PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Willard Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt McIntyre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Williams comes to the cage accompanied by Sweet Dreams by Eurythmics. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Williams
vs
McIntyre

187 cm
23
212 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

180 cm
18
240 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Willard Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Matt McIntyre!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Reed Andrews and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams throws a series of punches but McIntyre moves out of range.
McIntyre tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Williams paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Williams throws a series of punches but McIntyre avoids them all with ease.
Williams connects with the punch.
Williams will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Williams lands a left and a right that send McIntyre crashing to the mat, dazed. Williams thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

It looks like Matt McIntyre has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Williams lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but McIntyre circles away quickly and effectively.
Williams misses with a few strikes there.
Williams swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
McIntyre lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Williams.
Williams feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to McIntyre's calf.
McIntyre shoots in but Williams avoids the takedown attempt easily.
McIntyre looks gassed!

McIntyre feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Williams controlling McIntyre's posture.
McIntyre should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Williams tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McIntyre wants to control from the top but Williams keeps moving.
Williams bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in McIntyre's guard.
Williams throwing strikes but missing.
Williams throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Williams works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Williams thows a huge punch but McIntyre dodges it nicely.
McIntyre blocking the ground and pound attempt from Williams.
McIntyre has hold of Williams's hands but Williams slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Williams is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and McIntyre defends it well.
Williams not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

McIntyre is defending against the submission attempts here by Williams.

Williams is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Williams trying to control the pace.
Williams sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. McIntyre defending well though.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Williams is taking a breather. McIntyre says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Williams throwing shots but McIntyre is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Williams thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed McIntyre's head.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Williams connects with a nice short shot to McIntyre's temple.
McIntyre keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Williams is looking to take a break and control but McIntyre is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Williams thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Williams throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Williams looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
McIntyre blocking the ground and pound attempt from Williams.
McIntyre won't allow Williams to pass to mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams drops an elbow to the side of McIntyre's head.
McIntyre is trying to control but can't.
Williams has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Williams looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
McIntyre is staying active underneath Williams, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Williams is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because McIntyre is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

McIntyre is defending against the submission attempts here by Williams.
McIntyre on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McIntyre wants to get back to full guard.
Williams not landing any meaningful shots this time.
McIntyre is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Williams scores with a couple of nice shots.
Williams is keen to just control but McIntyre is a slippery customer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Willard Williams dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Matt McIntyre's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

McIntyre takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Williams scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
McIntyre slips a jab and a cross from Williams.
Williams misses with a double jab.
McIntyre looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Williams scores with a crisp jab that stopped McIntyre in his tracks.

Williams lands a left and a right that send McIntyre crashing to the mat, dazed. Williams thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
This has been an exciting period of action!

Williams drops McIntyre with a beautiful combination! McIntyre stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Williams is looking for the KO!

McIntyre is rocked!
Williams misses with a two punch combination.
Williams connects with a nice looking jab.
McIntyre is still on wobbly legs! Can Williams finish him?
Willard Williams is winning the standup battle so far.
Williams dances in with a quick combination. McIntyre is being worked over with jabs and crosses. Oooh, a right straight from Williams snaps McIntyre's head back. McIntyre stumbles backwards against the cage. Williams steps forward and delivers a right cross that connects with McIntyre's jaw, simultaneously knocking him out and sending his mouthpiece into the crowd! There's a worthy souvenir for the fans. This one is over folks. McIntyre just didn't come prepared.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Willard Williams!