PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Fabricio Werdoom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and DJ Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Werdoom
vs
Williams

185 cm
22
191 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

188 cm
22
196 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

Nemesis Cage Clothing

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Fabricio Werdoom!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, DJ Williams!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Werdoom misses with a body shot.
Werdoom ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Williams moves away.
Williams misses with a body shot.
Williams keeps the fight on the outside.
The fight stays on the outside here - Werdoom looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Werdoom rushes Williams and presses him up against the cage.
Williams is looking to break free of the clinch but Werdoom has double underhooks.
Williams tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Werdoom smiles and moves away.
Williams will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Werdoom cracks the inside of Williams's front leg.
Werdoom tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Williams paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Williams takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Williams swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Werdoom throws a right and a left that Williams avoids nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Werdoom looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Fabricio Werdoom seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Williams throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A decent looking cross lands there for Williams.
Werdoom tries to clinch there but Williams circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Werdoom tries to close the distance and clinch up but Williams swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Horrible takedown by Williams or perhaps it was just good defense by Werdoom which made him look bad.
Fabricio Werdoom has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of DJ Williams.
Williams throws a looping overhand right but Werdoom ducks down to avoid it.
Werdoom tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Williams dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Williams throws a jab when Werdoom was well out of range.
Werdoom fails in his attempt to clinch.
Williams swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The fight stays on the outside here - Werdoom looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Williams has a takedown stuffed.
Williams avoids a kick to the body.
Williams shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Werdoom but Werdoom pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Williams avoids the head kick by Werdoom.
Werdoom is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Werdoom tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Williams paws at him with a jab and circles away.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Werdoom scores with a knee to the head.
Werdoom tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Werdoom.
Werdoom landing knees to the body.
Werdoom lands a knee to the head.
Werdoom lands an elbow that stopped Williams in his tracks for a moment.
Werdoom tries to land knees in the clinch but Williams avoids the damage to the body.
Werdoom with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Werdoom is breathing heavily.
Williams lands with a right to the head.

Williams gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Williams has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Williams dominating with strikes here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams lands a nice shot to the head.

Williams has control of Werdoom's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Werdoom regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Williams fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Williams with a couple of short strikes.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Williams cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Williams lands a nice shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams landing shots from mount.
Williams in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Werdoom takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Williams raining down shots from the mount!
Williams lands a big elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice elbow there by Williams.
Williams has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Williams lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Werdoom hang on?
Williams with the ground and pound from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

DJ 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 tries to score with a low kick but Werdoom moves his leg out of the way.
Werdoom tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Werdoom tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Williams paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Williams checks a leg kick nicely.
Werdoom fails with an attempt to clinch.
Williams misses with the combination.
Werdoom tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Williams lands with an uppercut that bounces Werdoom off the cage and back into rage.

It looks like Fabricio Werdoom has been cut.
Werdoom dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Werdoom goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Werdoom tries to clinch up.
Werdoom slips a jab and a cross from Williams.
Werdoom slips a straight right by Williams.

Williams looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Williams is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Werdoom works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Williams trying to control the position from guard on top but Werdoom is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Williams won't allow Werdoom to get back to his feet.
Williams trying to control the position from guard on top but Werdoom is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Williams sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Werdoom's guard.
Williams is nestled in close to Werdoom, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Williams works his way into side control.
Werdoom on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Werdoom tries to get out of the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Williams advances to full mount.
Williams unloading with bombs!
Williams with the ground and pound from mount.
The referee warns Werdoom that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
BOOM! Williams connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Williams raining down shots from the mount!
Williams working the ground and pound effectively.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Williams connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Williams lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Williams with a couple of short strikes.
Williams tries to control but Werdoom wriggling away.
Werdoom is bucking up trying to escape but Williams cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Williams working Werdoom over with strikes here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams scoring with strikes but Werdoom is staying in there.
Williams working the ground and pound effectively.
Williams with the ground and pound from mount.

Werdoom is rocked!

Williams is working for a guillotine from mount but Werdoom frees his head quite easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Williams with good strikes from the mount here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Werdoom is in a horrible position here. Williams smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

DJ Williams showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Fabricio Werdoom's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Williams bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Williams passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Werdoom!
Williams landing punches.
Williams pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Werdoom knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Williams on the ground.
Williams lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Werdoom in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Werdoom in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Williams looking to finish Werdoom with some ground and pound. This is bad for Werdoom!
Williams has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Williams cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Williams lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
You get the feeling that Werdoom really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Werdoom is in a horrible position here. Williams smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Williams with shots to the head and body - Werdoom looks very uncomfortable down there.
Williams landing strikes from the mount and Werdoom is in trouble!
The referee warns Werdoom that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Williams lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Werdoom hang on?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Werdoom is looking to escape.
Williams looking to finish Werdoom with some ground and pound. This is bad for Werdoom!
Williams with the ground and pound from mount.
Williams looking to finish Werdoom with some ground and pound. This is bad for Werdoom!
Werdoom taking shots to the head.
Werdoom's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Williams connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Williams putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Werdoom?
Williams landing shots from mount.
Williams with good strikes from the mount here!
BOOM! Williams connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Williams landing punches.
Williams landing strikes from the mount.
Williams lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Werdoom hang on?
Williams controlling the pace for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams looking to finish Werdoom with some ground and pound. This is bad for Werdoom!
A nice elbow there by Williams.
Williams lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Williams lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Williams landing strikes, looking to finish!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Williams landing strikes from the mount and Werdoom is in trouble!
Werdoom takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

And that's the end of the fight!
DJ Williams comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Williams winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 25:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 25:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 26:30

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