PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Stuart Ward (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Erick Villar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Ward
vs
Villar

186 cm
20
198 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

183 cm
22
190 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Very strong

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Stuart Ward!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Erick Villar!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Ward, as that shot connected.
Villar thows a body shot but no joy.
Ward stuffs the takedown attempt from Villar. Villar gets slowly back to his feet.
Villar fails with a takedown attempt.
Ward tries to land a leg kick but Villar saw it coming and moves away.
Villar moves out of range as Ward throws a body kick.

Ward forces Villar back against the cage and clinches.
Villar trying to land knees to the body.
Villar tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Villar takes an elbow to the temple.
Ward lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Villar jumps guard but Ward stands there with Villar around his waist. Villar gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Stuart Ward has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Erick Villar.
Ward with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Villar is trying to drag Ward to the mat but Ward just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Nice elbow from Ward.
Ward lands an elbow inside that Villar shrugs off.
Ward lands an elbow just above Villar 's eye.
Ward gets underhooks to prevent Villar's takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Villar breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Ward takes the fight into the clinch.
Ward looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ward tries a knee to the head but Villar blocks it.
Ward prevents the takedown attempt.
Villar looking to throw knees to the head but Ward is blocking nicely.
Ward lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ward lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Villar can't get the takedown.
Villar jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Ward walks away with a smile on his face. Villar gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Ward takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Villar uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ward.

Villar shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Ward manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Villar throwing strikes from guard but Ward blocks nicely.
Villar working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Villar throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Ward works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Ward knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Villar on the ground.
Ward controls Villar momentarily but Villar frees himself.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Villar accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Villar trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Villar working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Ward's head.
Ward looking to hit a scissor sweep but Villar is one step ahead there.
Villar postures up and lands a big shot to Ward's brow.
Villar throwing strikes from guard but Ward blocks nicely.
Villar in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Villar is in close to Ward's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Villar throws a big right hand that misses.
Ward on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Ward tries to get out of the position.
Ward working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Villar.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Villar scoring with some ground and pound.
Ward working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Villar.
Ward looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Villar throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Ward works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Villar throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ward is trying to keep Villar in close.
Villar throws a strike but Ward rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ward trying to stand up but can't free himself from Villar's guard.
Ward looking to sit in guard and control but Villar gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Villar throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Ward works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Erick Villar will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Villar fails with a takedown attempt.
Ward moves in looking to clinch but Villar pushes him off.
Ward showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Villar.
Villar swats away the attempt to clinch by Ward.
Ward slips under a jab from Villar.
Villar closes this distance looking for a takedown but Ward circles away.
Villar throws a nice looking combination but Ward bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Villar throws a shot from downtown. Ward moves away and avoids it.
Ward clobbers Villar with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Villar fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Stuart Ward has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Erick Villar.
Ward tries to clinch there but Villar circles away.

Ward clinches up with Villar and pushes him back against the cage.
Ward throws a knee to the head but misses.
Villar is trying to push Ward away but Ward has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Villar can't break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Villar jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Ward walks away with a smile on his face. Villar gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Ward moves in looking to clinch but Villar pushes him off.
Villar throws a hook to the side of Ward's head but Ward sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ward misses with a wild body shot.

Villar gets a takedown into half guard.
Villar prevents Ward from improving his position.

Villar is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Villar is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Ward has managed to free his arm - good work.
Ward is looking to control Villar's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Ward avoid being mounted?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ward is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Villar scores with a couple of nice shots.
Villar throwing shots but Ward is blocking nicely.
Villar lands strikes from half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ward keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Villar has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Villar throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Villar prevents Ward from improving his position.
Ward blocking the ground and pound attempt from Villar.
Villar winds up and cracks Ward with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Erick Villar has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ward avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Villar.

Villar is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Ward sees it coming and defends easily.
Villar not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Villar throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Villar with the ground and pound but Ward uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Villar missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Villar lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Villar lands a couple of elbows.

Villar drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Ward manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Villar has Ward in his guard.
Villar pulls Ward in close to prevent any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ward throwing strikes but missing.
Ward thows a big elbow that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ward postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Erick Villar showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Ward scores with a jab to the jaw.
Ward fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ward tries to clinch but Villar moves out of range.
Villar throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ward swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Villar.
Villar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ward.
Ward avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sloppy strikes from Villar. Those never looked like landing.
Ward wants to clinch up but Villar keeps it at a distance.
Villar shoots in looking for a takedown. Ward tries to sprawl out of it but Villar keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Ward manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Ward steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Villar.
Villar fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Villar swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Ward to counter with a crisp jab.

Villar drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Villar takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ward manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Villar is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Ward wants to get back to full guard.

Villar is working for a submission of some sort.
Ward avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Villar.
Villar not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Villar is trying to work for a kimura but Ward is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ward is trying to maintain the position but Villar is very close to passing his half guard.
Ward works his way to full guard. Good work.
Villar with a flurry of punches that miss.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Villar accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Villar throwing strikes but missing.
Ward looking to control.

Villar drops back looking for a leg! Ward is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Ward manages to kick Villar off! Villar jumps back into Ward's guard.
Villar passes into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ward manages to get to full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Villar accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Villar works over Ward with some ground and pound from guard.
Villar lands a couple of elbows.
Villar postures up in Ward's guard and throws a big left but Ward blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Villar won't allow Ward to sweep him here.
Villar throwing strikes from guard but Ward blocks nicely.
Villar in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Villar landing with the ground and pound.
Ward avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Ward utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Villar throws a big right hand that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Villar advances position into side control!

Villar is trying to get an arm triangle but Ward is defending well.

And that's the end of the fight!
Erick Villar comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Villar winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight for Erick Villar!
Judge Suge Night scores the fight for Erick Villar!
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight for Erick Villar!

Erick Villar wins by unanimous decision!