PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Oliver Queen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and William Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Queen
vs
Williams

186 cm
29
155 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

180 cm
29
150 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Oliver Queen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, William Williams!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Russell Pearce and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Queen throws a body kick that misses.
Williams closes the distance and clinches up with Queen, looking for a takedown. Williams pushes Queen against the cage but Queen circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Queen throws a head kick that misses.
Queen lands with a cross.
Oliver Queen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Queen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Queen uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Williams looks for a takedown but Queen sprawls well.
Jab, jab by Queen - just one landing.
Williams walks into a left hand.

Queen closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
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!

Queen is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Queen is trying to control. Williams wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Queen throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Ground and pound from Queen.
Williams really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Queen. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Queen lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Queen is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Williams keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Queen trying to pass the guard but Williams defending well.
Queen winds up and cracks Williams with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Queen 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.
Queen throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Queen working Williams over with strikes.
Queen working Williams over with strikes.
Ground and pound from Queen.
Williams keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Queen missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Queen 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.
Queen drops an elbow to the side of Williams's head.
Queen throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Queen lands with a punch from half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Williams can do anything to dispel that myth.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Queen lands a nice short elbow.
Queen slips a nice elbow through Williams's hands, connecting with Williams's forehead.
Queen looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Williams with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Queen lands with a punch from half guard.
Williams has hold of Queen's hands but Queen slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Queen working over Williams with some ground and pound. Williams looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Queen stalling.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Queen throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Queen sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Williams defending well though.
Queen seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Queen lands a nice short elbow.
Queen really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Queen is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Queen missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Queen has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Queen looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Queen 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.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Queen is trying to control. Williams wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Williams has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Queen is working away from the top position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Queen passes into side control, despite Williams's attempt to control the position.
Queen grinds an elbow into Williams's temple.
Williams is working to avoid the ground and pound but Queen connects with a decent elbow.
Queen working the head with strikes.
Queen looks up at the clock and then as Williams takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Queen smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Queen landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Queen trying to control the position but Williams is working away.
Queen working the head with strikes.
Queen lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Queen working the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oliver Queen dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Queen looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Queen cracks Williams with a solid left hand.
Queen is working Williams over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Queen postures up in Williams's guard and throws a big left but Williams blocks it.
Queen landing with the ground and pound.
Queen content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Queen scoring with punches to the head and body.
Queen is working Williams over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Queen keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Williams's head.
Queen postures up and lands a big shot to Williams's brow.
Queen working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Williams's head.
Queen passes easily into side control. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams wants to control but Queen postures up.
Queen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Williams can do to turn this around?
Queen lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Williams down.
Queen lands some shots froms side control.
Queen working the head with strikes.
Williams on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Queen scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Williams to see if he's OK.
Queen in side control lands a decent elbow.
Queen working away.
Williams takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

Williams is rocked!
Queen is working Williams over with some ground and pound from side control.
Williams is still in real trouble! Can Queen finish him?
Queen is putting a hurting on Williams here, landing some big shots from side control.
Williams takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Queen working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Queen working away.
Queen cracks Williams with a big right hand but Williams just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Queen works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Queen trying to control the position but Williams is working away.
Queen scoring with punches and elbows.
Queen lands some shots froms side control.
Queen is working Williams over with some ground and pound from side control.
Queen cracks Williams with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Queen immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Williams is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Queen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Oliver Queen!
An out of breath Oliver Queen thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.