PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kalu Koli (ranked 3066 p4p, 381 weight class) and Robin Williams (ranked 1911 p4p, 258 weight class). Koli comes into the arena with Two Steps From Hell - Unbreakable blaring out of the sound system. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Koli
vs
Williams

183 cm
22
180 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

170 cm
27
172 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kalu Koli!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Robin Williams!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Franklyn Lucas and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams moves out of range of the strikes.
Williams waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Koli.
Williams misses with a double jab.
Williams misses with a hook.
Williams connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Williams connects with the punch.
Robin Williams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Koli on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Koli avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Koli feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Williams looks to throw the jab but Koli is out of range.
Koli swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

Williams instigates a clinch.
Koli tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Williams avoids it.
We've been hearing reports that Koli has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Koli presses Williams against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Williams fails to land.
Williams scores with a shot to the side of Koli's head.
Williams goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Koli blocking some punches.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Williams as Koli tries to tie him up.
Williams misses with a body punch.
Williams tries to work over Koli's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Williams struggles to land a body shot inside as Koli controls his hands.
Williams blocking some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koli is leaning against Williams and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Koli blocks a body shot from Williams.
Koli missing with knees to the body.
Come on Koli - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Williams misses with the head strike.
Koli swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Koli creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Williams misses with some punches.
Williams goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Koli is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Koli connects with a nasty looking knee right to Williams's face.

It looks like Robin Williams has been cut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Koli.
A knee to the head by Koli.
Williams blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Koli tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Williams avoids it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Williams.
Williams goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Williams tries to throw a body punch but Koli avoids it by throwing Williams back against the cage.
Williams misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Williams fails to land.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Williams has a couple of punches blocked by Koli.
A shot in the inside from Williams.
Koli is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Koli lands a knee to the head.
Williams swings wildly with an uppercut but Koli uses good head movement to avoid it.
Williams throws a head punch that misses.
Williams prevents a body shot from Koli.
Williams fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Williams.
Williams tries a body shot but Koli blocks it.
Koli softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Williams blocks a body shot from Koli.
Koli swings wildly with an uppercut but Williams uses good head movement to avoid it.
Koli working aggressively here.
Williams misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Williams.
Williams misses with some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Williams blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Koli misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Williams swings wildly with an uppercut but Koli uses good head movement to avoid it.
Williams has a couple of punches blocked by Koli.
Koli blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A body shot lands from Koli.
Williams pushes Koli back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Williams's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Williams throws a head punch that misses.
Koli can't find room to land a body shot as Williams controls the action.
Williams misses with some punches.
Williams avoiding damage as Koli throws knees to the body.
Williams fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Koli doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Koli misses with a punch on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Williams.
Koli pushes Williams back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Williams misses with some punches.
Williams lands an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams misses with a punch to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Williams.
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!
Koli working Williams over with knees to the body.
Koli blocks an uppercut.
Williams blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Koli tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Williams's elbow.
Williams managing to block the knees to the body from Koli.
Koli fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Williams works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Williams scores with a shot to the side of Koli's head.

Williams turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Koli struggling a bit here.
Williams trying to control the action but Koli is working from the bottom.
Koli is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Williams off and has taken his back!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Robin Williams will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Robin Williams's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Williams fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Koli manages to avoid it.
Koli with a hook.
Williams slips under a jab from Koli.
Koli has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Koli there as he acknowledges the shot.
Koli fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Williams lands a jab to Koli's midsection.
Koli blocks a jab.
Williams lands with an overhand left.
A looping hook to the body misses from Williams. Koli does a little dance to reset his feet.
Koli thows a body kick. Williams tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Williams moves out of range as Koli strikes.
Koli on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Williams lands with a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Williams throws a right hand that misses
and Koli counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Williams swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Koli swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Williams takes a swing at Koli's ribcage but misses.
Koli walks into a left hand.
Koli cracks Williams with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Williams fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Koli on the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Williams. That snapped Koli's head back.
Williams throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Koli appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Williams on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Robin Williams seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Koli blocks a jab.
Williams lands with a nice body punch.
Williams throws a lazy right hand but Koli sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Williams swings for the body but Koli moves out of range.
Koli tries to counter by clinching up but Williams breaks away and moves out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Koli.
Koli misses with a body kick.
Koli moves out of range of the strikes.
Koli throws a hook but Williams blocks it.
Koli takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Williams fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Koli manages to avoid it.
Koli slips under a jab from Williams.
Williams connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Koli's hands.
Koli looks to land a right hand but Williams moved out of range.
Williams thuds a left hand into Koli's body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Williams connects with a looping right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Koli on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Williams punishes Koli's body with a nice straight punch.
Koli wants to land a leg kick but Williams is out of range.
Koli moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Koli takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Williams is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That has opened up Robin Williams's cut even more.
Koli connects with a leg kick. Williams looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Williams.
Koli throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Koli doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Koli takes a jab right on the kisser.
Williams fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Koli manages to avoid it.
Koli appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Williams smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Williams misses with an uppercut. Koli saw that one coming.
Koli looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Williams scores with a body shot.
Koli takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams throws a big shot that misses.
Koli misses with a hook. Williams ducked under it nicely.
Williams lands a lovely overhand right.
Koli ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Williams connects with the punch.
Koli looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Williams throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Williams avoids the head kick by Koli.
Williams clobbers Koli with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Williams has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Koli throws a front kick aimed at Williams's knee but Williams avoids it well.
Williams misses with a wild body shot.
Williams changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Williams throws a lazy uppercut
and Koli counters with a nice uppercut.
Koli listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

Williams is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Koli lands a nice leg kick that just misses Williams's sensitive parts.
Williams is still on wobbly legs! Can Koli finish him?
Williams circles to his right, straight into a beautiful hook by Koli. Williams falls face first into the canvas - great knockout victory for Koli!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Kalu Koli!
Kalu Koli is the new welterweight champion!
A relieved looking Kalu Koli thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.