PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Wayne Williams (ranked 5735 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ferguso Bambangan (ranked 2074 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Wayne Williams has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Williams
vs
Bambangan

185 cm
25
180 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

178 cm
25
181 lbs
2 - 0 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Wayne Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 1, fighting out of The Island, Ferguso Bambangan!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Sandra Marshall and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Williams fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bambangan, pushing him back against the cage.

Williams manages to break the clinch.
Williams moves in looking to clinch but Bambangan pushes him off.
Williams doesn't manage to clinch there - Bambangan circles away.
Bambangan tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Williams bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Williams tries to clinch there but Bambangan circles away.
Bambangan with the counter takedown but Williams avoids it easily.

Bambangan tries to sprawl but Williams drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Bambangan is looking for a sweep. Williams is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Bambangan has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Endgame Combat . Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Williams tries to stand but can't do so whilst Bambangan controls his leg.
Williams throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Williams tries to stand but can't do so whilst Bambangan controls his leg.
Williams is thwarting Bambangan's attempts to control the position.
Bambangan is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Williams's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Williams's back!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bambangan scores with punches and elbows.
Bambangan is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Bambangan gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Bambangan gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Bambangan apologises and we restart here on the feet.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Williams.
Williams sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Bambangan is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Williams wants to stand but Bambangan is controlling his arm.
Bambangan struggling a bit here.
Williams wants to stand but Bambangan has his arm trapped.
Bambangan dodges the ground and pound from Williams.
You can see the frustration on Bambangan's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bambangan 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams is looking to take a break and control but Bambangan is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Williams throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Bambangan wants to control but Williams postures up.
Williams wants to control but Bambangan is keeping him busy.
Bambangan wants to control but Williams postures up.
Williams controls the position.
Williams working away.
Bambangan is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Williams's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Williams is keen to just control but Bambangan is a slippery customer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bambangan slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Bambangan holds on and takes a little breather.

Bambangan escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Williams gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Williams is looking to stand up but Bambangan won't let him.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Williams tries to clinch up but Bambangan circles away and keeps his distance.
Bambangan is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.

Williams changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Bambangan looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Bambangan manages to work his way to half guard, despite Williams's best efforts.
Bambangan is looking to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Williams trying to control the action but Bambangan is working from the bottom.
Bambangan wants to get back to full guard.
Bambangan is refusing to be controlled, as Williams sits in half guard.
Williams tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Bambangan.
Williams is trying to control the action in half guard but Bambangan is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bambangan works his way to full guard. Good work.
Bambangan is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wayne Williams dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Williams misses with an attempted mid kick.
Williams tries to clinch up.

Bambangan decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Williams makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Williams is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bambangan can do to turn this around?
Williams keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bambangan.
Williams tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bambangan takes a knee right on the jaw!
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 jumps into guard, dragging Bambangan to the mat.
Bambangan cracks Williams with a solid left hand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bambangan content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Williams looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Bambangan lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bambangan lands a couple of elbows.
Williams is looking to stand up but Bambangan isn't so interested in that idea.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bambangan distracts Williams with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Bambangan works over Williams with some ground and pound from guard.
Bambangan with a nice head shot there.
Bambangan with a nice head shot there.
Bambangan working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Williams's head.
Bambangan is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

Williams is rocked!
Williams keeping moving, preventing Bambangan from controlling successfully.
Williams not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Bambangan has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bambangan is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Oh Williams is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Williams is trying to keep Bambangan in close.
Bambangan's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Williams seems to have got his legs back now.
Bambangan connects with a couple of short punches.
Bambangan scoring with punches to the head and body.
Bambangan postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Williams has momentary wrist control but Bambangan slips an elbow through the middle.
Bambangan postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Williams covers up, he's hurt! Bambangan keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Bambangan and the ref steps in to end the fight! Bambangan can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ferguso Bambangan!