PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Pat Williams (ranked 3459 p4p, 377 weight class) and Chris Davis (ranked 6198 p4p, 562 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Williams
vs
Davis

178 cm
25
158 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

185 cm
25
159 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Phantom Fightwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pat Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chris Davis!
The judges for this bout are Ben Hemmingworth, Chris Dean and Ben Watson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Davis's waist but Davis gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Williams off to one side.
Williams sets himself, and Davis steps forward looking for the clinch! Williams avoids it this time.

Williams pushes Davis up against the cage in a clinch.
Davis lands an elbow just above Williams 's eye.
Davis pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Davis with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Davis looking to throw knees to the head but Williams is blocking nicely.
Davis lands an elbow inside.
Davis tries to land a knee to the head but Williams blocks with his arms.
Davis prevents a takedown attempt there.
Williams takes an elbow to the temple.
Williams jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Davis walks away with a smile on his face. Williams gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pat Williams. That's going to take a lot out of him.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Davis with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Davis creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Williams's defenses.
Davis misses with an elbow strike.
Davis tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Davis is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Williams can't get the takedown.

Williams pulls Davis into guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Davis wants to get up but he can't break Williams's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Williams working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Davis doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Williams is tightening it up a little... Davis has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Davis reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Davis taps out! Nice BJJ there by Williams!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Pat Williams!
Pat Williams was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.