PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sean McEnaney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Erik Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

McEnaney
vs
Williams

182 cm
19
184 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

189 cm
23
194 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Sean McEnaney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Erik Williams!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Atkins and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McEnaney fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
McEnaney throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Williams's head.
McEnaney shoots in but Williams avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Nice sprawl there from Williams as McEnaney shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sean McEnaney. That's going to take a lot out of him.
McEnaney is breathing heavily.
McEnaney is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
McEnaney fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Williams.
Williams avoids the head kick by McEnaney.
Williams lunges at McEnaney with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by McEnaney's hand.

It looks like Sean McEnaney has been cut.
Williams cracks McEnaney with an uppercut from hell and McEnaney crumples to the canvas, he's out! Oh no, he's recovered and he's grabbed one of Williams's legs and pulled him into guard. The ref thought about stopping it there but he's let it go - good reffing!

McEnaney is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Williams controlling from the top position.
McEnaney wants to get back to his feet but Williams passes into half guard.

Williams decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McEnaney throws a sloppy head kick and Williams moves out of range easily.
McEnaney tries to clinch up.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from McEnaney. Williams shrugs it off though.
Williams avoids the head kick by McEnaney.
Williams takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

It looks like Erik Williams has been cut.
Williams avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
McEnaney throws a combination. Williams tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Williams circles away from the clinch attempt.
A solid body kick from McEnaney.
Williams catches McEnaney with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
McEnaney uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Williams.
Williams lands a nice looking body shot.
Williams will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A choreographed right hand from Williams misses the target.
Sean McEnaney seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Williams throws a right hand that McEnaney ducks under and follows up with a left that McEnaney also avoids with ease.
A leg kick checked by McEnaney.
McEnaney fails with a takedown attempt.
McEnaney tries to clinch there but Williams circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
McEnaney fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Williams on the side of the head.
McEnaney tries to close the distance and clinch up but Williams swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A punch combination from Williams misses.
McEnaney misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Williams scores with the left hand. McEnaney knows he should have avoided that one.
Good work by McEnaney as he checks the leg kick.
McEnaney throws a head kick that misses.
McEnaney throws a head kick that misses.
McEnaney tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Williams swivels and escapes.
Williams throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
McEnaney shoots in but Williams avoids the takedown attempt easily.
McEnaney misses with a takedown attempt - Williams sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
McEnaney connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McEnaney throws a head kick that Williams semi-blocks.
Williams avoids the head kick by McEnaney.
McEnaney checks the leg kick nicely there.
Williams moves out of range as McEnaney throws a body kick.
Williams looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
McEnaney tries to land a front kick but Williams steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Williams shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Williams throws a combination but it was largely blocked by McEnaney.
Horrible takedown by McEnaney or perhaps it was just good defense by Williams which made him look bad.
Williams lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
McEnaney lands a high kick to the side of Williams's head that stuns him and send him tumbling down to the canvas! McEnaney dives into guard, looking to finish.

Williams is rocked!
McEnaney trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Williams is still in real trouble! Can McEnaney finish him?
Williams working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from McEnaney.
McEnaney postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
McEnaney makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Williams seems to have recovered his senses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McEnaney landing with the ground and pound.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
McEnaney with a flurry of punches that miss.
McEnaney loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
McEnaney would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Williams manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
McEnaney is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Williams controlling the pace for now.
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 Sean McEnaney will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Williams swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Williams looks to land a right hand but McEnaney moved out of range.
McEnaney swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Williams 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.
McEnaney fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
McEnaney scores with the left hand. Williams knows he should have avoided that one.
Williams closes the distance and lands a one-two.
McEnaney fails in his attempt to clinch.
McEnaney defending well as Williams loads up on a big left hand.
McEnaney misses with a takedown attempt - Williams sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
McEnaney misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Williams lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

Sean McEnaney's cut is getting worse.
Williams getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Oh McEnaney is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McEnaney misses with a head kick.
McEnaney seems to have got his legs back now.
Williams misses with a straight left.
A choreographed right hand from Williams misses the target.
Williams is breathing heavily.
McEnaney throws a head kick but Williams moves out of range.
McEnaney misses with a head kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for McEnaney.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams misses with a body shot.
McEnaney throws a sloppy head kick
and Williams counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Williams blocks a head kick by McEnaney.
Williams tests McEnaney's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Williams with a hook.
Williams jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Williams lands with a nice body punch.
McEnaney takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
McEnaney lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Williams takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A punch lands to the side of McEnaney 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A head kick misses from McEnaney.

McEnaney darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McEnaney thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Williams to regain full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Williams is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Williams stalling the fight.

Williams breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Williams listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

Sean McEnaney's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
McEnaney fails in his attempt to clinch.
McEnaney has his takedown stuffed
and Williams counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sean McEnaney. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Williams cracks McEnaney with an uppercut from hell and McEnaney crumples to the canvas, he's out! Oh no, he's recovered and he's grabbed one of Williams's legs and pulled him into guard. The ref thought about stopping it there but he's let it go - good reffing!
Williams sitting in guard here, content to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McEnaney is looking to sweep but instead, Williams has passed into half guard.
Williams controlling the action here.

Williams gets to his feet - back to striking we go!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Williams paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

Jeez, Sean McEnaney's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Williams fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Williams stuns McEnaney with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Williams rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but McEnaney moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
McEnaney throws a quick inside leg kick.
Williams misses with the combination.
Erik Williams is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A head kick misses from McEnaney.
Williams walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. McEnaney checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Erik Williams seems to be getting the better of the standup.
McEnaney throws a head kick but Williams moves out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Williams misses with a few strikes there.
Williams lands a body shot.
McEnaney throws a sloppy body shot
and Williams counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Sean McEnaney's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Erik Williams!