PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Skyler Nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Winjkin William (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nelson's entrance music is One. A fine choice. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Nelson
vs
William

180 cm
29
145 lbs
8 - 7 - 0

150 cm
21
130 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
Counter striker
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Skyler Nelson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Winjkin William!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Roosa Järviläinen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
William throws a leg kick but Nelson checks it.

Nelson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
William can't find room to land a body shot as Nelson controls the action.
William goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nelson is looking for a takedown up against the cage. William gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Nelson fails to pull the fight into his guard.
A right handed body shot lands from William.
William is working Nelson over against the cage.
Nelson really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
William blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
William slowing the pace effectively.
Nelson is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Skyler Nelson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nelson misses with a short punch on the inside.
William tries to throw a body punch but Nelson avoids it by throwing William back against the cage.
Nelson fails to pull guard.
A short right hand to the side of the head by William.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nelson is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables William to keep the fight standing.

Nelson pulls guard.
William wants to pass the guard but Nelson is keeping the position.
William working some strikes from top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
William slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Nelson.
William wants to lay and pray for a moment but Nelson keeps working.

Nelson actively working from the bottom here.
William lands strikes from half guard.
William not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
William takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
William performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Nelson has hold of William's hands but William slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
William scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nelson trying to control here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nelson is trying to stand up here but William is controlling him well.
William is controlling the pace.
William missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
William looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
William thows a huge punch but Nelson dodges it nicely.
William lands strikes from half guard.

Nelson pushes William off and gets back to his feet.
Nelson misses with a takedown attempt
and William counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelson misses with a takedown

and William counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by William.
Nelson is breathing heavily.
William tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nelson's elbow.
William lands a shot to the body.
William throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from William.
William tries a body shot but Nelson blocks it.
William lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Nelson backwards.
William tries to work over Nelson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
William trying to land knees to the body.
Nelson jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as William walks away with a smile on his face. Nelson gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Nelson doesn't succeed with the takedown
and William counters with a stiff right hand.
William throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Nelson throws the kick towards the body but William avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

William moves into the clinch.
William stalling in the clinch.
Nelson fails to pull guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
William is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
William lands a left hand that snaps the head of Nelson backwards.
Nelson is trying to maintain a safe position but William gets an underhook and turns Nelson into the cage.
Nelson jumps guard but William turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
William pressing his opponent against the cage.
Nelson jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as William walks away with a smile on his face. Nelson gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Nelson gets tackled into the cage by William. William maintains the clinch.
Nelson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Nelson misses with a hook from the clinch.
William taking a breather.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Winjkin William dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

William closes the distance and clinches.
William holding his opponent close, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, William throws an elbow but misses.
A frustrated look appears on Nelson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
William stalling in the clinch but Nelson improves position.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Winjkin William.

Nelson gets a clinch.
A short body shot lands from William as the two fighters clinch.
William misses with a shot to the kidneys.
William stalls.
Nelson jumps guard but William turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Nelson goes for a takedown in the clinch but William prevents it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by William.
Winjkin William seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nelson.
William misses with an elbow over the top.
William blocks the elbow strike.
William looking to throw knees to the head but Nelson is blocking nicely.
William misses with a knee strike.
The referee calls for William to work.
William receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
William tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nelson avoids it.
William is stalling here.
Nelson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
William struggles to land a body shot inside as Nelson controls his hands.
William just leaning against Nelson, taking a breather.
Nelson tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. William smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Skyler Nelson. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Nelson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with William, pushing him back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
William stalling in the clinch.
Nelson blocks an elbow strike.
William avoiding damage.

Nelson jumps guard and drags William to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
William tries to free his leg and advance position but Nelson is retaining full guard.

Nelson is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
William trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
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!
William with a nice head shot there.
William passes Nelson's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Nelson makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Nelson.
William wants to control from the top but Nelson keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelson can't keep his opponent in guard - William advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
William frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Nelson working to try and regain half guard.
William looking to finish Nelson with some ground and pound. This is bad for Nelson!
Nelson tries to hold on but William pushes him away.
William with good strikes from the mount here!
William raining down shots from the mount!

It looks like Skyler Nelson has been cut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nelson is trying desperately to improve position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
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!
William dominating with strikes here.

William is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Nelson can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Nelson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
William punishing his opponent with strikes.
William controlling the pace for now.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
William lands a big shot there that rocks Nelson but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Winjkin William showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Skyler Nelson's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Nelson shoots and misses
and William cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

William clinches with his opponent.
A right hand to the body from William.
William taking a breather.
William lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
William tries a knee to the head but Nelson blocks it.
William lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Stalling in the clinch from William.
A hook to the body from William.
The referee is keeping an eye on William - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Nice body punch from William.
Nelson tries to throw a body punch but William avoids it by throwing Nelson back against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, William throws an elbow but misses.
Nelson jumps guard but William turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
William is pressed up against the cage. Nelson has hold of a leg and is looking to drag William down to the mat. William avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Skyler Nelson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice sprawl there from William as Nelson shoots in.
Winjkin William is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nelson doesn't succeed with the takedown

and William counters by moving into the clinch.
William taking a breather.
William lands with a light punch inside.
Nelson fails to pull guard.
A shot in the inside from William.
William blocks a punch to the side of the head.
William makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
William pushes off an throws an elbow but Nelson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
William lands a right hand.
William scores with a nice hook to the head.
William stalls.
William lands with a left to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
William pressing his opponent against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Nelson fails to land.
A nice right hand lands inside from William.
Nelson tries to score a body lock takedown but William shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Nelson tries for a takedown. No joy.
William displaying some good clinch control by pressing Nelson up against the cage.
William lands an uppercut.
William will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Nelson up against the cage.
William has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
William lands a body shot.
William trying to land knees to the body.
William tries a knee to the head but Nelson blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelson is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but William is defending well.
Nelson avoiding damage as William throws knees to the body.
William prevents Nelson from breaking the clinch.
William lands a knee to the body.
William throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nelson blocks it with crossed arms.
William tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
William is working Nelson over against the cage.
Nelson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nelson tries to pull guard but William won't allow it.
William lands with a left to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for William.
William lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Nelson backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by William.

Nelson is rocked!
William lands with a right to the head.
Oh Nelson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
William using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
William lands a hook that snaps the head of Nelson backwards.
William unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Nelson! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but William is unloading with more strikes now! Nelson drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Winjkin William!
Winjkin William decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.