PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Francisco dAnconia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think dAnconia might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Revolution. Daniel Williams told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

dAnconia
vs
Williams

192 cm
25
224 lbs
7 - 6 - 1

194 cm
26
213 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 1, fighting out of New York, Francisco dAnconia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Daniel Williams!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Elvis Blanc and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
dAnconia looks to land a left hand but Williams moved out of range nicely.
dAnconia throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Williams looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Williams throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Williams will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Williams takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
dAnconia swings for the body but Williams moves out of range.
dAnconia uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Williams.
dAnconia looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Williams keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Williams swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Williams throws a leg kick which misses dAnconia's front leg but catches the back leg as dAnconia tries to avoid it.
dAnconia lands a head kick. Williams smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
dAnconia tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Williams was well out of range. Poor timing from dAnconia.
dAnconia keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Williams takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Williams looks to land a left hand but dAnconia moved out of range nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Williams keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Williams swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
dAnconia connects with a nice looking jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams throws a lazy right hand but dAnconia sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Williams thows a left - swing and a miss!
dAnconia drops down looking for a counter takedown but Williams sprawls and moves away.
dAnconia keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Williams.
Williams misses with an uppercut.
dAnconia looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
dAnconia fails to land with a series of punches.
dAnconia swinging wildly here.
dAnconia lands a slapping body shot.
Williams avoids the head kick by dAnconia.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Williams.
dAnconia tries to counter with a takedown but Williams is quick to defend against it.
Nice straight punches there by dAnconia. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of dAnconia.
dAnconia checks the leg kick nicely there.
Williams feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to dAnconia's calf.
Williams lands a straight punch to the body, keeping dAnconia at a distance.
A jab from Williams finds it's way through dAnconia's defenses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams misses with an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Williams works the jab nicely.
dAnconia on the wrong end of a nice hook.

dAnconia shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Williams is trying to defend but dAnconia finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
dAnconia missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
dAnconia is nestled in close to Williams, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Williams tries to get to full guard but dAnconia has control of the leg.
dAnconia throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Williams to regain full guard.
Williams wants to stand and escape but dAnconia is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams looking to hit a scissor sweep but dAnconia is one step ahead there.
dAnconia keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Williams's head.
Williams is trying to control the position from the bottom.
dAnconia throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Williams wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
dAnconia is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
dAnconia tries to free his leg and advance position but Williams is retaining full guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
dAnconia prevents Williams from getting back to his feet.
Williams is looking to sweep but instead, dAnconia has passed into half guard.
dAnconia throwing shots but Williams is blocking nicely.
Williams is trying to stand up here but dAnconia is controlling him well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Williams moves into full guard.
dAnconia with a flurry of punches that miss.
dAnconia scoring with punches to the head and body.
dAnconia working some strikes from top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

dAnconia uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Williams.
Williams throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Williams takes a shot to the body in his stride.
dAnconia pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Williams lands with an uppercut that bounces dAnconia off the cage and back into range.
dAnconia throws a hook to the side of Williams's head but Williams sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Williams doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Francisco dAnconia is winning the standup battle so far.
Williams throws a lazy right hand but dAnconia sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
dAnconia slips under a jab.
dAnconia slips a jab from Williams.
It looked like dAnconia wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
dAnconia connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Williams misses with a lunging right hand
and dAnconia cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
dAnconia tries to land a body kick
and Williams counters with a straight right hand.
Williams connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Williams pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
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!
Williams throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
dAnconia tries to land a front kick but Williams steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Williams is trying to counter with his kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A shot to the liver by dAnconia. Beautiful body shot.
Williams gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
dAnconia ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Williams moves away.
Williams avoids the body shot from dAnconia.
Williams tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The fighters circling - Williams throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
dAnconia feinted with a counter takedown.
dAnconia walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Williams checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
dAnconia misses with a wild body shot.
Williams throws out a counter right but dAnconia avoids it with no problem.
dAnconia tries a head kick but it misses.
A nice inside leg kick there by Williams. That's going to slow dAnconia down.
A nice inside leg kick there by Williams. That's going to slow dAnconia down.
Williams takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
dAnconia misses with an uppercut. Williams saw that one coming.
dAnconia ducks under a wild hook from Williams.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams misses with a telegraphed body shot
and dAnconia makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
dAnconia is looking to wear down Williams with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
dAnconia keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
dAnconia blocks a jab.
dAnconia takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Williams walks into a stiff left hand from dAnconia.
Williams misses with a body kick.
dAnconia half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
dAnconia's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Williams connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! dAnconia scrambles back to his feet.
An inside leg kick from dAnconia misses.
dAnconia looks to score with a jab to the body but Williams is just out of range.
dAnconia misses with a head kick.
Williams swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Williams avoids the head kick by dAnconia.
dAnconia takes a swing at Williams's ribcage but misses.
Williams looks like he wants to counter punch here.
dAnconia looks to land a right hand but Williams moved out of range.
Williams showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from dAnconia.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
dAnconia throws a body shot but no joy.
dAnconia ducks under a wild hook from Williams.
dAnconia throws a sloppy head kick and Williams moves out of range easily.
dAnconia sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
dAnconia uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Williams.
dAnconia swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
dAnconia moves out of range of the strikes.
Williams misses with a body shot.
Williams misses with a wild combination.
dAnconia on the wrong end of a nice jab.
dAnconia ducks under a wild hook from Williams.
Williams looks to land a left hand but dAnconia moved out of range nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
dAnconia throws a hook but Williams blocks it.
Williams avoids the head kick by dAnconia.
A shot to the body from Williams misses
and dAnconia counters with a series of strikes. Williams will be more careful next time no doubt.
Williams misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
dAnconia plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
dAnconia on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
dAnconia misses with a body shot.
Williams throws a one two combo.
dAnconia steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Williams.
Williams scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. dAnconia doesn't seem bothered though.
Williams is looking to slow dAnconia down with leg kicks.
Williams misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from dAnconia.
An attempted straight right counter from dAnconia misses the target.
Williams scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Williams lands a lovely overhand right.
dAnconia throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Daniel Williams will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. 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 waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract dAnconia.
Williams throws a one two combo.

It looks like Francisco dAnconia has been cut.
Williams throws a looping overhand right but dAnconia ducks down to avoid it.
dAnconia lands a head kick!
dAnconia takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
dAnconia throws a series of strikes that have Williams backpedaling.
Williams throws out a powerful jab.
Williams avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
dAnconia misses with a head kick.
Williams follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
dAnconia throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Williams.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Williams misses with a looping left.
dAnconia misses with a head kick.
Williams pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
dAnconia misses with a body punch
letting Williams counter with a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams scores with a nice head shot.
Good exchange - dAnconia coming out on top.
A jab from dAnconia does it's job there.
dAnconia moves out of range as Williams strikes.
dAnconia swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
dAnconia misses with a wild combination.
Williams lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Williams scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Williams uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by dAnconia.
Williams throws a hook but dAnconia blocks it.
dAnconia uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Williams.
Nice defenses there by dAnconia.
Williams connects with a looping right hand.
Williams scores with a nice strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Williams lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
dAnconia lands a jab to the head.
dAnconia throws a body shot but no joy.
Williams misses with an uppercut.
Williams avoids a kick to the body.
Williams looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Decent striking displayed by dAnconia there.
dAnconia lands with a straight right. Williams didn't see that one coming.
Williams moves away from the strike by dAnconia.
Williams tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Williams throws a nice looking combination but dAnconia bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Williams lands a jab to the nose.
Williams is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Williams keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
dAnconia fails to land with a series of punches.
Williams looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
dAnconia is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Williams.
Nice shot by Williams.
Williams avoids the head kick by dAnconia.
dAnconia takes a body punch but keeps moving.
dAnconia throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Williams looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Williams jabbing away but nothing is landing.
dAnconia shoots and misses
and Williams counters with a left and a right that stings dAnconia.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Williams moves out of range as dAnconia strikes.
dAnconia throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Williams takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
dAnconia misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Williams.
A jab from Williams does it's job there.
dAnconia is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Williams.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Williams throws a head kick that misses.
Williams tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
dAnconia digs a good hook to Williams's body.
Williams comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Williams misses with a hook
and dAnconia counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
dAnconia lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The fighters circle momentarily. dAnconia darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
That kick from dAnconia tenderised Williams's leg. Williams is trying to keep his angry face on.
dAnconia thows a body kick. Williams tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Nice defenses there by dAnconia.
Williams steps to the side to avoid the strikes from dAnconia.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Williams! But no joy.
Williams misses with a kick to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Williams misses with the combination.
Williams misses with a straight right.
Williams looks to score with a jab to the body but dAnconia is just out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Daniel Williams.
I think Williams has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Daniel Williams!
An out of breath Daniel Williams thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
Francisco dAnconia spoke after the fight, saying 'Who is John Galt?'.