PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eli Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sean ORiordan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sean ORiordan has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Williams
vs
ORiordan

195 cm
26
306 lbs
16 - 7 - 0

190 cm
26
297 lbs
21 - 14 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Revolution Fatigues

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Revolution Fatigues

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eli Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sean ORiordan!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Steve Smith and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. ORiordan defends it nicely.
ORiordan fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Williams avoids it really well and circles away.
ORiordan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

ORiordan shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Williams regains full guard. Nicely done.
ORiordan throwing strikes from guard but Williams blocks nicely.

Williams has his foot on ORiordan's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. ORiordan works his way back into a safe position though.
ORiordan won't allow Williams to sweep him here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Williams throws his legs up looking for a submission but ORiordan uses it to pass to side control.
Williams regains half guard.
Williams tries to roll over but ORiordan keeps him under control.
Williams makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Williams.

Williams looking for a guillotine here but ORiordan defends easily.
ORiordan trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams looking to hit a scissor sweep but ORiordan is one step ahead there.
ORiordan really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Williams. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Williams working for a triangle but ORiordan defends it easily.
ORiordan postures up.
Williams is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Williams is on top in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams throws a strike but ORiordan rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Williams is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
ORiordan throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Williams is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Williams looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Williams throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! ORiordan escapes and throws Williams's legs to the side, diving into side control!
ORiordan misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
ORiordan with the ground and pound but Williams regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
The fighters are battling for position here. Williams manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Williams tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Williams is trying to control the position but ORiordan postures up.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Williams is on top in guard.
ORiordan keeping moving, preventing Williams from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eli Williams dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

A looping hook to the body misses from ORiordan. Williams does a little dance to reset his feet.
No luck for ORiordan with that takedown attempt.
Williams fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt ORiordan.

Williams shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
ORiordan blocking the ground and pound.
The referee warns ORiordan that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Williams scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish ORiordan?
Williams lands with some vicious ground and pound - can ORiordan hang on?
Williams fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Williams raining down shots from the mount!
ORiordan avoids a series of strikes thrown by Williams.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams unloads with some vicious shots from mount and ORiordan wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Williams celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eli Williams!
Eli Williams really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Revolution Fatigues logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.