands in defense, Long changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.

williams is working an open guard so Long takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
williams falls off balance throwing a combination

and Long counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Long is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
williams missing with punches from the bottom.

Long wants to work for an arm triangle but williams is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
williams wants to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bodie Long 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.

Long dodges the punch combination from williams.
williams throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Long holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Long lands a nice knee to the body.
williams has had enough of the clinch but Long keeps him there for the moment.
Long looking to throw knees to the head but williams is blocking nicely.
A knee to the head by Long.
Long keeps control of williams as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
williams is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Long tries a knee to the head but williams blocks it.

williams escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nice takedown defense from williams. No joy for Long on that attempt.
williams looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Long drives through and clinches with williams against the cage.
Long with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Long with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Long throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but williams blocks it with crossed arms.
Long landing knees to the head.
A knee to the head by Long.
Long with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Long tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

williams breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Long fails with the takedown.
Long moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
williams misses with a double jab.
williams is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.

Long scores a takedown into full mount!

Long stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Long fails with an attempt to clinch.
Long tries to clinch but williams is having none of it.
Long is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Long keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from williams.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Long darts in and clinches williams up against the cage.
williams tries to break the clinch but Long is controlling the position.
williams is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
williams wants to break free but Long has control.
Long trying to land knees to the body.
Long trying to land knees to the body.
williams has had enough of the clinch but Long keeps him there for the moment.
Long connects with a knee to the head.
Long unloads a knee to the mid-section. williams lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Knees to the body from Long.
williams wants to get back to striking at distance but Long won't allow it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Long.
williams tries to break the clinch but Long is controlling the position.
Long looking to throw knees to the head but williams is blocking nicely.
Long scores with an uppercut up the middle.
williams wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Long scores a nice knee to the body.
Long landing knees to the head.
Long unloads a knee to the mid-section. williams lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Long landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Long lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Long connects with a knee to the head.
Long using the Thai plumb to throw knees but williams has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
williams is trying to break free.
williams avoiding damage as Long throws knees to the body.
williams wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Long scores a nice knee to the body.
Bodie Long has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Long tries a knee to the head but williams blocks it.
Long misses with a knee strike.
Long is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that williams can do to turn this around?
williams wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Long has him pressed against the cage.
williams wants to break the clinch but can't.
williams is looking to break free of the clinch but Long has double underhooks.
williams has had enough of the clinch but Long keeps him there for the moment.
williams is trying to break the clinch but Long has him pressed against the cage.
Long using the Thai plumb to throw knees but williams has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Long landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Long lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
williams is looking to break free of the clinch but Long has double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Long tries to land knees in the clinch but williams avoids the damage to the body.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but williams blocks with his arms.
williams wants to break free but Long has control.
williams can't break the clinch.
Long with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
williams wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Long has him pressed against the cage.

williams breaks the clinch.
Bodie Long is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
williams looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
williams scores with a one two! Long had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
williams misses with a few strikes there.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts williams, as that shot connected.

It looks like Bodie Long has been cut.
williams lands with a jab that stuns his opponent. Long is looking to close the distance but williams sees it coming and throws a beautiful knee! Long crumbles to the mat and that's all she wrote! Let's hope Long is OK because that was naaaaaasty!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). cory williams!