PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between James William (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Busta Rhymes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). William comes to the cage accompanied by Outlaw's Reward . Rhymes comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Winter Warz kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! On his way into the cage it seems that James William has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily James William seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

William
vs
Rhymes

188 cm
32
214 lbs
27 - 11 - 0

185 cm
38
217 lbs
35 - 18 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Hellbent
Merciless Gladiators

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, James William!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 35 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Busta Rhymes!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Steve Montenegro and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
William takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
William throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
We've been hearing reports that William has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
James William seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
William gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

It looks like James William has been cut.
William swings away with a body shot that misses
and Rhymes counters with an outside leg kick.
Rhymes slips under a jab from William.
Rhymes moves out of range of the strikes.
Rhymes fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt William.
William fails to land with a series of punches.
William looks to throw the jab but Rhymes is out of range.
Rhymes takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
William misses with a body shot.
Rhymes drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
William shoots in but Rhymes avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Rhymes connects with a single shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
William throws a predictable looking body shot
and Rhymes counters with a right hand to the body.
William fails with a takedown attempt.
William jabbing away but nothing is landing.
William shoots for a takedown but Rhymes saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for James William. That's going to take a lot out of him.
William tries to clinch but Rhymes moves out of range.
Rhymes thows a body shot but no joy.
Rhymes fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches William on the side of the head.
Rhymes connects with a nice looking jab.
William shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Rhymes defends it nicely.
A nice inside leg kick there by William. That's going to slow Rhymes down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rhymes takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Rhymes loads up on a big right hand but William slips the punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
William throws a shot from downtown. Rhymes moves away and avoids it.
Rhymes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but William manages to avoid it.
Rhymes has worked on his takedown defense in the runup to this fight and it is paying off so far.
William uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rhymes.
William misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rhymes looks to throw the jab but William is out of range.
A big right from William misses.
William tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Rhymes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Excellent takedown into side control there by William.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Rhymes wants to control but William postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rhymes is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but William is staying active.
Rhymes tries to escape but William is in control.
William tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Rhymes struggling a bit here.
William grinds an elbow into Rhymes's temple.
Rhymes manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
William not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Rhymes is trying to get back to full guard.
Rhymes is trying to stand up here but William is controlling him well.
William thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Rhymes's head.
William wants to pass to mount but Rhymes is defending the position.
Rhymes wants to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rhymes is staying active underneath William, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Rhymes trying to control but William postures up.
Rhymes tries to regain full guard. Instead though, William has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
William raining down shots from the mount!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rhymes regains half guard.
Rhymes has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. William is working away from the top position though.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rhymes pushes William off looking to stand but William dives back in and keeps control.
Rhymes won't allow William to pass to mount.
William not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Busta Rhymes will probably get the nod.
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.

Nice straight punches there by William. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of William.
William throws a leg kick which misses Rhymes's front leg but catches the back leg as Rhymes tries to avoid it.
William throws the left hand but Rhymes avoids the punch easily.
William doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Rhymes counters with an outside leg kick.

William scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Rhymes struggling a bit here.
Rhymes managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by William.
Rhymes regains half guard.
William stops Rhymes from getting back to his feet.
William throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
James William overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rhymes desperately trying to maintain half guard.
William prevents Rhymes from improving his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rhymes trying to control but William postures up.
Rhymes pushes William off looking to stand but William dives back in and keeps control.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
William is trying to control the action in half guard but Rhymes is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Rhymes is trying to maintain the position but William is very close to passing his half guard.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Busta Rhymes hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
William throws a body punch but Rhymes moves out of range.
William scores with a sloppy right hand. Rhymes should have avoided that one.
William throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Rhymes counters with a nice uppercut.
William connects with an inside leg kick.
William scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
William throws a low kick, looking for Rhymes's leg but Rhymes calmly moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rhymes looks to land a left hand but William moved out of range nicely.
Busta Rhymes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
William moves into range and connects with a jab.
William misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rhymes.
Rhymes blocks a leg kick.
Rhymes throws a quick head kick that skims the top of William's head.
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!
Rhymes slips a jab and a cross from William.
Rhymes fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but William is out of range.
Rhymes misses with a body shot.
William thuds his shin into the meat of Rhymes's side.
Rhymes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
William scores with a hook.
William throws a lazy right hand but Rhymes sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rhymes chopping away at his opponent's legs.
William throws a jab when Rhymes was well out of range.
William looks to score with a jab to the body but Rhymes is just out of range.
Rhymes avoids the body shot from William.
William throws a left and a right that both miss
and Rhymes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rhymes changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
William shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Rhymes but Rhymes pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
William is looking to clinch but Rhymes is avoiding it.
Rhymes throws a nice inside leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rhymes feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to William's calf.
William throws a poor cross that misses
and Rhymes makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rhymes ducks under a wild hook from William.
William misses with a body shot.
William drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

James William's cut is getting worse.
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 misses with a body punch
and Rhymes counters with a nice body shot.
William throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Rhymes's waist but Rhymes gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing William off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for James William. That's going to take a lot out of him.
William stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Rhymes.

Rhymes lands a left and a right that send William crashing to the mat, dazed. Rhymes thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

William is rocked!
Rhymes closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops William! Rhymes dives in looking to finish! William is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Busta Rhymes!
Busta Rhymes is the new light heavyweight champion!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Busta Rhymes waved his t-shirt featuring TFP Graphics - Pit Inc's logo in front of the cameras.