PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Juice Williams (ranked 1647 p4p, 1772 weight class) and Frank Lucas (ranked 230 p4p, 239 weight class). Williams's entrance music is Super Freak. A fine choice. Juice Williams has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Williams
vs
Lucas

188 cm
26
223
13 - 8 - 0

188 cm
26
219
10 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Brooklyn Apothecary
Warrior Fight Store

Arcticus University: London

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 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Juice Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Frank Lucas!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Roger Salmon and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams is looking to land body kicks.
Williams misses with a wild body shot.
Donk. Lucas catches Williams right on the button with a cross.
Williams takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Williams takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Williams throwing a counter right hand but Lucas manages to avoid it.
Williams takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Williams misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lucas. Williams does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lucas will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Williams swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Williams ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Williams takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Lucas throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Williams went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Lucas is looking to land body kicks.
A nice inside leg kick there by Lucas. That's going to slow Williams down.

Williams clinches up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lucas is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

Lucas breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Williams fails to land with a series of punches.
Lucas throws a leg kick which misses Williams's front leg but catches the back leg as Williams tries to avoid it.
Lucas throws out a leg kick but Williams moves out of range and Lucas only half commits.
Lucas throws a leg kick but Williams checks it.
Lucas misses with a wild body shot.
Lucas throws a low kick but Williams moves out of range easily.

Williams takes the fight into the clinch.
Lucas lands a left hand.
Lucas stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Williams drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Lucas gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Lucas dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Williams blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lucas controlling the action here for a moment.
Lucas tries a body shot but Williams blocks it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Lucas.
Lucas lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Williams backwards.

Williams breaks from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams missing with a left hand there. Lucas was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lucas throws a chopping leg kick but Williams manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A big left from Williams misses.
Lucas is looking to chop away at Williams's legs.
An attempted straight right counter from Williams misses the target.
Lucas with the inside leg kick.
Lucas throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Williams tries to clinch there but Lucas circles away.
Lucas finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A nice leg kick from Lucas, right into the meat of the thigh.
Williams chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Lucas can pounce on him.
Lucas throws a body shot but no joy.
No joy there for Williams, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Williams throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Lucas counters with a leg kick.
Lucas swings away with a leg kick that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams blocks a leg kick.
It looked like Williams was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Lucas misses with a body punch
and Williams counters with a stiff right hand.
We've been told by Williams's head coaches at Finnish Elite Sport and Fitness Center that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Williams plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

It looks like Frank Lucas has been cut.
Williams moves out of range of the body kick.
Williams feinted with a counter takedown.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Williams throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lucas ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Williams moves away.

Williams closes the distance and pushes Lucas back into the cage.
Williams blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lucas works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

Lucas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The fighters circle momentarily. Williams darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Williams fails in his attempt to clinch.
Williams on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Lucas misses with a body kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Lucas dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Frank Lucas's cut.
That's time! Williams's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Williams ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Williams went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Lucas throws a leg kick that is checked
and Williams counters with an outside leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Lucas.
Lucas pushes Williams away with a front kick.
Williams misses with the combination.
Lucas fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Williams looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Lucas swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Williams counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Williams checks the leg kick nicely there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lucas with the inside leg kick.

Williams pushes Lucas up against the cage in a clinch.

Lucas pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Williams is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A nice leg kick lands there from Lucas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lucas misses with an uppercut.
Lucas is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Williams rather than just go for the knockout.
Williams throws a series of punches but Lucas avoids them all with ease.
A low kick lands for Lucas.
Lucas tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Williams was well out of range. Poor timing from Lucas.
A low kick from Lucas is predictable there

and Williams counters with a crisp one two that drops Lucas! Williams thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Lucas to his feet! Lucas is in big trouble!
Juice Williams is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Oooooh!!! Williams has knocked Lucas down with a huge combo! Williams steps away and waves a wobbly Lucas back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Lucas is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Both fighters circling slowly here as the pace drops. Hopefully one of them does someth.. OOOHHHH!!!! Williams throws an absolute beast of a head kick! Lucas is done! He's out cold, twisted and contorted up against the cage! Wow!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Juice Williams!
Juice Williams very nearly forgot to thank Brooklyn Apothecary amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.