PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Larry Williams (ranked 739 p4p, 568 weight class) and Anthony Ochoa (ranked 108 p4p, 86 weight class). Ochoa has chosen Gang Signs by The Game as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Williams
vs
Ochoa

192 cm
23
192
7 - 3 - 0

189 cm
23
210
10 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Decent wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Voodoo Nutrition
Brooklyn Apothecary

Conviction
Conquer

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Larry Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anthony Ochoa!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Percy O'Donnell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A swing and a miss from Ochoa.
Ochoa connects with a leg kick.
Ochoa throws a wild body kick that Williams sees coming a mile off.
Anthony Ochoa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ochoa throws a leg kick which misses Williams's front leg but catches the back leg as Williams tries to avoid it.
Williams fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Ochoa is out of range.
Ochoa misses with a straight right.
Ochoa throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ochoa throws a body kick that misses.
Ochoa throws a right and a left that Williams avoids nicely.
As Ochoa backs away, Williams returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.

Williams moves into the clinch.
Ochoa misses with a hook to the ribs.

Williams escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Williams finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Williams moves out of range of the leg kick from Ochoa.
Ochoa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Williams steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ochoa.
Williams throwing a counter right hand but Ochoa manages to avoid it.
Williams misses the jab.
Ochoa throws a right hand that Williams ducks under and follows up with a left that Williams also avoids with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams connects with a leg kick.
Williams dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ochoa. That did some damage!
Ochoa misses with a body kick.
Williams wants to land a leg kick but Ochoa is out of range.
A slow jab from Williams misses its intended target.
Decent striking displayed by Williams there.
Williams misses with a hook. Ochoa ducked under it nicely.
That kick from Ochoa tenderised Williams's leg. Williams is trying to keep his angry face on.
Williams scores with a jab to the body.
Williams thows a body kick. Ochoa tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Williams takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Ochoa swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Ochoa lands a front kick.
Williams has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Memento Mori in the buildup to the fight.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Williams lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Ochoa has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Ochoa and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Ochoa blocks a low kick nicely.
Ochoa throws the kick towards the body but Williams avoids it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ochoa looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Ochoa.
Williams tries to clinch up.
A jab from Williams finds it's way through Ochoa's defenses.
Ochoa looks to throw the jab but Williams is out of range.
Williams checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Ochoa loads up on a big right hand but Williams slips the punch.
Williams scores with a hook to the body. Ochoa takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ochoa walks into a jab.
Ochoa is looking to land body kicks.
Williams lands an overhand right.
Williams cracks Ochoa with an open hand slap.
Williams uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ochoa.
Ochoa throws a right hand that Williams ducks under and follows up with a left that Williams also avoids with ease.
Williams attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Ochoa misses with a wild body shot.
Ochoa uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Williams.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot by Williams.
Williams misses with a left hand
and Ochoa counters with a stiff right hand.
Ochoa throws out a loose jab but Williams uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ochoa misses with a straight right.
Williams was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Williams slips a straight right by Ochoa.
Ochoa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Williams manages to avoid it.
Williams connects with a looping right hand.
Williams ducks under a wild hook from Ochoa.
Williams lands with a shot to the body.
Ochoa takes a jab right on the kisser.
Ochoa throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Williams sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ochoa staying out of range there.
Ochoa looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Ochoa throws a body kick that misses
and Ochoa takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ochoa pushes Williams away with a front kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ochoa avoids the body shot from Williams.
Williams changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ochoa takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

Williams drives through and clinches with Ochoa against the cage.
Williams misses with some punches.
Williams swings wildly with an uppercut but Ochoa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Williams tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ochoa's elbow.
Williams lands a hook that snaps the head of Ochoa backwards.
Williams presses Ochoa against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Williams blocks a body shot from Ochoa.
Ochoa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Williams swings wildly with an uppercut but Ochoa uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right from Ochoa.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ochoa blocking some punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ochoa.
Ochoa tries to break free but Williams pushes him back against the cage.
Williams misses with a hook to the ribs.
Williams misses with a punch on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Larry Williams dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Ochoa feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Williamss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Williams scores with the left hand. Ochoa knows he should have avoided that one.
Ochoa walks into a straight right hand from Williams.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Williams here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Ochoa throws a predictable looking body shot
and Williams counters with a straight right hand.
Williams's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Ochoa connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Williams scrambles back to his feet.
Ochoa slips a jab from Williams.
Williams defending well as Ochoa loads up on a big left hand.
Williams takes a swing at Ochoa's ribcage but misses.
Ochoa looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Ochoa misses with an uppercut
and Williams counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A big right from Williams misses.
Ochoa throws a low kick but Williams moves out of range easily.
Williams looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
A slapping leg kick lands for Williams.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ochoa throws out a loose jab but Williams uses good head movement to avoid it.
Williams swings for the body but Ochoa moves out of range.
Ochoa catches Williams with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Williams has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Williams there as he acknowledges the shot.
Williams is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ochoa can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams throws a lazy uppercut
and Ochoa counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Ochoa throws a lazy right hand but Williams sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Williams misses with a hook.
A low kick from Ochoa is predictable there
and Williams counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ochoa tries to move into range but Williams moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Ochoa works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Williams with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Ochoa to score with a decent uppercut.
Ochoa takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Williams misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ochoa.
Williams throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ochoa stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Williams looks to land a right hand but Ochoa moved out of range.
Ochoa shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ochoa pivots, looking for a leg kick but Williams is out of range and Ochoa settles back down.
Ochoa walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Williams checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Ochoa.
Ochoa cracks Williams with a right hand to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ochoa drops his hands momentarily and Williams takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Williams lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Ochoa misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Williams to counter with a crisp jab.
Ochoa steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Williams.
A slow jab from Williams misses its intended target.
Ochoa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ochoa is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Williams keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Williams sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Williams lands with a hook. Ochoa tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Ochoa scores with a body shot.
Williams misses with a shot to the body
and Ochoa counters with a body kick.
Ochoa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ochoa uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Williams.
Ochoa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Williams.
A jab from Williams misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ochoa throws a lazy right hand but Williams sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ochoa chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ochoa misses with a wild body shot.
Williams throwing a counter right hand but Ochoa manages to avoid it.
Ochoa misses with a kick to the body
and Williams counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Ochoa tries to keep at a distance but Williams has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ochoa misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Williams doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Williams lands a left hand.
A head punch on the inside from Williams fails to land.
Ochoa has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

Ochoa breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ochoa takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Ochoa goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Ochoa misses with a looping left.

Williams has taken the fight to the clinch.
Williams will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Williams blocks a body shot from Ochoa.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams pushes Ochoa back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Williams blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ochoa softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Williams lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Still in the clinch, Ochoa scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ochoa tries a body shot but Williams blocks it.
Ochoa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ochoa blocking some punches.
Ochoa lands with a short shot to the head.
Ochoa lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Williams or not.
Ochoa lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Ochoa pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Williams avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ochoa checks a leg kick.
Ochoa has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Ochoa lands the left hand.
Williams is looking to clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Larry Williams will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Nice body punch from Ochoa.
Ochoa tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Ochoa throws a leg kick which misses Williams's front leg but catches the back leg as Williams tries to avoid it.
Williams misses with a straight left.
Williams throws a poor cross that misses
and Ochoa counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Ochoa blocks a jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Williams looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ochoa pushes Williams away with a front kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ochoa connects with an inside leg kick.
Ochoa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ochoa throws a wild body kick that Williams sees coming a mile off.
Ochoa pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Williams avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ochoa scoring well with a low kick there.
Ochoa moves out of range as Williams strikes.
Ochoa ducks under a wild hook from Williams.
Ochoa lands a nice shot to the body.
Good leg kick by Ochoa.

Williams closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Williams lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ochoa backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ochoa.
Williams has a couple of punches blocked by Ochoa.
Ochoa has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Williams seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Ochoa can turn it around.
Williams throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ochoas head.
Williams misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ochoa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Williams lands a right hand.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Williams.
Larry Williams has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ochoa misses with a body punch.
Ochoa wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ochoa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ochoa lands a hook to the side of the head.
Williams is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Williams scores with a shoulder strike.
Williams misses with some punches.

Ochoa manages to break the clinch.
Williams lands a lovely overhand right.
A jab from Ochoa finds it's way through Williams's defenses.
Ochoa moves out of range of the strikes.
Ochoa looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Williams is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ochoa.
Ochoa takes a swing at Williams's ribcage but misses.
A little feinted left hand from Williams on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A big left from Williams misses.
Ochoa moves out of range as Williams strikes.
Ochoa swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ochoa bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ochoa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ochoa. Williams does a little dance to reset his feet.
Williams is looking to counter punch.
Williams wants to clinch up but Ochoa keeps it at a distance.
Ochoa connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

Williams closes the distance and clinches.
Williams throws a punch but it's blocked by Ochoa.
Williams digs a right hand underneath Ochoa's ribcage. Ochoa let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Ochoa is trying to push Williams away but Williams has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Williams lands a nice uppercut.
Williams lands a left hand.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Williams.
A head punch on the inside from Williams fails to land.
Good body shot from Williams.
Williams lands a body shot in the clinch.
Larry Williams is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ochoa takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A right handed body shot lands from Ochoa.
Ochoa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Ochoa scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ochoa misses with a punch on the inside.
Williams lands a shoulder strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ochoa tries to throw a body punch but Williams avoids it by throwing Ochoa back against the cage.
Williams has a couple of punches blocked by Ochoa.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Williams.
Ochoa tries to throw a body punch but Williams avoids it by throwing Ochoa back against the cage.
Anthony Ochoa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ochoa tries to work over Williams's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Williams lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ochoa backwards.
Williams lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ochoa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ochoa.
Ochoa has a couple of punches blocked by Williams.
Williams misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ochoa lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Williams swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ochoa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ochoa has a couple of punches blocked by Williams.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Larry Williams.
Well Williams has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight for Larry Williams!
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight for Larry Williams!
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Larry Williams!

Larry Williams wins by unanimous decision!
A relieved looking Larry Williams thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.