PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between The Weirdness (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Martin Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Weirdness could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Martin Williams's chin.

Weirdness
vs
Williams

186 cm
25
180 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

180 cm
18
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, The Weirdness!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Martin Williams!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Paul Gruel and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Weirdness with a poor takedown

and Williams counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Williams.
Williams presses Weirdness against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

Williams has Weirdness pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Williams pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Weirdness tumbling to the mat - Williams dives into Weirdness's guard.

Williams gets to his feet. Weirdness looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Weirdness closes the distance looking to clinch

and Williams counters with a shoot takedown. Weirdness fights it but they end up in guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Weirdness looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Williams throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Williams throwing strikes but missing.
Williams throws a big right hand that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Weirdness avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Williams lands a couple of elbows.
Williams postures up in Weirdness's guard and throws a big left but Weirdness blocks it.
Williams keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Weirdness's head.
Williams not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Williams is looking to work some ground and pound but Weirdness has wrist control.

Williams stands and steps away. Weirdness gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Weirdness doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Williams decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Weirdness's guard.
Weirdness is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Weirdness being controlled here, momentarily.
Williams has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
We've been hearing good reports from Weirdness's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Williams makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Williams connects with a couple of short punches.
Williams showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Weirdness knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Williams on the ground.
Williams makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Williams keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Weirdness's head.
Williams working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Williams decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Williams misses with a hook. Weirdness ducked under it nicely.
Williams misses the shot to the body.
Williams swings for the body but Weirdness moves out of range.

Williams shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Williams is nestled in close to Weirdness, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams is taking a breather. Weirdness says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Williams not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Williams content to control rather than advance.
Williams throwing shots but Weirdness is blocking nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Williams sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Weirdness defending well though.
Williams looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Weirdness with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Weirdness throws a sloppy head kick and Williams moves out of range easily.
Weirdness gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Williams counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Weirdness!
Williams in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Martin Williams has got the better of the ground game so far.
Weirdness is not content to let Williams control the position.
Williams staying calm.
Weirdness takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
An elbow from Williams crashes against the mat.
Williams is staying tight to Weirdness's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Williams in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Weirdness is being controlled here.
Williams has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Williams sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Weirdness is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Williams taking a breather here.
Williams trying to control the action but Weirdness is working from the bottom.
Williams remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Martin Williams hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Weirdness gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Williams counters by moving into the clinch.
Williams swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Williams is trying to trip Weirdness. He has hold of a leg but Weirdness is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Williams persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Williams works over Weirdness with some ground and pound from guard.
Williams is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Williams keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Weirdness's head.
Williams controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Williams's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams throws a big elbow that misses.
Weirdness working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Williams.
Williams is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Williams in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Williams landing with the ground and pound.
Weirdness working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Williams.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Martin Williams showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Williams throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Williams waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Weirdness.
Weirdness shoots and misses

and Williams counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Williams.
Williams lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Williams accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
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.
Weirdness preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Williams is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Martin Williams wasn't active enough on the ground.
Williams takes a swing at Weirdness's ribcage but misses.
A punch combination from Williams misses.

Williams shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Williams showed some decent athleticism there.
Williams lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Williams sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Weirdness defending well though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams works his way into full mount!
Williams lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Weirdness hang on?
BOOM! Williams connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Williams lands a big elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Williams landing strikes, looking to finish!
Williams lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Weirdness takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Martin Williams is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Williams controlling from the full mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Williams raining down hammerfists from mount.
Williams controlling from the full mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Williams working away from the top, dropping strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Martin Williams comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Williams has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Jeff Smith scores the fight for Martin Williams!
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight for Martin Williams!
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight for Martin Williams!

Martin Williams wins by unanimous decision!