PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Xavier Knight (ranked 1643 p4p, 2833 weight class) and Bryan Williams (ranked 233 p4p, 391 weight class). Bryan Williams has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Knight
vs
Williams

180 cm
27
165
8 - 6 - 0

170 cm
28
165
8 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

Good wrestler
Brawler
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Xavier Knight!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 10 - 0, fighting out of , Bryan Williams!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Matti Vanhoillinen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Knight shoots in and bounces Williams off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Williams will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Williams working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Knight.
Williams keeping moving, preventing Knight from controlling successfully.
Williams looking to hit a scissor sweep but Knight is one step ahead there.
Knight scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Knight is stalling in the full guard.
Knight stopping the sweep attempt from Williams.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knight with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knight in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Williams trying to keep a closed guard but Knight is proving a slippery customer.
Williams wants to hit a sweep here but Knight passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Williams there!
Williams is wriggling around trying to escape.
Knight with good strikes from the mount here!
Knight raining down hammerfists from mount.
Knight is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Knight cracks Williams with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Knight definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Williams is working to get back to half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Williams is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Knight in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

Williams is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Knight has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Williams's face.
Williams is still in real trouble! Can Knight finish him?
Knight loads up with a big shot that hurts Williams! He's pulled Knight in close but Knight has postured up and lands more strikes. Can Williams survive? More strikes from Knight and Williams is out! The ref jumps in to save him! Brutal ground and pound!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Xavier Knight!