PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alexandru Mircea (ranked 1403 p4p, 3166 weight class) and Billy Williams (ranked 169 p4p, 358 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Mircea might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Shatter. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Mircea
vs
Williams

190 cm
39
247
26 - 17 - 0

200 cm
32
270
23 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Good gas tank

Brooklyn Threads

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alexandru Mircea!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Billy Williams!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Paul Aken and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Mircea looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Mircea pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Williams ducks under a wild hook from Mircea.
Williams tries to score with a low kick but Mircea moves his leg out of the way.
Williams misses with a straight left.
Mircea thuds his right hand into Williams's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Williams scores with a jab to the jaw.
Mircea throws out a powerful jab.
A swing and a miss from Mircea.
Mircea throws a head kick that half lands.
Mircea dodges the punch combination from Williams.
Williams missing with a left hand there. Mircea was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Williams slips a straight right by Mircea.
Williams fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Mircea checks it well.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mircea connects with a right hand. Williams shakes it off.
Mircea keeps Williams at a distance using the push kick.
Mircea thows a left - swing and a miss!
Williams lands a leg kick that knocks Mircea off balance momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams swings for the body but Mircea moves out of range.
A thudding body kick lands there by Mircea!
Williams wants to land a leg kick but Mircea is out of range.
Williams takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A jab from Mircea misses.
Mircea ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Mircea scores with a jab. Williams acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Williams moves away from the strike by Mircea.
Williams tests Mircea's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Williams misses with an uppercut
and Mircea counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Williams paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A looping hook to the body misses from Williams. Mircea does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mircea scores with a body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An inside leg kick lands from Mircea.
Mircea misses with a wild body shot.
A leg kick checked by Williams.
Williams tries a quick counter leg kick but Mircea is wise to it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mircea slips a jab from Williams.
Mircea looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Williams takes a swing at Mircea's ribcage but misses.
Williams tries a head kick but it misses.
Mircea feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Williams misses with a series of wild punches.
Williams looks to land a combination but Mircea avoids it well.
Mircea waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Williams.
Williams is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Mircea lands a glancing blow to the side of Williams's head.
Mircea throws a leg kick but Williams checks it.
Williams misses with a wild combination.
As Williams looks to move away, Mircea throws a big counter combo but Williams just gets out of the way.
Williams throws a jab but it's blocked by Mircea.
Williams throws a leg kick but Mircea moved away.
Williams misses with a jab to the body
letting Mircea counter with a right hand.
Williams misses with a low kick.
Williams misses with a looping left.
Williams looks to score with a jab to the body but Mircea is just out of range.
Mircea swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mircea sizes up Williams with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Mircea lands the left hand.
Mircea thows a body kick. Williams tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Mircea throws out a powerful jab.
Mircea uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Williams avoids a kick to the body.
Mircea throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mircea looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Mircea pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mircea bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Williams's head backwards.
Mircea stuns Williams with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Mircea with a body punch. A glancing blow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Williams misses with a hook. Mircea ducked under it nicely.
Williams throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mircea.
Mircea is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Sloppy strikes from Williams. Those never looked like landing.
Mircea scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Mircea.
Williams throws a right hand that Mircea ducks under and follows up with a left that Mircea also avoids with ease.
Williams throws a poor cross that misses
and Mircea connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Williams throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Mircea throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Williams counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Williams throws out a leg kick but Mircea moves out of range and Williams only half commits.
Williams throws a combination. Mircea tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Mircea moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Mircea looks to land a combination but Williams avoids it well.
Williams tries to move into range but Mircea moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Mircea connects with a jab.
Mircea tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Williams was well out of range. Poor timing from Mircea.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A jab lands there for Mircea.
Williams scores with a leg kick.
Mircea is looking to slow Williams down with leg kicks.
A jab from Mircea misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Alexandru Mircea dominated that round.
That's time! Mircea's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Mircea lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Williams fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Mircea is out of range.
Williams throws a low kick but Mircea avoids it.
Mircea moves out of range as Williams strikes.
Mircea throws a quick inside leg kick.
Williams rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mircea moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mircea chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Williams can pounce on him.
Mircea checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Mircea is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Williams can do to turn this around?
Williams throws a series of punches but Mircea moves out of range.
Mircea throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Williams misses with a body shot
and Mircea counters with a slapping leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mircea lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Williams throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Mircea goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Alexandru Mircea is winning the standup battle so far.
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!
Mircea lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Williams's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A nice leg kick from Williams, right into the meat of the thigh.
Some wild striking there from Williams.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mircea connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Williams momentarily.
Williams throws a low kick but Mircea avoids it.
Mircea is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Mircea smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Williams throws a shot from downtown. Mircea moves away and avoids it.
Mircea takes a swing at Williams's ribcage but misses.
Mircea takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A big right from Mircea misses.
A big left from Mircea misses.
Billy Williams is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Williams looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Mircea throws a sloppy body shot
and Williams counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Williams steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mircea.
Mircea scores with a nice strike.
Williams avoids the body shot from Mircea.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mircea.
It seemed like Williams was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Williams misses with a combination
and Mircea makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
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!
Mircea lands with a nice body kick.
Mircea throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Williams sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mircea throws a head kick but Williams moves out of range.
Williams throws a jab but it's blocked by Mircea.
Mircea lands a slapping body shot.
Williams misses with a body kick.
Mircea lands a head shot.
A leg kick checked by Mircea.
Williams throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Williams tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Williams takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Mircea.
Mircea throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mircea pushes Williams away with a front kick.
Nice body kick there by Mircea.
Williams has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Williams takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Nice straight punches there by Mircea. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Mircea.
Williams has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Mircea.
Mircea lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Williams walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Mircea checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Mircea takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Mircea bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Williams's head.
Mircea blocks a head kick by Williams.
Williams tries to work over Mircea's front leg with a kick but Mircea checks it.
Williams with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Mircea to score with a decent uppercut.
Williams is looking to chop away at Mircea's legs.
That kick from Mircea tenderised Williams's leg. Williams is trying to keep his angry face on.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Williams throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Williams swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams misses with a few strikes there.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Mircea, as that shot connected.
Mircea slips a straight right by Williams.
Mircea connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Williams's hands.

Williams is rocked!
Mircea walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Williams misses with an uppercut. Mircea saw that one coming.
A low kick from Williams misses
and Mircea counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Williams is breathing heavily.
Mircea cracks a nice hook into Williams's ribs.
Williams takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Williams is still on wobbly legs! Can Mircea finish him?
Williams swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Williams seems to have recovered his senses.
Mircea cracks Williams with a right hand to the side of the head.
Williams throws a poor cross that misses
and Mircea counters with a nice kick to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mircea lands a nice looking kick to the body. Williams takes a step back to recover.
Williams misses with a hook. Mircea ducked under it nicely.
Mircea lands a lovely overhand right.
Mircea lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Alexandru Mircea dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Williams throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Mircea counters with a huge left! Williams is in big trouble! He's backing up but Mircea isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Williams from any more damage. A dominating finish by Mircea!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alexandru Mircea!
Alexandru Mircea took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'Give Me A Saul Goodman Rematch Please '.