PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between William Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maniac Heat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Williams
vs
Heat

180 cm
28
150 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

156 cm
23
155 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, William Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Maniac Heat!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Franklyn Lucas and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams shoots in but no luck this time.
Heat looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Williams is fending him off so far but Heat persists. Nope, Williams circles away and we're back to standing.
Heat shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Heat looks for a takedown but Williams sprawls well.
William Williams has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Maniac Heat.

Williams scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Williams controlling the pace.
Heat is trying to stand back up but Williams is controlling him
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Heat looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Heat looking for submissions off his back.

Heat is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Williams pulls his head out easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

Heat is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Williams pulls his head out easily.
Williams seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Williams lands strikes from half guard.

Heat actively working from the bottom here.
Williams seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Williams working the head and body with strikes.
Heat should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

Heat looking for submissions off his back.

Heat looking for submissions off his back.
Heat looks winded!

Heat looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Williams will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Williams winds up and cracks Heat with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Heat actively working from the bottom here.
Williams working over Heat with some ground and pound. Heat looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Williams prevents Heat from improving his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Williams landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Well, if Williams is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Williams is pressing down on Heat's thigh, looking to free his foot. Heat is holding on for now.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Williams lands a nice short elbow.
Well, if Williams is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Williams scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heat regains full guard. Nicely done.

Heat has his foot on Williams's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Williams works his way back into a safe position though.

Heat throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Williams scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Heat working for a triangle but Williams defends it easily.
Williams lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Heat working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Williams has passed into half guard!
Williams controlling the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Williams dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Williams scores with a takedown into Heat's guard.

Heat is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Williams avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Williams scoring with punches to the head and body.
Williams is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Williams is in close to Heat's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Williams postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Heat looking for a guillotine here but Williams defends easily.

Heat had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Williams defends it easily.
Heat is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Heat keeping moving, preventing Williams from controlling successfully.
Williams slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Williams tries to free his leg and advance position but Heat is retaining full guard.

Heat is looking for a triangle but Williams pushes his legs off easily.
Williams slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Heat tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Williams wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Williams cracks Heat with a big elbow.
Heat is trying to get back to half guard.
Heat regains half guard.
Williams sitting and controlling from the half guard.

Williams is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Williams looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Heat with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Heat is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Williams pulls his head out easily.

Heat looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Williams is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Heat can do to turn this around?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Williams seems content to control.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Heat has eaten all the pies!
Williams seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Ground and pound from Williams.
Williams working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Williams controlling the action here.
Nice strikes from Williams there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heat has hold of Williams's hands but Williams slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Williams content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Williams lands strikes from half guard.

Heat is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Williams pulls his head out easily.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Williams lands a nice short elbow.
Williams is keen to just control but Heat is a slippery customer.
Williams scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Heat has hold of Williams's hands but Williams slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Williams is working for a kimura but Heat is defending it quite comfortably.
Heat is looking to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Williams dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Williams scores with a takedown into Heat's guard.
Williams with a nice head shot there.

Heat looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Williams passes into half guard.
William Williams overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Heat looking for submissions off his back.
Williams lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Williams working over Heat with some ground and pound. Heat looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Heat takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Williams seems to be looking for submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Williams works his foot free and advances to mount.
Williams with shots to the head and body - Heat looks very uncomfortable down there.
Heat is looking to improve his position but Williams isn't that keen on the idea.
Heat taking shots to the head.
Williams has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Heat's face.
Heat working to try and regain half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heat keeps trying to improve his position.
Heat takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Heat is desperately trying to improve his position but Williams has a good base and remains in mount.
Williams content just to control the position here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Williams with good strikes from the mount here!
Williams landing shots from mount.

It looks like Maniac Heat has been cut.
Williams controlling the pace for now.
Williams postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Heat looks a forlorn figure.
Williams controlling from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heat is trying to escape the mount.
Heat takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Williams sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Heat is working to get back to half guard.
Williams scoring with strikes but Heat is staying in there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams lands a big elbow.
Williams scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Williams landing shots from mount.
Williams lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Williams landing shots from mount.

Heat is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Williams looking to control and managing it successfully.
Heat is still in real trouble! Can Williams finish him?
Williams lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Williams has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Heat's face.
Williams postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Heat bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Williams and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). William Williams!