PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Samson Wills (ranked 6384 p4p, 525 weight class) and Banchamek Buakaw (ranked 25113 p4p, 572 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Wills
vs
Buakaw

164 cm
25
162 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

178 cm
25
158 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Samson Wills!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Banchamek Buakaw!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Peter Branson and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Buakaw paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Buakaw looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Wills throws a poor cross that misses
and Buakaw cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Buakaw getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A nice combination there by Buakaw.
Buakaw bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Wills's head.
Buakaw fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Jab from Buakaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Buakaw lands a nice hook to Wills's body. Wills takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Wills takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Buakaw slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Wills throws a lazy right hand but Buakaw sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Buakaw's jab looks to have found its range, popping Wills under the eye.
Wills doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Buakaw counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Wills fails with a takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wills on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Buakaw keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Banchamek Buakaw is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wills misses with an uppercut
and Buakaw cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Buakaw jabs Wills to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Wills keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Buakaw connects with a body shot.
Buakaw changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Wills misses with a hook to the body
and Buakaw counters with a stiff right hand.
Wills takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Buakaw thuds a left hand into Wills's body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Wills shoots in and bounces Buakaw off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Wills controlling from the top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buakaw looking to control.
Buakaw wants to sweep but no luck.
Wills landing some decent shots from guard.
Wills stopping the sweep attempt from Buakaw.
We've been hearing good reports from Wills's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wills landing some decent shots from guard.
Buakaw really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Wills. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Wills landing some decent shots from guard.
Wills is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buakaw is trying to keep Wills in close.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wills connects with a couple of short punches.
Buakaw working a defensive guard here.
Wills postures up and lands a big shot to Buakaw's brow.
Wills content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Buakaw working a defensive guard here.
Wills working some strikes from top position.
Wills is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Buakaw controls Wills momentarily but Wills frees himself.
Wills working some strikes from top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wills slips nicely into half guard.
Buakaw has hold of Wills's hands but Wills slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Buakaw is trying to maintain the position but Wills is very close to passing his half guard.
Still in half guard, Wills seems content to control.
Buakaw has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Wills is working away from the top position though.
Wills working Buakaw over with strikes.
Wills stalling.
Wills lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Wills working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

Buakaw is rocked!
Wills keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Buakaw is still in real trouble! Can Wills finish him?
Wills's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Buakaw seems to have recovered his senses.
Wills working over Buakaw with some ground and pound. Buakaw looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Banchamek Buakaw dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Buakaw swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Buakaw bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A slow jab from Wills misses its intended target.

Wills gets the takedown into side control.
Samson Wills overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Wills landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Wills working away.
Wills taking a breather here.
Check out the look on Wills's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Buakaw is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
A big shot lands for Wills! That's hurt Buakaw! Will he recover? Wills fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Samson Wills!
A less than humble Samson Wills misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
Banchamek Buakaw was interviewed post fight and said 'You are just lucky today!'.