PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Drew Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Donte Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Williams comes into the arena with Empire State of Mind-Jay-Z blaring out of the sound system. Donte Pierre will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Williams
vs
Pierre

180 cm
21
180 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

190 cm
22
180 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Drew Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Donte Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Dean Styles and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Williams drives through and clinches with Pierre against the cage.
Williams looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Pierre misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Williams.
Nice body punch from Pierre.
Knees to the body from Pierre.
Pierre has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Williams avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

Pierre breaks the clinch.

Williams tries to keep at a distance but Pierre has taken the fight into the clinch.
Williams is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Pierre gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Pierre with a knee to the head.
Williams is trying to break the clinch but Pierre has him pressed against the cage.
Pierre has Williams pushed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pierre breaks the clinch.
Pierre dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Williams. That did some damage!

Pierre drives through with a takedown into guard.
Williams being controlled here, momentarily.
Pierre working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Pierre seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Pierre's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Williams looking to hit a scissor sweep but Pierre is one step ahead there.

Pierre stands up and waves to Williams to follow him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Williams gets caught flat footed, as Pierre shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Williams being controlled here, momentarily.
Pierre trying to control but Williams is working from the bottom.
Pierre sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Pierre postures up.
Williams might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams being controlled here, momentarily.

Despite being in the dominant position, Donte Pierre just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Pierre scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Pierre gets a takedown into half guard.
Pierre trying to mount his opponent but Williams defends it.
Pierre is controlling the pace.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Williams wants to improve his position but Pierre is controlling well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pierre looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Pierre tries to pass the half guard into mount. Williams knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Williams is looking to control Pierre's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Williams avoid being mounted?
Pierre slows the pace down in half guard.
Pierre prevents Williams from improving his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Donte Pierre dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Pierre.

Pierre darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Pierre prevents Williams from improving his position.

Pierre is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Williams wants to improve his position but Pierre is controlling well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pierre trying to control the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams is refusing to be controlled, as Pierre sits in half guard.
Williams wants to get back to full guard but Pierre has passed into side control.
Pierre looking to control but Williams is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Pierre looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Williams swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Williams tries to hold on but Pierre pushes him away.
Pierre can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Williams is looking to escape.
Williams is trying desperately to improve position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Pierre is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Williams is surviving well by controlling Pierre's body position as best he can.
Williams wants to control but Pierre is having none of it.
Williams is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Williams tries to hold on but Pierre pushes him away.
Williams is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Pierre is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams is looking to improve his position but Pierre isn't that keen on the idea.
Williams tries to hold on but Pierre pushes him away.
Pierre content just to control the position here.

Pierre is going olschool here, as he tries to force Williams to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Williams shrugs it off.
Pierre looking to control and managing it successfully.
Williams tries to lock up and control but Pierre gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Williams really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Pierre raining down shots from the mount!
Pierre controlling his opponent.
Pierre avoids the attempt from Williams to control.
Williams keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Pierre sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Williams tries to hold on but Pierre postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Donte Pierre showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Williams with a lazy takedown attempt

and Pierre counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Williams!

Pierre has hold of Williams's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Williams manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Williams is desperately trying to improve his position but Pierre has a good base and remains in mount.
BOOM! Pierre connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Pierre wants to control the pace but Williams is squirming around nicely.
Williams is wriggling around trying to escape.
Pierre content just to control the position here.
The referee warns Williams that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pierre prevents Williams from getting the reversal.
Pierre working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Williams is trying desperately to improve position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Pierre sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Williams defending well though.
Williams is trying to maintain the position but Pierre is very close to passing his half guard.
Pierre is trying to control. Williams wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Pierre controlling the action here.
Pierre is pressing down on Williams's thigh, looking to free his foot. Williams is holding on for now.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Pierre gets a takedown into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pierre thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Donte Pierre has got the better of the ground game so far.
Williams wants to control but Pierre is keeping busy.
Donte Pierre is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Pierre is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Williams is trying to get back to full guard.
Williams is working hard here to advance position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Well, if Pierre is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Williams is looking to control Pierre's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Williams avoid being mounted?

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Pierre gets a takedown into half guard.
Pierre seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Williams does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Pierre is looking to advance position but Williams won't allow it.
Pierre content to control rather than advance.

And that's the end of the fight!
Donte Pierre comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Pierre has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 27:30
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Donte Pierre!