PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Michael Carter Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edmund Dorrance (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dorrance has chosen Thou Shalt Always Kill as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Edmund Dorrance has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Michael Carter Williams's chin.

Carter Williams
vs
Dorrance

192 cm
18
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

186 cm
20
180 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Michael Carter Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Edmund Dorrance!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Daniel Blasius and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dorrance takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Dorrance misses with an uppercut.
Dorrance takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

Carter Williams closes the distance and clinches.
Carter Williams connects with a nasty looking knee right to Dorrance's face.

It looks like Edmund Dorrance has been cut.
Dorrance goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Carter Williams unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Dorrance working hard to break the clinch.
Carter Williams lands a good knee to the midsection. Dorrance won't want to take too many of those.
Carter Williams misses with a knee to the head.
Dorrance can't find room to land a body shot as Carter Williams controls the action.
Dorrance tries to break the clinch but Carter Williams is controlling the position.
Carter Williams connects with a knee to the head.
The referee calls for Carter Williams to work.
Carter Williams unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dorrance lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter Williams is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Dorrance tries to circle away but Carter Williams has him pinned against the cage.
Carter Williams has Dorrance pressed against the cage, preventing Dorrance from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Carter Williams prevents a body shot from Dorrance.
Dorrance fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Carter Williams content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Carter Williams connects with a nasty looking knee right to Dorrance's face.
Carter Williams lands a good knee to the midsection. Dorrance won't want to take too many of those.
Carter Williams prevents a body shot from Dorrance.
Carter Williams effectively controlling the action here.
Carter Williams lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carter Williams blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dorrance struggles to land a body shot inside as Carter Williams controls his hands.
Carter Williams landing knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Carter Williams lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dorrance backwards.
Dorrance takes a knee right on the jaw!
Carter Williams connects with a knee to the head.
Carter Williams displaying some good clinch control by pressing Dorrance up against the cage.
Carter Williams is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Carter Williams.
Carter Williams blocking some punches.
Carter Williams leaning his opponent against the cage.
Dorrance misses with a short punch on the inside.
Carter Williams unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dorrance lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Carter Williams landing knees to the body.
Carter Williams landing knees to the head.
Carter Williams crunches a lovely knee into Dorrance's ribcage.
Carter Williams scores a nice knee to the body.
Carter Williams lands a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carter Williams leaning his opponent against the cage.
Carter Williams with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Carter Williams using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Dorrance tries to break free but Carter Williams pushes him back against the cage.
Carter Williams is stalling here.
Carter Williams lands a nice knee to the body.
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.
Carter Williams will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Dorrance up against the cage.
Dorrance goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Carter Williams dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Edmund Dorrance's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

A jab from Dorrance misses.
Dorrance darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Carter Williams lands with a thumping leg kick.
Carter Williams scores with a jab.
Dorrance misses with a hook. Carter Williams ducked under it nicely.
Carter Williams uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dorrance.
Dorrance throws a lazy uppercut
and Carter Williams counters with a slapping leg kick.
Dorrance throws a lazy uppercut
and Carter Williams counters with a straight right hand.
Carter Williams lands with a nice body punch.
Edmund Dorrance seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dorrance throws a poor cross that misses
and Carter Williams counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Dorrance is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Jab by Carter Williams.
Carter Williams lets loose with a powerful body kick. Dorrance will feel that in the morning.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dorrance throws a looping overhand right but Carter Williams ducks down to avoid it.
Dorrance waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Carter Williams.
Carter Williams fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Dorrance.
Dorrance throws a lazy uppercut
and Carter Williams counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Dorrance has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Carter Williams finds it's way round the side to connect with Dorrance's head.
Dorrance throws a shot from downtown. Carter Williams moves away and avoids it.

Carter Williams instigates a clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Carter Williams.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dorrance.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dorrance.
Carter Williams lands a knee to the head.
Carter Williams scores with a knee to the head.
Dorrance takes a knee right on the jaw!
Carter Williams tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Carter Williams with a knee to the head.
Carter Williams pushes Dorrance back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Dorrance tries to throw a body punch but Carter Williams avoids it by throwing Dorrance back against the cage.
Carter Williams stalling the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carter Williams with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Carter Williams landing knees to the head.
Carter Williams with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dorrance wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Carter Williams has him pressed against the cage.
Carter Williams lands a left hand.
Dorrance takes a knee to the side of the body.
Carter Williams with a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Carter Williams using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Carter Williams stalling.
A hook to the body from Dorrance.
Carter Williams stalling in the clinch.
Michael Carter Williams has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter Williams blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short uppercut from Carter Williams.
Dorrance is trying to force a seperation but Carter Williams has the dominant position.
Nice body punch from Dorrance - that landed with a thud.
Carter Williams blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Come on Carter Williams - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Dorrance has a couple of punches blocked by Carter Williams.
A head punch on the inside from Dorrance fails to land.
Dorrance wants to break free but Carter Williams has control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Carter Williams landing knees to the head.
Dorrance looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Knees to the body from Carter Williams.

Dorrance manages to break the clinch.
Dorrance throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Carter Williams connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dorrance lands the left hand.
Dorrance misses with a left hand
and Carter Williams counters with a body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dorrance takes a kick to the side of the head.
Michael Carter Williams is winning the standup battle so far.
Carter Williams lands with a kick to the temple. Dorrance shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Dorrance throws a right hand that misses
and Carter Williams counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Carter Williams lets loose with a powerful body kick. Dorrance will feel that in the morning.
Dorrance throws a poor cross that misses
and Carter Williams counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dorrance throws a big shot that misses.
Carter Williams lands with a kick to the ribs.
Carter Williams lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Dorrance misses with a right hand
and Carter Williams counters with a stiff right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Carter Williams dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Edmund Dorrance's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Dorrance takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Carter Williams bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
A good leg kick by Carter Williams.
Dorrance might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Dorrance misses with a hook
and Carter Williams connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dorrance misses the jab.
Dorrance misses with a lunging right hand
and Carter Williams connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dorrance throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Carter Williams to counter with a crisp jab.
Carter Williams connects with a right hand. Dorrance shakes it off.
Carter Williams throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Dorrance waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Carter Williams.
Dorrance misses with a left hand
and Carter Williams counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Carter Williams scoring well with a low kick there.
Dorrance throws a lazy uppercut
and Carter Williams counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Carter Williams bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Carter Williams connects with an inside leg kick.
Nice shot by Carter Williams.
Dorrance throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Carter Williams counters with an inside leg kick.
Carter Williams is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dorrance can do to turn this around?
Dorrance takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Good leg kick by Carter Williams there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carter Williams lands a jab to the nose.
Carter Williams uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dorrance.
Carter Williams scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Dorrance throws an off balance right hand
and Dorrance takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Donk. Carter Williams catches Dorrance right on the button with a cross.

Carter Williams moves into the clinch.
Carter Williams has Dorrance pushed against the cage.
Carter Williams gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Dorrance misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A frustrated look appears on Dorrance's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Edmund Dorrance has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Carter Williams content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Carter Williams lands a knee to the head.
Carter Williams utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Carter Williams lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Dorrance being controlled against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Carter Williams.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Carter Williams working Dorrance over with knees to the body.
Carter Williams lands a knee to the body.
Carter Williams lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Carter Williams blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dorrance lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A knee to the head by Carter Williams.
Dorrance has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Carter Williams.
Dorrance misses with a hook to the ribs.
Carter Williams landing knees to the head.
Carter Williams stalling in the clinch.
Carter Williams landing knees to the body.
Carter Williams avoiding damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Carter Williams.
Dorrance takes a knee right on the jaw!

Dorrance is rocked!
Dorrance misses with a hook to the ribs.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Carter Williams landing knees to the head.
Dorrance is still on wobbly legs! Can Carter Williams finish him?
Carter Williams prevents a body shot from Dorrance.
Dorrance seems to have recovered his senses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Knees in the clinch landing for Carter Williams.
Carter Williams putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Dorrance in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Dorrance struggles to land a body shot inside as Carter Williams controls his hands.
A knee to the head by Carter Williams.

And that's the end of the fight!
Michael Carter Williams showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Carter Williams has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight for Michael Carter Williams!
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight for Michael Carter Williams!
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight for Michael Carter Williams!

Michael Carter Williams wins by unanimous decision!
Michael Carter Williams seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.