PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Brian Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Rosario (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Williams
vs
Rosario

172 cm
24
154 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
21
145 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Granite 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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brian Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jose Rosario!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Gwen Towbar and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rosario changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Williams tries to avoid it but Rosario manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Williams to the ground. Williams escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Rosario scores with a takedown into Williams's guard.
Rosario stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Williams swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Williams is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Williams managing to control the position.

Williams working for a triangle but Rosario defends it easily.
Rosario is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rosario postures up.
Williams will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Williams trying to keep a closed guard but Rosario is proving a slippery customer.
Williams tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Williams is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Rosario is controlling him.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Rosario rushes Williams and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Rosario jumps into guard, dragging Williams to the mat.

Williams postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Rosario is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Williams, into his guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rosario stands and throws Williams's legs to the side, diving into side control.

Rosario decides to stand back up. Rosario steps back and let's Williams get back to his feet.
Rosario takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Rosario tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Williams lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Nice sprawl there from Williams as Rosario shoots in.

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rosario is trying to maintain the position but Williams is very close to passing his half guard.
Williams keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Williams wants to control but Rosario is keeping him busy.
Williams blocks the strikes from Rosario.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Williams is trying to control the action in half guard but Rosario is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

We're going to have a standup here because Brian Williams wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Rosario closes the distance and clinches up with Williams, looking for a takedown. Rosario pushes Williams against the cage but Williams circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Brian Williams has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jose Rosario.

Rosario darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Rosario looks winded!
Williams holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rosario wants to advance to full mount but Williams doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.

Williams has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Rosario can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Williams has his foot on Rosario's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Rosario works his way back into a safe position though.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Williams throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Rosario accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Rosario looking to pass the guard.
Williams is trying to control the position but Rosario postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Brian Williams will probably get the nod.
That's time! Williams's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A cross from Williams lands.

Rosario moves into the clinch successfully.
Rosario with a knee to the head.
Williams on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rosario has Williams pressed against the cage, preventing Williams from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Rosario misses with a short punch on the inside.

Rosario jumps guard.
Williams trying to control the position from guard on top but Rosario is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rosario lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Williams!
Rosario can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Williams is looking to escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rosario scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Rosario tries to control but Williams wriggling away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rosario punching from mount but Williams doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Williams sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Williams is not content to let Rosario control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams is trying to stand.
Williams won't allow Rosario to pass to mount.
Rosario is thwarting Williams's attempts to control the position.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Rosario is trying to control. Williams wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Jose Rosario hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Rosario tries for a takedown but Williams sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Rosario is breathing heavily.

Rosario gets caught napping as Williams dives in and scores a takedown. Rosario manages to retain guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rosario looking to control.
Williams wants to control from the top but Rosario keeps moving.
Rosario working a defensive guard but Williams manages to pass into side control anyway.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams wants to control but Rosario is keeping him busy.
Williams throwing shots but missing, from side control.

Williams working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
An elbow from Williams crashes against the mat.
Williams tries to stand but Rosario is controlling his head.
Rosario is trying to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An elbow from Williams crashes against the mat.

Williams thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Williams working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Rosario seems a little lost for a moment, as Williams dominates the positioning.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rosario is trying to control Williams's posture but Williams avoids it.
Rosario might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Williams haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Brian Williams will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Williams shoots in and bounces Rosario off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Brian Williams overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Rosario looking to control.
Rosario keeping moving, preventing Williams from controlling successfully.
Rosario controls Williams momentarily but Williams frees himself.
Williams stopping the sweep attempt from Rosario.
Rosario keeping moving, preventing Williams from controlling successfully.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Brian Williams just wasn't active enough.
Rosario fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams doesn't manage to clinch there - Rosario circles away.

Williams is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Rosario's half guard.
Rosario takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Rosario tries to roll over but Williams keeps him under control.
Rosario is trying to maintain the position but Williams is very close to passing his half guard.

Rosario has one foot on Williams's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Williams shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Rosario eats them both and turns towards Williams to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

Williams shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rosario avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rosario tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Rosario keeping full guard, as Williams tries to pass.
Williams sitting in guard here, content to control.
Rosario has a closed guard, preventing Williams from standing up.

Williams stands up from Rosario's guard - Williams perhaps looking for a knockout.

Williams shoots in and gets a takedown into Rosario's guard.
Williams has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Williams content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rosario trying to control the position.
Williams in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Williams seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Williams's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Williams throwing strikes but missing.
Rosario trying to keep a closed guard but Williams is proving a slippery customer.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Brian Williams wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Rosario tries to clinch but Williams is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rosario will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Williams tries to clinch but Rosario is having none of it.

Williams darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Williams trying to control from half guard but Rosario is working away.
Williams thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Williams wants to take a breather but Rosario is having none of it.

Williams is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Rosario tries to get to full guard but Williams has control of the leg.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brian Williams showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Williams, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight for Brian Williams!
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight for Brian Williams!
Judge George Francis scores the fight for Brian Williams!

Brian Williams wins by unanimous decision!
Brian Williams decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.