PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Louis Williamson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yoshimtu Vadani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Williamson
vs
Vadani

212 cm
24
215 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

180 cm
24
200 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Louis Williamson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yoshimtu Vadani!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vadani throws a right hand that Williamson ducks under and follows up with a left that Williamson also avoids with ease.
Vadani with a poor takedown

and Williamson counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

Vadani is defending against the submission attempts here by Williamson.

Williamson is looking for a kimura but Vadani is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Williamson to get the leverage.

Williamson seems to be working for a kimura but Vadani defends the submission attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Williamson working over Vadani with some ground and pound. Vadani looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Vadani wants to control but Williamson passes into side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vadani tries to improve position but can't.

Williamson thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Vadani is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Williamson's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.

Williamson is trying to work for a kimura but Vadani is defending well.

Vadani looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Vadani has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Williamson is working away from the top position though.

Williamson is working for a submission of some sort.
Williamson will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Williamson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Williamson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Williamson is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Vadani defends it well.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Vadani trying to control but Williamson postures up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Vadani will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Vadani shoots in but Williamson avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Louis Williamson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Yoshimtu Vadani.
Williamson displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Vadani.
Vadani fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Vadani shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Williamson as he jumps to the side.
Vadani looks winded!
Vadani shoots in looking for a takedown. Williamson tries to sprawl out of it but Vadani keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Williamson manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Williamson clinches up against the cage.
Vadani tries to break the clinch but Williamson is controlling the position.

Williamson has hold of one of Vadani's legs. Vadani is fighting the takedown attempt but Williamson gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Williamson throws a big right hand that misses.
Williamson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Vadani has momentary wrist control but Williamson slips an elbow through the middle.
Williamson throws a big right hand that misses.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Williamson is looking to work some ground and pound but Vadani has wrist control.
Williamson 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.

Williamson stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Vadani swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Williamson counters by moving into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Louis Williamson dominated that round.
That's time! Williamson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Vadani doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Williamson moves into the clinch.
Williamson looking to stall.
Williamson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Williamson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Vadani shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Williamson pinned against the cage. Williamson gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Louis Williamson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Williamson is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Vadani's half guard.
Williamson takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vadani tries to get to full guard but Williamson has control of the leg.
Vadani is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Williamson jumps into side control!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vadani on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

Williamson tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Vadani is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Vadani struggling a bit here.
Williamson throws an elbow but Vadani slips to the side and avoids it well.
Williamson gets to mount! Vadani was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williamson lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Williamson cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Vadani tries to hold on but Williamson pushes him away.
Vadani reaches up to try and control the position but Williamson seems to have an arm triangle now! Uh oh! Vadani rolls and tries to escape and now Williamson has his back!

Williamson has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Vadani has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!

Vadani is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Williamson is hanging on to Vadani's back as he tries to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Williamson working for the choke.

Williamson working for the rear naked choke here. He's got one arm under but Vadani is defending well. A couple of punches soften him up though and Williamson has tightened the hold! This one could be all over! It is! Vadani taps out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Louis Williamson!