PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Larry Williams (ranked 757 p4p, 804 weight class) and Henrique Rosa (ranked 105 p4p, 112 weight class). Henrique Rosa acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Williams
vs
Rosa

192 cm
26
200
10 - 5 - 0

188 cm
26
205
10 - 3 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Paddy's Enhancing Drugs (160Q)
Brooklyn Apothecary

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 10 - 5 - 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 - 3 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Henrique Rosa!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Winston Howard and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams moves in looking to clinch but Rosa pushes him off.
Larry Williams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Rosa. Williams shrugs it off though.
Rosa lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Williams dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rosa throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Good exchange - Williams coming out on top.
Rosa on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Rosa fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Williams looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Rosa throws a lazy uppercut
and Williams counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rosa throws a hook to the side of Williams's head but Williams sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rosa misses with an attempted mid kick.
Nice cross by Williams.
Rosa checks the leg kick.
Rosa counters with a body kick.
Williams fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Rosa is out of range.

Williams takes the fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rosa.
Rosa cracks Williams with a nice body shot.
A short uppercut from Rosa.
Williams lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Williams prevents a body shot from Rosa.
Williams lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Williams tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rosa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rosa.
Rosa misses with a body punch.
Williams gets through Rosa's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rosa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rosa misses with some punches.
Williams misses with some punches.
Rosa misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Rosa breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Williams takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
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 uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rosa.
Williams tried to counter with a leg kick but Rosa avoided it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rosa slips a jab from Williams.
Williams avoids the body shot from Rosa.
A good leg kick by Williams.
Rosa misses with an attempted mid kick.
Williams lands with an overhand left.
Williams takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Williams throws a hook but Rosa blocks it.
Rosa moves out of range of the strikes.
Rosa on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Williams's jab looks to have found its range, popping Rosa under the eye.
Williams slips under a jab from Rosa.
Williams lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Williams looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Williams steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rosa.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rosa tries to land a body kick
and Williams cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rosa pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Williams walks into a left hand.
Williams throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Williams ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rosa misses with an uppercut. Williams saw that one coming.
Williams looks to land a left hand but Rosa moved out of range nicely.
Williams stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Rosa.
Williams throws out a loose jab but Rosa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Williams fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rosa manages to avoid it.
Williams ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A lazy left from Williams finds it's target.
A jab from Williams finds it's way through Rosa's defenses.
Williams slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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 drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Rosa right on the button. Rosa goes down! Williams follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Williams gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:07 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Larry Williams!
During a confident post fight interview, Larry Williams thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.