PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gypo Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and ash thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). ash thomas will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Williams
vs
thomas

202 cm
18
271 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

215 cm
21
255 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Inexperienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Team S.W.A.T.

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gypo Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, ash thomas!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Luis Engracia and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams keeps the fight on the outside.
thomas looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Williams looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
thomas closes this distance looking for a takedown but Williams circles away.
Williams shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts thomas as he jumps to the side.
thomas misses with a head kick.
thomas is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Williams doesn't succeed with the takedown
and thomas counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gypo Williams. That's going to take a lot out of him.
thomas wants to clinch up but Williams keeps it at a distance.

Williams moves into range and clinches up with thomas.

Williams has dropped down and is working for a takedown. thomas is trying to keep an underhook but Williams manages to get the takedown into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Williams lands a nice short elbow.
Williams drops an elbow to the side of thomas's head.
Williams working thomas over with strikes.

Williams decides to stand and escape the position.
Williams shoots in for a double leg but thomas sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

Williams closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Williams lands in his opponent's guard.
thomas is looking to stand up but Williams isn't so interested in that idea.

That's one minute gone in the round.

thomas escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Williams gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
thomas is trying to control the position from the bottom.
thomas looking for a sweep. Not yet thomas, not yet.

Williams decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

Williams shoots in and bounces thomas off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
thomas looking to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
thomas wants to stand but Williams is controlling the position.
Williams trying to control the position from guard on top but thomas is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Williams wants to pass the guard but thomas is keeping the position.
Williams lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

thomas is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
thomas is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Williams decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on thomas, up you get!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
thomas scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

Williams clinches with his opponent.
thomas is trying to stall.
Williams is pressed up against the cage. thomas has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Williams down to the mat. Williams avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
thomas tries to clinch up.
Williams misses with a takedown attempt - thomas sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
thomas fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Williams throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and thomas cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

thomas scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

thomas stands up and beckons Williams to his feet.

thomas has managed to clinch.
Williams goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
thomas changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Williams fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but thomas paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
thomas tries to clinch but Williams is having none of it.
Nice takedown defense from thomas. No joy for Williams on that attempt.

Williams clinches up against the cage.
Williams changes levels and goes for a takedown here. thomas fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Williams swats away the attempt to clinch by thomas.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Williams.
Williams keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Williams wants to clinch.
Williams tries for a takedown but thomas circles away easily

and thomas counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Williams's guard now.
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 Gypo Williams will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Williams keeps the fight on the outside.

Williams forces thomas back against the cage and clinches.

Williams gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, thomas regains guard.
Williams forces his way into half guard.
thomas wants to get back to his feet.
Williams passes the guard and advances to mount!
Williams is landing with some decent strikes but thomas is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
thomas keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Williams cracks thomas with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of thomas's face.
thomas is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Williams with the ground and pound from mount.
Williams putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Williams with good strikes from the mount here!
thomas working to try and regain half guard.
Williams landing shots from mount.
Gypo Williams overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
thomas gets back to half guard.
Williams wants to take a breather but thomas is having none of it.
Ground and pound from Williams.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
thomas wants to improve his position but Williams is controlling well.
thomas is in trouble now - Williams has advanced to mount!
Williams has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Williams with a couple of short strikes.
thomas is in a horrible position here. Williams smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Williams lands a big elbow.
Williams controlling from mount.
thomas sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
thomas is refusing to be controlled, as Williams sits in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
thomas wants to get back to full guard.
Williams seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but thomas does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
thomas is trying to control but can't.
thomas wants to get back to his feet.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
thomas controlling the position for now.

Williams is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Williams tries to clinch up but thomas circles away and keeps his distance.
Gypo Williams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
thomas moves in looking to clinch but Williams pushes him off.
Williams shoots in and drives through. thomas sprawls well.
thomas cracks a nice hook into Williams's ribs.
thomas looks to clinch

and Williams counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Williams throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
thomas has a closed guard, preventing Williams from standing up.

Williams decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
thomas looks to land a combination. Williams sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
thomas lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by thomas.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Williams.
No luck for Williams with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gypo Williams. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Williams swats away the attempt to clinch by thomas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gypo Williams dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Williams has his takedown stuffed
and thomas counters with a series of strikes. Williams will be more careful next time no doubt.
Williams fails to land the takedown.
thomas lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Williams backs up against the cage.
thomas tries to clinch up but Williams circles away and keeps his distance.
thomas throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Williams throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around thomas's waist but thomas gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Williams off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gypo Williams. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from thomas.
Williams with a poor takedown
and thomas counters with a left and a right that stings Williams.
Williams fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Williams will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Williams fails with an attempt to clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Williams shoots in for a takedown but thomas shows good takedown defense.
A low kick from Williams misses
and thomas cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
thomas wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Williams closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
thomas is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Williams working the head with strikes.
Williams working the ground and pound from side control.
thomas on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
You can see the frustration on thomas's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Williams works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Williams is looking to take a break and control but thomas is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Williams working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
thomas is not content to let Williams control the position.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
thomas lands an overhand right.
Williams keeps the fight on the outside.
Williams fails to land the takedown.
Williams swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and thomas counters with a series of strikes. Williams will be more careful next time no doubt.
thomas misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
thomas looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Williams is fending him off so far but thomas persists. Nope, Williams circles away and we're back to standing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
thomas scores with a one two! Williams had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Nice sprawl there from thomas as Williams shoots in.
Williams shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with thomas but thomas pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Williams has a takedown stuffed.
thomas throws a one two combo.
Williams shoots in looking for a takedown. thomas tries to sprawl out of it but Williams keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. thomas manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
thomas lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by thomas.
thomas stuffs the takedown attempt from Williams. Williams gets slowly back to his feet.
thomas is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Williams shoots in for a takedown but thomas shows good takedown defense.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from thomas.
thomas scores with a one two! Williams had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

Williams shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Williams showed some decent athleticism there.
thomas is refusing to be controlled, as Williams sits in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Williams takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
thomas pushes Williams off looking to stand but Williams dives back in and keeps control.
thomas wants to improve his position but Williams is controlling well.
ash thomas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nice strikes from Williams there.
Williams lands with a punch from half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gypo Williams showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Williams, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gypo Williams!