PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rich Willans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nelson Eddy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Rich Willans has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Rich Willans seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Willans
vs
Eddy

195 cm
26
255 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

200 cm
24
275 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Good chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rich Willans!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nelson Eddy!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Robert Douchet and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Eddy circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rich Willans seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Eddy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Willans tries to clinch up but Eddy circles away and keeps his distance.

Eddy gets a clinch.
Willans tries to land a knee to the head but Eddy blocks with his arms.
Eddy drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Willans as Eddy tries to tie him up.
Willans is trying to maintain a safe position but Eddy gets an underhook and turns Willans into the cage.
Willans tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Willans is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Willans scores a nice knee to the body.
Eddy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Willans avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Willans throws a knee to the head but misses.
Eddy has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Willans avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Willans tries to land a knee to the head but Eddy blocks with his arms.
Willans is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Eddy is defending well for now.
Willans lands a good knee to the midsection. Eddy won't want to take too many of those.
Eddy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Willans avoids it.
Willans blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Eddy blocks an elbow strike from Willans.
Willans working Eddy over with knees to the body.
Eddy looks winded!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Eddy blocks an elbow strike from Willans.
Willans misses with a knee strike.
Willans stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Eddy has thrown a lot of knees so far in this fight and we're lead to believe that's something he's been working on the gym prior to this fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Willans.
Willans gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Nelson Eddy has been cut.
Willans throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Eddy blocks it with crossed arms.
Willans tries a knee to the head but Eddy blocks it.
Eddy avoiding damage as Willans throws knees to the body.
Willans lands a knee to the body.
Willans will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Eddy up against the cage.
Willans lands an elbow inside.
Willans tries a knee to the head but Eddy blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eddy tries to circle away but Willans has him pinned against the cage.
Eddy goes for a takedown attempt but Willans pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Rich Willans has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nelson Eddy.
Willans tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Eddy counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Eddy prevents Willans from getting back to his feet.
Willans on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Willans tries to get out of the position.
Eddy controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Willans knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Eddy on the ground.
Eddy throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Willans works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Eddy throws a big right hand that misses.
Willans definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Willans can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Eddy controls the pace.
Eddy throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Eddy thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eddy postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Eddy slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Willans pushes Eddy away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Eddy gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Eddy is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Willans's shoulder. That is not cool.
Eddy throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Willans taking a bit of punishment here - Eddy scoring with strikes.
Eddy is putting a hurting on Willans here, landing some big shots from side control.
Eddy taking a breather here.
Eddy has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Eddy misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Willans dodges the ground and pound from Eddy.
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 Rich Willans will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Nelson Eddy's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Willans tries to clinch but Eddy is having none of it.
Eddy tries to work over Willans's front leg with a kick but Willans checks it.
Eddy fails with the takedown.
Willans ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Eddy walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Willans checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Willans tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Eddy manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Willans tries to clinch but Eddy is having none of it.
Willans dodges the punch combination from Eddy.
Willans closes the distance but Eddy moves to the side
and Eddy counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Eddy fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Willans avoids it really well and circles away.

Eddy closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Willans putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Eddy in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Willans.
Eddy managing to block the knees to the body from Willans.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Willans looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Eddy looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Willans tries to land a knee to the head but Eddy blocks with his arms.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Willans obliges.
Eddy is breathing heavily.
Willans lands a knee to the head.
Willans stalling in the clinch.
Willans throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Eddy blocks it with crossed arms.
Eddy managing to block the knees to the body from Willans.
Willans slowing the pace effectively.
Willans scores with a knee to the head.
Willans lands an elbow that stopped Eddy in his tracks for a moment.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Willans is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Willans pushes off an throws an elbow but Eddy leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Willans scores a nice knee to the body.
Willans lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That has opened up Nelson Eddy's cut even more.
Willans tries a knee to the head but Eddy blocks it.
Willans lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Willans connects with a knee to the head.
Willans tries to land knees in the clinch but Eddy avoids the damage to the body.
Rich Willans has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Willans stalling in the clinch but Eddy improves position.
Willans lands an elbow just above Eddy 's eye.
Eddy is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Willans is defending well for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Willans comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Willans misses with a knee strike.
Willans working the clinch nicely. Eddy is working for position but Willans cracks him with a big knee to the head! Eddy crumples up against the cage and Willans lands two more shots before the ref can save Eddy! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee & Punches). Rich Willans!