PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kid Kamakazi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Winjkin William (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Kamakazi might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Cooking by the book. Kid Kamakazi has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kamakazi
vs
William

155 cm
24
130 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

150 cm
23
130 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

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 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kid Kamakazi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Winjkin William!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Matti Vanhoillinen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kamakazi rushes William and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
William dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from William.
William looking to throw knees to the head but Kamakazi is blocking nicely.
William avoids the elbow strike from Kamakazi, against the cage.
Kamakazi misses with a knee strike.
William lands with a short head shot on the inside.
William with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kamakazi connects with a knee to the head.
William managing to block the knees to the body from Kamakazi.
Kamakazi tries to land knees in the clinch but William avoids the damage to the body.
Kamakazi has William pressed against the cage.
William struggles to land a body shot inside as Kamakazi controls his hands.
Kamakazi lands a nice knee to the body.
William takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kamakazi missing with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kamakazi lands an elbow inside that William shrugs off.
William tries to land a knee to the head but Kamakazi blocks with his arms.
Kamakazi tries to land knees in the clinch but William avoids the damage to the body.
William managing to block the knees to the body from Kamakazi.

That's one minute gone in the round.
William on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
William blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kamakazi trying to land knees to the body.
Kamakazi looking to throw knees to the head but William is blocking nicely.
Kamakazi avoiding damage as William throws knees to the body.
William has Kamakazi pressed against the cage.
Kamakazi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but William has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
William lands with a right to the head.
William tries a knee to the head but Kamakazi blocks it.
William tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kamakazi throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
William stalling.
A shot in the inside from William.
William lands a hook to the side of the head.
William misses with a knee to the head.
Kamakazi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kamakazi is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
William on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kamakazi lands a nice knee to the body.
Kamakazi is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kamakazi blocks an elbow strike.
William on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
William takes an elbow to the temple.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
William tries to land a knee to the head but Kamakazi blocks with his arms.
Kamakazi leaning against his opponent.
William misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kamakazi creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through William's defenses.
Kamakazi tries to land knees in the clinch but William avoids the damage to the body.
Kamakazi lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
William lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kamakazi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but William has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Come on William - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Kamakazi creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kamakazi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from William.
William managing to block the knees to the body from Kamakazi.
William tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kamakazi avoids it.
Kamakazi throws an elbow but it misses.
Kamakazi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
William tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
William scores with a shoulder strike.
Kamakazi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kamakazi throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Kamakazi takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
William creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
William tries to land knees in the clinch but Kamakazi avoids the damage to the body.
William taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
William makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for William.
William goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
William blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
William tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kamakazi avoids it.
William tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kamakazi misses with a knee strike.
Kamakazi gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from William.
William misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kamakazi.
William is leaning against Kamakazi and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kamakazi tries to land a knee to the head but William blocks with his arms.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Kamakazi is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
William missing with knees to the body.
Kamakazi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but William has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
William is pushing Kamakazi up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
William is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kamakazi is keeping busy.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kamakazi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
William scores with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Kid Kamakazi will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

William is looking to score with low kicks.

Kamakazi darts in and clinches William up against the cage.
Kamakazi tries to land knees in the clinch but William avoids the damage to the body.
Kamakazi gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
William leaning against his opponent.
Kid Kamakazi has scored more points in the clinch so far.
William on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kamakazi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but William has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kamakazi pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
William avoiding damage as Kamakazi throws knees to the body.
Kamakazi pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
William throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kamakazis head.
William is leaning against Kamakazi and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
William lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
William scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kamakazi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
William is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Kamakazi misses with a knee strike.
Kamakazi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and William avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
William looking to slow down the pace here.
Kamakazi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and William avoids it.
William blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A left hand lands to the body for William.
William fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kamakazi missing with knees to the body.
William takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kamakazi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but William blocks it with crossed arms.
William tries to land knees in the clinch but Kamakazi avoids the damage to the body.
Kamakazi misses with a knee strike.
Kamakazi blocks an elbow strike from William.
William avoids a wild elbow strike from Kamakazi.
William tries to land knees in the clinch but Kamakazi avoids the damage to the body.
Kamakazi trying to land knees to the body.
William on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
William misses with an elbow strike.
Kamakazi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kamakazi missing with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kamakazi lands an elbow just above William 's eye.
Kamakazi looks to throw an elbow but misses.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from William in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Kamakazi on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Good body shot from William.
Kamakazi trying to land knees to the body.
Kamakazi prevents a body shot from William.
William with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from William.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
William avoiding damage as Kamakazi throws knees to the body.
William trying to land knees to the body.
William on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
William throws an elbow that misses.
William is leaning against Kamakazi and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kamakazi tries a knee to the head but William blocks it.
William takes an elbow to the temple.
William using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kamakazi has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
William is stalling here.
William misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kamakazi blocks an elbow strike.
Kamakazi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kamakazi wants to stall.
William pushes Kamakazi back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
William works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Stalling in the clinch from William.
Kamakazi tries to land a knee to the head but William blocks with his arms.
William avoiding damage as Kamakazi throws knees to the body.
William struggles to land a body shot inside as Kamakazi controls his hands.
Kamakazi misses with a knee to the head.
William is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kamakazi is defending well for now.
Kamakazi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and William avoids it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kamakazi throws an elbow but misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by William as Kamakazi tries to tie him up.
William tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
William tries to work over Kamakazi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kamakazi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and William avoids it.
William throws an elbow but it misses.
William gets through Kamakazi's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
William throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kamakazi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. William is defending well for now.
William leaning his opponent against the cage.
Kamakazi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from William.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kamakazi tries to land knees in the clinch but William avoids the damage to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, William just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kamakazi's brow.
Kamakazi tries to land a knee to the head but William blocks with his arms.
William tries a body shot but Kamakazi blocks it.
William is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kamakazi is keeping busy.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kamakazi stalling in the clinch but William improves position.
William tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kamakazi trying to control the position but instead, William has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kamakazi into the cage.
Kamakazi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Winjkin William will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Kamakazi closes the distance and clinches.
William tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
William misses with a short punch on the inside.
William lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kamakazi.
William stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Kamakazi blocks an uppercut.
William misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kamakazi.
William has Kamakazi pushed against the cage.
Kamakazi prevents a body shot from William.
A bit of stalling here from William.
Kamakazi unloads a knee to the mid-section. William lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kamakazi blocks a body shot from William.
Kamakazi gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kamakazi trying to land knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Kamakazi.
Kamakazi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kamakazi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from William.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kamakazi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kamakazi is looking to control William's arms but William gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kamakazi has his back to the cage.
Kamakazi throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
William missing with knees to the body.
Kamakazi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but William blocks it with crossed arms.
Kamakazi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
William working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
William lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kamakazi backwards.
Kamakazi tries to land a knee to the head but William blocks with his arms.
William lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kamakazi backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by William.
Kamakazi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but William blocks it with crossed arms.
Kamakazi is looking to control William's arms but William gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kamakazi has his back to the cage.
Kamakazi trying to land knees to the body.
William pushes Kamakazi back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
William lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
William missing with knees to the body.
Kamakazi trying to land knees to the body.
William leaning against his opponent.
William pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
William lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kamakazi avoiding damage as William throws knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by William.
William trying to land knees to the body.
William trying to land knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kamakazi trying to control the position but instead, William has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kamakazi into the cage.
Kamakazi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from William.
Kamakazi landing knees to the body.
Nice body punch from William - that landed with a thud.
A shot in the inside from William.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kamakazi blocking some punches.
William with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kamakazi creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kamakazi with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
William is looking to control Kamakazi's arms but Kamakazi gets an underhook and turns him. Now William has his back to the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kamakazi throws an elbow but misses.
Kamakazi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
William blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kamakazi tries to land knees in the clinch but William avoids the damage to the body.
William tries to work over Kamakazi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kamakazi.
A short right from William.
William misses with an elbow over the top.
A right hook to the body lands for William.
William misses with a hook to the ribs.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kamakazi throws an elbow but misses.
Kamakazi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and William avoids it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from William.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
William misses with a knee strike.
Kamakazi trying to land knees to the body.
Kamakazi pushes off an throws an elbow but William leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kamakazi tries a knee to the head but William blocks it.
William lands with a short head shot on the inside.
William is pushing Kamakazi up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A short right from William on the inside.
William tries a knee to the head but Kamakazi blocks it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kamakazi throws an elbow that misses.
William misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kamakazi misses with a knee strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
William will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Kamakazi up against the cage.
Kamakazi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and William avoids it.
Kamakazi throws a knee to the head but misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Winjkin William.
I think William has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 28:29
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 28:30
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Winjkin William!
An out of breath Winjkin William thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.