PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between William Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damian Koza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Williams
vs
Koza

179 cm
25
216 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

182 cm
26
215 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, William Williams!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Damian Koza!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Michael Johnstone and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A solid leg kick lands there for Williams.
Williams throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Williams lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Williams, as that shot connected.
William Williams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Williams throws a head kick that misses

and Koza counters by moving into the clinch.
Williams lands a body punch in the clinch.
Koza taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Koza blocks an uppercut.
Williams takes a knee to the side of the body.
Koza gets underhooks to prevent Williams's takedown attempt.
A bit of stalling here from Koza.
Williams blocks the elbow strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Williams managing to block the knees to the body from Koza.
Koza throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Williams wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Koza taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Koza comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Williams wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koza lands an elbow inside.
Koza blocking some punches.
Williams could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Williams misses with a punch on the inside.
Williams misses with some punches.
Koza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Williams.
Koza misses with a knee to the head.
Koza missing with knees to the body.
Koza misses with a knee strike.
Williams throws a punch but it's blocked by Koza.
Koza blocks a body shot from Williams.
Koza takes a shot to the head.
Williams tries a body shot but Koza blocks it.
Koza taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Williams misses with a punch on the inside.
Koza blocks a body shot from Williams.
Nice elbow from Koza.

It looks like William Williams has been cut.
Koza lands a damaging elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams lands a hook that snaps the head of Koza backwards.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Koza.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Koza blocks a body shot from Williams.
Williams blocks an elbow strike from Koza.
Williams wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Williams working aggressively here.
Koza's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Williams on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Williams wants to break the clinch but can't.
Williams managing to block the knees to the body from Koza.
Williams takes an elbow to the forehead.
Koza lands an elbow inside that Williams shrugs off.
Koza blocks an uppercut.
Koza creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Williams's defenses.
Williams avoids the elbow strike from Koza, against the cage.
Williams has a couple of punches blocked by Koza.
Williams lands a shoulder strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Williams.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Williams creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koza looking to throw knees to the head but Williams is blocking nicely.
Koza keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Williams's efforts to push away.
Koza is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Williams is defending well for now.
Williams is trying to push Koza away but Koza has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Koza unloads a knee to the mid-section. Williams lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Williams is breathing heavily.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Koza just misses with a elbow thrown towards Williams's brow.
Koza misses with an elbow over the top.
Williams can't break the clinch.
Koza pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Williams takes an elbow to the temple.
Williams blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Williams managing to block the knees to the body from Koza.
Williams lands with a short shot to the head.
Koza effectively controlling the action here.
Koza trying to land knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koza lands a damaging elbow.
Koza has Williams pushed against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Koza.
Koza takes a shot to the head.
Williams blocks the elbow strike.
Williams working hard to break the clinch.
Williams misses with a hook to the ribs.
Williams misses with a punch on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Williams lands a nice shot to the body.
Koza blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Williams avoiding damage as Koza throws knees to the body.
Williams is looking to break free of the clinch but Koza has double underhooks.
Williams swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Koza lands a nice elbow.
Williams misses with some punches.
Williams on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Koza stalling in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Damian Koza dominated that round.
The cut man is working on William Williams's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Williams keeps the fight on the outside.
Williams throws a nice outside leg kick.

Koza gets a clinch.
Williams is looking to break free of the clinch but Koza has double underhooks.
Koza is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Williams is defending well for now.
A short left from Williams.
Williams tries a body shot but Koza blocks it.
Williams on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Williams throws a punch but it's blocked by Koza.
Williams dodges an elbow strike from Koza.
Williams misses with a hook to the ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Williams tries to break the clinch but Koza is controlling the position.
Williams lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Williams swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Williams tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Koza's elbow.
Koza misses with a knee to the head.
Koza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Williams.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Koza.
Williams is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Koza throws an elbow that misses.
Koza prevents a takedown attempt there.
Williams can't find room to land a body shot as Koza controls the action.
Williams dodges an elbow strike from Koza.
Koza misses with a knee strike.
Williams working hard to break the clinch.
Koza throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Williams blocks an elbow strike.
Williams has had enough of the clinch but Koza keeps him there for the moment.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Koza just misses with a elbow thrown towards Williams's brow.
Damian Koza seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Williams fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Williams manages to break the clinch.
Koza moves in looking to clinch but Williams pushes him off.
Williams avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Williams was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams connects with a leg kick. Koza looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Koza misses with a double jab
and Williams counters with a body kick that stops Koza in his tracks momentarily.
Williams lands an overhand right.
Koza takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Koza. Williams does a little dance to reset his feet.
Williams was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Williams with a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Koza takes a kick to the side of the head.
Koza is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Williams tries to land a front kick but Koza steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Koza is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koza fails in his attempt to clinch.
Williams fires out a quick counter leg kick but Koza just manages to avoid it.
Williams avoids a punch combination nicely.
Williams turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Williams throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Koza on the side of the head.
A combination from Koza does no damage.
Koza tries to clinch but Williams moves away
and Williams counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Koza uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Williams.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams scores with a hook.
Williams misses with a looping right.
Koza fails in his attempt to clinch.
Williams lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Koza blocks a jab.
Williams lands a jab to Koza's midsection.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Williams.
Williams turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

Koza clinches.
Koza lands an elbow that stopped Williams in his tracks for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Williams dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on William Williams's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Williams scores with a jab to the head.
Koza takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A jab lands there for Williams.
Williams misses the jab.
Koza throws a counter combo.
Williams uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Koza has time to react.

Koza closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Koza.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Koza creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Williams's defenses.
Williams avoiding damage as Koza throws knees to the body.
Williams avoids a wild elbow strike from Koza.
Koza prevents Williams from breaking the clinch.
Williams has had enough of the clinch but Koza keeps him there for the moment.
Koza is trying to maintain a safe position but Williams gets an underhook and turns Koza into the cage.
Williams looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koza lands an elbow that stopped Williams in his tracks for a moment.
Koza tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Williams doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Koza comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Williams is trying to break the clinch but Koza has him pressed against the cage.
Koza lands an elbow just above Williams 's eye.
Koza has Williams pressed against the cage, preventing Williams from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Koza is stalling here.
Koza is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Williams is defending well for now.
Koza blocks an uppercut.
Williams blocks an elbow strike from Koza.
Williams blocks an elbow strike.
Williams takes an elbow to the forehead.
Koza lands a nice knee to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Koza.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Koza.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Koza trying to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koza lands a damaging elbow.
Koza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Williams.
Koza throws an elbow that misses.
Nice elbow from Koza.
Koza keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Williams's efforts to push away.
Koza scores with a knee to the head.
Koza dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
The referee calls for Koza to work.
Williams takes an elbow to the forehead.
Koza scores a nice knee to the body.
Koza lands an elbow inside.
Koza lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Koza lands a damaging elbow.
Koza lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Williams is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clinched against the cage, Koza lands a big elbow that drops Williams! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Williams is complaining that he's OK but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:09 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Damian Koza!
Damian Koza is the new light heavyweight champion!