PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Darius Elerman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kegan Williamson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kegan Williamson is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Elerman
vs
Williamson

188 cm
22
202 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

180 cm
32
190 lbs
16 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Darius Elerman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kegan Williamson!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williamson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Williamson misses with a straight left.

Elerman drives through with a takedown into guard.
Elerman trying to control but Williamson is working from the bottom.
Williamson looking to control.
Elerman looking to pass the guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Williamson trying to control the position.
Elerman throwing strikes but missing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Elerman makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Williamson wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Elerman manages to pass to side control.
Williamson is not content to let Elerman control the position.
Elerman working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Williamson regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Elerman.
Elerman throwing strikes from guard but Williamson blocks nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williamson wants to get back to his feet but Elerman is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Elerman trying to control the position from guard on top but Williamson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Elerman is stalling in the full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Darius Elerman just wasn't active enough.
Elerman lands a jab.
Elerman throws a jab when Williamson was well out of range.

Elerman scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Elerman is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Williamson has escaped the position, nice work there.
Williamson is trying to work for a sweep but Elerman has mounted him!
Elerman scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Williamson?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Elerman lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Elerman jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Williamson manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Elerman looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Williamson is avoiding damage well.

Elerman is trying to get an arm triangle but Williamson is defending well.
A control attempt from Williamson but he's now mounted!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Darius Elerman dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Williamson ducks right into an uppercut from Elerman.
Williamson cracks Elerman with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Williamson cracks Elerman with a good jab.
Williamson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A swing and a miss from Williamson.
Elerman wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Elerman blocks a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Elerman takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

Elerman closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Williamson did well to prevent Elerman getting side control.
Elerman is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Williamson!
Elerman misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.

Elerman is working for a guillotine from mount but Williamson frees his head quite easily.
Williamson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Elerman. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
A nice elbow there by Elerman.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Elerman working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Williamson looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Elerman! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Darius Elerman!
After winning the bout, Darius Elerman thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.