PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Robin Godbeard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Godbeard might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to God Save the Queen. Williams has chosen Big Bad Wolf by Duck Sauce as his entrance music. Robin Godbeard is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Godbeard
vs
Williams

180 cm
29
175 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

182 cm
27
176 lbs
13 - 13 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Granite chin

CEC Nutrition Q160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Robin Godbeard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, David Williams!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Skip Squint and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Williams dives in and scores a takedown into Godbeard's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Williams thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Williams preventing the sweep.
Williams is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Williams sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Godbeard's guard.
Williams looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Williams throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Godbeard knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Williams on the ground.
Godbeard trying to control from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Godbeard defending well though.

Williams is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Godbeard has managed to free his arm - good work.
Williams perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Williams frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Poor strikes thrown by Williams there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Godbeard is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Williams controlling from the full mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams looking to finish Godbeard with some ground and pound. This is bad for Godbeard!
Williams unloads with some shots from mount but Godbeard bucks and avoids them well.
Williams looking to control but Godbeard is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Williams looking to finish with strikes here!
Williams throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Godbeard tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Williams tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams misses with a head shot.
Williams raining down shots from the mount!
Williams controlling the pace for now.
Williams looking to finish with strikes here!
Williams 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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams landing strikes from the mount and Godbeard is in trouble!
Williams unloads with some shots from mount but Godbeard bucks and avoids them well.
Williams takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Godbeard wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Williams.
Williams punching from mount but Godbeard doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Williams working some short elbows here. He postures up to throw some more ground and pound but Godbeard slips a leg through to get back to half guard. Nice work.
Williams not landing any meaningful shots this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Williams seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Williams not landing any meaningful shots this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Williams dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Williams displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Godbeard throws an off balance right hand
and Williams counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Godbeard keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Williams lands a head shot.
David Williams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Williams's corner calls for a 1-2. Williams obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

Williams drives through with a takedown into guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Williams accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
David Williams has got the better of the ground game so far.
Williams tries to free his leg and advance position but Godbeard is retaining full guard.
Williams working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Williams postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
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!
Williams slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Williams slips nicely into half guard.
Williams keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams wants to pass the guard but Godbeard is defending well.
Williams throwing shots but Godbeard is blocking nicely.
Godbeard keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Williams is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Williams sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Let's hope that Williams has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Williams maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Godbeard could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Williams has cracked it and Godbeard is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Williams!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). David Williams!
Jumping up and down and very excited, David Williams waved his t-shirt featuring CEC Nutrition Q160's logo in front of the cameras.