PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Firus Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josh Lloyed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Williams's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Fuel-Hemorrhage. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Williams
vs
Lloyed

178 cm
28
165 lbs
11 - 11 - 0

180 cm
26
178 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

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Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Firus Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Josh Lloyed!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Paulsen Ambrosius and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Williams looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Williams's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Lloyed connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Williams scrambles back to his feet.

Williams moves into range and clinches up with Lloyed.
Lloyed fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Williams lands a damaging elbow.

Williams tightens his grip and picks Lloyed up, before dumping him to the ground. Lloyed manages to land in guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Williams tries to free his leg and advance position but Lloyed is retaining full guard.
Williams throws a big right hand that misses.
Williams stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Lloyed swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Williams is looking to work some ground and pound but Lloyed has wrist control.
Lloyed avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Williams is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Williams is in close to Lloyed's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams is looking to work some ground and pound but Lloyed has wrist control.
Lloyed avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lloyed pulls Williams in close to his closed guard and prevents Williams from doing any damage or advancing position.
Williams throws a big elbow that misses.
Lloyed is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Williams postures up in Lloyed's guard and throws a big left but Lloyed blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Williams forces his way into half guard.
Williams has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Williams not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Williams throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Williams scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

Williams looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Williams sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Lloyed defending well though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams drops an elbow to the side of Lloyed's head.
Ground and pound from Williams.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Williams sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Lloyed defending well though.

Williams looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Williams thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Lloyed's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Williams is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Lloyed doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Williams.
Lloyed is doing well to control the position and prevent Williams from advancing to side control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Williams not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Lloyed is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Williams scores with a couple of nice shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Lloyed throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Williams throws a nice looking combination but Lloyed bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Lloyed lands with a nice combination. Williams backs away looking to recover.
Williams dives in and grabs Lloyed's left leg, looking for a takedown. Lloyed pushes down on Williams's head and hops out.

Williams shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Williams throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Firus Williams overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Williams is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Lloyed has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Williams is working away from the top position though.
Lloyed is not content to let Williams control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Williams is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Lloyed is just riding it out for now. Williams eventually gives up the hold.

Williams is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Williams seems to be working for a kimura but Lloyed defends the submission attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Lloyed is positioning himself well to prevent Williams advancing to mount.
Williams slips a nice elbow through Lloyed's hands, connecting with Lloyed's forehead.
Williams throwing shots but Lloyed is blocking nicely.
Williams is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Lloyed trying to hold on to Williams's head to control him but Williams postures up.
Williams throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Lloyed really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Williams. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Williams is looking for a kimura but Lloyed is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Williams to get the leverage.

Williams is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Lloyed tries to get to full guard but Williams has control of the leg.
Williams trying to control from half guard but Lloyed is working away.

Williams is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Williams is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Williams not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Lloyed tries to roll over but Williams keeps him under control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Williams seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Firus Williams dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Williams listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

Lloyed drives through and clinches with Williams against the cage.
Williams lands a good knee to the midsection. Lloyed won't want to take too many of those.

Williams has hold of one of Lloyed's legs. Lloyed is fighting the takedown attempt but Williams gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Williams connects with a couple of short punches.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Williams landing with the ground and pound.
Williams lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Williams is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Williams trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams wants to control from the top but Lloyed keeps moving.
Williams with a flurry of punches that miss.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Williams accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Lloyed wants to sweep but no luck.
Williams throwing strikes but missing.
Williams with a nice head shot there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams pushes down on Lloyed's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Williams working the head and body with strikes.
Williams not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Williams not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Lloyed is defending against the submission attempts here by Williams.

Williams seems to be working for a kimura but Lloyed defends the submission attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Williams is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Lloyed still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Lloyed has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!
Josh Lloyed has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Williams is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lloyed can do to turn this around?
Lloyed working the strikes but Williams uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Williams wants to control but Lloyed is keeping busy.
Lloyed looks to land a strike but Williams avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Williams working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Lloyed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lloyed in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Lloyed throws an elbow that misses. Williams uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Lloyed's guard. Nice move by Williams!
Williams lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Firus Williams is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Williams throwing strikes but missing.
Lloyed being controlled here, momentarily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Williams trying to control but Lloyed is working from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Firus Williams showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Williams, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Firus Williams!
Firus Williams decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.