PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Michael Carter Williams (ranked 5065 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jim Mcguinness (ranked 4595 p4p, 0 weight class). Jim Mcguinness acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Carter Williams
vs
Mcguinness

185 cm
18
195 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

183 cm
24
197 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Prefers standup

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Michael Carter Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jim Mcguinness!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Donald Grub and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mcguinness moves forwards but Williams connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Mcguinness moves out of range as Williams strikes.
Williams avoids the head kick by Mcguinness.
A counter left hand to the body from Williams misses its target.
Mcguinness shoots in for a takedown but Williams shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Mcguinness tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Williams paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mcguinness throws a head kick that misses.
Mcguinness throws a lazy body kick
and Williams counters with a stiff right hand.

Mcguinness feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Mcguinness trying to control the position from guard on top but Williams is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Williams scrambles and gets back to his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Williams pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mcguinness looks for a takedown but Williams sprawls well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Mcguinness fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mcguinness takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Mcguinness throws a right hand that Williams ducks under and follows up with a left that Williams also avoids with ease.
Mcguinness tries to clinch but Williams moves away
and Williams counters with a stiff right hand.
Williams definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Williams lunges at Mcguinness with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Mcguinness's hand.
Mcguinness fails with the takedown
letting Williams counter with a right hand.
Michael Carter Williams has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jim Mcguinness.
Mcguinness looks winded!
The fight stays on the outside here - Mcguinness looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Williams throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mcguinness.
A telegraphed right hand from Williams misses the target.
Mcguinness shoots in but Williams avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Williams misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mcguinness.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mcguinness sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mcguinness looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Williams is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Mcguinness tries to clinch up.
Williams lets his hands go wild with a nice combination. Left! Right! Uppercut! Spinning backfist! Mcguinness goes down and covers up as Williams starts wailing on him! The ref watches the action closely before stepping in and putting a stop to the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Michael Carter Williams!
During a confident post fight interview, Michael Carter Williams thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.