PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Carl Syrelius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joaquim Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Syrelius comes to the cage accompanied by Saturday Nights Alright For Fighting. Joaquim Williams has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Carl Syrelius's chin.

Syrelius
vs
Williams

187 cm
21
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

195 cm
19
215 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Carl Syrelius!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Joaquim Williams!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Marco Blurström and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams tries to clinch but Syrelius is having none of it.
Syrelius keeps the fight on the outside.
Joaquim Williams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Syrelius closes the distance and clinches.
Williams scores with a shot to the side of Syrelius's head.
Williams tries to work over Syrelius's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Syrelius.
Williams misses with a punch on the inside.
Syrelius blocks an elbow strike from Williams.
Williams fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Williams misses with a hook from the clinch.
Syrelius has had enough of the clinch but Williams keeps him there for the moment.
Syrelius is stalling here.
Williams tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Williams tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Williams gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Syrelius.
Williams doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Williams fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams throws a punch but it's blocked by Syrelius.
Williams throws a knee to the head but misses.
Williams throws a head punch that misses.
Syrelius is trying to drag Williams to the mat but Williams just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Williams makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Syrelius goes for a takedown attempt but Williams pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Carl Syrelius. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Williams wants to clinch.
Williams tries to clinch

and Syrelius moves into the clinch.
Williams prevents a takedown attempt there.
Syrelius lands a body shot in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Williams - that landed with a thud.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Syrelius.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A head punch on the inside from Williams fails to land.
Williams misses with a punch on the inside.
Syrelius is working for takedown but Williams is calmly controlling the position for now.
Syrelius is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Williams pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Syrelius on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Syrelius wants a takedown but no success here.
Williams lands a left hand that snaps the head of Syrelius backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Williams.
Syrelius misses with some punches.
A right hook to the body lands for Williams.
Syrelius is breathing heavily.
Syrelius tries to break free but Williams pushes him back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Williams fails to land.
Williams tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Williams lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Syrelius is trying to drag Williams to the mat but Williams just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Williams prevents a takedown attempt there.
Williams unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Williams lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Syrelius blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Williams stops a takedown attempt from Syrelius.
A shot in the inside from Williams.
Williams lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Williams lands a left hand.
Williams lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Syrelius backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Williams.
Williams lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Williams lands with a short shot to the head.
A body shot lands from Williams.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Syrelius.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Williams makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Syrelius is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Williams lands a nice uppercut.
Williams makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Syrelius blocking some punches.
Williams tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Williams creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Syrelius's defenses.
Williams working aggressively here.
Still in the clinch, Williams scores with a nice short uppercut.
Syrelius changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Williams fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Syrelius avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Williams is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joaquim Williams dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Williams lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Carl Syrelius is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Syrelius avoids the head kick by Williams.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Williams. Syrelius shrugs it off though.
Williams fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Syrelius avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Syrelius avoids the head kick by Williams.
Whack! Williams lands a heavy head kick that drops Syrelius. The ref tackles Williams to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Syrelius was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Joaquim Williams!