PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Erik Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ruslan Karaev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Williams might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Devour - Shinedown. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Williams
vs
Karaev

189 cm
30
194 lbs
16 - 7 - 0

185 cm
22
191 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Erik Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ruslan Karaev!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Aleksandr Martynov and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karaev ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Williams moves away.
Williams takes one to the side of the head.
Karaev looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Williams with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Karaev to score with a decent uppercut.
Karaev rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Williams moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Karaev throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Williams.
A bone on bone clash there as Karaev blocks the leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Williams. Karaev does a little dance to reset his feet.
Karaev throws a left and a right that both miss
and Williams connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Karaev misses with a hook.
A left and a right from Karaev both land. Nice combination.
Karaev misses with a hook
and Williams connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Karaev works Williams's body with a nice hook.
Karaev connects with a good right hand that stumbles Williams. Williams circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Karaev swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Williams counters with a nice uppercut.
Karaev feints a jab promting Williams to slip. Karaev then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Williams slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

It looks like Erik Williams has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karaev throws a lazy uppercut
and Williams cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Karaev keeps the fight on the outside.
Karaev throws a series of strikes that have Williams backpedaling.
Karaev tries to bum rush Williams with a series of wild strikes but Williams uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Williams lands a jab to the nose.
Williams avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Karaev throws a left and a right that both miss
and Williams makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Ruslan Karaev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Karaev avoids the body shot from Williams.
Williams throws a right hand that misses
and Karaev counters with a series of strikes. Williams will be more careful next time no doubt.
Karaev misses with a wild combination.
Karaev misses with a combination
and Williams counters with a left to the body.
Karaev misses with a combination
and Williams counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

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!
Karaev misses with a jab, cross combination.
Karaev misses with a jab, cross combination.
A combination from Karaev does no damage.
Karaev swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Williams counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Karaev displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Williams throws out the jab.
Williams shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Williams ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Karaev moves away.
Karaev swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Williams throws a lazy right hand but Karaev sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Williams misses with a body punch
and Karaev counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Williams thinking.
Williams is breathing heavily.
Karaev lands with a nice combination. Williams backs away looking to recover.
Williams throws a jab when Karaev was well out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by Karaev.
Williams misses with a double jab.
Karaev scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Karaev rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Williams moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Karaev misses with a combination
and Williams makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Karaev misses with the combination.
Karaev throws a good cross that connects.
Karaev fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Karaev fails to land with a series of punches.
Karaev scores with a nice strike.
Karaev throws a series of punches but Williams avoids them all with ease.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karaev throws a left and a right that both miss

and Williams holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Williams is trying to push Karaev away but Karaev has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Williams tries to throw a body punch but Karaev avoids it by throwing Williams back against the cage.
Karaev has had enough of the clinch but Williams keeps him there for the moment.
Williams keeps control of Karaev as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Karaev has Williams pressed against the cage, preventing Williams from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Karaev is trying to force a seperation but Williams has the dominant position.
Williams lands a body shot.

Karaev breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Karaev lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Karaev misses with a double jab.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Karaev, as that shot connected.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Karaev falls off balance throwing a combination
and Williams makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Karaev tries to bum rush Williams with a series of wild strikes but Williams uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Williams misses with a lunging right hand
and Karaev counters with a stiff right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ruslan Karaev dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Erik Williams's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Karaev throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Good standup being displayed there by Karaev as he connects with a hook.
Ruslan Karaev is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Karaev tries to bum rush Williams with a series of wild strikes but Williams uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Karaev slips under a jab.
Karaev lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Karaev sizes up Williams with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Williams misses with an uppercut. Karaev saw that one coming.
Karaev connects with a single shot there.
Karaev misses with a double jab
and Williams counters with a nice uppercut.
Karaev avoids the body shot from Williams.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Karaev lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Williams looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Karaev scores with a jab. Williams acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A right-left combo lands from Karaev.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karaev throws a nice looking combination but Williams bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Karaev lands with an uppercut that bounces Williams off the cage and back into rage.
Williams throws a wild hook but Karaev just manages to duck under it and - ooooh! Williams gets nailed by a brutal uppercut which crumples him back against the cage! The referee jumps in - Karaev raises his hands in celebration and walks away!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ruslan Karaev!