PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sagara Sanosuke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenneth Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Williams has chosen Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Kenneth Williams acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Sanosuke
vs
Williams

190 cm
21
199 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

183 cm
24
195 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

ADCC Champion
Good low kicks
Granite chin

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 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sagara Sanosuke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kenneth Williams!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sanosuke tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Williams is able to avoid easily.
Williams throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Sanosuke's waist but Sanosuke gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Williams off to one side.
Williams misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sanosuke.
Williams shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Sanosuke defends it nicely.
Sanosuke takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Williams checks a leg kick nicely.
Williams throws a chopping leg kick but Sanosuke manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanosuke is looking to chop away at Williams's legs.
Sanosuke walks forward, straight into a front kick from Williams.
Williams blocks a head kick by Sanosuke.
Williams tries a head kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams throws a leg kick
and Sanosuke counters with a slapping leg kick.
Sanosuke scores with a leg kick.
A low kick from Williams misses
and Sanosuke counters with an outside leg kick.
Williams fails with a takedown attempt.
Sagara Sanosuke has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kenneth Williams.
Williams fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sanosuke manages to avoid it.
Sanosuke looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Sanosuke takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Williams throws a head kick that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Kenneth Williams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Williams walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Sanosuke checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Sanosuke feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Williams's calf.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanosuke misses with a leg kick
and Williams counters with a nice leg kick.
A head kick by Sanosuke misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Sanosuke throws a lazy head kick
and Williams counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Sagara Sanosuke is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Some bone on bone action there as Williams checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A head kick by Sanosuke misses
and Williams counters with a slapping leg kick.
Williams misses with a body kick.
Williams attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Sanosuke chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Williams blocks a low kick nicely.
Williams throws a leg kick but Sanosuke checks it.
Williams throws a low kick but Sanosuke moves out of range easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanosuke blocks the body kick.
Sanosuke throws a low kick but it's checked well by Williams.
Williams thows a leg kick but Sanosuke checks it
and Sanosuke counters with a nice body kick.

Williams looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Sanosuke!
Sanosuke manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Sanosuke is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Williams not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Williams is working for a submission of some sort.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanosuke is looking for a sweep. Williams is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Williams is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Williams throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Williams wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sanosuke keeps working.

Williams is looking for a kimura but Sanosuke is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Williams to get the leverage.
Williams wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sanosuke keeps working.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Kenneth Williams will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

A low kick from Williams misses
and Sanosuke counters with a nice low kick that buckles Williams's knee momentarily.
Sanosuke on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Sanosuke motions for Williams to come forward. Sanosuke throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Sanosuke misses with a leg kick.

Williams shoots in and bounces Sanosuke off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Williams accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Sanosuke working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Williams.
Williams looking to sit in guard and control but Sanosuke gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Williams has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Sanosuke can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams trying to keep a closed guard but Sanosuke is proving a slippery customer.
Williams is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Williams trying to control the position.
Sanosuke wants to pass the guard but Williams is keeping the position.

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 is controlling Sanosuke's posture.
Sanosuke trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Kenneth Williams was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Williams shoots in but Sanosuke avoids the takedown attempt easily.
No luck for Williams with that takedown attempt.
An inside leg kick lands from Williams.
Sanosuke cracks the inside of Williams's front leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams throws a head kick that misses.
Williams is looking to chop away at Sanosuke's legs.
Williams avoids the head kick by Sanosuke.
Williams fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Sanosuke is out of range.
Sanosuke motions for Williams to come forward. Sanosuke throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Williams connects with a leg kick. Sanosuke looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Williams misses the shot to the body.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sanosuke swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Williams, right into the meat.
Sanosuke moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Sanosuke is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

Williams scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanosuke trying to hold on to Williams's head to control him but Williams postures up.

Williams is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Sanosuke is just riding it out for now. Williams eventually gives up the hold.
Williams trying to control from half guard but Sanosuke is working away.

Williams is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kenneth Williams showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Williams fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Sanosuke checks it well.
Sanosuke throws a nice inside leg kick.
Williams lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Williams shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Williams tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Sanosuke counters with a big head kick but Williams shrugs it off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanosuke throws a leg kick
and Williams counters with a slapping leg kick.
Williams wants to land a leg kick but Sanosuke is out of range.
Williams fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Sanosuke has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams throws a solid leg kick but Sanosuke takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Williams.
Williams scoring well with a low kick there.
Williams connects with a solid leg kick.
Williams scores with a head kick. Sanosuke tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Williams is looking to score with low kicks.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Sanosuke checks a leg kick.
Williams cracks Sanosuke with a right hand to the side of the head.
A slapping leg kick lands for Williams.
Sanosuke is looking to score with low kicks.
Williams shoots in for a takedown but Sanosuke shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Sanosuke lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Sanosuke throws out a leg kick but Williams moves out of range and Sanosuke only half commits.
Williams has a takedown stuffed.
Sanosuke pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sanosuke throws a leg kick that is checked
and Williams counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Sanosuke is lucky that one didn't land flush.
A low kick from Sanosuke is predictable there
and Williams counters with a slapping leg kick.
Sanosuke throws a leg kick
and Williams counters with a thumping low kick.
Sanosuke thows a leg kick but Williams checks it
and Williams counters with a nice leg kick.
Williams misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Sagara Sanosuke has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kenneth Williams.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanosuke misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Williams throws out a leg kick but Sanosuke moves out of range and Williams only half commits.
Sanosuke throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Williams counters with a right hand to the body.
A low kick from Williams misses
and Sanosuke counters with a nice leg kick.
Williams tried to score with a low kick but Sanosuke checks it.
Williams lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Williams has his takedown stuffed
and Sanosuke counters with a slapping leg kick.
Sanosuke throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A low kick from Williams misses
and Sanosuke counters with a nice low kick that buckles Williams's knee momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams throws a low kick but it's checked well by Sanosuke.
Sanosuke avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Williams blocks a head kick by Sanosuke.
Sanosuke lands a leg kick that knocks Williams off balance momentarily.
Sanosuke takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Williams misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Sanosuke stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Williams.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sanosuke paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sagara Sanosuke has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Williams lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kenneth Williams comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Williams 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kenneth Williams!