PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tomas Kalnoky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Evan Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Williams has chosen Willie Nelson - Whiskey River as his entrance music. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Kalnoky
vs
Williams

175 cm
20
146 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

174 cm
30
143 lbs
13 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
Good chin

Decent wrestler
World class MT
Fast

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tomas Kalnoky!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Evan Williams!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Mauricio Rocha and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
That kick from Kalnoky tenderised Williams's leg. Williams is trying to keep his angry face on.
Kalnoky has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Williams.
Williams tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kalnoky was well out of range. Poor timing from Williams.
A leg kick checked by Kalnoky.
Kalnoky throws a head kick but Williams moves out of range.

Kalnoky is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Williams's half guard.
We've been hearing that Kalnoky has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Kalnoky is looking to advance position but Williams won't allow it.
Kalnoky is keen to just control but Williams is a slippery customer.
Williams is in trouble now - Kalnoky has advanced to mount!
Kalnoky fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Williams tries to hold on but Kalnoky postures up.
Kalnoky landing strikes from the mount.
Kalnoky 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.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kalnoky looking to finish with strikes here!
Poor strikes thrown by Kalnoky there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kalnoky has control of Williams's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Williams regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Kalnoky throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Kalnoky postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Williams looks a forlorn figure.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kalnoky in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Kalnoky can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Williams is looking to escape.
Kalnoky fails to advance to Williams's back.
Williams is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

Kalnoky is working to isolate an arm here. It's a telegraphed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! Kalnoky extends the arm and Williams is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Tomas Kalnoky!