PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rodney Blake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James William (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). William has chosen Outlaw's Reward as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that James William was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Blake
vs
William

183 cm
23
210 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

188 cm
26
214 lbs
16 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rodney Blake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, James William!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Eliza Hachem and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blake moves out of range of the body kick from William.
William takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Blake throws a body punch but William moves out of range.
A jab from William finds it's way through Blake's defenses.
Blake takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
William keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Blake.
William misses the shot to the body.
Blake tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Blake misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from William.
Blake slips a jab and a cross from William.
Blake blocks a leg kick.
Blake swings for the body but William moves out of range.
Blake throws a hook but William blocks it.
Blake throws a hook to the side of William's head but William sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Blake slips a jab and a cross from William.
William scores with a nice strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blake throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Blake misses.
William punishes Blake's body with a nice straight punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from William. Blake does a little dance to reset his feet.
Blake just misses with a punch to the body.
Blake changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
William misses with a wild body shot.
Blake is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Blake swings away with a leg kick that misses.
William throws a low kick but it's checked well by Blake.
A cross from William lands.
James William seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
William misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Blake.
Blake connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
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 works Blake's body with a nice hook.
William throws a hook but Blake avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
William swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Blake is looking to wear down William with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Blake shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Blake swings for the body but William moves out of range.
William misses with a straight right.
Nice defenses there by William.
William wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Blake takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
William throws a looping overhand right but Blake ducks down to avoid it.

Blake gets a clinch.
A short right from Blake.
Blake lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Blake throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from William.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Blake.
Blake misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

William gets a trip takedown into half guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
William thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Blake is looking to improve his position.
William has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
William sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Blake defending well though.
William looks to land a strike but Blake avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Blake working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from William.
William wants to control from the top but Blake keeps moving.
Blake working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from William.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
William tries to free his leg and advance position but Blake is retaining full guard.
Blake working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from William.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Blake keeping moving, preventing William from controlling successfully.
William trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
William loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
William tries to free his leg and advance position but Blake is retaining full guard.
Blake keeping moving, preventing William from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James William dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A solid leg kick lands there for William.
Blake avoids the body shot from William.
William takes a swing at Blake's ribcage but misses.
William tries to bum rush Blake with a series of wild strikes but Blake uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Blake misses with a leg kick.
Blake throws a low kick, looking for William's leg but William calmly moves out of range.
James William seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A slow jab from Blake misses its intended target.
William throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Blake scores with the left hand. William knows he should have avoided that one.
William tries to clinch there but Blake circles away.
A bone on bone clash there as Blake blocks the leg kick.
Blake checks a leg kick nicely.
William lands a nice looking body shot.
William misses with a left hand
and Blake counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blake scores with a shot to the body.
A big right from William misses.
William connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
William throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Blake slips under a jab from William.
William scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Blake on the wrong end of a nice hook.
William lands a front kick.
William will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A slapping leg kick lands for Blake.
William finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Blake blocks a leg kick.
Blake uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before William has time to react.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
William digs a good body shot into Blake's ribs.
Blake misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from William.
Blake chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before William can pounce on him.
A looping hook to the body misses from Blake. William does a little dance to reset his feet.
Blake connects with a good right hand that stumbles William. William circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

It looks like James William has been cut.
Blake misses with a wild body shot.
William swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Blake defending well as William loads up on a big left hand.
Blake on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Blake avoids the body shot from William.
Blake slips under a jab.
William lands a right hook to the body.

Blake has managed to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
William lands a right hand.
William working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Blake escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
William cracks the inside of Blake's front leg.
William waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Blake.
Blake misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from William.
Blake throws a leg kick but William checks it.
William throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
William scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A good leg kick by Blake.
Blake fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but William is out of range.
Blake keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice cross by William.

Blake is rocked!
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 fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Blake to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Blake looks to clinch but William throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Blake taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). James William!
James William very nearly forgot to thank Hell's Balls Recovery (160) amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.