PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Leroy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jacob Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jacob Williams is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Leroy
vs
Williams

185 cm
25
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
18
200 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bruce Leroy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jacob Williams!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Chris Saunders and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leroy throws the left hand but Williams avoids the punch easily.
Leroy throws a jab when Williams was well out of range.
Leroy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Leroy has Williams up against the cage in a clinch.
Leroy is struggling to control the position.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Williams on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Leroy pushes Williams back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Leroy lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Williams tries for a takedown. No joy.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Leroy obliges.
Come on Leroy - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Leroy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Williams's face.
Williams looks winded!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Leroy lands a good knee to the midsection. Williams won't want to take too many of those.
Leroy lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Leroy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Leroy lands a knee to the head.

Leroy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Leroy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Williams was well out of range. Poor timing from Leroy.
Leroy misses with a wild body shot.
Leroy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Williams was well out of range. Poor timing from Leroy.
Leroy connects with a single shot there.
Bruce Leroy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Williams has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Williams there as he acknowledges the shot.

Leroy gets a clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Leroy.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Leroy connects with a knee to the head.
Leroy using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Leroy.
Williams takes a knee right on the jaw!

Williams is rocked!
Leroy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Williams's face.
Williams is still on wobbly legs! Can Leroy finish him?
Leroy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Williams's face.
Leroy is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Leroy lands a body shot in the clinch.
Nice elbow from Leroy.
Leroy landing knees to the head.
Leroy displaying some good clinch control by pressing Williams up against the cage.
Leroy works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Leroy will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Williams up against the cage.
Williams seems to have recovered his senses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leroy lands an elbow inside.
Leroy using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Leroy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Leroy lands a knee to the head.
Leroy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Leroy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Williams's face.
Leroy lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Williams takes a knee to the side of the body.
Leroy scores a nice knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Leroy landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Leroy lands a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams takes an elbow to the temple.
Leroy works on Williams's body with a couple of short punches.
Leroy misses with a knee strike.
Leroy scores a nice knee to the body.
Leroy using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Leroy lands a nice elbow.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Leroy.
Leroy scores with a nice hook to the head.
Leroy tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Leroy creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Williams's defenses.

Leroy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Leroy misses with a body shot.
Leroy scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

Leroy clinches up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Leroy dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Leroy gets a clinch.
Leroy misses with a body punch.
Leroy lands an elbow inside.
Leroy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A short right from Leroy.
Leroy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Leroy pushes Williams back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Leroy comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Clinched against the cage, Leroy lands a big elbow that drops Williams! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Williams is complaining that he's OK but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bruce Leroy!