PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Hairy Bear (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Willaims (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Bear
vs
Willaims

180 cm
30
128 lbs
9 - 9 - 0

170 cm
21
143 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Determined

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 9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Hairy Bear!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, David Willaims!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Ren Mimura and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Willaims takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Willaims drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Willaims lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Bear down.
Bear tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Willaims wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Willaims gets to mount! Bear was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Willaims looking to finish Bear with some ground and pound. This is bad for Bear!
Willaims lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Bear hang on?
Bear is looking to get to half guard.
Bear is working hard here to advance position.
Willaims scoring with strikes but Bear is staying in there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Willaims takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Willaims landing strikes, looking to finish!
Willaims lands with some strikes.
Bear regains half guard.
Willaims looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Willaims looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Bear trying to hold on to Willaims's head to control him but Willaims postures up.
Ground and pound from Willaims.
Willaims working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Willaims seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bear is looking to control Willaims's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Bear avoid being mounted?

Willaims is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Bear doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Willaims.
Willaims content to control rather than advance.
Bear trying to control here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Willaims is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Willaims.
Willaims has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Willaims controlling his opponent.
Bear taking shots to the head.
Bear is working to get back to half guard.
Willaims scoring with strikes but Bear is staying in there.
Willaims is landing with some decent strikes but Bear is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bear is in a horrible position here. Willaims smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bear keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Willaims lands with some strikes.
Willaims content just to control the position here.
Bear regains half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bear is trying to control but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Willaims dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Bear tries to close the distance and clinch up but Willaims swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bear throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Willaims's head.
Bear tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Willaims was well out of range. Poor timing from Bear.
Willaims throws an off balance right hand
and Bear counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Willaims keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bear misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Willaims slips a jab and a cross from Bear.
Bear pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bear tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Willaims throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Willaims avoids the head kick by Bear.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Willaims doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Willaims looks to land a right hand but Bear moved out of range.
Willaims takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Bear throws a hook to the side of Willaims's head but Willaims sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bear really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Bear throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Willaims throws a right hand that misses
and Bear counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Bear darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Nice defenses there by Willaims.
Bear tries to clinch there but Willaims circles away.
Bear swings for the body but Willaims moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bear misses the shot to the body.
Bear scores with a body shot.
Willaims takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
An inside leg kick from Bear misses.
Bear uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Willaims.
Willaims misses with a hook. Bear ducked under it nicely.
Bear throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Willaims is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Bear takes a swing at Willaims's ribcage but misses.
Willaims moves forwards but Bear connects with a nice, crisp jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bear throws a head kick but Willaims moves out of range.
Willaims ducks under a wild hook from Bear.
Bear blocks a jab.
Bear missing with a left hand there. Willaims was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Willaims throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bear misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Willaims.
Willaims uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bear.
Bear slips a straight right by Willaims.
Bear tries a head kick but it misses.
Bear thuds a left hand into Willaims's body.
Hairy Bear seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Willaims gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Bear throws a body punch but Willaims moves out of range.
Bear is looking to clinch.
Bear throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bear swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Willaims uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bear.
Willaims swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bear tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Willaims counters with a shoot takedown. Bear fights it but they end up in guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Willaims forces his way into half guard.
Willaims is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hairy Bear dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

A swing and a miss from Bear.
Bear is looking to clinch.
Bear misses with a looping right.
Bear missing with a left hand there. Willaims was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bear misses the jab.
Bear moves in looking to clinch but Willaims pushes him off.
A telegraphed right hand from Willaims misses the target.
Bear tries a head kick but it misses.
Bear slips a jab from Willaims.
Bear moves away from the strike by Willaims.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bear throws a right hand that Willaims ducks under and follows up with a left that Willaims also avoids with ease.
Bear digs a good body shot into Willaims's ribs.
Willaims might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
A head kick misses from Bear.
Willaims circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bear cracks a nice hook into Willaims's ribs.
Bear is looking to wear down Willaims with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Bear misses with a wild body shot.
Willaims jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bear lands a slapping body shot.
Bear throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Willaims sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bear throws a head kick but Willaims moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bear misses with a straight right.
Willaims takes one on the button.
Willaims throws an overhand right that lands on Bear's shoulder, as Bear tries to avoid the shot.
Bear slips a jab from Willaims.
Bear tries a head kick but it misses.
Bear keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Willaims.
Bear lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Bear swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bear misses with a straight right.
Willaims throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hairy Bear is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bear misses the shot to the body.
A big left from Willaims misses.
A head kick misses from Bear.
A jab from Willaims misses.
Willaims misses with a hook. Bear ducked under it nicely.
Willaims avoids the head kick by Bear.
Bear just misses with a punch to the body.
Bear swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bear pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Willaims misses with a left hand
and Bear counters with a nice uppercut.
Bear looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Bear misses with a looping left.

Willaims is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Bear's half guard.
Willaims lands strikes from half guard.
Willaims seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Willaims lands a nice short elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bear is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

And that's the end of the fight!
Hairy Bear showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Bear has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hairy Bear!