PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Draken Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vivien Let (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Let has chosen Komintern sect - Plus fort que tout as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Vivien Let is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Williams
vs
Let

189 cm
24
230 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

188 cm
18
232 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

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 Montreal, Draken Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Vivien Let!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Yves DeLean and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Let fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Let doesn't manage to clinch there - Williams circles away.
Vivien Let seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Williams rushes Let and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Let tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Williams just stands there and leans against the cage.
Williams stalls.
Williams is pressed up against the cage. Let has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Williams down to the mat. Williams avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Draken Williams has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vivien Let.

Williams clinches with his opponent.
Williams trying to land knees to the body.

Williams breaks from the clinch.
Williams works Let's body with a nice hook.
Let looks gassed!

Williams closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Nice elbow from Williams.

It looks like Vivien Let has been cut.
Williams scores with a knee to the head.
Williams stops a takedown attempt from Let.

Williams escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Williams thuds a left hand into Let's body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Williams lands a two punch combo.

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

Let is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Williams has managed to clinch.
Let is still on wobbly legs! Can Williams finish him?
Williams lands a good knee to the midsection. Let won't want to take too many of those.
Let takes an elbow to the forehead.
Let seems to have recovered his senses.
Come on Williams - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

Williams breaks the clinch.

Williams gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Stalling in the clinch from Williams.
Williams throws a knee to the head but misses.

Williams manages to break the clinch.

Williams moves into the clinch.
Let looking to stall.
Williams avoiding damage.
Williams lands a damaging elbow.
Williams landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Williams pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Williams throws a combination. Let tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

Williams clinches up with Let and pushes him back against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Williams dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Let wants to stall.

Williams manages to break the clinch.
Let wants to clinch
and Williams counters with a head kick.
Let steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Williams. That one must have hurt.

Williams clinches up against the cage.
Williams with a knee to the head.
Williams lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

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

Let tries to keep at a distance but Williams has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Williams takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

Williams breaks from the clinch.
Williams lets loose with a powerful body kick. Let will feel that in the morning.

Let tries to keep at a distance but Williams has taken the fight into the clinch.

Williams manages to break the clinch.
Draken Williams is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Williams dodges the punch combination from Let.

Williams moves into the clinch successfully.
Williams effectively controlling the action here.
Let jumps guard but Williams stands there with Let around his waist. Let gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Williams stalling the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Let stalling in the clinch but Williams improves position.
Let is looking to break free of the clinch but Williams has double underhooks.

Williams's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Williams lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.

Williams gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Williams taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

Williams escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Left hook, right uppercut from Williams.

Let scores a takedown into full mount!
Williams wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Let.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Let in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Draken Williams dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Vivien Let's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Williams throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Let tries to clinch up
and Williams counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Let shoots and misses

and Williams moves into the clinch.

Williams breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Danga de danga de dang - Williams scores with a four punch combination!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Williams!
Let throws a leg kick but Williams moved away.
Nice body kick from Williams.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Williams instigates a clinch.

Williams manages to break the clinch.
Williams throws a combination. Let tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Williams tries to clinch but Let is having none of it.
Williams lands a slapping body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Let wants to clinch
and Williams counters with a body kick that stops Let in his tracks momentarily.
Williams thows a body kick. Let tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Let has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Williams.

Williams clinches up against the cage.
Williams is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Let can do to turn this around?
Williams is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Williams throws an elbow but it misses.
Let lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Williams.
Williams's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Williams keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Let's efforts to push away.
Let has Williams pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Williams manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Williams breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A head kick by Let misses
and Williams counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
No joy there for Let, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Let clinches but Williams breaks the clinch
and Williams counters with a good low kick that Let was not able to check.
Let misses with a takedown

and Williams counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Draken Williams has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vivien Let.
Let can't break the clinch.

Williams breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch but Let swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Let shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Williams leaves Let with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Let closes this distance looking for a takedown but Williams circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams circles away from the clinch attempt.

Williams moves into the clinch successfully.

Williams manages to break the clinch.
Let will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Williams has taken the fight to the clinch.
Williams is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Let is keeping busy.
Let effectively controlling the action here.
Let fails to pull guard.
Let tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Williams just stands there and leans against the cage.

Williams breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Williams fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams misses with a body kick.
Let misses with a combination

and Williams holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Let tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Williams just stands there and leans against the cage.
Williams prevents a takedown attempt there.

Williams breaks the clinch.
Let takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

Williams gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Williams is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Let dives into side control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Let trying to control the action but Williams is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Draken Williams dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Vivien Let's cut.
That's time! Williams's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Let misses with the combination.
Let misses with a takedown
and Williams counters with a nice uppercut.
Let misses with a wild combination.

Williams forces Let back against the cage and clinches.
Williams lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Williams stalling.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Williams for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.

Williams breaks the clinch.

Williams moves into the clinch successfully.

Williams breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Williams instigates a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Let jumps guard but Williams stands there with Let around his waist. Let gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Williams breaks from the clinch.
Let doesn't manage to clinch there - Williams circles away.
Let falls off balance throwing a combination

and Williams holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Williams - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

Williams's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Let doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Williams counters by moving into the clinch.
Draken Williams has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vivien Let.

Williams's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Williams lands with a kick to the temple. Let shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Williams has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Williams. That's going to slow Let down.
Let misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Let is looking to clinch but Williams is avoiding it.
Williams throws a sloppy head kick and Let moves out of range easily.
Williams wants to clinch up but Let keeps it at a distance.
Let avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Let doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Williams counters by moving into the clinch.
Let goes for a takedown attempt but Williams pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Williams throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

so Let counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

Williams uses the cage to get back to his feet.
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 fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Let, pushing him back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Let tries to break the clinch but Williams is controlling the position.
Let changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Williams fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Williams tries to clinch up.
Let fails with the takedown.
Williams throws a good cross that connects.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch but Let swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Let drives through and clinches with Williams against the cage.
The referee calls for Williams to work.
Let tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Williams just stands there and leans against the cage.

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.
Let tries for a takedown but Williams manages to get underhooks.
Knees to the body from Williams.

Williams breaks from the clinch.
Draken Williams is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Williams is looking to land body kicks.
Let tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Williams counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Williams's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Let fails with a takedown attempt.
Let dives in and grabs Williams's left leg, looking for a takedown. Williams pushes down on Let's head and hops out.
Let takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Let tries to clinch
and Williams counters with a two punch combo.
Williams tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Let fails to land with a series of punches.
Vivien Let has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Draken Williams is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Let misses with a takedown attempt - Williams sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Draken Williams showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Williams, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:26
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Draken Williams!