PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roy Shaw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ash Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Shaw
vs
Williams

172 cm
25
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

190 cm
26
200 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

Good takedowns
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Roy Shaw!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Ash Williams!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Paul Tew and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Williams is defended easily by Shaw.

Williams darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Shaw is looking to escape.
Shaw is trying is best to control the position here.
Shaw regains full guard. Nicely done.
Shaw manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Williams is trying desperately to improve position.
Williams avoids a series of strikes thrown by Shaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Poor strikes thrown by Shaw there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Williams tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Williams is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Williams is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Shaw scoring with strikes but Williams is staying in there.

Shaw has hold of Williams's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Williams manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Shaw throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams tries to hold on but Shaw postures up.
Williams is working to get back to half guard.
Williams really wants to buck Shaw off and get back to his feet.

Shaw jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Williams manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Williams avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Shaw.
Williams is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Williams tries to improve position but can't.

Shaw decides to stand back up. Shaw steps back and let's Williams get back to his feet.
Shaw tries to clinch there but Williams circles away.
Williams tries to clinch
and Shaw counters with a straight right hand.
Shaw swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Williams counters with a good, hard body kick but Shaw shrugs it off.
Roy Shaw seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shaw is breathing heavily.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch but Shaw swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Williams shoots in and bounces Shaw off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Williams tries to free his leg and advance position but Shaw is retaining full guard.
Shaw 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 four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Williams drops back, looking for a kneebar! Shaw looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Shaw looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Shaw!
Williams is trying to get back to his feet.
Williams can't do much from the bottom here.
Williams avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Shaw.
Williams really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Shaw. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Shaw misses with the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Roy Shaw will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Williams shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Williams was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Shaw struggling a bit here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Williams wants to stand but Shaw has his arm trapped.
Shaw manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Roy Shaw overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Shaw wants to stand up but Williams is controlling the position.
Williams wants to improve his position but Shaw is controlling well.
Shaw stops Williams from getting back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams trying to control here.
Williams is refusing to be controlled, as Shaw sits in half guard.
Shaw wants to pass to mount but Williams is defending the position.
Williams is positioning himself well to prevent Shaw advancing to mount.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Roy Shaw just wasn't active enough.

Williams scores with a takedown into Shaw's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams is looking to stand up but Shaw won't let him.
Williams postures up.
Williams looking to sit in guard and control but Shaw gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Shaw throwing strikes but missing.

Williams working for submissions but it's allowed Shaw to get to half guard.
Williams tries to roll over but Shaw keeps him under control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Shaw postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Williams to stand up.
Shaw tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Williams swivels and escapes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Shaw throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Williams slips a jab and a cross from Shaw.
Shaw is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Williams tries to clinch but Shaw moves away
and Shaw counters with a series of strikes. Williams will be more careful next time no doubt.

Shaw gets caught napping as Williams dives in and scores a takedown. Shaw manages to retain guard.
Williams trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Williams drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Shaw dives on top into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Williams trying to control the position.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Williams holds on and takes a little breather.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shaw won't allow Williams to sweep him here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Shaw pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Williams is keeping the position for now.
Shaw might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Shaw missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ash Williams showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Williams changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Shaw looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Shaw is trying to control Williams's posture but Williams avoids it.
Williams lands an elbow.
Shaw is trying to get back to his feet.
Shaw tries to improve position but can't.
Williams scores with a couple of short elbows.
Shaw has one of Williams's arms on lockdown, trying to prevent him from doing any damage.
Williams wants to stand but Shaw is controlling his arm.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Williams looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Williams scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Shaw to see if he's OK.
Shaw tries to strike but it doesn't land.

Williams swings around for an armbar but Shaw sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Williams's guard.
Williams not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Williams is trying to hold Shaw in close to prevent damage but Shaw has managed to pass into half guard.
Shaw tries to stand but can't do so whilst Williams controls his leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Williams looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Shaw thows a huge punch but Williams dodges it nicely.
Williams is doing well to control the position and prevent Shaw from advancing to side control.
Williams trying to hold on to Shaw's head to control him but Shaw postures up.
Williams is looking for a sweep. Shaw is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shaw with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Shaw missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Shaw decides to return to a standing position.
Williams is looking to clinch but Shaw is avoiding it.
Williams tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Shaw manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Shaw is looking to clinch but Williams is avoiding it.
Shaw throws a combination that misses
and Williams counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Williams wants to clinch.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Williams.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shaw takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Williams misses with a low kick.
Good work by Shaw as he checks the leg kick.
Williams throws a leg kick but Shaw checks it.

Williams clinches up against the cage.
Williams throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Shaw blocks it with crossed arms.
Shaw managing to block the knees to the body from Williams.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Williams trying to control the position but instead, Shaw has worked for underhooks and has pushed Williams into the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Williams is trying to pull guard but Shaw turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ash Williams comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Williams has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 William Gold scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 28:29
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ash Williams!