PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Renato Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie's entrance music is Bring Da Ruckus. A fine choice. Paul Williams will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Gracie
vs
Williams

170 cm
25
142 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

185 cm
25
143 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Elite Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Renato Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Paul Williams!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Cecil Peabody and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nice takedown defense from Williams. No joy for Gracie on that attempt.
Williams takes a swing at Gracie's ribcage but misses.
Williams tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gracie slips under a jab.
Gracie shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Williams as he jumps to the side.
Gracie fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Renato Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Gracie or perhaps it was just good defense by Williams which made him look bad.
Gracie keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Williams.
Gracie keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Williams.
The fight stays on the outside here - Williams looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Williams connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Williams doesn't manage to clinch there - Gracie circles away.
Williams throws a right and a left that Gracie avoids nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Gracie scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Gracie tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Gracie has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Gracie has knee on belly and moves into mount.

Williams bucks Gracie off and manages to get back to his feet!
Nice takedown defense from Williams. No joy for Gracie on that attempt.
Gracie shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Williams pinned against the cage. Williams gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Williams scores with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Gracie.
Williams swings for the body but Gracie moves out of range.
Williams takes a swing at Gracie's ribcage but misses.
Williams misses the shot to the body.

Gracie closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Williams did well to prevent Gracie getting side control.
Gracie content to control rather than advance.
Williams wants to get back to his feet.
Williams really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Gracie. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Williams is in trouble now - Gracie has advanced to mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie tries to control but Williams wriggling away.
Gracie throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Gracie landing strikes from the mount.
Gracie punishing his opponent with strikes.

Gracie is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Williams can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Gracie punishing his opponent with strikes.
Gracie won't let Williams get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Gracie landing shots from mount.
Gracie scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Williams wants to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Renato Gracie dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Williams looks to land a left hand but Gracie moved out of range nicely.
Williams just misses with a punch to the body.
Gracie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Williams.
Williams slaps away a takedown attempt from Gracie, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Williams uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Gracie has time to react.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Williams throws a nice looking combination but Gracie bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gracie on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams tries to clinch there but Gracie circles away.
Paul Williams is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gracie uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Williams.
Williams tries to clinch there but Gracie circles away.
Gracie takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Williams misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gracie.
A right-left combo lands from Williams.

It looks like Renato Gracie has been cut.
Williams thows a body shot but no joy.
Williams thows a body shot but no joy.

Gracie looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams is trying to stand.
Gracie trying to control the action but Williams is working from the bottom.

Gracie is working for a submission of some sort.

Gracie is trying for a kimura here. Williams looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Gracie wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Renato Gracie!