PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ben Hornby (ranked 24912 p4p, 24677 weight class) and Kelly Williams (ranked 350 p4p, 340 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Hornby
vs
Williams

167 cm
19
143
1 - 4 - 0

169 cm
19
145
1 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Ben Hornby!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kelly Williams!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Trevor Gratis and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hornby gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Williams is looking to break free of the clinch but Hornby has double underhooks.
Williams wants to break the clinch but can't.
Williams keeps control of Hornby as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Williams tries to break the clinch but Hornby is controlling the position.
Hornby lands a left hand that snaps the head of Williams backwards.

Hornby manages to break the clinch.
Hornby listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Williams misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hornby changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Williams tries to avoid it but Hornby manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Williams to the ground. Williams escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Williams misses with a wild combination.
Hornby misses with a wild combination.
Williams misses with a straight right.
Hornby has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Hornby throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Hornby swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Williams throws a series of punches but Hornby moves out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Williams swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hornby throwing a counter right hand but Williams manages to avoid it.
Hornby tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Williams defends well and Hornby ends up having to push Williams into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hornby.
A frustrated look appears on Williams's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Hornby breaks from the clinch.
Hornby's jab looks to have found its range, popping Williams under the eye.
Williams misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nice takedown defense from Williams. No joy for Hornby on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ben Hornby. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Williams loads up on a big right hand but Hornby slips the punch.

Hornby has taken the fight to the clinch.

Hornby breaks from the clinch.
Hornby dives in and grabs Williams's left leg, looking for a takedown. Williams pushes down on Hornby's head and hops out.
Williams misses with the combination.
Williams misses with a few strikes there.
Hornby throws a big counter combination but Williams scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Hornby shoots for a takedown but Williams saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Hornby gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hornby prevents Williams from breaking the clinch.
Williams tries to break free but Hornby pushes him back against the cage.

Hornby escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hornby.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Hornby has taken the fight to the clinch.
Williams looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hornby wants to break free but Williams has control.
Hornby has Williams pressed against the cage, preventing Williams from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Hornby breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hornby lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

Hornby closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Williams has had enough of the clinch but Hornby keeps him there for the moment.
A frustrated look appears on Williams's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Williams tries to break free but Hornby pushes him back against the cage.
Williams is trying to force a seperation but Hornby has the dominant position.
Williams is trying to push Hornby away but Hornby has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Williams is trying to break free.
Williams is trying to force a seperation but Hornby has the dominant position.
Hornby prevents Williams from breaking the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Williams's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Williams is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Hornby manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hornby works the jab nicely.
Williams takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ben Hornby seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Williams keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

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

Williams is rocked!

Hornby takes the fight into the clinch.
Williams is still on wobbly legs! Can Hornby finish him?
Hornby is looking to break free of the clinch but Williams has double underhooks.
Williams wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hornby tries to break free but Williams pushes him back against the cage.

Hornby pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Hornby closes the distance and clinches.
Williams is trying to push Hornby away but Hornby has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Williams seems to have recovered his senses.
Hornby has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Hornby breaks from the clinch.
Hornby lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

Hornby takes the fight into the clinch.

Hornby manages to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Hornby closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Williams did well to prevent Hornby getting side control.
Hornby seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Williams tries to get to full guard but Hornby has control of the leg.
Williams is looking to control Hornby's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Williams avoid being mounted?
Williams wants to get back to full guard.
Hornby controlling the action here.
Williams trying to control here.
Hornby looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ben Hornby dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Hornby rushes Williams and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A body shot lands from Hornby.
Hornby keeps control of Williams as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Hornby pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Williams goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Hornby goes for a double leg but Williams avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Williams continues to drive forward.
Hornby tries to land a knee to the head but Williams blocks with his arms.
Williams wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hornby has him pressed against the cage.

Hornby breaks the clinch.
Williams will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hornby throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Williams.
Williams swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Williams lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Williams throws a series of punches but Hornby moves out of range.
Nice body punch from Hornby.
Hornby slips a jab from Williams.
Hornby shoots for a takedown but Williams saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Williams has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Ben Hornby is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hornby instigates a clinch.
Williams has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Williams wants to get back to striking at distance but Hornby won't allow it.

Hornby's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Williams takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Williams misses with a two punch combination.
Some wild striking there from Williams.
Hornby fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ben Hornby. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A head kick misses from Hornby.
Hornby slips under a jab.
Williams will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nice defenses there by Hornby.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hornby closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Williams is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Hornby breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Williams avoids a low kick by using good footwork.

Hornby pushes Williams up against the cage in a clinch.

Hornby breaks the clinch.
Hornby is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Williams can do to turn this around?
Williams misses with a few strikes there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Williams throws a nice looking combination but Hornby bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Williams swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hornby counters with a left and a right that stings Williams.
Hornby looks for a takedown but Williams sprawls well.
Hornby shoots in for a takedown but Williams shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Jab, jab by Hornby - just one landing.
Williams swinging wildly here.
Some wild striking there from Williams.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams throws the left hand but Hornby avoids the punch easily.
Hornby throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Williams's waist but Williams gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Hornby off to one side.
Williams walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

Hornby clinches with his opponent.

Hornby's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Hornby moves into the clinch.

Hornby breaks from the clinch.
Williams lands with a nice combination. Hornby backs away looking to recover.
Hornby lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Williams looks to land a left hand but Hornby moved out of range nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Hornby clinches up with Williams and pushes him back against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Hornby's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hornby throws an elbow but it misses.

Hornby's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hornby uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Williams.
Hornby is looking to counter the offense by Williams and move into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Hornby connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Williams scrambles back to his feet.
Nice sprawl there from Williams as Hornby shoots in.
Hornby scores with a jab to the head.
Hornby dives in and grabs Williams's left leg, looking for a takedown. Williams pushes down on Hornby's head and hops out.
Hornby misses with a series of wild punches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Hornby closes the distance and clinches.
Williams tries to circle away but Hornby has him pinned against the cage.
Williams tries to circle away but Hornby has him pinned against the cage.
Williams is trying to break free.
Williams has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Williams letting Hornby take a breather here.
Ben Hornby has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Hornby breaks from the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Williams lands a head shot.
Hornby throws a low kick, looking for Williams's leg but Williams calmly moves out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ben Hornby dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Hornby tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Williams swivels and escapes.
A combination from Williams does no damage.
Williams swings for the body but Hornby moves out of range.
A combination from Williams does no damage.
Hornby is looking to counter with a shot to the body.

Hornby darts in and clinches Williams up against the cage.
Williams wants to break free but Hornby has control.

Hornby breaks from the clinch.
Williams swinging wildly here.
Williams throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Williams swinging wildly here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Hornby gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Williams can't break the clinch.
Williams has had enough of the clinch but Hornby keeps him there for the moment.
Williams wants to break free but Hornby has control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Williams wants to get back to striking at distance but Hornby won't allow it.
Williams is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Williams is trying to break free.
Williams has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Hornby breaks the clinch.

Williams gets tackled into the cage by Hornby. Hornby maintains the clinch.

Hornby pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Williams throws a combination. Hornby tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Hornby fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Williams avoids it really well and circles away.
Hornby fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ben Hornby. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Williams displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Hornby.
Williams swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hornby counters with a three punch combo that has Williams backing up. Williams nods at Hornby to acknowledge the strikes.

Hornby has Williams up against the cage in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams prevents Hornby from breaking the clinch.
Hornby tries to break free but Williams pushes him back against the cage.
Williams wants to break the clinch but can't.
A frustrated look appears on Hornby's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Williams is trying to break the clinch but Hornby has him pressed against the cage.

Hornby breaks the clinch.
Good shot there by Hornby.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Williams moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

Hornby is rocked!
Hornby staying out of range there.
Oh Hornby is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Williams throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hornby fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Despite the aggression on Williams's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Williams misses with a two punch combination.
An attempted straight right counter from Hornby misses the target.
Williams takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hornby tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Williams counters with a huge uppercut, hook combination that drops Hornby! The ref has seen enough - he's dived in to stop the fight! Brutal strikes by Williams!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kelly Williams!
During a confident post fight interview, Kelly Williams thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.