PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Mcneilly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonathan Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Williams has chosen Kings of Leon - Sex on Fire as his entrance music. Jonathan Williams will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Mcneilly
vs
Williams

190 cm
27
260 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

225 cm
28
272 lbs
10 - 10 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, James Mcneilly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jonathan Williams!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Steve Montenegro and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Mcneilly's head.
Mcneilly doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Williams counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Mcneilly thinking.
Mcneilly uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Williams.

Williams moves into range and clinches up with Mcneilly.
Mcneilly is trying to break free.
Williams lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Mcneilly backwards.
Williams lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Williams lands a hook that snaps the head of Mcneilly backwards.
Mcneilly tries to break free but Williams pushes him back against the cage.
Mcneilly has had enough of the clinch but Williams keeps him there for the moment.
Williams working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Mcneilly is trying to push Williams away but Williams has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Williams lands with a light punch inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice right hand lands inside from Williams.
Williams softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Williams lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Mcneilly backwards.
Williams lands a right hand.
Williams pushes Mcneilly back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Mcneilly wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams gets through Mcneilly's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Williams throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Mcneilly is breathing heavily.
Mcneilly can't break the clinch.
Williams lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A frustrated look appears on Mcneilly's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Mcneilly is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Williams lands a right hand.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Williams creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Williams lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Mcneilly or not.
Williams scores with a hook to the body.
Williams lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Williams lands an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mcneilly looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Williams lands an uppercut.
Williams lands a nice uppercut.
Williams throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mcneillys head.
Williams lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Williams lands a hook that snaps the head of Mcneilly backwards.
Williams is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
A shot in the inside from Williams.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams lands a body shot.
Williams lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Williams.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Williams.
Williams lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Mcneilly backwards.
Williams lands with a left to the head.
A hook to the body from Williams.
Williams lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Mcneilly backwards.
Williams lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Mcneilly or not.
Williams is leaning against Mcneilly and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Williams.
Williams cracks Mcneilly with a nice body shot.
Williams lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Williams is working Mcneilly over against the cage.
Williams lands a hook that snaps the head of Mcneilly backwards.
Williams lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Mcneilly backwards.
Mcneilly's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short right from Williams.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams lands with a light punch inside.
Williams gets through Mcneilly's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Williams.
Williams lands a body punch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Williams creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Williams gets through Mcneilly's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Williams lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mcneilly backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Williams creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Williams lands with a light punch inside.
A hook to the body from Williams.
Williams lands with a short shot to the head.
Williams softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Williams lands a nice shot to the body.
Williams lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Mcneilly backwards.
Williams cracks Mcneilly with a nice body shot.
Williams lands with a short shot to the head.
A short right from Williams on the inside.
Williams softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams is working Mcneilly over against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Williams.
Williams lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Mcneilly is rocked!

Williams drops Mcneilly onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Mcneilly is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Oh Mcneilly is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Williams.
Williams scores with a nice hook to the head.
Williams lands a big right hand that drops Mcneilly! The killer instinct kicks in and Williams finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Williams!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jonathan Williams!