PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between John The Bomber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Winjkin William (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John The Bomber has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

The Bomber
vs
William

225 cm
26
130 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

150 cm
21
130 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
KO power

Olympic wrestler
Counter striker
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John The Bomber!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Winjkin William!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Tarja Halkonen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Bomber gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and William counters with a straight right hand.
William swings for the body but The Bomber moves out of range.
The Bomber doesn't succeed with the takedown
and William counters with a nice leg kick.
The Bomber doesn't succeed with the takedown

and William counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John The Bomber. That's going to take a lot out of him.
William lands a body shot in the clinch.
A short body shot lands from William as the two fighters clinch.
William tries to land knees in the clinch but The Bomber avoids the damage to the body.
The Bomber prevents a body shot from William.
The Bomber is looking for a takedown.
The Bomber tries to score a body lock takedown but William shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Bomber looking for a takedown.
William is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. The Bomber is defending well for now.
The Bomber on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
William is defending well against a takedown attempt.
The Bomber managing to block the knees to the body from William.
William dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
William misses with a hook to the ribs.
William stalling.
The crowd are getting on William's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
William throws an elbow but it's blocked.
William dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
William struggles to land a body shot inside as The Bomber controls his hands.
William lands a good knee to the midsection. The Bomber won't want to take too many of those.
William tries to throw a body punch but The Bomber avoids it by throwing William back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Bomber tries for a takedown but William manages to get underhooks.
William is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. The Bomber is defending well for now.
The Bomber managing to block the knees to the body from William.
William lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The Bomber blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Bomber is working for takedown but William is calmly controlling the position for now.
The Bomber changes levels and goes for a takedown here. William fights it off and pushes away nicely.
William blocks a head kick by The Bomber.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Bomber with a lazy takedown attempt
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

William has The Bomber up against the cage in a clinch.
William misses with the head strike.
William is pushing The Bomber up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
The Bomber has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. William is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
William lands an uppercut.
William scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
William is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The Bomber blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
William is struggling to control the position.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Winjkin William.
The Bomber doesn't succeed with the takedown

and William moves into the clinch.
William displaying some good clinch control by pressing The Bomber up against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The Bomber blocks a body shot from William.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Winjkin William dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

The Bomber closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
The Bomber tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.

The Bomber is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but William is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
You can see the frustration on William's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
William is looking to regain half guard here but The Bomber keeps moving and retains side control.
The Bomber has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
William manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.

The Bomber is working for a kimura but William is defending it quite comfortably.
William blocking the ground and pound attempt from The Bomber.

That's one minute gone in the round.
William is trying to stand back up but The Bomber is controlling him
William avoiding damage under a succession of punches from The Bomber.
The Bomber is trying to control. William wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

The Bomber is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but William still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, William has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!
The Bomber is looking for a sweep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
William is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
The Bomber is trying to work for a sweep but William has mounted him!
The Bomber is trying to escape the mount.
The Bomber is squirming around, avoiding William's attempts to control the action.
The Bomber tries to hold on but William postures up.
William controlling the position easily from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Bomber keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The Bomber wants to control but William is having none of it.
The Bomber really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
William controlling the position easily from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Bomber is wriggling around trying to escape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The Bomber wants to control but William is having none of it.
William controlling his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The Bomber keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that John The Bomber will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

William misses with a low kick.
The Bomber misses with a takedown
and William counters with a nice body kick.
The Bomber with a poor takedown
and William counters with an outside leg kick.
The Bomber gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and The Bomber takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John The Bomber. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The Bomber tries to score with a low kick but William moves his leg out of the way.
The Bomber with a poor takedown
and William counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps The Bomber thinking.
William scores with a punch to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Bomber misses with a takedown attempt

and William counters by clinching up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The Bomber drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
William throws an elbow that misses.
The Bomber wants to take the fight to the mat but William manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
William is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
William using the Thai plumb to throw knees but The Bomber has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The Bomber blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The Bomber on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
William gets underhooks to prevent The Bomber's takedown attempt.
A nice left hand lands by William.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
William is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. The Bomber is defending well for now.
William stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
William crunches a lovely knee into The Bomber's ribcage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for William.
William missing with knees to the body.
William misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from The Bomber.
William throws a punch but it's blocked by The Bomber.
William misses with the head strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
William misses with the head strike.
Winjkin William seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
The Bomber blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A right hand to the body from William.
The Bomber can't get the takedown.
William is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. The Bomber is defending well for now.
The Bomber has William pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. William manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Bomber blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
William lands a right hand.
The Bomber has William pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. William manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
William digs a right hand underneath The Bomber's ribcage. The Bomber let out a lung full of air as it connected.
William misses with a hook to the ribs.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from William.
William receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
William tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The Bomber avoiding damage as William throws knees to the body.
The Bomber on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
William misses with a shot to the kidneys.
William leaning his opponent against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
William gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from The Bomber.
William lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
William tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and The Bomber avoids it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for William.

The Bomber has picked William up - he's going for a ride! The Bomber dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

The Bomber is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. William doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time The Bomber.

The Bomber is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. William doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time The Bomber.

And that's the end of the fight!
Winjkin William comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think William 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Winjkin William!
After winning the bout, Winjkin William thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.