PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dean Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruce Cody (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cody has chosen Can't be Touched as his entrance music. Dean Williams could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Bruce Cody's chin.

Williams
vs
Cody

185 cm
18
260 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

190 cm
22
276 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Dean Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Bruce Cody!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, James Glass and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cody tries a head kick but it misses.
Cody throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cody scoring well with a low kick there.
Williams shoots for a takedown but Cody saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Cody gets a takedown into half guard.
Williams tries to get to full guard but Cody has control of the leg.

Cody decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Cody tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Williams paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cody lands with a kick to the temple. Williams shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Williams gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Cody holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Williams tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dean Williams. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cody manages to break the clinch.
Williams fails with the takedown

and Cody counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Cody breaks from the clinch.

Cody looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Williams!
Williams is looking to get to half guard.
Williams is working hard here to advance position.
Cody content just to control the position here.
Williams is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cody controlling from mount.
Cody prevents Williams from getting the reversal.
Williams throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Williams is trying to escape the mount.
Cody controlling the pace for now.
Williams can't escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cody sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Cody prevents Williams from getting the reversal.
Williams bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Williams trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Williams is breathing heavily.
Williams prevents Cody from getting back to his feet.

Williams postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Cody is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Williams, into his guard.

Williams throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Cody escapes and throws Williams's legs to the side, diving into side control!

Cody has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Williams shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Cody but Cody pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Cody tries to clinch there but Williams circles away.

Cody gets a takedown into half guard.
Williams is looking to get back to full guard here but Cody has managed to pass to side control instead.
Cody content just to control the position here.
Cody prevents Williams from getting the reversal.
Cody controlling from mount.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Williams is looking to improve his position but Cody isn't that keen on the idea.
Cody controlling from mount.
Williams working to try and regain half guard.
Cody controlling his opponent.
Williams regains half guard.

Williams looking for submissions off his back.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Williams looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Cody wants to stand but Williams has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Cody prevents Williams from improving his position.
Williams gets back to full guard.

Williams working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Cody doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Cody manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Williams has an active guard here but Cody has managed to pass into half guard.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Williams tries to get to full guard but Cody has control of the leg.
Williams is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Cody jumps into side control!
Williams is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Williams manages to get to full guard.
Cody must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Williams wants to sweep but no luck.

That's eight 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 has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Cody can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Williams is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Cody wanted to stand there but Williams had control of the position.
Williams tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Williams has his foot on Cody's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Cody works his way back into a safe position though.

Cody avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Williams is looking for a triangle but Cody pushes his legs off easily.
Williams throwing strikes off his back to little effect.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.

Williams working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Cody has passed into half guard!

Williams looking for submissions off his back.
Williams is looking for a sweep. Cody is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Williams regains full guard. Nicely done.
Williams looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Williams has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Cody should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Williams has tightened it up now! Cody should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 9:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Dean Williams!