PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Damian Nitschke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peekay Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Williams has chosen Noise Won't Stop as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Nitschke
vs
Williams

181 cm
28
184 lbs
20 - 13 - 1

225 cm
33
195 lbs
24 - 22 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BeastMode

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 20 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Damian Nitschke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Peekay Williams!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Donatello Bradman and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams moves out of range as Nitschke strikes.
Nitschke keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nitschke misses with a hook. Williams ducked under it nicely.
Nitschke misses with a straight left.
Williams misses with a straight right.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Nitschke misses with a punch to the body.

Nitschke gets a trip takedown into half guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Williams blocking the ground and pound attempt from Nitschke.
Williams blocking the ground and pound attempt from Nitschke.
Nitschke wants to control but Williams is keeping him busy.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Nitschke lands a nice short elbow.
Williams wants to improve his position but Nitschke is controlling well.
Williams gets full guard.
Williams really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Nitschke. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Williams looking to control.
Nitschke cracks Williams with a solid left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nitschke with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Williams has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Nitschke stands up over Williams, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Nitschke wants to control from the top but Williams keeps moving.
Nitschke with a nice head shot there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Williams will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Nitschke working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Williams's head.
Nitschke lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nitschke scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Williams looking to hit a scissor sweep but Nitschke is one step ahead there.
Nitschke chips away with some ground and pound.

Williams is rocked!
Nitschke passes Williams's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Williams is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Nitschke scores with a couple of nice shots.
Williams is still in real trouble! Can Nitschke finish him?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nitschke lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Williams quite badly. Williams pulls Nitschke in close trying to recover. Nitschke postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Williams on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Williams doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Damian Nitschke!
Damian Nitschke made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'Thanks to everyone that supported me when I was going through rough times. I'm back, baby!'.