PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mo Pierre (ranked 3860 p4p, 4770 weight class) and Dima Williams (ranked 475 p4p, 546 weight class). Dima Williams will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Pierre
vs
Williams

180 cm
24
192
5 - 1 - 0

200 cm
19
185
1 - 2 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mo Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dima Williams!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Ivan Kurochkin and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams is looking to clinch.
Williams has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Pierre is landing a low percentage of strikes.

Pierre gets tackled into the cage by Williams. Williams maintains the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Williams.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Williams.
Pierre has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Williams after a bit of a struggle.
Williams prevents the takedown attempt.
Pierre changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Williams fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mo Pierre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Williams moves to clinch but Pierre breaks away

and Pierre counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Williams pushes Pierre off but Pierre dives into side control.
Williams tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Pierre has isolated one of Williams's arms. Williams looking to fight him off but Pierre twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Mo Pierre!