PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Firus Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victor Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Williams comes to the cage accompanied by Fuel-Hemorrhage. Brown is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Don't You Give Your Love Away . There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Williams
vs
Brown

178 cm
26
165 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

175 cm
30
171 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Very quick

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Firus Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Victor Brown!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Ren Mimura and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brown connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Brown throws a looping overhand right but Williams ducks down to avoid it.

Williams gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Williams connects with a knee to the head.
Williams letting Brown take a breather here.
Williams trying to control the position but instead, Brown has worked for underhooks and has pushed Williams into the cage.
Brown lands a left hand that snaps the head of Williams backwards.
Williams is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Brown lands an uppercut.
Brown working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Brown on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Williams is looking to control Brown's arms but Brown gets an underhook and turns him. Now Williams has his back to the cage.
Williams throws a knee to the head but misses.
Williams misses with a knee strike.
Brown tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Williams's elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Brown has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Brown being controlled against the cage.
Williams is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Brown avoiding damage.
Williams blocks a body shot from Brown.
Williams is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Brown can't find room to land a body shot as Williams controls the action.

Brown has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Williams is trying to keep an underhook but Brown manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Brown throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Williams is looking for a sweep. Brown is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
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.
Brown wants to lay and pray for a moment but Williams keeps working.
Brown scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Brown thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Brown prevents Williams from improving his position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Williams is working hard here to advance position.
Brown moves nicely into side control.
The strikes coming from Brown are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams regains half guard.
Brown throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Williams tries to roll over but Brown keeps him under control.
Williams keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Brown thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Williams trying to hold on to Brown's head to control him but Brown postures up.
Brown wants to free his trapped foot but Williams is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Brown is trying to control. Williams wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Williams looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Brown trying to mount his opponent but Williams defends it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brown is thwarting Williams's attempts to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Victor Brown dominated that round.
That's time! Williams's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Brown connects with a crisp jab.
Horrible takedown by Williams or perhaps it was just good defense by Brown which made him look bad.
A swing and a miss from Brown.
Williams lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.

Brown gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Williams wants a takedown.
Brown blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Brown avoiding damage as Williams throws knees to the body.
Williams misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brown.
Williams tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Brown wants to stall.

Brown breaks from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams fails with an attempt to clinch.
Brown throws a jab but it's blocked by Williams.
Brown misses with a leg kick
and Williams counters with a good, hard body kick but Brown shrugs it off.
Williams uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Brown.
Williams looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Victor Brown seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brown throws a jab when Williams was well out of range.
Williams scores with a push kick.
Williams misses with a takedown attempt - Brown sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Firus Williams. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Brown pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Williams.
Brown scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Williams.
A slow jab from Brown misses its intended target.
Williams throws a half hearted mid kick.
Brown circles away from the clinch attempt.
Brown throws a jab when Williams was well out of range.
Williams tries to land a leg kick but Brown saw it coming and moves away.
Williams fails with a takedown attempt.
Brown takes a swing at Williams's ribcage but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown throws a lazy right hand but Williams sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Brown paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch but Brown swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Brown lands with a hook. Williams tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Brown swings for the body but Williams moves out of range.
Williams tries to clinch up
and Williams takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Brown keeps the fight on the outside.
The fight stays on the outside here - Williams looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Brown there.
Brown fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Williams tries to land a front kick but Brown steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Williams tries to clinch but Brown moves out of range.
Williams bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Brown lands a nice looking body shot.
Williams on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

Williams is rocked!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brown fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Oh Williams is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Williams ducks into an uppercut from Brown and that's knocked him out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Victor Brown!
After winning the bout, Victor Brown thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.