PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between James William (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Miguel Fernandez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). William's entrance music is Outlaw's Reward . A fine choice. Fernandez has chosen Oh My God That's The Greatest Song In The World Ever!! as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

William
vs
Fernandez

188 cm
26
214 lbs
17 - 6 - 0

186 cm
25
213 lbs
13 - 3 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Brute

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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 17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, James William!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Miguel Fernandez!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Taro Takaoka and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - William throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A leg kick checked by Fernandez.
William moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
William looks to score with a jab to the body but Fernandez is just out of range.
William cracks Fernandez with an open hand slap.
William tries to clinch but Fernandez moves out of range.
William takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
James William seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
William scores with a jab to the body.
William works Fernandez's body with a nice hook.
William slips under a jab from Fernandez.
William misses with a body shot.
William lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fernandez throws a looping overhand right but William ducks down to avoid it.
A good leg kick by Fernandez.
Fernandez throws a right and a left that both miss.
William throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fernandez throws an off balance right hand
letting William counter with a right hand.
William ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fernandez moves away.
Fernandez slips a straight right by William.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fernandez throws a big shot that misses.
William wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
William throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fernandez stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

It looks like James William has been cut.
Fernandez gets cracked there but stands up to it.
William connects with a leg kick. Fernandez looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
William uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Fernandez has time to react.
William slips a jab from Fernandez.

William closes the distance and clinches.
William misses with a body punch.
Fernandez digs a right hand into William's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on William's gas tank.
This has been an exciting period of action!
William softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Fernandez lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt William or not.
Fernandez can't find room to land a body shot as William controls the action.
Fernandez prevents William from breaking the clinch.
William looking to stall.
William lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Fernandez backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
William goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A right handed body shot lands from William.
William can't find room to land a body shot as Fernandez controls the action.
William being controlled against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by William.
William prevents a body shot from Fernandez.
William misses with a hook to the ribs.
Fernandez is leaning against William and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for William.
Fernandez can't find room to land a body shot as William controls the action.
Fernandez scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Fernandez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fernandez working hard to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fernandez lands with a light punch inside.
William tries to pull guard but Fernandez won't allow it.
William misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Fernandez lands a left hand.
Fernandez wants to stall.

William decides to pull guard.
Fernandez wants to control from the top but William keeps moving.
William has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Fernandez has passed into side control.
William tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fernandez looking to control but instead William has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
William trying to hold on to Fernandez's head to control him but Fernandez postures up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James William dominated that round.
The cut man is working on James William's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

William keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
William goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Sloppy strikes from William. Those never looked like landing.
Fernandez tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
William lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Fernandez on the wrong end of a nice jab.
William takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
William throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
William throws a solid leg kick but Fernandez takes the impact on his shin and smiles at William.
Fernandez misses with a looping right.
Fernandez connects with a good right hand that stumbles William. William circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
William throws out a loose jab but Fernandez uses good head movement to avoid it.
William tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Fernandez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
William will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Fernandez doesn't manage to clinch there - William circles away.
Fernandez digs a good body shot into William's ribs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
William throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Fernandez misses with a series of wild punches.
William is looking to land body kicks.
Fernandez thows a body shot but no joy.
William is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Fernandez.
William fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
William moves out of range of the strikes.
Fernandez takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
William looks for a takedown but Fernandez sprawls well.
William pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
William keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fernandez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but William moves away.
William looks for a takedown but Fernandez sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for James William. That's going to take a lot out of him.
William uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fernandez.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fernandez works William's body with a nice hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fernandez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but William manages to avoid it.
William on the wrong end of a nice jab.

James William's cut is getting worse.
Fernandez looks to score with a jab to the body but William is just out of range.
Fernandez rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and William counters with a lovely straight right hand!
William ducks under a wild hook from Fernandez.
William misses with a looping left.
No joy there for William, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Fernandez takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Fernandez thuds his right hand into William's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Fernandez tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Fernandez throws a body punch but William moves out of range.
Miguel Fernandez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
William works Fernandez's body with a nice hook.
William misses with a body shot.
William connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
William slips under a jab.
Fernandez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
William misses with a looping right.
Fernandez lands with a straight right. William didn't see that one coming.
Fernandez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
William keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fernandez.
William's corner calls for a 1-2. William obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
William with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Fernandez to score with a decent uppercut.
William takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
William throws a low kick but Fernandez moves out of range easily.
Fernandez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from William.
A nice leg kick lands there from Fernandez.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
William throws the left hand but Fernandez avoids the punch easily.
William looks to throw the jab but Fernandez is out of range.
William misses with a body shot.
James William is winning the standup battle so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
William has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from William there as he acknowledges the shot.
Fernandez throws a leg kick but William sees it coming and checks it nicely.
William scores with a jab.
William tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Fernandez pivots, looking for a leg kick but William is out of range and Fernandez settles back down.
William tries to land a body kick
and Fernandez counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
William does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
William looks to land a left hand but Fernandez moved out of range nicely.
Fernandez throws a hook to the side of William's head but William sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Fernandez blocks a jab.
William tries to clinch up.
A jab from William misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
William throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
William throws a poor cross that misses
and Fernandez counters with a nice uppercut.
Fernandez lands a jab to the head.
William swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Miguel Fernandez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on James William's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

William checks a low kick from Fernandez.
William misses with an uppercut.
William throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Decent striking displayed by Fernandez there.
Good shot there by Fernandez.

William clinches.
William is looking to break free of the clinch but Fernandez has double underhooks.
William lands a shoulder strike.
William blocks an uppercut.
Fernandez tries a body shot but William blocks it.
William swings away with an uppercut that misses.
William is working for takedown but Fernandez is calmly controlling the position for now.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Fernandez.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

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

Fernandez clinches with his opponent.

Fernandez manages to break the clinch.
William walks into a left hand.

James William's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
William uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fernandez.
William looks to land a right hand but Fernandez moved out of range.
William scores with a leg kick.
Fernandez takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
William jabs at Fernandez's body.
A chopping leg kick lands by William.
William tries to work over Fernandez's front leg with a kick but Fernandez checks it.
William just misses with a punch to the body.
Fernandez motions for William to come forward. Fernandez throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
William misses with a two punch combination.
William connects with a nice looking jab.

Fernandez is rocked!
William moves in close and cracks Fernandez with a massive right hand! Fernandez, frozen momentarily in time, tumbles to the canvas, already out cold! A brutal knockout by William!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). James William!
James William very nearly forgot to thank Brute 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.