PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between David Willaims (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dangoro Gigaiath (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). David Willaims had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 136.3lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Dangoro Gigaiath will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Willaims
vs
Gigaiath

170 cm
19
149 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

173 cm
22
135 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, David Willaims!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dangoro Gigaiath!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shirou Masuda and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gigaiath misses with a straight left.
Willaims avoids a kick to the body.
Gigaiath throws a chopping leg kick but Willaims manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Gigaiath cracks Willaims with an open hand slap.
Gigaiath tries to close the distance and clinch up but Willaims swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gigaiath looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Gigaiath misses with a straight right.
The fighters circling - Gigaiath throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gigaiath throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gigaiath lands a right hook to the body.
Gigaiath fails to land with a series of punches.
Willaims dodges the punch combination from Gigaiath.
Gigaiath throws a series of punches but Willaims avoids them all with ease.

Gigaiath gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Willaims prevents Gigaiath from breaking the clinch.
Willaims looking for a takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gigaiath is trying to break the clinch but Willaims is controlling him.
Willaims wants a takedown but no success here.
A frustrated look appears on Gigaiath's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Gigaiath tries to break free but Willaims pushes him back against the ropes.
Willaims looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for David Willaims. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gigaiath lands a left hand that snaps the head of Willaims backwards.
Gigaiath working hard to break the clinch.

Gigaiath breaks the clinch.
Gigaiath swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gigaiath tries a head kick but it misses.
Gigaiath throws the left hand but Willaims avoids the punch easily.
Gigaiath throws a looping overhand right but Willaims ducks down to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gigaiath fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gigaiath misses with a hook.
Gigaiath connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Willaims swats away the attempt to clinch by Gigaiath.
Willaims throws out a loose jab but Gigaiath uses good head movement to avoid it.
Willaims keeps the fight on the outside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gigaiath tries to close the distance and clinch but Willaims swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gigaiath misses the jab.
Gigaiath misses with a kick to the body

and Willaims counters with a nice double leg into side control. Gigaiath won't be happy with that.
Gigaiath prevents Willaims from moving into mount.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gigaiath is looking to get back to his feet here but Willaims is keeping cool and he's managed to take Gigaiath's back.
Willaims is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dangoro Gigaiath dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Gigaiath fails in his attempt to clinch.
Willaims slips under a jab from Gigaiath.
Willaims swats away the attempt to clinch by Gigaiath.
Gigaiath throws a right and a left that both miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gigaiath tries to clinch up.
Gigaiath misses with a looping right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gigaiath lands a slapping body shot.
A big right from Gigaiath misses.
Gigaiath tries a low kick but Willaims avoids it.
Gigaiath misses with the combination.
Gigaiath lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Willaims changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Gigaiath looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Willaims is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Willaims wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gigaiath keeps working.
Willaims taking a breather here.
Gigaiath takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gigaiath tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Gigaiath really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Willaims. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Willaims throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Gigaiath is looking to reverse the position.
Willaims landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gigaiath tries to escape but Willaims is in control.
Willaims cracks Gigaiath with a big right hand but Gigaiath just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Willaims looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Gigaiath is avoiding damage well.
Gigaiath defending against the ground and pound.
Sloppy strikes there by Willaims.
Gigaiath struggling a bit here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that David Willaims will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Gigaiath tries to close the distance and clinch but Willaims swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gigaiath works Willaims's body with a nice hook.
Gigaiath tries to clinch up.
A big right from Gigaiath misses.
Gigaiath rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Willaims moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Gigaiath misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gigaiath throws a jab when Willaims was well out of range.
Willaims swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A slow jab from Gigaiath misses its intended target.

Gigaiath has Willaims up against the ropes in a clinch.
Gigaiath is pressed up against the ropes. Willaims has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Gigaiath down to the mat. Gigaiath avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Willaims slips a jab and a cross from Gigaiath.
Willaims throws a hook but Gigaiath blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gigaiath swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gigaiath pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gigaiath tries to close the distance and clinch up but Willaims swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gigaiath fails to land with a series of punches.
Gigaiath lands a two punch combo.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gigaiath looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gigaiath lands a jab to the nose.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gigaiath swings away with a body shot that misses

and Willaims counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Willaims working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Willaims with a flurry of punches that miss.
Willaims won't allow Gigaiath to get back to his feet.
Willaims is in close to Gigaiath's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Willaims is stalling in the full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Willaims advances to half guard.
Willaims content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Willaims seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Gigaiath for as long as he can get away with.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to David Willaims.
I think Willaims has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... David Willaims!