PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rasheed Willis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Klas Ondahl (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Willis comes to the cage accompanied by Kendrick Lamar - HiiiPower. Klas Ondahl has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Willis
vs
Ondahl

187 cm
29
200 lbs
12 - 9 - 1

193 cm
32
197 lbs
16 - 12 - 2

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 9 - 1, fighting out of New York, Rasheed Willis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 12 - 2, fighting out of New York, Klas Ondahl!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, David Schapiro and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Willis moves out of range as Ondahl strikes.
Willis shoots in and drives through. Ondahl sprawls well.
Willis closes this distance looking for a takedown but Ondahl circles away.
Willis closes the distance looking to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Ondahl fails with the takedown
and Willis counters with a nice uppercut.
Willis swings for the body but Ondahl moves out of range.
Ondahl fails in his attempt to clinch.
Willis moves to clinch but Ondahl breaks away
and Ondahl counters with a straight right hand.
Nice takedown defense from Willis. No joy for Ondahl on that attempt.
Willis uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ondahl.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ondahl thows a body shot but no joy.
Willis defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Ondahl.
Rasheed Willis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Klas Ondahl.
Willis will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ondahl throws a right and a left that Willis avoids nicely.
Willis misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Ondahl throws a looping overhand right but Willis ducks down to avoid it.
Ondahl misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Willis.
Ondahl misses with a two punch combination.
Ondahl throws a series of punches but Willis avoids them all with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ondahl throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Willis counters with a left and a right that stings Ondahl.
Ondahl circles away from the clinch attempt.
Willis fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ondahl throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Willis fails with a takedown attempt.
Willis swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A nice combination there by Ondahl.

Ondahl dives in and scores a takedown into Willis's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ondahl makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Willis pulls Ondahl in close to prevent any damage.
Ondahl controlling from the top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Willis throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Willis looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Ondahl passes into half guard.
Ondahl is trying to control the action in half guard but Willis is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Ondahl is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Willis missing with punches from the bottom.
Willis tries to roll over but Ondahl keeps him under control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ondahl not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Willis wants to control but Ondahl is keeping busy and won't allow it.

Willis with the active half guard here but Ondahl passes nicely into side control.
Ondahl trying to control the action but Willis is working from the bottom.
Willis regains half guard.
Willis on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ondahl is thwarting Willis's attempts to control the position.
Willis is trying to control but Ondahl passes into side control!
Ondahl wants to lay and pray for a moment but Willis keeps working.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Klas Ondahl dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Ondahl fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A nice inside leg kick there by Willis. That's going to slow Ondahl down.
Ondahl has worked on his takedown defense in the runup to this fight and it is paying off so far.
Ondahl will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Willis works the jab nicely.
Ondahl misses with a looping right.
Rasheed Willis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Willis throws a leg kick but Ondahl moved away.
Willis is looking to clinch.
Willis moves out of range of the strikes.
Willis shoots in but no luck this time.
Nice takedown defense from Willis. No joy for Ondahl on that attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ondahl throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ondahl changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Willis tries to avoid it but Ondahl manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Willis to the ground. Willis escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Willis misses with a double jab.
Ondahl has his takedown stuffed

and Willis decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Ondahl's guard.
Rasheed Willis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Klas Ondahl.
Willis passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Willis scoring with punches and elbows.
Willis wants to control for a moment but Ondahl uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Ondahl is in trouble now - Willis has advanced to mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ondahl is in all sorts of trouble here.
Willis is trying to take his opponent's back.

Willis is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Ondahl has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Ondahl!
Willis trying to control the position.
Willis wants to sweep but no luck.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ondahl throwing strikes but missing.
Ondahl stopping the sweep attempt from Willis.
Willis can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Ondahl controls the pace.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Willis preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Willis wants to sweep here but Ondahl controlling him for the moment.
Ondahl working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Ondahl has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Willis is proving hard to escape from.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ondahl trying to control the position from guard on top but Willis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ondahl throwing strikes from guard but Willis blocks nicely.
Willis trying to control the position.

Willis has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Ondahl doesn't defend quickly enough and Willis has managed to lock this one up! Can Ondahl escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Willis on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Rasheed Willis!
Rasheed Willis decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.