PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Luke May (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

May
vs
Williams

182 cm
18
150 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

172 cm
24
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Luke May!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brian Williams!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Wesley Smith and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
May stuffs the takedown.
May goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

It looks like Brian Williams has been cut.
May tries to clinch but Williams moves out of range.
Williams avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
May tries to close the distance and clinch up but Williams swats him away and circles back towards the center.

May gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Williams jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as May walks away with a smile on his face. Williams gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
May tries to clinch up.
Williams avoids the head kick by May.

May shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Williams is trying to defend but May finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
This has been an exciting period of action!
May tries to stand and escape but Williams actually recovers to full guard.
May would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Williams holds on and takes a little breather.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Brian Williams has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Williams ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Williams avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Williams avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Williams lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as May backs up against the cage.
Williams looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? May is fending him off so far but Williams persists. Nope, May circles away and we're back to standing.
Luke May has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brian Williams.
Williams dives in and grabs May's left leg, looking for a takedown. May pushes down on Williams's head and hops out.
Williams throws a nice looking combination but May bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
May throws a head kick that misses.
May is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Williams fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Williams swats away the attempt to clinch by May.
Williams defends well against a solid takedown attempt from May.
May tries to clinch but Williams moves out of range.
May moves in looking to clinch but Williams pushes him off.
May is breathing heavily.

Williams forces May back against the cage and clinches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
May is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Williams managing to block the knees to the body from May.
May really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

May has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Williams uses from the top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of May is proving hard to escape from.
May can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Williams controls the pace.
Williams trying to stand up but can't free himself from May's guard.
Williams engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Brian Williams was stalling too much, according to the referee.

Williams shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. May is trying to defend but Williams finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Let's hope that Williams has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

Williams in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. May tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Williams!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Brian Williams!
Brian Williams bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.