PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between David Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Gordon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Williams comes to the cage accompanied by Big Bad Wolf by Duck Sauce. Gordon has chosen Parkway Drive - Frostbite as his entrance music. Ben Gordon is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Williams
vs
Gordon

182 cm
27
176 lbs
14 - 13 - 0

178 cm
23
175 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

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 14 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, David Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ben Gordon!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Damien Edna and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams lands with a straight right. Gordon didn't see that one coming.
Williams looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Gordon is fending him off so far but Williams persists. Nope, Gordon circles away and we're back to standing.
Williams throws a jab but it's blocked by Gordon.
Williams lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Gordon backs up against the cage.
Gordon motions for Williams to come forward. Gordon throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Williams closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Gordon slips a jab from Williams.
Williams connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Williams lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Gordon clobbers Williams with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Gordon lands with a good body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Williams misses with a looping left.
Williams misses with a hook. Gordon ducked under it nicely.

Williams shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Williams is trying to control. Gordon wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Williams not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Williams prevents Gordon from improving his position.
Williams throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Williams sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Gordon defending well though.
Williams missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Gordon regains full guard. Nicely done.
Gordon wants to sweep but no luck.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Williams throws a big right hand that misses.
Gordon avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Gordon keeping full guard, as Williams tries to pass.
Williams trying to control the position from guard on top but Gordon is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gordon looking for a sweep. Not yet Gordon, not yet.

Gordon had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Williams defends it easily.

Gordon is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Williams is aware though and is defending well.
Williams advances position into side control!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gordon is not content to let Williams control the position.
Gordon dodges the ground and pound from Williams.
Williams in side control, throwing shots but Gordon defends.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams working the ground and pound but Gordon is defending the strikes.
An elbow from Williams crashes against the mat.
Williams creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Gordon sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
An elbow from Williams crashes against the mat.
Gordon tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Williams controls the position.
Williams throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Gordon gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Williams is trying to control the action in half guard but Gordon is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Gordon tries to roll over but Williams keeps him under control.
Williams throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gordon is pressing down on Williams's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Gordon keeping moving, preventing Williams from controlling successfully.
Williams throwing strikes from guard but Gordon blocks nicely.
Gordon looking for a sweep. Not yet Gordon, not yet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Williams works a leg free and moves into half guard.

Williams is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Gordon doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Williams.
Gordon tries to roll over but Williams keeps him under control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Williams dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Williams lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Williams connects with a single shot there.
Williams tries to clinch but Gordon moves away

and Gordon holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Gordon stalling in the clinch.
Williams trying to control the position but instead, Gordon has worked for underhooks and has pushed Williams into the cage.
Gordon putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Williams in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Williams fails to land.
Williams wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gordon has him pressed against the cage.
Gordon tries a knee to the head but Williams blocks it.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Gordon is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams has Gordon pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Gordon manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Gordon with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gordon stalling.
Williams is looking to control Gordon's arms but Gordon gets an underhook and turns him. Now Williams has his back to the cage.

Gordon breaks the clinch.
Williams shoots in and drives through. Gordon sprawls well.

Williams drives through with a takedown into Gordon's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Gordon keeping moving, preventing Williams from controlling successfully.
Williams pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Gordon is keeping the position for now.
Gordon keeping moving, preventing Williams from controlling successfully.
Williams controlling from the top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Williams is looking to work some ground and pound but Gordon has wrist control.
Williams lands a couple of elbows.
Williams looking to sit in guard and control but Gordon gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Williams not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Williams keeping moving, preventing Gordon from controlling successfully.
Williams bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Gordon's guard.
Williams has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gordon trying to keep a closed guard but Williams is proving a slippery customer.
Gordon keeping moving, preventing Williams from controlling successfully.
Williams is pushing down on Gordon's leg trying to pass to half guard. Gordon is fighting to maintain full guard but Williams has managed to sneak the leg through.
Williams is trying to control the action in half guard but Gordon is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Williams throwing shots but Gordon is blocking nicely.
Williams looks to land a strike but Gordon avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Williams throws a big elbow that misses.
Williams is looking to work some ground and pound but Gordon has wrist control.
Williams wants to control from the top but Gordon keeps moving.
Williams looking to sit in guard and control but Gordon gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Gordon is now in half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Gordon in particular looking to stall.
Gordon not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Williams has a hand on Gordon's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Gordon takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Williams is squirming around, avoiding Gordon's attempts to control the action.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Williams is looking to get to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Williams sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
David Williams overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Gordon wants to lay and pray for a moment but Williams keeps working.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Williams dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Gordon staying out of range there.
Williams bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Williams on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Williams connects with a right hand. Gordon shakes it off.
Williams looks to land a right hand but Gordon moved out of range.
Williams lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Williams connects with a body shot that sends Gordon's belly button to the back.
Nice jab there from Williams.
Gordon tests Williams's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Williams throws an overhand right that lands on Gordon's shoulder, as Gordon tries to avoid the shot.
Gordon staying out of range there.
Gordon needs to keep his hands up - Williams had a free shot at his head there.
Williams lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gordon ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Williams scores with a jab to the body.
Williams misses with a wild combination.
Williams misses the shot to the body.
Williams throws a leg kick that is checked
and Gordon counters with a right hand to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Williams looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Williams throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Gordon's waist but Gordon gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Williams off to one side.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Williams misses with a body shot.
Gordon paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Williams lands a glancing blow to the side of Gordon's head.
Williams is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Gordon lands with a straight right. Williams didn't see that one coming.

It looks like David Williams has been cut.
Gordon moves out of range of the strikes.
Williams just misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams shoots in for a double leg but Gordon sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
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!
Gordon stuffs the takedown attempt from Williams. Williams gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for David Williams. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Williams throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Williams throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gordon sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Williams swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A shot to the liver by Gordon. Beautiful body shot.
Gordon blocks a head kick by Williams.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Williams is defended easily by Gordon.
Williams rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Gordon counters with a stiff right hand.
Williams moves into range and connects with a jab.
Gordon slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Gordon lands an overhand right.
Gordon connects with a body shot that sends Williams's belly button to the back.
David Williams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gordon buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Gordon. Beautiful body shot.
Gordon lands with a shot to the body.
Williams fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Gordon checks it well.
Gordon cracks Williams with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Gordon chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Gordon lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Gordon misses with a series of wild punches.
Gordon jabs Williams right on the nose. Williams blinks but takes it well.

Williams is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Williams has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Gordon.
Oh Williams is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gordon with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Williams seems to have got his legs back now.
Gordon drops Williams with a straight right hand, right on the button! Gordon follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ben Gordon!
A relieved looking Ben Gordon thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.