PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Holmes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James William (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Holmes kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Everybody Knows My Name. William has chosen Outlaw's Reward as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Holmes
vs
William

184 cm
30
211 lbs
28 - 8 - 0

188 cm
30
214 lbs
23 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Conviction

Brute

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 28 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Holmes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, James William!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Russell Pearce and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Holmes moves in looking to clinch but William pushes him off.
Holmes 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.
Holmes blocks a leg kick.
A shot to the body from William misses

and Holmes moves into the clinch.
William goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Holmes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from William.
Holmes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from William.
Holmes misses with the head strike.
Holmes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. William is defending well for now.
Holmes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
William goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
William misses with a punch to the body.
Holmes cracks William with a nice body shot.
Holmes misses with a punch to the body.
William stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
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!
Holmes tries to work over William's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
William can't find room to land a body shot as Holmes controls the action.
William leaning his opponent against the cage.
William lands with a left to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holmes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and William avoids it.
A right hook to the body lands for William.
William tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
William can't find room to land a body shot as Holmes controls the action.
Holmes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and William avoids it.
William avoiding damage as Holmes throws knees to the body.
William blocks a body shot from Holmes.
William gets through Holmes's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
William swings wildly with an uppercut but Holmes uses good head movement to avoid it.
William can't find room to land a body shot as Holmes controls the action.
William tries to throw a body punch but Holmes avoids it by throwing William back against the cage.
William blocks a punch to the side of the head.
William lands with a left to the head.
William scores with a shot to the side of Holmes's head.
A head punch on the inside from William fails to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from William on the inside.
William tries to throw a body punch but Holmes avoids it by throwing William back against the cage.
William makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
William tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Holmes tries to work over William's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Holmes can't find room to land a body shot as William controls the action.
Holmes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. William is defending well for now.
Holmes struggles to land a body shot inside as William controls his hands.
William lands a body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
William misses with a hook to the ribs.
William tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
William is trying to pull guard but Holmes turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
William throws a punch but it's blocked by Holmes.
William lands a left hand that snaps the head of Holmes backwards.
Holmes misses with a body punch.
Holmes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Holmes tries to throw a body punch but William avoids it by throwing Holmes back against the cage.
William lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Holmes can't find room to land a body shot as William controls the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holmes tries to throw a body punch but William avoids it by throwing Holmes back against the cage.
Holmes lands a nice shot to the body.
William lands an uppercut.
William misses with a body punch.
Holmes landing knees to the body.
William struggles to land a body shot inside as Holmes controls his hands.
William blocks a body shot from Holmes.
William misses with a hook to the ribs.
Holmes tries a body shot but William blocks it.
William wants a takedown.
A head punch on the inside from William fails to land.
A short left from Holmes.
Holmes misses with a hook from the clinch.
Holmes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Holmes looking to throw knees to the head but William is blocking nicely.
Holmes misses with a hook to the ribs.
William tries to work over Holmes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holmes throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Holmes misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Holmes throws a knee to the head but misses.
Holmes stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
William tries to work over Holmes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
William has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Holmes avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Mike Holmes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of James William.
William doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Holmes tries to throw a body punch but William avoids it by throwing Holmes back against the cage.
William works on Holmes's body with a couple of short punches.
Holmes working William over with knees to the body.
William looks winded!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Holmes.
Holmes misses with a punch to the body.
Holmes missing with knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
William misses with some punches.
William working hard to break the clinch.
Holmes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
William misses with a shot to the kidneys.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

William checks a low kick from Holmes.
William scores with a crisp jab that stopped Holmes in his tracks.
William misses with a looping left.
Holmes throws out a leg kick but William moves out of range and Holmes only half commits.

Holmes gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
William cracks Holmes with a solid left hand.
William looking to pass the guard.
William prevents Holmes from getting back to his feet.
Holmes is wriggling around but William manages to pass to half guard.
Holmes blocking the ground and pound attempt from William.

That's one minute gone in the round.
William thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Holmes's head.
William thows a huge punch but Holmes dodges it nicely.
Holmes keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
William throwing shots but Holmes is blocking nicely.
Holmes is trying to stand back up but William is controlling him
William lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
William wants to free his trapped foot but Holmes is holding on for dear life with his legs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. William connects with a nice short shot to Holmes's temple.
Holmes tries to kick William off but William keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
William sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Holmes defending well though.
William takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
William has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
William seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
William sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Holmes defending well though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holmes is trying to stand.
William throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Holmes to regain full guard.
William postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
William working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Holmes is looking to stand up but William isn't so interested in that idea.
Holmes is looking to stand back up but William counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Holmes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Holmes taking some punishment here, with William in his half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

William is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
William takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Holmes blocking the ground and pound attempt from William.
James William has got the better of the ground game so far.
William lands with a punch from half guard.

Holmes is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Holmes is trying to defend against the ground and pound but William scores with a couple of nice shots.
Oh Holmes is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
William unloads with some huge strikes here! Holmes is out! William wins by brutal knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). James William!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, James William made sure he mentioned Brute, along with how happy he was to win his fight.