PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between James William (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Dillinger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). William comes into the arena with Outlaw's Reward blaring out of the sound system. Dillinger is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Randy Orten Theme Song. Marcus Dillinger is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

William
vs
Dillinger

188 cm
19
214 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
23
210 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Powerful

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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, James William!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marcus Dillinger!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Lou da Vinci and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
William cracks Dillinger with a right hand to the side of the head.
The crowd cheers as Dillinger lands an impressive looking overhand right. William doesn't seem phased though.

It looks like James William has been cut.
William swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dillinger throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dillinger throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Dillinger swings for the body but William moves out of range.

William shoots in and bounces Dillinger off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
William passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Dillinger tries to buck William off but William is having none of it.
William lands some shots froms side control.
Dillinger tries to buck William off but William is having none of it.
Dillinger gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Dillinger avoiding damage under a succession of punches from William.
Dillinger slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
William has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's one minute gone in the round.
William stopping the sweep attempt from Dillinger.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
William throws a big right hand that misses.
Dillinger looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
William throwing strikes but missing.
William trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
William lands a couple of digs.
William postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
William postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Dillinger throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
William distracts Dillinger with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
William scoring with punches to the head and body.
William won't allow Dillinger to sweep him here.
William is working Dillinger over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
William working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
William postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
William working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
William keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Dillinger's head.
William loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Dillinger looking to control.

William drops back, looking for a kneebar! Dillinger looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Dillinger looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Dillinger!
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!
Dillinger working away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dillinger lands a decent elbow from side control.
William sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
William is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Dillinger's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Dillinger's back!
William doesn't have the hooks in and Dillinger manages to turn into his guard.
William preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Dillinger preventing the sweep.
Dillinger looking to pass the guard.
William looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Dillinger gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
William throws the left hand but Dillinger avoids the punch easily.
William takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Dillinger takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Dillinger uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from William.
Dillinger misses with a series of wild punches.
Dillinger fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dillinger defending well as William loads up on a big left hand.
Marcus Dillinger seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dillinger misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dillinger keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dillinger catches William with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
William cracks a nice hook into Dillinger's ribs.
Dillinger throws an overhand right that lands on William's shoulder, as William tries to avoid the shot.
William bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Dillinger's head backwards.
Marcus Dillinger is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
William lands a head shot.
Dillinger misses with a looping left.
William avoids a punch combination nicely.
William slips a jab and a cross from Dillinger.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James William dominated that round.
The cut man is working on James William's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

William swings for the body but Dillinger moves out of range.
William jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dillinger avoids the body shot from William.
William lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
William swings for the body but Dillinger moves out of range.
Nice body punch from William.
William lands a jab.
William thows a body shot but no joy.
William avoids the body shot from Dillinger.
William slips a straight right by Dillinger.
Dillinger on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Dillinger throws out a loose jab but William uses good head movement to avoid it.
William defending well as Dillinger loads up on a big left hand.
Dillinger swings away with a leg kick that misses.
William checks a leg kick nicely.
Dillinger moves forwards but William connects with a nice, crisp jab.
William keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dillinger.
William fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Dillinger looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Dillinger lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as William backs up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dillinger takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
William digs a good hook to Dillinger's body.
Dillinger is breathing heavily.
Dillinger throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
William cracks Dillinger with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

William closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Nice body punch from William.
The referee is keeping an eye on William - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
A right hand to the body from William.

William gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
William wants to control from the top but Dillinger keeps moving.
William advances position into side control!
James William overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
William in side control lands a decent elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
William grinds an elbow into Dillinger's temple.
William working the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
William scores with punches from side control.
William scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Dillinger to see if he's OK.
William scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Dillinger to see if he's OK.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
William is putting a hurting on Dillinger here, landing some big shots from side control.
William scores with punches from side control.
William lands a nice forearm strike.
Dillinger gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
William winds up and cracks Dillinger with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
William throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
William looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Dillinger is trying to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
William scoring with strikes to the body and head.
William not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
William trying to advance position but Dillinger counters by regaining guard.
William pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Dillinger is keeping the position for now.
William chips away with some ground and pound.
Dillinger keeping moving, preventing William from controlling successfully.
William stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Dillinger swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Dillinger is looking to sweep but instead, William has passed into half guard.
Dillinger misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Dillinger trying to control from the bottom.
Dillinger wants to get back to full guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
William shoots in but no luck this time.
Dillinger throws a jab but it's blocked by William.
William takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
William blocks a jab.
William cracks Dillinger with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dillinger tries to work over William's front leg with a kick but William checks it.
Nice straight punches there by William. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of William.
Dillinger swings away with a leg kick that misses.
William moves out of range of the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James William dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on James William's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

William shoots in and bounces Dillinger off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
William throwing strikes but missing.
William postures up and lands a big shot to Dillinger's brow.
William with a nice head shot there.
William throwing strikes from guard but Dillinger blocks nicely.
William scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
William is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
William makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
William landing with the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dillinger tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Dillinger trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
William distracts Dillinger with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
William looking to sit in guard and control but Dillinger gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
William looking to hit a scissor sweep but Dillinger is one step ahead there.
Dillinger wants to control from the top but William keeps moving.
William looking for a sweep. Not yet William, not yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Dillinger postures up.
Dillinger is working William over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

William throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dillinger advances to half guard.
Dillinger is looking to take a break and control but William is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
William won't allow Dillinger to pass to mount.
William regains full guard. Nicely done.

Dillinger got a little sloppy there for a moment and William has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Dillinger has managed to get both his arms back between William's legs - danger averted.
Dillinger pushing down on William's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
William trying to control from the bottom.
William regains full guard. Nicely done.

William throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
William is looking to sweep but instead, Dillinger has passed into half guard.
William wants to sweep but Dillinger has passed to side control!

Dillinger has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Dillinger throws a right hand that William ducks under and follows up with a left that William also avoids with ease.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dillinger will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
William throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Dillinger on the side of the head.
William with a jab.
William just misses with a punch to the body.
William moves away from the strike by Dillinger.
Dillinger tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but William was well out of range. Poor timing from Dillinger.
Marcus Dillinger is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
William doesn't manage to clinch there - Dillinger circles away.
James William is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Dillinger misses with a double jab.
Dillinger looks to throw the jab but William is out of range.
Marcus Dillinger has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
William throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dillinger sees it coming and avoids it easily.
William lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Dillinger backs up against the cage.
Dillinger throws a head kick but William moves out of range.
William keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dillinger.
Dillinger throws a combination that misses
letting William counter with a right hand.
Dillinger throws a good cross that connects.

Dillinger tries to keep at a distance but William has taken the fight into the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
James William showed his dominance in that final round.
Well William 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 Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James William!