PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between William James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Philip Fry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

James
vs
Fry

190 cm
24
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
24
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Prefers standup

One stop Shop

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, William James!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Philip Fry!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Colin Fray and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
James wants to clinch up but Fry keeps it at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - James looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fry. James does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fry blocks a head kick by James.
Fry tries to counter by closing the distance.
Fry connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Fry ducks down and throws a hook to the body but James moves away.
James tries to clinch but Fry moves out of range.
Fry will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Fry throws a body punch but James moves out of range.
Fry looks to land a combination. James sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

James forces Fry back against the cage and clinches.
Fry is trying to break the clinch but James has him pressed against the cage.
Fry wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but James has him pressed against the cage.
James struggles to land a body shot inside as Fry controls his hands.
James trying to stall but Fry improves his position.
Fry looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
James misses with a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
James using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
James goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
James gets through Fry's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
James lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
James misses with a body punch.
James lands a body shot.
James stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Fry blocks a body shot from James.
James tries to work over Fry's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fry avoiding damage as James throws knees to the body.
James creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Fry is trying to break free.

James breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Philip Fry seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
James steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fry.
James seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fry keeps the fight on the outside.
James scores with a head kick.
Fry looks to score with a jab to the body but James is just out of range.
James tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Fry manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Fry misses with a body shot.
James throws a counter high kick but Fry was just alert enough to avoid it.
Fry throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fry throws a body punch but James moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fry. James does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fry throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
James half committed to a counter leg kick.
James throws a sloppy head kick

and Fry counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Fry.
A short right hand to the side of the head by James.
Fry tries to break free but James pushes him back against the cage.
James lands with a left to the head.
Fry wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
James scores a nice knee to the body.
Fry looks winded!
James throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Frys head.
James misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fry wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
James fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from James.
James misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fry wants a takedown but no success here.
James with a knee to the head.
Fry prevents a body shot from James.
Fry wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but James has him pressed against the cage.
James lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fry tries to break the clinch but James is controlling the position.
Fry blocks a body shot from James.
Fry blocking some punches.
James is stalling here.
James tries to work over Fry's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fry wants to get back to striking at distance but James won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from James.
James pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Fry has had enough of the clinch but James keeps him there for the moment.
Fry wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
James keeps control of Fry as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Fry wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Fry misses with an elbow over the top.
James swings away with an uppercut that misses.
James tries to throw a body punch but Fry avoids it by throwing James back against the cage.
James lands a nice shot to the body.

James escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Fry misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
James moves in looking to clinch but Fry pushes him off.
Fry throws a combination but it was largely blocked by James.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

James moves into the clinch successfully.
James trying to control the position but instead, Fry has worked for underhooks and has pushed James into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William James dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

James dodges the punch combination from Fry.
Fry misses with a two punch combination.

James moves into the clinch.
Fry can't get the takedown.
James doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

James escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Philip Fry seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Fry shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. James eats them both and turns towards Fry to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Fry lands with an uppercut that bounces James off the cage and back into range.

James closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from James fails to land.
Fry prevents a body shot from James.
Fry is trying to break the clinch but James is controlling him.

James escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
James throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fry throws a series of punches but James moves out of range.
James takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Fry is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
James ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Fry looks to land a combination but James avoids it well.
As Fry tries to get set, James tries to push him back and clinch up but Fry manages to avoid the attempt.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Fry has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from James.
Fry lands a right hook to the body.
James tries to clinch but Fry is having none of it.
Fry throws a hook to the side of James's head but James sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

James has taken the fight to the clinch.

James's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
James lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
James tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Fry throws a series of punches but James avoids them all with ease.
Fry scores with a three punch combo!
Fry is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down James rather than just go for the knockout.
James is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
William James is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fry misses with a combination
and James counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

James closes the distance and pushes Fry back into the cage.

James breaks from the clinch.
James doesn't manage to clinch there - Fry circles away.
James defending well as Fry loads up on a big left hand.

Fry gets tackled into the cage by James. James maintains the clinch.

James's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fry just misses with a punch to the body.
Some wild striking there from Fry.
James lands with a kick to the temple. Fry shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
James lands a leg kick that knocks Fry off balance momentarily.
Fry scores with a three punch combo!
James fails in his attempt to clinch.
James lands with a kick to the temple. Fry shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
James misses the jab.
Fry swats away the attempt to clinch by James.
Fry wants to counter the offense by James and move into the clinch position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
James throws a head kick that half lands.

Fry is rocked!
James looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Fry is still on wobbly legs! Can James finish him?
Fry throws a hook but James blocks it.

James has closed the distance and engaged Fry in a clinch.
James lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
James creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Fry's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Fry drops to his knees and James pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). William James!