PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Miguel Pereira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stanly Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pereira comes to the cage accompanied by Game of Thrones. Williams is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Kenny Loggins - I'm free. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Pereira
vs
Williams

183 cm
34
187 lbs
18 - 9 - 0

178 cm
38
180 lbs
33 - 19 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Hellbent
Zenith Nutrition (160q/225$)

Voodoo Nutrition

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 18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Miguel Pereira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 33 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Stanly Williams !
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pereira lands with a right hand.
Pereira is looking to chop away at Williams 's legs.
The fighters circle momentarily. Pereira darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Pereira misses with an attempted mid kick.
We've been told by Pereira's head coaches at Thunder MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Williams lands a nice shot to the body.
Pereira scores with a sloppy right hand. Williams should have avoided that one.
Williams avoids the body shot from Pereira.
A looping hook to the body misses from Williams . Pereira does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pereira lands a jab.
Pereira defending well as Williams loads up on a big left hand.
Pereira fires out a quick counter leg kick but Williams just manages to avoid it.
Williams with a hook.
Pereira keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Williams .
Pereira throws out a leg kick but Williams moves out of range and Pereira only half commits.
Pereira tries to clinch up.
Pereira cracks a nice hook into Williams 's ribs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pereira lands a nice looking body shot.
Williams misses with a low kick as Pereira jumps back.
Pereira blocks a leg kick.
Williams is trying hard to land a takedown here. Pereira sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
We've been informed that Williams has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Pereira thumps Williams with a low kick.
Williams slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pereira misses with an uppercut. Williams saw that one coming.
Williams takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Williams uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pereira.
Pereira rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Williams moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pereira misses with the combination.
Williams shoots in for a takedown but Pereira shows good takedown defense.
Williams keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pereira.
Williams steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Pereira.
Williams cracks Pereira with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Williams swings for the body but Pereira moves out of range.
Williams misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pereira.
Pereira looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Williams counters with a body kick.
Pereira throws a half hearted mid kick.
Williams uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pereira.
Williams with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Pereira to score with a decent uppercut.
Pereira tests Williams 's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Williams scores with a takedown into Pereira's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pereira utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Williams postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

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

Pereira's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pereira uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Williams .
An inside leg kick from Pereira misses.
Pereira tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Williams was well out of range. Poor timing from Pereira.
Williams throws a looping overhand right but Pereira ducks down to avoid it.
Pereira bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Williams looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Pereira avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Williams postures up in Pereira's guard and throws a big left but Pereira blocks it.
Williams trying to control but Pereira is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pereira is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Williams is controlling him.
Williams scoring with some ground and pound.
Williams in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Williams throws a big right hand that misses.
Williams scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pereira is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Williams is controlling him.
Williams trying to control but Pereira is working from the bottom.
Williams distracts Pereira with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Williams throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Pereira wants to stand and escape but Williams is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams trying to control the position from guard on top but Pereira is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Williams stops Pereira from standing up.
Williams wants to control from the top but Pereira keeps moving.
Williams throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Pereira works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Pereira has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Williams is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Williams blocking some punches.
Pereira is pushing Williams up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Pereira lands a hook that snaps the head of Williams backwards.
Williams blocks an uppercut.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Williams has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Pereira is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Miguel Pereira has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Stanly Williams .
Pereira swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pereira creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Williams .
Pereira throws a body punch but Williams moves out of range.
Stanly Williams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Williams connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Pereira throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A countering left hand to the body from Williams misses.

Williams drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Pereira is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Williams cracks Pereira with a big elbow.
Williams has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Williams scoring with punches from side control.
Williams scores with a couple of short elbows.
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!
Pereira taking punishment in the form of punches.
Pereira takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
An elbow from Williams crashes against the mat.
Williams lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Pereira down.
Williams landing a few strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pereira pushes Williams away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Williams gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

Williams tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Williams has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Pereira is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Williams is controlling him well.
Pereira managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Williams .
Pereira wants to get back to his feet but Williams drags him back down.
Williams with the ground and pound but Pereira regains half guard under the barage of strikes.

Williams wants to work for an arm triangle but Pereira is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Williams throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Williams in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Pereira tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Williams !

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Stanly Williams !
After the big win, Stanly Williams made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Voodoo Nutrition and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.