PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brett Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cory Krawd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Williams
vs
Krawd

188 cm
22
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

189 cm
20
199 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Brett Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cory Krawd!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Gregory Folan and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Krawd looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Williams throws a wild body kick that Krawd sees coming a mile off.
Williams throws a head kick but Krawd moves out of range.
Williams tries to clinch up but Krawd circles away and keeps his distance.
Williams tries to clinch but Krawd moves out of range.
Williams throws the kick towards the body but Krawd avoids it.
Williams looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A head kick misses from Williams.
A clash of legs there as Krawd blocks the low kick.
Williams throws a sloppy head kick and Krawd moves out of range easily.
Krawd keeps the fight on the outside.
Williams slow jab from Krawd misses its intended target.
Brett Williams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Williams lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

Williams gets caught flat footed, as Krawd shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Krawd wanted to stand there but Williams had control of the position.

Williams looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Williams tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Williams looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Krawd avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Williams.
Williams missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Williams stalling away here and it's allowed Krawd to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Williams wants to get up but he can't break Krawd's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Williams trying to control the position from guard on top but Krawd is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Krawd is on top in guard.

Williams working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Krawd doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Krawd manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Williams is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Krawd dives into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krawd trying to control the action but Williams is working from the bottom.
Williams is looking to reverse the position.

Krawd stands up.
Williams shoots and misses
and Williams takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A head kick misses from Williams.
Williams pulls out of a head kick attempt.
An inside leg kick from Williams misses.
Williams throws a sloppy head kick and Krawd moves out of range easily.

Krawd shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Krawd showed some decent athleticism there.
Williams gets full guard.
Krawd pushing down on Williams's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams trying to get back to full guard but Krawd takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Williams really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Krawd in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Williams wants to hold on but Krawd pushes him away.
Williams is in all sorts of trouble here.
Williams is working hard here to advance position.
Poor strikes thrown by Krawd there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Williams is wriggling around trying to escape.
Krawd landing strikes from the mount.

It looks like Brett Williams has been cut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krawd connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Williams wants to hold on but Krawd pushes him away.
Krawd trying to control but he's not successful this time.

Krawd looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Krawd throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Williams is looking to improve his position but Krawd isn't that keen on the idea.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Krawd swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Williams is now in Krawd's guard. A big mistake from Krawd there, giving up the dominant position!
Krawd utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cory Krawd dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brett Williams's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Williams feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Krawd's calf.
Williams tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Krawd counters with a three punch combo that has Williams backing up. Williams nods at Krawd to acknowledge the strikes.
Williams with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Williams lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Krawd blocks a head kick by Williams.
Williams with a lazy takedown attempt

and Krawd counters with a nice double leg into side control. Williams won't be happy with that.

Krawd tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Krawd has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Williams gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Williams is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Krawd is trying to control the action in half guard but Williams is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Williams makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Williams.
Williams manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Krawd is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams landing shots from mount.
Williams sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Krawd is working to get back to half guard.
Cory Krawd has got the better of the ground game so far.

Williams is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Krawd can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Williams landing shots from mount.
Williams trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Poor strikes thrown by Williams there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Williams swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Krawd is now in Williams's guard. A big mistake from Williams there, giving up the dominant position!
Williams tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Williams is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Krawd keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Krawd is refusing to be controlled, as Williams sits in half guard.
Williams not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Williams throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Williams is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Krawd is just riding it out for now. Williams eventually gives up the hold.
Krawd controlling the position well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Williams has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Krawd defend it? Williams steps over the head and cranks it - Krawd is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Williams!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Brett Williams!