PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between William Uy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mirko Raymore Ardona (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Uy comes to the cage accompanied by Bleed It Out. Ardona has chosen Wanted dead or alive as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. William Uy could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Mirko Raymore Ardona's chin.

Uy
vs
Raymore Ardona

183 cm
23
204 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

188 cm
19
200 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, William Uy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mirko Raymore Ardona!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shigeki Sano and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Uy lands a nice shot to the body.
Uy looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Uy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Uy misses with the combination.
Uy throws a right and a left that both miss.
Uy lands a nice looking body shot.
Uy misses with a jab, cross combination.
Uy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Uy misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Uy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Uy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Uy cracks Ardona with a right hand to the side of the head.
Uy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Uy changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Uy lands a two punch combo.
Uy connects with a right hand. Ardona shakes it off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Uy fails to land with a series of punches.
Uy seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Uy throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
William Uy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ardona avoids a punch combination nicely.
Uy throws a body punch but Ardona moves out of range.
Ardona keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Uy.
Ardona dodges the punch combination from Uy.
Uy lands with a nice body punch.
Uy throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Ardona on the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Uy does no damage.
Ardona defending well as Uy loads up on a big left hand.
Uy misses with a few strikes there.
Ardona takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A telegraphed right hand from Uy misses the target.
Uy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ardona moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Uy lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Uy. Ardona does a little dance to reset his feet.
Uy is looking to wear down Ardona with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Uy misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Ardona counters with a nice body shot.
Uy misses with a double jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Uy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Uy loads up on a big right hand but Ardona slips the punch.
Uy connects with a body shot.
Uy scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Ardona doesn't seem bothered though.
Uy misses with a two punch combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A combination from Uy does no damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Uy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Uy swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ardona dodges the punch combination from Uy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Uy dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Uy just misses with a punch to the body.
Ardona keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Uy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ardona manages to avoid it.
Uy throws a jab when Ardona was well out of range.
Ardona uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Uy.
Uy works Ardona's body with a nice hook.
Uy misses with a double jab.
A big left from Uy misses.
Uy works the jab nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Uy.
Uy connects with a right hand. Ardona shakes it off.
Uy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Uy throws a right and a left that both miss.
Uy throws a body punch but Ardona moves out of range.
Uy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ardona.
Uy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Uy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ardona was well out of range. Poor timing from Uy.
Ardona avoids the body shot from Uy.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Ardona might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Uy has got the better of the exchanges.
A looping hook to the body misses from Uy. Ardona does a little dance to reset his feet.
Uy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ardona moves away.
Uy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ardona can do to turn this around?
Uy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ardona moves away.
Ardona dodges the punch combination from Uy.
No joy there for Uy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Uy throws a right and a left that Ardona avoids nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Uy lands a nice shot that snaps Ardona's head back.
Uy misses with a body shot.
Uy misses with a body shot.
Uy digs a good hook to Ardona's body.
Uy misses with a hook. Ardona ducked under it nicely.
William Uy is winning the standup battle so far.
Uy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ardona.
Uy misses with a lunging right hand
and Ardona counters with a two punch combo.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Uy comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Uy misses with a wild body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Uy misses with a series of wild punches.
Ardona has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Uy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ardona moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Uy misses with a jab, cross combination.
William Uy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Uy misses with a wild combination.
Ardona dodges the punch combination from Uy.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Uy misses with a jab, cross combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Uy dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Uy throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Uy throws a left and a right that both miss
and Ardona counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Uy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Uy misses with a few strikes there.
Uy throws a right and a left that both miss.
Uy lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ardona circles away quickly and effectively.
Uy looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Uy swings for the body but Ardona moves out of range.
Uy throws a right and a left that both miss.
Uy swings for the body but Ardona moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Uy swinging wildly here.
A combination from Uy does no damage.
Uy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Uy misses with a wild body shot.
Uy misses with a body shot.
Uy lands a jab-cross combination.
Ardona avoids the body shot from Uy.
Uy swinging wildly here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Uy fails to land with a series of punches.
Uy throws a series of punches but Ardona moves out of range.
Uy just misses with a punch to the body.
Uy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ardona.
Uy ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Uy misses with a series of wild punches.
No joy there for Uy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Uy rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ardona counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Uy swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Some wild striking there from Uy.
Uy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Uy thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ardona staying out of range there.
Uy swings away with a body shot that misses
and Ardona counters with a one-two to the body.
Ardona moves out of range as Uy strikes.
Uy throws a left and a right that both miss
and Ardona counters with a two punch combo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Uy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Uy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ardona moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A combination from Uy does no damage.
Uy misses the shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Uy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ardona was well out of range. Poor timing from Uy.
Uy fails to land with a series of punches.
Uy swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Uy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mirko Raymore Ardona has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
William Uy is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Uy misses with a shot to the body
and Ardona counters with a lovely straight right hand!

And that's the end of the fight!
William Uy showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Uy has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 30:26
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:26
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... William Uy!
An out of breath William Uy thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.