PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Hai Howru (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Howru
vs
Williams

168 cm
26
142 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

173 cm
26
140 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Hai Howru!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ryan Williams!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Winston Alpacca and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams misses with a takedown attempt - Howru sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Howru tries to counter by clinching up but Williams breaks away and moves out of range.
A jab from Howru does it's job there.

It looks like Ryan Williams has been cut.
Howru throws a looping overhand right but Williams ducks down to avoid it.
Howru lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Williams circles away quickly and effectively.
Hai Howru seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Williams clinches.
Williams blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Williams blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Williams tries to circle away but Howru has him pinned against the cage.

Williams pulls guard successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Howru throwing strikes but missing.
Howru keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Williams's head.
Howru trying to control the position from guard on top but Williams is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Williams working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Howru has passed into half guard!
Howru trying to control the action but Williams is working from the bottom.
Howru performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Williams is looking for a sweep. Howru is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Williams trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Howru lands a big elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Williams has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Howru lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Howru with shots to the head and body - Williams looks very uncomfortable down there.
Howru controlling from the full mount.
Howru lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Howru with shots to the head and body - Williams looks very uncomfortable down there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Howru breaks from Williams's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Howru lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Howru controlling the position easily from mount.

Howru has control of Williams's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Williams regains control of the situation pretty easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Howru trying to control but Williams is having none of it.
Williams is trying to escape the mount.
Howru content just to control the position here.
Howru looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Howru with the ground and pound from mount.
Howru trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Howru working Williams over with strikes here.
Howru has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Williams's face.
Howru prevents Williams from getting the reversal.
Howru scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Williams?
Williams working to try and regain half guard.

Howru moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Williams has worked his arm free - good work by Williams!
Williams wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hai Howru dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ryan Williams's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Howru tries to clinch up.
Williams is looking for the big counter here.
Good shot there by Howru.
Williams walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

Williams moves into the clinch successfully.
Williams fails to pull guard.
Williams is looking to take this one to the mat.
Howru stalls.
Howru scores with a shoulder strike.
Howru's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Williams takes an elbow to the temple.
Howru misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Williams.
Williams looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Howru is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Hai Howru has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryan Williams.
Howru lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Williams avoids a wild elbow strike from Howru.
Howru is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Williams can do to turn this around?
Howru pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Knees to the body from Howru.
Howru throws an elbow that misses.
A short uppercut from Howru.
Howru landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Howru comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That has opened up Ryan Williams's cut even more.
Howru lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Williams's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Howru lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Howru.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Howru lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Howru creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Williams's defenses.
Hai Howru has scored more points in the clinch so far.
With the fighters up against the cage, Howru throws an elbow but misses.
Howru has Williams pushed against the cage.
Howru lands an elbow inside.

The cut above Ryan Williams's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Williams takes an elbow to the temple.
Williams can't get the takedown.
Howru keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Williams's efforts to push away.
Nice elbow from Howru.
Williams dodges an elbow strike from Howru.
Williams takes an elbow to the temple.
Williams blocks an elbow strike from Howru.
Howru lands an elbow inside that Williams shrugs off.

Ryan Williams's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams takes a shot to the head.
Williams is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Howru pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Howru lands a nice uppercut.
Williams goes for a takedown attempt but Howru pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Howru misses with a few strikes there.
Williams with the counter takedown but Howru avoids it easily.
Williams throws a combination that misses
enabling Howru to counter with a crisp jab.
We've been told by Howru's head coaches at Foot Loves that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Howru keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Williams is breathing heavily.
Howru bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Ryan Williams's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Hai Howru!
The defeated Ryan Williams had this to say: 'I'm coming back stronger, don't worry'.