PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sad Sak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sad Sak has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Sak
vs
Williams

205 cm
20
217 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

190 cm
26
205 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Sad Sak!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Alexander Williams!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Atkins and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams looks to clinch
and Williams takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Williams misses with a few strikes there.
Williams tries to bum rush Sak with a series of wild strikes but Sak uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Williams throws a chopping leg kick but Sak manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Sak will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Williams misses with a two punch combination.
Sloppy strikes from Williams. Those never looked like landing.

Sak shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Sak thows a huge punch but Williams dodges it nicely.
Williams blocking the ground and pound attempt from Sak.

Sak is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Williams defends it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sak working Williams over with strikes.
Williams avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sak.
Sak wants to take a breather but Williams is having none of it.
Williams wants to get back to his feet.
Sak throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Sak prevents Williams from standing back up.
Williams really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Sak. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Williams avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sak.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Williams is trying to stand back up but Sak is controlling him
Sak trying to control the pace.
Williams blocking the ground and pound attempt from Sak.
Sak sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Williams defending well though.
Williams keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Sak working the head and body with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sak passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Williams!
Sak in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Sak lands a big shot there that rocks Williams but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Williams is bucking up trying to escape but Sak cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Sak throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Sak has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Sak misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Sak landing strikes from the mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sak lands a nice shot to the head.
Sak working Williams over with strikes here.
Sak with shots to the head and body - Williams looks very uncomfortable down there.
BOOM! Sak connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Sak raining down hammerfists from mount.
Williams is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Sak punishing his opponent with strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Sak is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Williams is forced to tap! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Sad Sak!