PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between William Joseph (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Uruk Owraa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Joseph
vs
Owraa

175 cm
44
163 lbs
33 - 17 - 0

178 cm
28
194 lbs
19 - 17 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 33 - 17 - 0, fighting out of London, William Joseph!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Uruk Owraa!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Marco Blurström and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Owraa stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Joseph.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Owraa!

Joseph gets a clinch.
Owraa tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Joseph smiles and moves away.
Owraa throws a head kick that misses.

Joseph gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Owraa tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Joseph smiles and moves away.
Owraa misses with a few strikes there.
Joseph closes the distance and lands a one-two.

It looks like Uruk Owraa has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Joseph closes the distance and pushes Owraa back into the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Joseph.
Owraa tries to pull guard but Joseph holds him up against the cage and eventually Owraa drops back down to his feet.
William Joseph has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Uruk Owraa.
Joseph lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Owraa backwards.

Owraa has picked Joseph up - he's going for a ride! Owraa dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Joseph manages to get to full guard.

Owraa is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Joseph is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Joseph has escaped and now he's on top!

Owraa is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Joseph defends well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joseph sitting in guard here, content to control.
Joseph passes Owraa's left leg - he's now in half guard.

Joseph gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Owraa misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Owraa misses with a two punch combination.
Owraa thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Joseph has Owraa up against the cage in a clinch.
Joseph lands a shot to the body.
Joseph lands a knee to the body.
Joseph lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Owraa backwards.
Joseph lands with a light punch inside.
Still in the clinch, Joseph scores with a nice short uppercut.
Joseph throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Owraas head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Joseph works on Owraa's body with a couple of short punches.
Joseph lands a good knee to the midsection. Owraa won't want to take too many of those.
Owraa looks winded!
Joseph lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Joseph lands a knee to the body.
Joseph lands a nice knee to the body.
A right hand to the body from Joseph.
Joseph landing knees to the head.
Joseph is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Joseph cracks Owraa with a nice body shot.
Joseph lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Owraa backwards.
Joseph unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A knee to the head by Joseph.
Joseph pushes Owraa back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joseph lands a good knee to the midsection. Owraa won't want to take too many of those.
Joseph just leaning against Owraa, taking a breather.
Joseph scores a nice knee to the body.
Joseph scores with a knee to the head.
Joseph lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A short right from Joseph on the inside.
Nice body punch from Joseph - that landed with a thud.
Joseph lands with a left to the head.
Joseph lands a body punch in the clinch.
A short right from Joseph.
Owraa is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Joseph to keep the fight standing.
Joseph softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Joseph connects with a knee to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Joseph lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Joseph lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Joseph lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Joseph leaning his opponent against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Joseph obliges.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joseph throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Joseph lands a knee to the body.
Joseph digs a right hand into Owraa's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Owraa's gas tank.
Joseph is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Joseph holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Joseph putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Owraa in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Joseph scores with a nice short uppercut.
Joseph stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Joseph lands a knee to the body.
Joseph lands a right hand that snaps the head of Owraa backwards.
Joseph is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Knees to the body from Joseph.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Joseph scores with a hook to the body.
Joseph lands a nice uppercut.
A body shot lands from Joseph.
A short body shot lands from Joseph as the two fighters clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Joseph dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Uruk Owraa's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Joseph digs a good body shot into Owraa's ribs.
Joseph uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Owraa.

Joseph darts in and clinches Owraa up against the cage.
Joseph landing knees to the head.
A body shot lands from Joseph.
A left hand lands to the body for Joseph.
Owraa letting Joseph take a breather here.
Joseph lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Owraa.
Joseph lands a good knee to the midsection. Owraa won't want to take too many of those.
A short uppercut from Joseph.
Owraa takes a knee right on the jaw!
Owraa letting Joseph take a breather here.
Joseph lands a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Joseph stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Joseph working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Owraa is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joseph lands a good knee to the midsection. Owraa won't want to take too many of those.
Joseph digs a right hand underneath Owraa's ribcage. Owraa let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Joseph is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Owraa can do to turn this around?
Joseph connects with a knee to the head.
Joseph stalling in the clinch.
Owraa tries to pull guard but Joseph holds him up against the cage and eventually Owraa drops back down to his feet.
Joseph utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Joseph here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Joseph lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Owraa backwards.
Owraa takes a knee right on the jaw!
Joseph digs a right hand into Owraa's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Owraa's gas tank.
Joseph throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Joseph lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Owraa or not.
Joseph pushes Owraa back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Joseph softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Joseph will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Owraa up against the cage.
Joseph pushes Owraa back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Joseph unloads a knee to the mid-section. Owraa lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joseph lands a nice shot to the body.
A right hand to the body from Joseph.
Joseph landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Joseph lands a body shot.
Joseph throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Owraa takes a knee to the side of the body.
Joseph stalling in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Joseph.
Stalling in the clinch from Joseph.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Owraa fails to pull guard.
Joseph lands a body punch in the clinch.
Come on Joseph - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Joseph is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Joseph.
Joseph controlling the action here for a moment.
A short right from Joseph.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joseph lands with a light punch inside.
Joseph landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Joseph digs a right hand into Owraa's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Owraa's gas tank.
Joseph lands with a light punch inside.
Joseph lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Joseph scores with a nice short uppercut.
Joseph unloads a knee to the mid-section. Owraa lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Joseph.
William Joseph has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Joseph works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A short body shot lands from Joseph as the two fighters clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Joseph.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Joseph obliges.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knees to the body from Joseph.
Joseph lands a shoulder strike.
Joseph landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Owraa takes a knee right on the jaw!

That has opened up Uruk Owraa's cut even more.
Joseph is leaning against Owraa and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Joseph slows down the pace here.
Joseph putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Owraa in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joseph landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Joseph lands a right hand.
Joseph working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Joseph lands a hook to the side of the head.
Joseph lands a knee to the body.
A short right from Joseph on the inside.
Joseph is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Joseph just leaning against Owraa, taking a breather.
Joseph with a knee to the head.
Owraa takes a knee to the side of the body.
Joseph digs a right hand underneath Owraa's ribcage. Owraa let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Joseph is stalling here.
Joseph pushes Owraa back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Owraa takes a knee right on the jaw!
Joseph lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Owraa or not.
Joseph landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Joseph gets through Owraa's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Joseph dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Uruk Owraa's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Joseph fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Owraa, pushing him back against the cage.
Owraa tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Joseph just stands there and leans against the cage.
Joseph utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Joseph putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Owraa in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Joseph connects with a knee to the head.
Joseph presses Owraa against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Joseph taking a breather.
Joseph pushes Owraa back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Joseph stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Joseph lands a shot to the body.
Joseph lands a left hand.
Joseph landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Joseph scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Joseph taking a breather.
Owraa tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Owraa takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Joseph lands a nice uppercut.
Joseph pushes Owraa back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joseph lands a good knee to the midsection. Owraa won't want to take too many of those.
Knees in the clinch landing for Joseph.
A right hand to the body from Joseph.
Come on Joseph - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Joseph throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Owraas head.
Joseph is struggling to control the position.
Joseph crunches a lovely knee into Owraa's ribcage.
Knees to the body from Joseph.
Joseph lands a knee to the head.
Owraa's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Joseph working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Joseph lands a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Joseph works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Joseph lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Joseph scores with a nice hook to the head.

Owraa is rocked!
Joseph working Owraa over with knees to the body.

Joseph drops Owraa with a big knee straight up the middle! Owraa is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Owraa is still on wobbly legs! Can Joseph finish him?
William Joseph is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Joseph gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Joseph creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Owraa's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Owraa drops to his knees and Joseph pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:11 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). William Joseph!
William Joseph is the new middleweight champion!
William Joseph thanked the fans post fight for their support.
In defeat, Uruk Owraa stepped up to the mic, saying 'I did not get to drink the blood of my opponent but I promise Il be back to take his soul.'.