PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Larry Williams (ranked 952 p4p, 1619 weight class) and Ousmane Cisse (ranked 124 p4p, 214 weight class). 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.

Williams
vs
Cisse

192 cm
26
200
9 - 5 - 0

187 cm
24
220
10 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Paddy's Enhancing Drugs (160Q)
Brooklyn Apothecary

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 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Larry Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ousmane Cisse!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Anthony Taglia and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cisse displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Cisse is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Williams.
Cisse misses with a few strikes there.
Williams was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Cisse lands a body shot.
Cisse slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Williams has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Williams cracks a nice hook into Cisse's ribs.
Williams feints and then cracks Cisse's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Cisse down.
Williams misses the shot to the body.
Cisse has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Williams.
Cisse connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Williams's hands.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cisse throws a lazy right hand but Williams sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Williams walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Cisse checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Cisse unleashes a big counter combination but Williams bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Williams dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Williams misses with a wild body shot.
Williams throws a looping overhand right but Cisse ducks down to avoid it.
Cisse missing with a left hand there. Williams was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cisse connects with a crisp jab.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Williams, as that shot connected.
Williams defending well as Cisse loads up on a big left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams misses with a body shot.
Cisse throws a right hand that Williams ducks under and follows up with a left that Williams also avoids with ease.
Cisse with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Williams to score with a decent uppercut.
Williams moves away from the strike by Cisse.
Cisse fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Williams manages to avoid it.
Cisse lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Cisse throws an overhand right that lands on Williams's shoulder, as Williams tries to avoid the shot.
Cisse moves out of range as Williams strikes.
Williams just misses with a punch to the body.
Cisse lands a two punch combo.
Williams jabs at Cisse's body.
Williams throws a nice outside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Williams fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Williams connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Cisse momentarily.
Ousmane Cisse seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cisse fails to land with a series of punches.
Williams lands an overhand right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cisse missing with a left hand there. Williams was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Williams feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Cisses jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Williams jabs Cisse right on the nose. Cisse blinks but takes it well.
Cisse has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Cisse uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Williams.
Williams connects with a right hand. Cisse shakes it off.
Cisse throws a hook but Williams blocks it.
Williams slips under a jab from Cisse.
Cisse fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Williams tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cisse was well out of range. Poor timing from Williams.
Williams moves into range and connects with a jab.
Williams throws a nice outside leg kick.
Cisse lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Williams circles away quickly and effectively.
Cisse jabs Williams to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Williams looks to land a left hand but Cisse moved out of range nicely.
A slow jab from Cisse misses its intended target.
Williams pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A combination from Cisse does no damage.
Williams swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Cisse might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams connects with a crisp jab.
Cisse throws the left hand but Williams avoids the punch easily.
Williams takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Williams lands a jab to Cisse's midsection.
Cisse throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Williams counters with a leg kick.
Cisse with a jab.
Williams lands a head shot.
Williams swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Williams moves out of range as Cisse strikes.
Cisse cracks a nice hook into Williams's ribs.

Williams drives through and clinches with Cisse against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Williams.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cisse wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Williams lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cisse wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cisse tries to break free but Williams pushes him back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cisse is trying to break the clinch but Williams has him pressed against the cage.
Williams misses with some punches.

Cisse breaks the clinch.
Williams moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Cisse keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Williams scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

Cisse tries to keep at a distance but Williams has taken the fight into the clinch.
Williams swings wildly with an uppercut but Cisse uses good head movement to avoid it.
Williams tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cisse wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cisse is trying to push Williams away but Williams has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Williams tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Williams on the inside.
A short right from Williams on the inside.

Cisse manages to break the clinch.
Williams throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Larry Williams dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Cisse lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Williams circles away quickly and effectively.
Williams throws a body shot but no joy.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Williams lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Cisse has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Cisse and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Cisse lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Cisse ducks right into an uppercut from Williams.

Williams clinches with his opponent.
Williams tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Williams scores with a hook to the body.
Cisse blocks an uppercut.
Williams lands a right hand.
Williams lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Williams prevents Cisse from breaking the clinch.
Cisse wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Williams has him pressed against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Williams lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cisse backwards.
Williams swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Williams struggles to land a body shot inside as Cisse controls his hands.
Williams pushes Cisse back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Williams throws a punch but it's blocked by Cisse.
Williams keeps control of Cisse as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams misses with a punch to the body.
Larry Williams has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Williams misses with the head strike.
Cisse wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cisse is trying to break the clinch but Williams has him pressed against the cage.
Williams misses with a short punch on the inside.
Williams lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Cisse or not.
Williams scores with a shoulder strike.
Williams keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cisse's efforts to push away.
Williams tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Williams misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Cisse manages to break the clinch.
Williams avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Williams takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A nice leg kick from Williams, right into the meat of the thigh.

Williams instigates a clinch.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Williams misses with a hook from the clinch.
Williams misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams misses with the head strike.
Williams throws a punch but it's blocked by Cisse.
Williams throws a head punch that misses.
Still in the clinch, Williams scores with a nice short uppercut.

Cisse breaks from the clinch.
Williams slips a jab from Cisse.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Williams pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Williams has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
A solid leg kick lands there for Williams.
Williams fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Cisse.
Cisse lands with a nice body punch.
Cisse throws a series of punches but Williams avoids them all with ease.
Williams thuds his shin into the meat of Cisse's side.
Williams is looking to clinch.
Cisse takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Williams gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Cisse.
Cisse looks to land a right hand but Williams moved out of range.
Cisse throws a hook but Williams blocks it.
Williams tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Cisse manages to circle out of the way.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Williams lands with a straight right. Cisse didn't see that one coming.
Cisse misses with a shot to the body
and Williams counters with an outside leg kick.
A jab from Cisse misses.
Williams tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Cisse manages to circle out of the way.
Cisse ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Williams moves away.
Cisse keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cisse takes a jab right on the kisser.
Cisse defending well as Williams loads up on a big left hand.
Cisse lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Cisse takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Cisse misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Williams avoids a punch combination nicely.
Williams seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Decent striking displayed by Williams there.
Williams moves away from the strike by Cisse.

Williams rushes Cisse and presses him up against the cage.

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 struggles to land a body shot inside as Cisse controls his hands.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Williams.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Williams creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cisse wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cisse tries to break the clinch but Williams is controlling the position.
Williams works on Cisse's body with a couple of short punches.
Williams lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cisse backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Williams.
Williams lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Williams misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A nice left hand lands by Williams.
Cisse wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Williams scores with a hook to the body.
Williams lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cisse backwards.
Williams lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Cisse wants to break free but Williams has control.
Williams lands an uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Larry Williams dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Williams sizes up Cisse with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

Cisse is still looking wobbly from the end of the last round!

Williams has closed the distance and engaged Cisse in a clinch.
Cisse is still on wobbly legs! Can Williams finish him?
Williams lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Williams pushes Cisse against the cage. Williams is working some dirty boxing. Williams pushes off with a quick right hook! Cisse goes down! Cisse tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Williams moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:16 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Larry Williams!
Larry Williams thanked the fans post fight for their support.