PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Prinsessa William (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luke Lashley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). William comes to the cage accompanied by Forever . Lashley is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Hustlin. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

William
vs
Lashley

175 cm
20
143 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

168 cm
24
144 lbs
8 - 8 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Balco Boys - Hilo
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Prinsessa William!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Luke Lashley!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Saam Ante and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Danga de danga de dang - Lashley scores with a four punch combination!
A punch combination from Lashley misses.
Lashley lands a front kick.
Lashley throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lashley moves in looking to clinch but William pushes him off.

Lashley closes the distance and clinches.

Lashley manages to break the clinch.
William uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lashley.
Lashley tries to clinch there but William circles away.

Lashley pushes William up against the cage in a clinch.
Lashley has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
William keeps control of Lashley as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Lashley successfully pulls guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
William with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
William pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Lashley is keeping the position for now.
William keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Lashley's head.
William tries to free his leg and advance position but Lashley is retaining full guard.
Lashley keeping moving, preventing William from controlling successfully.
William trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Lashley really doesn't want to stay on the ground with William. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
William throws a big right hand that misses.
William trying to control but Lashley is working from the bottom.
William postures up in Lashley's guard and throws a big left but Lashley blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
William trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
William showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Lashley working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from William.
William content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
William missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
William trying to control the position from guard on top but Lashley is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
William looking to pass the guard.
William trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lashley preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
William throws a big elbow that misses.
William passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Lashley taking punishment in the form of punches.
William throwing shots but missing, from side control.
William has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
William tries to advance to mount but can't.
Lashley avoids any damage from the ground and pound of William.
William wants to control but Lashley is keeping him busy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
William in side control, throwing shots but Lashley defends.
William sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Lashley is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
William lands a few punches from side control.
Sloppy strikes there by William.
The strikes coming from William are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
William fails to land a wild elbow strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
William throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lashley takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Prinsessa William dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Lashley connects with a solid leg kick.
Luke Lashley is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Lashley shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

William is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Lashley pulls his head out easily.

William looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Lashley trying to pass the guard but William defending well.
William moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

Lashley stands up and waves to William to follow him.

Lashley closes the distance and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lashley blocks a body shot from William.
William throws a punch but it's blocked by Lashley.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lashley.
William is trying to pull guard but Lashley has him pressed against the cage.
A short uppercut from Lashley.
William stalls.

William pulls guard effortlessly.

Lashley got a little sloppy there for a moment and William has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Lashley has managed to get both his arms back between William's legs - danger averted.
Lashley trying to control but William is working from the bottom.

Lashley gets to his feet. William looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Lashley shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

William looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
William is controlling Lashley's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Lashley seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Lashley is thwarting William's attempts to control the position.
William makes his way to full guard. A much better position for William.

Lashley wants to stand up, so he's looking to wriggle free of William's closed guard. He's half up but William has locked on to an arm! Uh oh! William pivots and extends the arm, Lashley falls face first to the mat and taps??... does he?? YES! He's tapping! Excellent counter grappling there by William! Well done that man!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Prinsessa William!
Prinsessa William is the new bantamweight champion!
An out of breath Prinsessa William thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.