PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Corey Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sony Toshi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Toshi comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Wu Tang Clan- Click Click kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Corey Williams has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Williams
vs
Toshi

164 cm
25
145 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

182 cm
20
139 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Gilop®

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Corey Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sony Toshi!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams misses with an uppercut.
Williams tries to bum rush Toshi with a series of wild strikes but Toshi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sony Toshi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Toshi shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Williams as he jumps to the side.
A chopping leg kick lands by Williams.
Toshi on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Williams misses with a two punch combination.
Toshi fails to land the takedown.
Williams displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Toshi.
Corey Williams has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sony Toshi.
Williams leaves Toshi with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Toshi closes this distance looking for a takedown but Williams circles away.
Toshi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Toshi is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams lands a slapping body shot.
Williams works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Toshi has his takedown stuffed
and Williams counters with a nice leg kick.
Williams sizes up Toshi with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Williams throws a head kick that half lands.
Toshi tries for a takedown but Williams circles away easily
and Williams counters with a nice leg kick.
Toshi tries for a takedown but Williams circles away easily
and Williams counters with a thumping low kick.
Toshi looks gassed!
Toshi throws a right and a left that Williams avoids nicely.
Toshi with a lazy takedown attempt
and Williams connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toshi with a lazy takedown attempt
and Williams counters with a slapping leg kick.
Williams lands with a hook. Toshi tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice uppercut there from Williams.
Left hook, right uppercut from Williams.

Toshi is rocked!
Toshi misses with a takedown attempt
and Williams counters with a nice body shot.
Good leg kick by Williams there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Corey Williams is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Williams connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Toshi's hands.
Toshi is still on wobbly legs! Can Williams finish him?
Donk. Williams catches Toshi right on the button with a cross.
Toshi drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Toshi looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Toshi fails with the takedown
and Williams counters with a nice body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams stuffs the takedown.
Toshi seems to have recovered his senses.
Toshi takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Williams scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Toshi doesn't seem bothered though.

Williams gets a clinch.

Williams pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Williams lands with a hook. Toshi tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Williams scores with the left hand. Toshi knows he should have avoided that one.
Williams punishes Toshi's body with a nice straight punch.
Toshi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Williams can pounce on him.
Toshi stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Williams.
Toshi has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Williams.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toshi tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Williams lands the left hand.
Williams lands a body shot.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Williams!
Williams thuds a left hand into Toshi's body.
Toshi is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Williams.
A decent looking cross lands there for Williams.
Williams lands a leg kick that knocks Toshi off balance momentarily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Williams scores with a jab to the body.
Toshi takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A solid body kick from Williams.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Corey Williams dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Toshi takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Williams listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Williams fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Toshi has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Corey Williams is winning the standup battle so far.
Toshi shoots in looking for a takedown but Williams manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Toshi's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Toshi doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Williams counters with a nice uppercut.
Toshi's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

Williams gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Williams breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Williams throws out a powerful jab.
Toshi shoots in and drives through. Williams sprawls well.
Corey Williams has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sony Toshi.
Toshi is breathing heavily.
Williams connects with a body shot that sends Toshi's belly button to the back.
Toshi shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Williams but Williams pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Williams cracks a nice hook into Toshi's ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toshi shoots and misses
and Williams cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Williams throws a right and a left that both miss.
Williams lands a glancing blow to the side of Toshi's head.
Williams lands a nice looking body shot.
Toshi takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Williams connects with the punch.
Williams connects with a nice looking jab.
Toshi is trying hard to land a takedown here. Williams sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Williams getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Williams thuds a left hand into Toshi's body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Williams lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Williams throws a combination. Toshi tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Williams works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Williams works Toshi's body with a nice hook.
Toshi has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Toshi needs to keep his hands up - Williams had a free shot at his head there.
Williams chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Williams throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Williams thuds a left hand into Toshi's body.
Toshi shoots in for a double leg but Williams sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Williams cracks a nice hook into Toshi's ribs.
Toshi is trying desperately to land a takedown but Williams is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Toshi.
Williams lands with an overhand left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Williams.
Williams throws a quick inside leg kick.
Williams moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That kick from Williams tenderised Toshi's leg. Toshi is trying to keep his angry face on.
Williams connects with a nice looking jab.
Williams throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Williams goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Toshi takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Toshi tries for a takedown but Williams circles away easily
and Williams makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Williams comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
A jab lands there for Williams.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Toshi shoots and misses
and Williams counters with an outside leg kick.
Toshi needs to keep his hands up - Williams had a free shot at his head there.
Williams is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Toshi can do to turn this around?
Williams bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Toshi's head.
Toshi misses with a takedown attempt - Williams sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Williams lands with a nice body punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Williams lands with a hook. Toshi tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Toshi takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Toshi gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Corey Williams dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Williams lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Toshi shoots and misses
and Williams connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Toshi throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Williams's waist but Williams gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Toshi off to one side.
A punch lands to the side of Toshi 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Toshi shoots and misses
and Williams counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Corey Williams has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sony Toshi.
Decent striking displayed by Williams there.
Williams buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Toshi takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Toshi connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Toshi fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams cracks the inside of Toshi's front leg.
Williams lands a lovely overhand right.
Williams scores with the left hand. Toshi knows he should have avoided that one.
Williams scores with a nice head shot.
Williams misses with a series of wild punches.
Toshi looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Williams.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toshi takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Toshi shoots for a takedown but Williams saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Williams stuffs the takedown.
Williams scores with a hook to the body. Toshi takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Toshi takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Williams scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Toshi doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Williams throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Toshi.
Toshi walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Toshi on the side of the head.
Williams scores with a sloppy right hand. Toshi should have avoided that one.
Toshi misses with a takedown attempt
and Williams connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Williams fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Toshi has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Williams connects with a solid leg kick.
Corey Williams is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Williams with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Toshi needs to keep his hands up - Williams had a free shot at his head there.
Williams scores with a leg kick.
Williams fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Toshi looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Williams cracks Toshi with a good jab.
Williams fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Toshi on the side of the head.
Sony Toshi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Williams moves into range and connects with a jab.
Toshi takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Toshi misses with a takedown attempt
and Williams makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Toshi closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Williams throws a nice inside leg kick.
Sony Toshi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Williams wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

And that's the end of the fight!
Corey Williams showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Williams has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Corey Williams!