PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Curtis Davis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Davis
vs
Williams

167 cm
18
145 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

173 cm
26
140 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Curtis Davis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ryan Williams!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Michael Johnstone and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Davis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Davis lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Williams misses with a takedown
and Williams takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Williams dives in and grabs Davis's left leg, looking for a takedown. Davis pushes down on Williams's head and hops out.
Williams on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Nice defenses there by Williams.
Davis throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Williams on the side of the head.
Sloppy strikes from Davis. Those never looked like landing.
Davis sets himself, and Williams steps forward looking for the clinch! Davis avoids it this time.
Davis throws the left hand but Williams avoids the punch easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Davis connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Williams takes a jab right on the kisser.
Williams avoids the head kick by Davis.
Williams moves out of range of the strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Davis connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis doesn't manage to clinch there - Williams circles away.
Davis misses with an uppercut.
A jab from Davis misses.
Williams shoots in but no luck this time.
Curtis Davis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryan Williams.
Davis throws a head kick but Williams moves out of range.
Davis lands a slapping body shot.
Williams takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Davis throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
No joy there for Davis, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Williams misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Davis wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Davis looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Davis wants to clinch up but Williams keeps it at a distance.
Davis throws a half hearted mid kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Davis. That's going to slow Williams down.
Davis is looking to chop away at Williams's legs.
Davis lands a jab to the nose.
Williams darts in looking for a takedown but Davis gets double underhooks and turns Williams into the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Davis with a hook.
The fighters circling - Davis throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Williams tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Davis misses with a hook.
Williams is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.

Davis rushes Williams and presses him up against the cage.
Davis scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Williams is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Davis pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Davis lands a body punch in the clinch.
Davis working aggressively here.
Davis misses with a body punch.
A shot in the inside from Davis.

Williams works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis trying to control the position here.
Williams postures up and lands a big shot to Davis's brow.
Williams has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Williams gets to his feet. Davis looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Curtis Davis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Davis wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Davis looks to land a left hand but Williams moved out of range nicely.
Davis scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Davis wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Davis cracks Williams with a good jab.
Davis is looking to clinch.
Curtis Davis is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Williams is trying hard to land a takedown here. Davis sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davis swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Williams ducks under a wild hook from Davis.
Davis tests Williams's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Davis lands with a cross.
Davis is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Williams doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Davis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Williams manages to avoid it.
Davis scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Davis takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A nice leg kick lands there from Davis.
Williams takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Williams throws a lazy right hand but Davis sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Davis is looking to counter punch.
Williams checks a low kick from Davis.
Davis lands a nice leg kick that just misses Williams's sensitive parts.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Curtis Davis dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Williams tries to keep at a distance but Davis has taken the fight into the clinch.
Davis looking to stall.
Davis misses with the head strike.
Davis tries a body shot but Williams blocks it.
Davis softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Davis.

Williams wants the takedown. Davis is fighting it off but Williams persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Davis's guard against the cage.
Davis doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Davis knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Williams on the ground.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Davis utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Williams postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Williams postures up in Davis's guard and throws a big left but Davis blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams is in close to Davis's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Williams scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Williams cracks Davis with a solid left hand.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Davis controls Williams momentarily but Williams frees himself.
Williams is looking to work some ground and pound but Davis has wrist control.

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

Williams throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis throws a big elbow that misses.

Williams working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Davis doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Williams is tightening it up a little... Davis has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Davis reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Davis taps out! Nice BJJ there by Williams!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Ryan Williams!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Ryan Williams made sure he mentioned Kayos Klothing, along with how happy he was to win his fight.