PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between derek Sherinian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damien William (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Damien William enters the cage!

Sherinian
vs
William

153 cm
23
134 lbs
1 - 1 - 1

162 cm
22
145 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

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 1 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, derek Sherinian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Damien William!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Steve Smith and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sherinian shoots in but William avoids the takedown attempt easily.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Sherinian is defended easily by William.
Sherinian looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for derek Sherinian. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Sherinian is defended easily by William.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sherinian shoots in but no luck this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sherinian fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Sherinian fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Sherinian shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with William but William pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Sherinian is breathing heavily.

William closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
William moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sherinian struggling a bit here.
Sherinian on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Sherinian tries to get out of the position.

William tries for a kimura but Sherinian is defending well.
Sherinian prevents William from moving into mount.
Sherinian is trying to escape the position but William is controlling the position.
William has knee on belly and moves into mount.
William avoids the attempt from Sherinian to control.
William landing strikes from the mount and Sherinian is in trouble!

William is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Sherinian is surviving well by controlling William's body position as best he can.
William can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Sherinian is looking to escape.
Sherinian swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sherinian is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Sherinian knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for William on the ground.
William trying to control but Sherinian is having none of it.
Sherinian is in all sorts of trouble here.
Sherinian is working hard here to advance position.

William is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Sherinian has managed to escape the submission attempt.

Sherinian has left one of his arms exposed and William doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Sherinian screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Damien William!