PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Max Williams (ranked 4230 p4p, 5876 weight class) and Sigandi Legend Jr (ranked 446 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Williams
vs
Legend Jr

180 cm
24
225
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
21
265
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

Dangerous GnP
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Max Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sigandi Legend Jr!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Tiny Johnson and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Williams moves into the clinch.

Williams pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Williams gets a clinch.

Williams drags the fight down to the ground.
Legend Jr is pushing down on Williams's leg trying to pass to half guard. Williams is fighting to maintain full guard but Legend Jr has managed to sneak the leg through.
Williams is trying to control but can't.

Williams looking for submissions off his back.
Williams makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Williams.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Williams has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Legend Jr has passed into side control.
Legend Jr trying to control the action but Williams is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Legend Jr landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Williams wants to control but Legend Jr postures up.
Williams throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.
Williams on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Williams tries to get out of the position.
Legend Jr tries to move into full mount but can't pass Williams's legs.
Legend Jr wants to control but Williams is keeping him busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Legend Jr working the ground and pound.
Legend Jr creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Williams can't do much from the bottom here.
Legend Jr is putting a hurting on Williams here, landing some big shots from side control.
Legend Jr wants to control but Williams is keeping him busy.
Legend Jr has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Williams regains half guard.
Legend Jr is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Legend Jr is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams is refusing to be controlled, as Legend Jr sits in half guard.
Williams wants to improve his position but Legend Jr is controlling well.
Legend Jr working Williams over with strikes.
Williams might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Legend Jr is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Williams defends it well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Williams tries to get to full guard but Legend Jr has control of the leg.
Legend Jr tries to pass the half guard into mount. Williams knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Legend Jr lands a nice short elbow.

Williams looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Williams knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Legend Jr on the ground.
Legend Jr lands with a punch from half guard.
Williams controlling the position for now.

Legend Jr is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Legend Jr is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Sigandi Legend Jr dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Legend Jr tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Williams counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Legend Jr.
Williams misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Legend Jr fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Williams closes the distance and clinches.
Legend Jr is trying to maintain a safe position but Williams gets an underhook and turns Legend Jr into the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Williams manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

Williams breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Williams - just one landing.
Williams fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Williams lands a nice hook to Legend Jr's body. Legend Jr takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Legend Jr fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Max Williams has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sigandi Legend Jr.
Legend Jr looks for a takedown but Williams sprawls well.
Legend Jr is breathing heavily.

Williams closes the distance and clinches.

Williams has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Legend Jr is trying to keep an underhook but Williams manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Williams not doing much here.
Williams has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Williams throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams wants to take a breather but Legend Jr is having none of it.
Williams content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

Legend Jr is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Williams pulls his head out easily.

Legend Jr actively working from the bottom here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Legend Jr has hold of Williams's hands but Williams slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Williams trying to pass the guard but Legend Jr defending well.
Williams performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Legend Jr has hold of Williams's hands but Williams slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Williams decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Williams has closed the distance and engaged Legend Jr in a clinch.
Legend Jr has Williams pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Williams manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

Williams gets control of Legend Jr's arms and successfully pulls guard. Williams will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Williams is pulling down on Legend Jr's head. It's preventing any offense from Legend Jr, at least for the moment.
Williams keeping moving, preventing Legend Jr from controlling successfully.
Williams doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Williams controlling Legend Jr's posture.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams wants to sweep but no luck.
Williams managing to control the position.
Williams throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

Williams bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Legend Jr tries to bench press Williams off him but Williams keeps the position.
Williams is putting a hurting on Legend Jr here, landing some big shots from side control.
A lull in the action here as Williams stalls from top position.
Williams cracks Legend Jr with a big right hand but Legend Jr just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Max Williams dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Williams has Legend Jr up against the cage in a clinch.
Legend Jr is trying to pull guard but Williams has him pressed against the cage.

Williams breaks the clinch.

Williams drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Williams is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Legend Jr can do to turn this around?
Legend Jr tries to bench press Williams off him but Williams keeps the position.
Williams wants to control but Legend Jr is keeping him busy.
Legend Jr is trying to get back to half guard.
Williams happy to just control the position for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Williams trying to control the position but Legend Jr is working away.
Legend Jr is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Legend Jr takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Legend Jr keeps trying to improve his position.
Legend Jr tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Williams presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Williams throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Legend Jr because Williams loaded up on that one.
Williams looking to finish with strikes here!

Williams jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Legend Jr manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Legend Jr is looking for a sweep.
Williams in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Legend Jr is trying to work for a sweep but Williams has mounted him!
Williams is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Legend Jr can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams with good strikes from the mount here!
Legend Jr is wriggling around trying to escape.
Williams thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Williams raining down hammerfists from mount.
Williams throws some wild stikes that Legend Jr manages to avoid easily.
Williams controlling the position easily from mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Williams raining down shots from the mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams controlling the position easily from mount.
Legend Jr is squirming around, avoiding Williams's attempts to control the action.
Williams controlling the position easily from mount.
Legend Jr is squirming around, avoiding Williams's attempts to control the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Williams controlling from mount.
Legend Jr tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Williams looking to control and managing it successfully.
Williams thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Legend Jr really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Williams takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Williams raining down hammerfists from mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Max Williams showed his dominance in that final round.
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 Alan Glass scores the fight 29:27
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:27
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 29:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Max Williams!
Max Williams decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.