PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ken Fury (ranked 3307 p4p, 1780 weight class) and Matt Wills (ranked 114 p4p, 59 weight class). Fury's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, STREET FIGHTER THEME SONG. Wills has chosen I don't fault the police by Corporate Avenger as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Fury
vs
Wills

198 cm
26
300
3 - 2 - 0

189 cm
26
300
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ken Fury!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Matt Wills!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Daniel Franklin and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Wills drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Wills trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Wills got a little sloppy there for a moment and Fury has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Wills has managed to get both his arms back between Fury's legs - danger averted.
Wills content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Wills trying to control but Fury is working from the bottom.
Wills landing with the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fury keeping moving, preventing Wills from controlling successfully.

Fury escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Wills gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wills is working Fury over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Wills pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Fury is keeping the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wills chips away with some ground and pound.
Wills is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Wills looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Wills wants to control from the top but Fury keeps moving.
Wills makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Wills trying to control but Fury is working from the bottom.
Wills distracts Fury with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Wills lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Wills thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Wills thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Wills makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wills is in close to Fury's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Fury is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Wills working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Fury is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Fury definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Wills slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Fury keeping full guard, as Wills tries to pass.
Wills landing with the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Fury is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Wills scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Wills got a little sloppy there for a moment and Fury has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Wills has managed to get both his arms back between Fury's legs - danger averted.
Wills wants to control from the top but Fury keeps moving.
Wills must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Wills is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Wills with a nice head shot there.

Fury is looking for a triangle but Wills pushes his legs off easily.
Fury is breathing heavily.
Wills scoring with some ground and pound.
Wills cracks Fury with a solid left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wills scoring with some ground and pound.
Wills distracts Fury with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Wills scoring with punches to the head and body.
Wills passes Fury's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

Wills wants to work for an arm triangle but Fury is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Wills looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

Wills is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Wills is looking for a kimura here.
Wills working Fury over with strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Matt Wills dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Fury misses with a hook to the body

and Wills counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Fury!

Wills tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Fury taking punishment in the form of punches.
Check out the look on Wills's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Wills lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Wills has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Wills cracks Fury with a big elbow.
Wills scores with punches from side control.
Wills cracks Fury with a big right hand but Fury just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wills just content to control the position.
Wills creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

Wills is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Fury knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Wills thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wills looks up at the clock and then as Fury takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Wills smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Fury manages to get back to half guard.
Wills working the head and body with strikes.
Wills lands strikes from half guard.
Fury is not content to let Wills control the position.
Wills lands strikes from half guard.
Wills working the head and body with strikes.
Wills drops an elbow to the side of Fury's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Wills.

Fury has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Wills escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Wills!
Fury can't do much from the bottom here.

Wills has hold of Fury's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Fury tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Wills cranks the arm and Fury screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Fury, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Matt Wills!
After winning the bout, Matt Wills thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.