PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marco Aurelio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Whonjon William (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aurelio's entrance music is Iron Man. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Aurelio
vs
William

188 cm
24
201 lbs
15 - 1 - 0

170 cm
22
200 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Hell's Balls Recovery (160)
SPARTA FIGHTWARE-GTI

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marco Aurelio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Whonjon William!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Vladimir Khabensky and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
William uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Aurelio slaps away a takedown attempt from William, before circling back to the center of the mat.
William moves in looking to clinch but Aurelio pushes him off.
Aurelio swings for the body but William moves out of range.
William wants to clinch up but Aurelio keeps it at a distance.
Aurelio wants to land a leg kick but William is out of range.

William looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
William preventing the sweep.
William controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Aurelio utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aurelio wants to sweep but no luck.
William with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
William tries to free his leg and advance position but Aurelio is retaining full guard.
William in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Aurelio will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
William throwing strikes but missing.
William trying to control but Aurelio is working from the bottom.
William throwing strikes but missing.
William landing with the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as William accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
William is in close to Aurelio's body, working some short punches and elbows.
William looking to pass the guard.
William is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Aurelio working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from William.
William connects with a couple of short punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
William throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
William's corner is telling him to maintain position.
William slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Aurelio gets back to half guard.
Ground and pound from William.
William seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
William is trying to control the action in half guard but Aurelio is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aurelio wants to improve his position but William is controlling well.
Aurelio avoiding damage under a succession of punches from William.
William not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
William is looking to take a break and control but Aurelio is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Aurelio is in trouble now - William has advanced to mount!
Aurelio in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
William lands a nice shot to the head.
Aurelio tries to get back to half guard but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Whonjon William dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Aurelio takes one on the chin but seems OK.
William moves in looking to clinch but Aurelio pushes him off.
Aurelio misses with the combination.
Aurelio goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
William tries to clinch but Aurelio is having none of it.
William takes a swing at Aurelio's ribcage but misses.

William drives through with a takedown into Aurelio's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
William trying to control but Aurelio is working from the bottom.
William is in close to Aurelio's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aurelio looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
William scoring with some ground and pound.
William wants to pass the guard but Aurelio is keeping the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as William accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Aurelio avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
William is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
William pushes down on Aurelio's leg and manages to get into half guard.
William wants to take a breather but Aurelio is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aurelio is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Aurelio is refusing to be controlled, as William sits in half guard.
William thows a huge punch but Aurelio dodges it nicely.
William not landing any meaningful shots this time.
William works his way into full mount!
Aurelio sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
William is controlling the pace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

William is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Aurelio is just riding it out for now. William eventually gives up the hold.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Aurelio avoiding damage under a succession of punches from William.
Aurelio is looking to improve his position.

That's four 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.
William missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Aurelio taking some punishment here, with William in his half guard.

William is looking for a kimura here.
Aurelio trying to control here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Aurelio is looking for a sweep. William is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Whonjon William showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Aurelio's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!

William closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
William throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Whonjon William has got the better of the ground game so far.
William laying and praying for a moment but Aurelio takes advantage and regains half guard.
William moves nicely into side control.
Aurelio tries to get back to half guard but can't.
William has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
You can see the frustration on Aurelio's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
William wants to control but Aurelio is keeping him busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
William sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Aurelio is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

William tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

William is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Aurelio knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Aurelio is not content to let William control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
William misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
William misses with the ground and pound.
Marco Aurelio has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
William moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
William advances nicely into full mount.
William content just to control the position here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
William punching from mount but Aurelio doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Aurelio regains half guard.

William is looking for a kimura here.
William has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
William trying to control from Aurelio's half guard. Aurelio has other ideas though and has regained full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aurelio working a defensive guard here.
William with a nice head shot there.
Aurelio preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
William wants to control from the top but Aurelio keeps moving.
Aurelio is trying to control the position but William postures up.
Whonjon William is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
William controlling from the top position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Whonjon William comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well William has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 27:30
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Whonjon William!
A relieved looking Whonjon William thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.