PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sam Williams (ranked 23688 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruce Ali (ranked 7666 p4p, 0 weight class). Williams has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Williams
vs
Ali

198 cm
25
213 lbs
1 - 7 - 0

187 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Arcticus University: London
Red Light Coffeeshop

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 1 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sam Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bruce Ali!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, John Roberts and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams throws a body punch but Ali moves out of range.

Williams closes the distance and clinches.
Ali cracks Williams with a nice body shot.
Ali working aggressively here.
Ali lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Williams breaks from the clinch.
Williams looks to land a left hand but Ali moved out of range nicely.
Ali on the wrong end of a nice hook.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Ali checks a leg kick.
Ali is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Williams misses with a low kick.
Ali scores with a jab to the body.
Ali misses with a straight right.
Ali jabs Williams right on the nose. Williams blinks but takes it well.
Ali will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Williams throwing a counter right hand but Ali manages to avoid it.
Williams takes a shot right to the bread basket.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Williams throws an off balance right hand
and Ali counters with a one-two to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Williams is breathing heavily.
Williams needs to keep his hands up - Ali had a free shot at his head there.
Sam Williams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ali fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Ali avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ali looks like he wants to counter punch here.

Williams moves into the clinch.
Ali misses with a short punch on the inside.

Ali breaks from the clinch.
Ali connects with a looping right hand.
Ali connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Williams closes the distance and clinches.
A head punch on the inside from Ali fails to land.
Ali makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Good body shot from Ali.
Ali working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Williams is trying to push Ali away but Ali has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Ali working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams is trying to push Ali away but Ali has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Ali scores with a shot to the side of Williams's head.

Williams breaks from the clinch.
Ali lands a nice shot to the body.
Williams swinging wildly here.
Ali connects with a body shot that sends Williams's belly button to the back.
Ali lands with a straight right. Williams didn't see that one coming.
The fighters circling - Ali throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A slow jab from Ali misses its intended target.
Williams keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ali.
Williams throws a right hand that misses
and Ali cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ali misses the jab.
Ali connects with a crisp jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams throws a predictable looking body shot
and Ali counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
The fighters circle momentarily. Ali darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Ali connects with a looping right hand.
Ali is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Williams had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Ali punishes Williams's body with a nice straight punch.

Ali rushes Williams and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Ali breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Williams steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ali.
Ali with a jab.
Ali fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Jab by Ali.
Ali staying out of range there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A combination from Ali does no damage.
Williams looks to land a right hand but Ali moved out of range.
Williams misses with an uppercut
and Williams takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Ali has managed to clinch.
We've been informed that Ali has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Williams breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ali displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Williams moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Williams shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Williams takes a swing at Ali's ribcage but misses.
Ali thuds a left hand into Williams's body.
Williams throws a series of punches but Ali avoids them all with ease.
Ali throws a combination. Williams tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Ali lands a body shot.
Williams gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Ali.
Jab from Ali.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ali fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Williams on the side of the head.
Ali throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Williams on the side of the head.
Ali lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Ali connects with a good right hand that stumbles Williams. Williams circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Ali dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Ali wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Williams pushes Ali up against the cage in a clinch.
Williams is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Ali fails to land.
Ali misses with a hook from the clinch.

Williams manages to break the clinch.
Ali fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Williams looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Ali ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Ali shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Ali looks to land a combination but Williams avoids it well.
Williams has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Ali misses with a wild combination.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
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!
Ali throws a hook to the side of Williams's head but Williams sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Williams throws a shot from downtown. Ali moves away and avoids it.
Ali dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ali throws a hook but Williams blocks it.
A left and a right from Williams both land. Nice combination.
Ali moves away from the strike by Williams.
The crowd cheers as Ali lands an impressive looking overhand right. Williams doesn't seem phased though.
A right-left combo lands from Ali.
Williams misses with an uppercut
and Ali counters with a nice uppercut.

Williams has taken the fight to the clinch.
Ali has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Williams blocking some punches.
Ali throws a head punch that misses.
Williams's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Williams's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Williams throws out a powerful jab.
Williams misses with a left hand
and Williams takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ali fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ali connects with a jab.
Williams swings widly with a right hand
and Ali counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Williams takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Ali scores with a hook to the body. Williams takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Ali moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Williams looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Williams throws a leg kick but Ali sees it coming and moves out of range.
Williams takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ali lands a nice hook to Williams's body. Williams takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

Ali rushes Williams and presses him up against the cage.
Ali throws a punch but it's blocked by Williams.
Nice body punch from Ali.
Ali tries to work over Williams's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams blocks an uppercut.
Williams takes a shot to the head.
Williams blocks an uppercut.

Ali's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ali misses with a jab, cross combination.
Williams takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Williams swings widly with a right hand
and Ali counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ali stalks Williams and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Williams's face. Williams staggers backwards, shaken.
Ali misses with the combination.
Ali fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Williams looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Ali paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A swing and a miss from Ali.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Williams misses with a lunging right hand
and Ali cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Williams throws a poor cross that misses
and Ali counters with a straight right hand.
An inside leg kick from Williams misses.
Ali looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Ali lands with a hook. Williams tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Ali wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Ali works over Williams's head and body with a nice combination.
Ali slips a jab from Williams.
Williams looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A big right from Ali misses.
Ali connects with a crisp jab.
Ali throws a jab when Williams was well out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Williams throws a leg kick that is checked
enabling Ali to counter with a crisp jab.
Ali looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Williams on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Ali misses with a straight right.
Williams was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Ali showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Williams's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Williams with a hook.

Williams rushes Ali and presses him up against the cage.
Williams is trying to break free.
Ali tries a body shot but Williams blocks it.
Williams looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ali lands a nice uppercut.
Ali lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

Ali pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ali connects with a nice looking jab.
Ali defending well as Williams loads up on a big left hand.
A countering left hand to the body from Ali misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ali lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

Ali rushes Williams and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Ali fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Williams blocking some punches.

Ali pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ali misses with a looping right.
Williams throws a lazy right hand but Ali sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ali thuds a left hand into Williams's body.
A lazy left from Ali finds it's target.
Ali fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ali loads up on a big right hand but Williams slips the punch.
Williams avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ali scores with a jab.
Ali with a jab.
Williams walks into a straight right hand from Ali.
Nice shot by Ali.

Williams takes the fight into the clinch.
Ali tries to throw a body punch but Williams avoids it by throwing Ali back against the cage.
Sam Williams has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ali tries to throw a body punch but Williams avoids it by throwing Ali back against the cage.

Ali escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ali with a nice cross.
Ali has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Ali there as he acknowledges the shot.
Williams throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Ali lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Ali connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Williams lands with a good body shot.
A swing and a miss from Williams.
Williams throws a poor cross that misses
and Ali counters with a three punch combo that has Williams backing up. Williams nods at Ali to acknowledge the strikes.
Ali scores with a nice right hand.
Williams takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The fighters circle momentarily. Ali darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Ali bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Williams's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ali's jab looks to have found its range, popping Williams under the eye.
Williams takes a swing at Ali's ribcage but misses.
Ali sizes up Williams with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A big right from Williams misses.

Ali clinches.
Ali has a couple of punches blocked by Williams.
Ali misses with a short punch on the inside.
Williams blocking some punches.
Ali scores with a shot to the side of Williams's head.
A short right from Ali.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ali.

Ali pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Williams throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Williams throws a right hand that misses
and Ali counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bruce Ali seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ali lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Ali.
Some wild striking there from Ali.
Williams just misses with a punch to the body.
Ali unleashes a big counter combination but Williams bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Good standup being displayed there by Ali as he connects with a hook.
Williams fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ali manages to avoid it.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Ali, as that shot connected.
Williams gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

Ali clinches with his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ali lands a right hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bruce Ali comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Ali has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Alyssa Summers scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bruce Ali!
During a confident post fight interview, Bruce Ali thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
Sam Williams was interviewed post fight and said 'I hyped the fight and it shouldn't be taken seriously so god bless my opponent'.