PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Gaarlandt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas William (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ricardo Gaarlandt could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Thomas William's chin.

Gaarlandt
vs
William

184 cm
25
234 lbs
16 - 6 - 0

170 cm
27
250 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Decent boxing
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ricardo Gaarlandt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Thomas William!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Gaarlandt.
Gaarlandt thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on William if he has to take too many more of those.

William looking to score a takedown here. Gaarlandt is defending well but William drives through and ends up in Gaarlandt's guard.
William in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Gaarlandt is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
William wants to control from the top but Gaarlandt keeps moving.
Gaarlandt seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
William looking to pass the guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Gaarlandt has his feet on William's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Ricardo Gaarlandt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gaarlandt keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
William shoots in but no luck this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
William fails with a takedown attempt.
Gaarlandt was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Ricardo Gaarlandt has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thomas William.
Gaarlandt scores with a jab. William acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Gaarlandt moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Gaarlandt cracks William with a right hand to the side of the head.
No luck with that takedown attempt from William.
William looks winded!
William looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Gaarlandt is fending him off so far but William persists. Nope, Gaarlandt circles away and we're back to standing.
Nice body punch from Gaarlandt.
Gaarlandt buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A solid body kick from Gaarlandt.
Gaarlandt scores with a nice body kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Gaarlandt.
Gaarlandt lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gaarlandt is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Gaarlandt lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
William walks forward, straight into a front kick from Gaarlandt.
Gaarlandt scores with a leg kick.

Gaarlandt lands a big head kick that sends William tumbling to the mat! Gaarlandt takes a step backwards and waves William back to his feet - he wants the finish!

William is rocked!
William gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Gaarlandt gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! William is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ricardo Gaarlandt!
A relieved looking Ricardo Gaarlandt thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.