PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Larry Williams (ranked 300 p4p, 342 weight class) and Gus McCrae (ranked 44 p4p, 53 weight class). Gus McCrae is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Williams
vs
McCrae

192 cm
27
200
12 - 5 - 0

189 cm
27
203
13 - 4 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 12 - 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 13 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, Gus McCrae!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Jorge Garcia and Alyssa Summers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch lands to the side of McCrae 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Williams displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McCrae throws out the jab.
McCrae swings widly with a right hand
and Williams counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
McCrae walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Williams keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice body punch from McCrae.
An inside leg kick lands from Williams.
Williams looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
McCrae avoids the body shot from Williams.
Williams throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McCrae checks the leg kick nicely there.
McCrae throws a right and a left that Williams avoids nicely.
McCrae moves out of range as Williams strikes.
Williams uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before McCrae has time to react.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McCrae fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Williams looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
McCrae throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Williams connects with a right hand. McCrae shakes it off.
McCrae changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McCrae throws out the jab.
Williams keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Williams connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Williams ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
McCrae has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Williams just misses with a punch to the body.
Williams keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Williams connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
McCrae scores with a three punch combo!
Williams scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
McCrae fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Williams manages to avoid it.
Williams cracks McCrae with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Williams avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
It looked like Williams was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
McCrae throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Williams counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Williams. McCrae does a little dance to reset his feet.
McCrae wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Williams lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCrae moves away from the strike by Williams.
A telegraphed right hand from McCrae misses the target.
McCrae throws a lazy right hand but Williams sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Williams scores with a nice right hand.
McCrae punishes Williams's body with a nice straight punch.
Williams uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McCrae.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Williams.
Williams scores with a jab. McCrae acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
McCrae takes a swing at Williams's ribcage but misses.
Williams scores with a sloppy right hand. McCrae should have avoided that one.
McCrae swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Williams misses with a low kick.
Williams scoring well with a low kick there.
McCrae misses with a looping right.
McCrae on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams chopping away at his opponent's legs.
McCrae takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A swing and a miss from McCrae.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as McCrae checks a leg kick.
McCrae misses the shot to the body.
Williams keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McCrae misses with a hook.
Williams swings widly with a right hand
and McCrae counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Williams ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Williams slips a jab from McCrae.
Williams slips under a jab from McCrae.
McCrae misses with a right hand
and Williams counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Williams throws a body shot but no joy.
Williams throws a shot from downtown. McCrae moves away and avoids it.
Williams is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McCrae.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCrae 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!
McCrae misses with a looping left.
McCrae misses with a left hand
and Williams counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
McCrae throws a hook but Williams avoids it easily.
As McCrae backs away, Williams returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
McCrae avoids the body shot from Williams.
McCrae takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
McCrae misses with a left hand
and Williams counters with a nice low kick that buckles McCrae's knee momentarily.
McCrae misses with a wild body shot.
Williams slips a straight right by McCrae.
McCrae throws a poor cross that misses
and Williams counters with a stiff right hand.
McCrae throws a hook to the side of Williams's head but Williams sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
It looked like Williams wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Williams just misses with a punch to the body.
Williams avoids the body shot from McCrae.
Williams rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and McCrae counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nice uppercut there from Williams.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Larry Williams dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

McCrae scores with a jab to the body.
Williams connects with a nice looking jab.
McCrae takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Williams shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
McCrae appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Jab, jab by McCrae - just one landing.
Williams tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McCrae was well out of range. Poor timing from Williams.
Williams avoids the body shot from McCrae.
Williams displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
A big right from McCrae misses.
A quick step to the side and Williams tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Williams is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McCrae.
McCrae throws a hook to the side of Williams's head but Williams sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Williams uses good head movement to avoid the hook from McCrae.
McCrae moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Williams cracks McCrae with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
McCrae gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Williams.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCrae keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
The fighters circling - McCrae throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
McCrae digs a good body shot into Williams's ribs.
Williams staying out of range there.
McCrae misses with a hook. Williams ducked under it nicely.
McCrae wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A solid leg kick lands there for Williams.
A slow jab from Williams misses its intended target.
McCrae throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
McCrae takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Williams misses with a wild body shot.
McCrae misses with a lunging right hand
and Williams counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but McCrae might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Williams has got the better of the exchanges.
A slow jab from McCrae misses its intended target.
Williams has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from McCrae finds it's way round the side to connect with Williams's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Williams tries to land a body kick
and McCrae counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCrae throws a shot to the body.
McCrae throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A big right from Williams misses.
A big right from McCrae misses.
McCrae misses with a body shot.
A quick step to the side and Williams tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Williams throws a hook but McCrae blocks it.
Williams throws a lazy right hand but McCrae sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Williams jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Williams turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A slow jab from Williams misses its intended target.
Williams misses with a straight right.
McCrae scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Williams doesn't seem bothered though.
McCrae lands the left hand.
Williams ducks under a wild hook from McCrae.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Williams.
Jab, jab by Williams - just one landing.
McCrae misses with a hook.
McCrae ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Williams on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
McCrae throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Williams sees it coming and avoids it easily.
McCrae throws an overhand right that lands on Williams's shoulder, as Williams tries to avoid the shot.
McCrae jabs at Williams's body.
Both fighters circling a little - Williams finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
McCrae takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
McCrae's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
McCrae moves away from the strike by Williams.
McCrae keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Williams throws a poor cross that misses
and McCrae counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
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!
McCrae misses with a straight right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCrae takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
McCrae is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Williams.
Williams does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
McCrae ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Williams moves away.
McCrae lands a nice looking body shot.
McCrae lands a slapping body shot.
McCrae fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Williams looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A nice inside leg kick there by Williams. That's going to slow McCrae down.
McCrae swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
McCrae pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Williams back to the cage. McCrae follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Williams misses with a shot to the body
and McCrae connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A big left from McCrae misses.
Williams tried to counter with a leg kick but McCrae avoided it.
Williams looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
McCrae ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Gus McCrae showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Williams's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Williams throws a leg kick but McCrae sees it coming and moves out of range.
Williams swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by McCrae.
Williams throws a quick inside leg kick.
Williams moves out of range of the strikes.
McCrae is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Williams.
Larry Williams is winning the standup battle so far.
McCrae swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Williams counters with a low kick, right behind McCrae 's knee.
McCrae has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
That kick from Williams tenderised McCrae's leg. McCrae is trying to keep his angry face on.
McCrae gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Williams thows a left - swing and a miss!
McCrae swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Williams lands a slapping body shot.
McCrae swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Williams looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
McCrae staying out of range there.
Williams takes one on the chin but seems OK.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCrae takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Williams misses with a wild body shot.
McCrae throws a shot from downtown. Williams moves away and avoids it.
McCrae scores with a jab to the jaw.
Williams misses the jab.
McCrae misses with a straight right.
A cross from Williams lands.
A lazy left from Williams finds it's target.
Williams lands a jab to McCrae's midsection.
McCrae misses with a straight right.
Williams keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Williams pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A slow jab from McCrae misses its intended target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
McCrae takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McCrae lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
McCrae misses with a straight left.
Williams tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McCrae was well out of range. Poor timing from Williams.
Williams cracks McCrae with a right hand to the side of the head.
McCrae closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Williams bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
McCrae throws a jab when Williams was well out of range.
Good standup being displayed there by Williams as he connects with a hook.
A nice inside leg kick there by Williams. That's going to slow McCrae down.
Williams throws a low kick but McCrae avoids it.
Gus McCrae has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
McCrae avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Williams scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. McCrae doesn't seem bothered though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams misses with a low kick.
Nice defenses there by Williams.
McCrae takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
McCrae throws an off balance right hand
and Williams counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Williams darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
McCrae connects with a body shot that sends Williams's belly button to the back.
Williams slips a straight right by McCrae.
Williams uses good head movement to avoid the hook from McCrae.
McCrae throws a hook but Williams blocks it.
Jab, jab by Williams - just one landing.
Williams connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Williams misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McCrae.
Williams misses with a looping left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross 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!
McCrae connects with a looping right hand.
Williams with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Williams drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Williams getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
McCrae pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
McCrae throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
McCrae swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Williams slips under a jab.
McCrae has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Williams.
McCrae takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
McCrae misses with a body shot.
Williams thuds a left hand into McCrae's body.
Williams lands with a thumping leg kick.
A big right from McCrae misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Larry Williams showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Williams has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight for Larry Williams!
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight for Larry Williams!
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight for Larry Williams!

Larry Williams wins by unanimous decision!
A relieved looking Larry Williams thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
In defeat, Gus McCrae stepped up to the mic, saying 'Back to the gym.'.