PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dan Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manny Sessions (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Williams
vs
Sessions

170 cm
22
154 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

169 cm
19
156 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dan Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Manny Sessions!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A combination from Williams does no damage.
Sessions misses with a wild body shot.
Williams misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Williams lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Sessions scores with a shot to the body.
Sessions tries to clinch but Williams moves out of range.
Sessions tries to clinch there but Williams circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams avoids the body shot from Sessions.
Williams misses with a series of wild punches.
Sessions misses with a body shot.
Williams scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Sessions staying out of range there.
Williams keeps the fight on the outside.
Williams swats away the attempt to clinch by Sessions.

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.

Sessions has Williams up against the cage in a clinch.
Sessions digs a right hand into Williams's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Williams's gas tank.

Williams manages to break the clinch.
A low kick from Williams misses
and Sessions counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Williams swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Sessions counters with a nice low kick that buckles Williams's knee momentarily.
Sessions thumps Williams with a low kick.
Sessions is looking to score with low kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sessions slips a jab and a cross from Williams.
Sessions tries to clinch up.
Sessions uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Williams swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Sessions counters with a nice low kick that buckles Williams's knee momentarily.
Williams misses with a combination
and Sessions counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Williams blocks a low kick nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Sessions is looking to slow Williams down with leg kicks.
Sessions throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Sessions fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sessions lands a nice looking body shot.
Sessions throws a wild body kick that Williams sees coming a mile off.
Sessions feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Williams's calf.
Williams on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sessions. Sessions obviously looking to wear him down.
Williams misses with a double jab
and Sessions makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Manny Sessions dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Williams misses with a straight right.
Williams lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Williams.
Williams with a poor takedown
and Sessions counters with a thumping low kick.
Williams slips a straight right by Sessions.
Williams throws a combination that misses
and Sessions counters with a leg kick.
Williams takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Horrible takedown by Williams or perhaps it was just good defense by Sessions which made him look bad.
Sessions swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sessions.
Williams chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sessions can pounce on him.
Williams misses with a combination
and Sessions counters with a nice leg kick.
Williams displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Sessions misses the shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams shoots in for a takedown but Sessions shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dan Williams. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Williams falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sessions counters with a nice leg kick.
Manny Sessions seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A slapping body kick lands there for Sessions.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sessions is looking to clinch.
Sessions is looking to clinch.
A left and a right from Williams both land. Nice combination.
Manny Sessions seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
An inside leg kick lands from Sessions.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sessions delivers a nice body kick.
Sessions lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Sessions scores with a shot to the body.
Sessions pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Williams is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Sessions scores with a hook.
Williams misses with a combination
and Sessions counters with a nice low kick that buckles Williams's knee momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sessions scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Sessions listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Sessions takes a swing at Williams's ribcage but misses.
Sessions connects with a solid leg kick.
Manny Sessions is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Sessions closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Sessions with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Williams's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sessions doesn't manage to clinch there - Williams circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Manny Sessions showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Williams tries to keep at a distance but Sessions has taken the fight into the clinch.
Sessions lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Williams or not.
Williams's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sessions works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Williams is looking to break free of the clinch but Sessions has double underhooks.
Sessions lands an uppercut.
Sessions keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Williams's efforts to push away.
Sessions putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Williams in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Williams wants to get back to striking at distance but Sessions won't allow it.
Williams blocks an elbow strike from Sessions.
Sessions manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sessions lands a left hand.
Sessions displaying some good clinch control by pressing Williams up against the cage.
Sessions lands a left hand.
Williams wants to get back to striking at distance but Sessions won't allow it.
Williams takes a knee to the side of the body.
Sessions is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sessions lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sessions lands a shot to the body.
Sessions taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
The crowd are getting on Sessions's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Williams jumps guard but Sessions stands there with Williams around his waist. Williams gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Manny Sessions is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Sessions.
Sessions working Williams over with knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sessions.
Sessions stalling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sessions working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short uppercut from Sessions.
Sessions will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Williams up against the cage.
Williams jumps guard but Sessions stands there with Williams around his waist. Williams gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

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.
Williams has Sessions pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Sessions manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Dan Williams has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dan Williams. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Williams is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Williams is trying to break free.
Williams misses with a knee strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Manny Sessions comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sessions 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Manny Sessions!