PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sammy Farha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Firus Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Farha comes to the cage accompanied by Ari Gold - Let's Hug It Out, BITCH. Williams has chosen Fuel-Hemorrhage as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Farha
vs
Williams

178 cm
26
167 lbs
15 - 7 - 0

178 cm
26
165 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Sammy Farha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Firus Williams!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Ren Mimura and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Farha fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Williams defending well as Farha loads up on a big left hand.
Farha looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Farha rushes Williams and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Farha.

Farha breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Farha slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Williams tries to land a body kick
and Farha counters with a slapping leg kick.
Williams throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Farha throws the kick towards the body but Williams avoids it.
Farha throws a head kick that Williams semi-blocks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Williams walks into a left hand.
Williams pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Farha misses with a looping right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Farha. That's going to slow Williams down.
Farha lands a nice leg kick that just misses Williams's sensitive parts.
Williams shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Farha as he jumps to the side.
Nice straight punches there by Farha. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Farha.
Farha with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Farha looks to land a combination but Williams avoids it well.

Williams shoots in and gets a takedown into Farha's guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Williams throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Farha had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Williams defends it easily.
Farha tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Williams passes Farha's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Williams drops an elbow to the side of Farha's head.
Williams has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Williams missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Farha looks like he's trying to stand up.

Williams is actively looking for submissions here but good counter grappling here from Farha as he works his way to full guard.
Williams trying to control the position from guard on top but Farha is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Williams throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Williams trying to control the position from guard on top but Farha is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Farha wants to stand but Williams is controlling the position.
Williams missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams looking to pass the guard.
Farha tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Farha looking for a guillotine here but Williams defends easily.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Farha is looking for a triangle but Williams pushes his legs off easily.
Farha wants to stand but Williams is controlling the position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Williams landing with the ground and pound.
Farha keeping moving, preventing Williams from controlling successfully.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Farha is on top in guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Farha throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Williams works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Farha wants to control from the top but Williams keeps moving.
Farha working some strikes from top position.

Farha is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but Williams has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. Farha is looking to defend but Williams has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for Farha! Williams pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, Farha taps out and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Firus Williams!
Firus Williams decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.