PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hirooki Goto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Williams
vs
Goto

173 cm
25
140 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

168 cm
18
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Kayos Klothing
Island Xtreme Fight-Gear

Atlantis

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ryan Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Hirooki Goto!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Santiago Holmes and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams blocks the body kick.
Goto fails with an attempt to clinch.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Goto.
Williams is trying to control Goto's posture but Goto avoids it.
An elbow from Goto crashes against the mat.
Goto throws an elbow but Williams slips to the side and avoids it well.
Goto just content to control the position.
Goto in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Goto lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Williams wants to control but Goto postures up.
Goto misses with the ground and pound.
Goto lands some shots froms side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Goto tries to score with some ground and pound. Williams controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Goto misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Goto working the strikes but Williams uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Williams slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Williams is trying to control the position but Goto postures up.
Goto passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Goto postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Goto misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Williams is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at The GYM (12 elite coaches on the Island), so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Goto working the ground and pound from side control.
Goto wants to control but Williams is keeping him busy.
Goto misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Goto throws a strike aimed at the side of Williams's head but Williams avoids it well.
Goto throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Goto fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Goto controlling the position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Williams is not content to let Goto control the position.
Williams takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Goto lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Williams down.
Williams avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Goto.
Williams is trying to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams is not content to let Goto control the position.
Williams taking punishment in the form of punches.
Goto wants to lay and pray for a moment but Williams keeps working.
The referee asks Goto politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Goto prefers to stall for the moment though.
Williams struggling a bit here.
Williams is trying to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes there by Goto.
Goto is looking to take a break and control but Williams is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Goto working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Williams is not content to let Goto control the position.
Williams manages to work his way to half guard, despite Goto's best efforts.
Goto is trying to control the action in half guard but Williams is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Williams manages to get to full guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Goto's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Williams fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

Goto moves into range and clinches up with Williams.
Williams wants to break free but Goto has control.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Williams lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Hirooki Goto has been cut.
Goto misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Williams.
Goto unloads a knee to the mid-section. Williams lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Williams is trying to maintain a safe position but Goto gets an underhook and turns Williams into the cage.

Williams escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Goto looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Goto throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Williams works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Williams looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Williams has his foot on Goto's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Goto works his way back into a safe position though.
Goto must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams working a defensive guard here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Williams is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Williams is looking to cinch up a triangle. Goto throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Williams's body to avoid the submission. Williams has instead reached around Goto's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Williams arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Ryan Williams!
Ryan Williams decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.