PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between William Fidnhasieunch (ranked 19662 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bill Braxton (ranked 22913 p4p, 0 weight class). William Fidnhasieunch has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Fidnhasieunch
vs
Braxton

172 cm
37
143 lbs
21 - 18 - 0

189 cm
26
146 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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 21 - 18 - 0, fighting out of New York, William Fidnhasieunch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bill Braxton!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Braxton lunges at Fidnhasieunch with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Fidnhasieunch's hand.
Braxton connects with a body shot.
Fidnhasieunch takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

Fidnhasieunch drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Fidnhasieunch working away.
Fidnhasieunch working the head with strikes.
Fidnhasieunch working the head with strikes.
Fidnhasieunch scores with punches from side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Braxton wants to control but Fidnhasieunch postures up.
Fidnhasieunch trying to control the action but Braxton is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Braxton struggling a bit here.
Fidnhasieunch is working Braxton over with some ground and pound from side control.
Fidnhasieunch in side control lands a decent elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fidnhasieunch working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

Fidnhasieunch is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Braxton knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Braxton sneaks back into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Fidnhasieunch lands a nice short elbow.
Fidnhasieunch working the head and body with strikes.
Braxton taking some punishment here, with Fidnhasieunch in his half guard.
Braxton is looking to escape.
Braxton is staying active underneath Fidnhasieunch, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Fidnhasieunch lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Fidnhasieunch lands strikes from half guard.
Fidnhasieunch landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Braxton is looking to improve his position.
Braxton is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Fidnhasieunch scores with a couple of nice shots.
Fidnhasieunch perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Braxton is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Fidnhasieunch scores with a couple of nice shots.
Fidnhasieunch wants to take a breather but Braxton is having none of it.
Braxton is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Fidnhasieunch scores with a couple of nice shots.
Braxton wants to improve his position but Fidnhasieunch is controlling well.
Fidnhasieunch not doing much here.
Ground and pound from Fidnhasieunch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fidnhasieunch is nestled in close to Braxton, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Fidnhasieunch working Braxton over with strikes.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Fidnhasieunch in particular looking to stall.
Fidnhasieunch scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Fidnhasieunch 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.
Braxton keeping control of the position.
Fidnhasieunch seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Fidnhasieunch is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Braxton trying to control but Fidnhasieunch postures up.
Fidnhasieunch 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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fidnhasieunch drops an elbow to the side of Braxton's head.
Fidnhasieunch looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Braxton with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Fidnhasieunch lands with a punch from half guard.
Braxton has hold of Fidnhasieunch's hands but Fidnhasieunch slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Braxton on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Fidnhasieunch lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Braxton is rocked!
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Fidnhasieunch lands a nice short elbow.
Braxton is still in real trouble! Can Fidnhasieunch finish him?
Braxton trying to control but Fidnhasieunch postures up.
Braxton seems to have recovered his senses.

Fidnhasieunch is looking for a kimura here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Braxton trying to control from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Fidnhasieunch 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.

Fidnhasieunch avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Braxton thuds his right hand into Fidnhasieunch's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Braxton moves into the clinch successfully.

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

Fidnhasieunch closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Fidnhasieunch connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Braxton some visible discomfort.
Braxton is trying to control Fidnhasieunch's posture but Fidnhasieunch avoids it.
Braxton is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Braxton is looking for a sweep.
Fidnhasieunch is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Braxton can do to turn this around?
Fidnhasieunch is working Braxton over with some ground and pound from side control.
Braxton takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
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!
Braxton prevents Fidnhasieunch from improving position.
Braxton wants to control but Fidnhasieunch postures up.
Fidnhasieunch scores with punches from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Braxton taking a bit of punishment here - Fidnhasieunch scoring with strikes.
Fidnhasieunch landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Fidnhasieunch scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Braxton to see if he's OK.
Braxton struggling a bit here.
Braxton taking a bit of punishment here - Fidnhasieunch scoring with strikes.
Fidnhasieunch scoring with punches from side control.
Braxton is working to avoid the ground and pound but Fidnhasieunch connects with a decent elbow.
Braxton is looking for a sweep.
Fidnhasieunch lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Braxton struggling a bit here.
Fidnhasieunch trying to control the action but Braxton is working from the bottom.
Braxton takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fidnhasieunch cracks Braxton with a big elbow.
Check out the look on Fidnhasieunch's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Braxton can't do much from the bottom here.
Fidnhasieunch landing a few strikes.
A bit of a lull in the action here.
Fidnhasieunch is putting a hurting on Braxton here, landing some big shots from side control.

Fidnhasieunch is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Braxton knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Fidnhasieunch cracks Braxton with a big elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fidnhasieunch working the ground and pound.
Braxton is trying to buck Fidnhasieunch off.
Fidnhasieunch landing a few strikes.
Braxton tries to bench press Fidnhasieunch off him but Fidnhasieunch keeps the position.
Braxton takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Fidnhasieunch in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Fidnhasieunch scoring with punches and elbows.
Braxton is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fidnhasieunch looks up at the clock and then as Braxton takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Fidnhasieunch smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Fidnhasieunch lands a decent elbow from side control.
William Fidnhasieunch overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Fidnhasieunch has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Braxton!
The referee warns Braxton that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice elbow there by Fidnhasieunch.
Fidnhasieunch takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Braxton takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Fidnhasieunch's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). William Fidnhasieunch!
William Fidnhasieunch made sure to mention his sponsor, Vegan Gains in his post fight interview.