PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Eyden Pargrathian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pargrathian kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Judas Priest- Battle Hymn/ One Shot at Glory. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Pargrathian
vs
Williams

183 cm
23
185 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

183 cm
22
185 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Eyden Pargrathian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Matt Williams!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Ryoma Takatsuka and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Williams tries to clinch up

and Pargrathian counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Pargrathian lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Williams wants to stand but Pargrathian is controlling the position.
Williams is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Williams wants to stand but Pargrathian is controlling the position.
Pargrathian throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Williams works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pargrathian prevents Williams from getting back to his feet.
Williams utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Pargrathian scoring with punches to the head and body.
Pargrathian working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Williams controls Pargrathian momentarily but Pargrathian frees himself.
Pargrathian postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pargrathian throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Williams works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Williams avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Pargrathian is looking to work some ground and pound but Williams has wrist control.
Pargrathian distracts Williams with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Pargrathian throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Pargrathian throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Pargrathian prevents Williams from getting back to his feet.
Williams preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Pargrathian with a flurry of punches that miss.
Pargrathian makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Pargrathian postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Pargrathian with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Williams wants to stand but Pargrathian is controlling the position.
Pargrathian working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pargrathian throwing strikes from guard but Williams blocks nicely.
Pargrathian won't allow Williams to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pargrathian lands a couple of digs.
Williams is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Pargrathian cracks Williams with a solid left hand.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Pargrathian postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Pargrathian throws an elbow that misses. Williams uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Pargrathian's guard. Nice move by Williams!
Williams is looking to stand up but Pargrathian won't let him.
Pargrathian on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Pargrathian tries to get out of the position.

Williams stands up from Pargrathian's guard - Williams perhaps looking for a knockout.
Williams fails in his attempt to clinch.
Williams fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Williams tries to clinch there but Pargrathian circles away.
Pargrathian seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Williams fails to land with a series of punches.
Williams throws a head kick that misses.
Williams tries to clinch up.
Pargrathian keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Williams.
Williams fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Pargrathian looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Williams tries a head kick but it misses.
Williams with a nice cross.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch but Pargrathian swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Williams will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pargrathian.
Williams misses with a body shot

and Pargrathian counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Pargrathian has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pargrathian slips a nice elbow through Williams's hands, connecting with Williams's forehead.
Williams tries to kick Pargrathian off but Pargrathian keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Pargrathian throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Pargrathian working the head and body with strikes.
Williams is looking to escape.
Pargrathian landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Pargrathian is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Pargrathian seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Pargrathian not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Williams is trying to stand.
Pargrathian is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Pargrathian sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Williams defending well though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eyden Pargrathian dominated that 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.

Williams throws a series of strikes that have Pargrathian backpedaling.
Pargrathian on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Williams dips to his left and cracks Pargrathian with an uppercut!
Williams thows a body shot but no joy.
Williams tests Pargrathian's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Williams doesn't manage to clinch there - Pargrathian circles away.
Williams Rushes Pargrathian and starts throwing punches like they are going out of style! Pargrathian is up against the cage and has nowhere to go. Williams Piles on the pressure and Pargrathian crumples to the floor! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Matt Williams!