PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Greg Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kibbe Sly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kibbe Sly will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Williams
vs
Sly

176 cm
28
271 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

195 cm
28
247 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Good kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Greg Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kibbe Sly!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Paul Gruel and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams circles away from the clinch attempt.

Williams shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Williams showed some decent athleticism there.
Williams lands with a punch from half guard.

Williams is trying to work for a kimura but Sly is defending well.
Williams looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Sly with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Williams slips a nice elbow through Sly's hands, connecting with Sly's forehead.
Williams looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Williams slips a nice elbow through Sly's hands, connecting with Sly's forehead.

Williams is looking for a kimura here.
Williams missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Williams is nestled in close to Sly, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

Sly actively working from the bottom here.
Sly tries to get to full guard but Williams has control of the leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sly looking for submissions off his back.
Williams is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Williams scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Sly has hold of Williams's hands but Williams slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Williams is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Sly actively working from the bottom here.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Williams winds up and cracks Sly with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Williams lands strikes from half guard.

Sly is rocked!
Sly on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Sly is still in real trouble! Can Williams finish him?
Williams is sitting in half guard. He's postured up and lands a nice elbow. Oh, Sly is hurt! He's hurt bad - Williams fires away with more strikes and the referee jumps in to save Sly from any more punishment! Congratulations to Williams! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Greg Williams!
Greg Williams was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.