PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cray Willams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ron James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Willams
vs
James

185 cm
22
170 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

186 cm
27
172 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cray Willams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ron James!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Lou da Vinci and Franklyn Lucas.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Willams takes one on the button.
James misses with a low kick.
James misses with a low kick.
Willams throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Willams swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and James counters with a nice leg kick.
James throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Willams looks to land a body kick but James moved away.
A lazy left from James finds it's target.

Willams rushes James and presses him up against the cage.
James swings wildly with an uppercut but Willams uses good head movement to avoid it.
James using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Willams blocks a body shot from James.
Willams looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Willams tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and James avoids it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
James looking for a takedown.
James tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Willams's elbow.
Willams throws an elbow that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Willams throws an elbow but it's blocked.
James blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Willams misses with some punches.
Willams lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Ron James has been cut.
James cracks Willams with a nice body shot.
Willams tries a knee to the head but James blocks it.
James tries to throw a body punch but Willams avoids it by throwing James back against the cage.
James blocks an elbow strike from Willams.
Nice elbow from Willams.
James working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Willams is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. James is defending well for now.
Willams pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Willams lands a nice knee to the body.
Willams lands a nice elbow.
James blocks an elbow strike.
Willams pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
James tries to throw a body punch but Willams avoids it by throwing James back against the cage.
James is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
James lands an uppercut.
A short right from James on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Willams lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
James can't find room to land a body shot as Willams controls the action.
Willams with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
James tries to land knees in the clinch but Willams avoids the damage to the body.
Willams tries a knee to the head but James blocks it.
James misses with a body punch.
James dodges an elbow strike from Willams.
James scores with a shoulder strike.
Willams blocks a body shot from James.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Willams just misses with a elbow thrown towards James's brow.
James misses with a body punch.
James lands a shoulder strike.
Willams throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but James blocks it with crossed arms.
A right hand to the body from James.
Willams is breathing heavily.
Willams with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Willams tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
James lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Willams throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but James blocks it with crossed arms.
James missing with knees to the body.
James lands on the inside with an uppercut.

James turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and James manages to end up in side control.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
James landing a few strikes.
James misses with the ground and pound.
James taking a breather here.
James working the ground and pound from side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
James is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
James throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Willams wants to get back to his feet but James drags him back down.
James scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Willams to see if he's OK.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
James cracks Willams with an elbow. That is naaassty.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee asks James politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. James prefers to stall for the moment though.
James scoring with punches and elbows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ron James dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ron James's cut.
That's time! Willams's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

James misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
James goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

James shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Willams's guard.
Willams keeping moving, preventing James from controlling successfully.
Willams wants to get back to his feet but James is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
James missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
James wants to pass the guard but Willams is keeping the position.
James works over Willams with some ground and pound from guard.
James stays in close to Willams's body and controls the position.
Ron James has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Willams keeping full guard, as James tries to pass.
Willams keeping moving, preventing James from controlling successfully.
James won't allow Willams to get back to his feet.
Willams keeping moving, preventing James from controlling successfully.

Ron James has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
James tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
James throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Willams avoids a kick to the body.
Cray Willams is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
James uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Willams.
James buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Willams throws a head kick that misses.
Willams drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Willams tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but James paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Willams has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Willams there as he acknowledges the shot.
James moves out of range of the body kick.
Willams misses with a wild combination.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Willams moves to clinch but James breaks away
and James counters with a straight right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
James throws a shot to the body.
Willams walks into a stiff left hand from James.
James jabs at Willams's body.
James cracks Willams with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
James lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by James.
James throws a series of punches but Willams moves out of range.
Willams takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
James dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Willams. That did some damage!
James scores with a spinning back kick!
James scores with a jab to the jaw.
Willams tries to clinch there but James circles away.

James manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Willams on his heels. He'll look to pass Willams's guard now, I'm sure.
James working some strikes from top position.
James working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
James loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
James throwing strikes from guard but Willams blocks nicely.
James trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
James distracts Willams with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
James's corner is telling him to maintain position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ron James showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ron James's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Willams throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and James counters with a right hand to the body.
Willams tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cray Willams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from James.
Ron James seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Willams is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Willams throws a combination but it was largely blocked by James.
James has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from James, right into the meat.
Willams looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Willams tries to clinch but James moves away
and James connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
James scores with a nice head shot.
Willams tries to close the distance and clinch but James swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A slapping body kick lands there for James.
James lands a jab to Willams's midsection.
This has been an exciting period of action!
James scores with the left hand. Willams knows he should have avoided that one.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

James decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
James takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
James looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
James throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
James passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Willams!
James putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Willams takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
James scores with a couple of good head shots there.
James cracks Willams with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Willams is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
James tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
James lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
James controlling the position easily from mount.
James lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Willams hang on?
Oh Willams is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
James lands a nice shot to the head.
James connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
James softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Willams is out cold! James jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ron James!