PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tyrell Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Karamazov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Williams comes to the cage accompanied by Almost Famous by Eminem. Tyrell Williams had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Williams
vs
Karamazov

190 cm
20
210 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

189 cm
24
215 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Fire Sportswear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tyrell Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ivan Karamazov!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Konstantin Menshow and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Williams scores with a takedown into Karamazov's guard.
Karamazov is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Williams is controlling him.

Williams drops back looking for a leg! Karamazov is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Karamazov manages to kick Williams off! Williams jumps back into Karamazov's guard.
Williams trying to control but Karamazov is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams is really struggling to control Karamazov but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Williams in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

Williams postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Karamazov is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Williams, into his guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Williams throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Williams looking for a sweep. Not yet Williams, not yet.

Karamazov got a little sloppy there for a moment and Williams has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Karamazov has managed to get both his arms back between Williams's legs - danger averted.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Williams is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Karamazov defends well.

Williams has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Karamazov can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Karamazov stands up and waves to Williams to follow him.

That's four 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.
Williams throws a hook but Karamazov blocks it.
Karamazov throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Karamazov goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Williams is defended easily by Karamazov.
Karamazov looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Some wild striking there from Karamazov.
Williams looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Karamazov throws a nice looking combination but Williams bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Karamazov throws a sloppy head kick and Williams moves out of range easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ivan Karamazov will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Williams walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Williams shoots in but Karamazov avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Williams fails with a takedown attempt.
Williams will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tyrell Williams. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Williams shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Karamazov sprawls well. Karamazov wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Williams gets slowly back to his feet.
Karamazov tries a head kick but it misses.
Karamazov lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Williams circles away quickly and effectively.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karamazov lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Karamazov.
Karamazov uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Williams.
Williams changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Karamazov tries to avoid it but Williams manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Karamazov to the ground. Karamazov escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Williams looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Karamazov's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Karamazov duly obliges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams throws a combination that misses
and Karamazov counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Karamazov misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Karamazov misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Williams throws a left and a right that both miss
and Karamazov cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Williams walks into a jab.
A punch combination from Karamazov misses.
Karamazov tries to bum rush Williams with a series of wild strikes but Williams uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Williams misses with a combination
and Karamazov counters with a nice uppercut.
Good standup being displayed there by Karamazov as he connects with a hook.
Karamazov lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Williams backs up against the cage.
Karamazov pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Williams slips a jab and a cross from Karamazov.
Karamazov staying out of range there.
Karamazov misses with the combination.
A nice combination there by Karamazov.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Williams takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Tyrell Williams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Karamazov works over Williams's head and body with a nice combination.
Karamazov throws a head kick that misses.
Karamazov displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Williams throws out the jab.
Karamazov throws a right hand that Williams ducks under and follows up with a left that Williams also avoids with ease.
Karamazov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Williams with a poor takedown
and Karamazov counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Karamazov lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Karamazov scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Karamazov moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Karamazov throws a head kick that half lands.
Ivan Karamazov seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Karamazov lands with a nice body kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Karamazov.
Williams has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karamazov misses with a jab, cross combination.
Some wild striking there from Karamazov.
Karamazov throws a right and a left that both miss.
Karamazov tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Karamazov looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Karamazov throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Williams.
Williams scores with a body shot.
Karamazov's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Karamazov duly obliges.
Williams shoots for a double leg takedown but Karamazov sprawls well. He's pushed Williams's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Williams tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Good leg kick by Karamazov there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Williams gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Karamazov.
Karamazov tries to bum rush Williams with a series of wild strikes but Williams uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karamazov moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Tyrell Williams is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Karamazov fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A nice combination there by Karamazov.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice leg kick lands there from Karamazov.
Karamazov moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Karamazov cracks Williams with a right hand to the side of the head.
Williams misses with a combination
and Karamazov counters with a head kick. That will keep Williams thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Karamazov misses with the combination.
Karamazov looks to land a combination. Williams sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Karamazov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Williams.
Williams shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Karamazov pinned against the cage. Karamazov gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Karamazov misses with a wild combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ivan Karamazov showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Some wild striking there from Karamazov.
Karamazov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Williams shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Karamazov is trying to defend but Williams finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Williams throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Williams frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Williams unloads with some shots from mount but Karamazov bucks and avoids them well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Karamazov is squirming around, avoiding Williams's attempts to control the action.
Karamazov wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Williams.
Williams throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Karamazov prevents Williams from taking his back.

Williams working for a guillotine from mount but Karamazov is in no mood to give up.
Karamazov has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Karamazov wants to try and get back to his feet.
Williams trying to control but Karamazov is having none of it.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Karamazov can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Williams looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Williams wants to control the pace but Karamazov is squirming around nicely.
Williams throws some wild stikes that Karamazov manages to avoid easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Karamazov is in a horrible position here. Williams smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Williams is working for a guillotine from mount but Karamazov frees his head quite easily.
Karamazov has given up his back, trying to stand up. Not clever.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Williams working for the choke.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tyrell Williams showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Karamazov has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 27:29
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 27:29
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 27:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ivan Karamazov!