PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Yury Vesnev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Firus Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Williams comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Fuel-Hemorrhage kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Vesnev
vs
Williams

170 cm
23
159 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

178 cm
27
165 lbs
11 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Knockout power

Brute

Brute
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Yury Vesnev!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Firus Williams!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Wagner Zegers and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Vesnev thows a body shot but no joy.
Williams looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Williams tries to clinch but Vesnev is having none of it.
Vesnev fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Williams doesn't manage to clinch there - Vesnev circles away.
The crowd cheers as Vesnev lands an impressive looking overhand right. Williams doesn't seem phased though.
Vesnev throws a big shot that misses.
Vesnev takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Vesnev connects with a nice looking jab.
Vesnev misses with a body shot.
Williams throws a body punch but Vesnev moves out of range.
Vesnev misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Williams.
Williams tries to clinch but Vesnev moves out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Vesnev.
A combination from Vesnev does no damage.
Williams is looking to clinch.
Vesnev blocks a head kick by Williams.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Williams.
Vesnev throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Williams counters with a body kick that stops Vesnev in his tracks momentarily.
Vesnev digs a good hook to Williams's body.
A slapping body kick lands there for Williams.
Williams tries to clinch but Vesnev moves out of range.
Vesnev swings widly with a right hand

and Williams counters by clinching up.
Williams wants to stall.
Williams controlling the action here for a moment.
Vesnev blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Williams.
Vesnev scores with a shot to the side of Williams's head.
Vesnev tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Vesnev.
Vesnev working aggressively here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams looking to slow down the pace here.
Vesnev is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Williams gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Williams blocks the elbow strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Vesnev on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Williams is trying to stall.
Vesnev drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Williams gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yury Vesnev. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Williams trying to control the position but instead, Vesnev has worked for underhooks and has pushed Williams into the cage.
Williams avoids the elbow strike from Vesnev, against the cage.
Vesnev lands an elbow that stopped Williams in his tracks for a moment.
Williams tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Vesnev avoids it.
Williams looking to slow down the pace here.
Vesnev blocks a body shot from Williams.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Williams.
Williams trying to land knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Vesnev.
Vesnev fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Williams is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Vesnev is defending well for now.
Williams misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Vesnev managing to block the knees to the body from Williams.
Williams tries to land knees in the clinch but Vesnev avoids the damage to the body.
Williams missing with knees to the body.

Vesnev breaks the clinch.
Vesnev looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Williams is fending him off so far but Vesnev persists. Nope, Williams circles away and we're back to standing.
Williams connects with a solid leg kick.
Firus Williams is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Williams tries to clinch but Vesnev is having none of it.
Williams avoids the body shot from Vesnev.
Williams on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Williams is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams wants to clinch.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch but Vesnev swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Williams goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Vesnev fails to land with a series of punches.
Williams looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Williams blocks the body kick.
Williams pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Williams darts in trying to clinch
and Williams takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Williams bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Vesnev listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Williams tries to clinch but Vesnev moves out of range.
Vesnev jabs at Williams's body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Yury Vesnev will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Vesnev rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Williams moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Vesnev manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Williams on his heels. He'll look to pass Williams's guard now, I'm sure.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Williams looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Williams trying to keep a closed guard but Vesnev is proving a slippery customer.
Vesnev working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Williams's head.
Vesnev in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Williams working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Vesnev.
Vesnev landing with the ground and pound.
Williams trying to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vesnev loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Vesnev accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Williams preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Williams wants to sweep here but Vesnev controlling him for the moment.
Vesnevis looking to pass into half guard but Williams pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Williams is in guard.

Vesnev scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Vesnev checks a leg kick.
Vesnev fails with the takedown.
Nice takedown defense from Williams. No joy for Vesnev on that attempt.
Firus Williams is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Vesnev misses with a takedown attempt
and Williams counters with a nice body kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yury Vesnev. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Williams moves in looking to clinch but Vesnev pushes him off.
A low kick from Vesnev misses
and Williams counters with a nice kick to the body.
Williams fails in his attempt to clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Williams connects with a solid leg kick.
Vesnev throws a big shot that misses.
Williams tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Vesnev manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Williams moves in looking to clinch but Vesnev pushes him off.
Vesnev blocks the body kick.
Vesnev throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Williams moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Vesnev moves out of range as Williams throws a body kick.
Williams throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vesnev circles away from the clinch attempt
and Vesnev counters with a stiff right hand.
Williams uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Vesnev.
Vesnev ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Vesnev shoots in but no luck this time.
Vesnev checks the leg kick.
Vesnev misses with a wild body shot.
Vesnev digs a good hook to Williams's body.
A head kick misses from Williams.
Williams doesn't manage to clinch there - Vesnev circles away.
Williams tries to land a leg kick but Vesnev saw it coming and moves away.
Williams tries to clinch but Vesnev is having none of it.
Williams tries to land a leg kick but Vesnev saw it coming and moves away.
Vesnev throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vesnev swings for the body but Williams moves out of range.
Williams misses with a body kick.
Yury Vesnev is winning the standup battle so far.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Vesnev.
Vesnev tries to score a power double leg takedown but Williams sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Vesnev somewhat.
Vesnev throws an overhand right that lands on Williams's shoulder, as Williams tries to avoid the shot.
Williams throws a wild body kick that Vesnev sees coming a mile off.
Vesnev smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

Williams is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Williams moves away from the strike by Vesnev.
Williams is still on wobbly legs! Can Vesnev finish him?

Vesnev lands a huge takedown. Williams is out but the ref is slow to react and Vesnev lands 3 more undefended punches before the fight is stopped. Brutal finish. Williams lies on the canvas for a good minute before the doctors bring him round. Good to see he's OK.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yury Vesnev!
Yury Vesnev retains his lightweight title!
A relieved looking Yury Vesnev thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.