PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Laat Dovah-Kinn (ranked 1774 p4p, 209 weight class) and Michael Carter Williams (ranked 1556 p4p, 190 weight class). Dovah-Kinn comes into the arena with Disturbed - Immortalized blaring out of the sound system. Williams has chosen FREE THE MADNESS as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dovah-Kinn
vs
Carter Williams

178 cm
33
175 lbs
16 - 5 - 1

182 cm
36
187 lbs
22 - 11 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 5 - 1, fighting out of London, Laat Dovah-Kinn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 11 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Michael Carter Williams !
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A quick step to the side and Dovah-Kinn tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dovah-Kinn slips under a jab from Williams .
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Williams lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Dovah-Kinn has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Dovah-Kinn and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Williams jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Williams attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

Dovah-Kinn rushes Williams and presses him up against the cage.
Williams misses with a punch on the inside.
Williams blocks an uppercut.
Williams comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Laat Dovah-Kinn has been cut.
Dovah-Kinn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
I was talking to Dovah-Kinn's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Dovah-Kinn lands a shot to the body.
Dovah-Kinn struggles to land a body shot inside as Williams controls his hands.
Dovah-Kinn misses with a punch to the body.
Dovah-Kinn throws a head punch that misses.
Williams lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Dovah-Kinn escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Williams tries to clinch but Dovah-Kinn is having none of it.
Dovah-Kinn connects with a solid leg kick.
Dovah-Kinn throws an overhand right that lands on Williams 's shoulder, as Williams tries to avoid the shot.
Dovah-Kinn showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Williams .
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Williams takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Dovah-Kinn has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A head kick misses from Williams .
Williams explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Williams 's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Dovah-Kinn connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Williams scrambles back to his feet.
Dovah-Kinn throws a hook but Williams blocks it.
Dovah-Kinn throws a big shot that misses.
Dovah-Kinn sets himself, and Williams steps forward looking for the clinch! Dovah-Kinn avoids it this time.
Williams throws a series of strikes that have Dovah-Kinn backpedaling.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dovah-Kinn paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Williams misses with a straight right.
Dovah-Kinn loads up on a big right hand but Williams slips the punch.
Nice defenses there by Williams .
The crowd cheers as Williams lands an impressive looking overhand right. Dovah-Kinn doesn't seem phased though.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dovah-Kinn paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dovah-Kinn dodges the punch combination from Williams .
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dovah-Kinn avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Williams tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Dovah-Kinn is able to avoid easily.
Williams throws a hook but Dovah-Kinn blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams misses with a head kick.
Dovah-Kinn lands with an overhand left.

Williams has taken the fight to the clinch.
Williams fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Dovah-Kinn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dovah-Kinn is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Williams pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Dovah-Kinn lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dovah-Kinn creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Dovah-Kinn breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Williams uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dovah-Kinn.
Williams swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch but Dovah-Kinn swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Williams doesn't manage to clinch there - Dovah-Kinn circles away.
Williams misses with a few strikes there.
Michael Carter Williams is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dovah-Kinn misses with an uppercut. Williams saw that one coming.
Williams wants to counter with a clinch but Dovah-Kinn pushes him away.
Dovah-Kinn throws the left hand but Williams avoids the punch easily.
Williams throws a body punch but Dovah-Kinn moves out of range.
Williams rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dovah-Kinn moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Williams tries to clinch there but Dovah-Kinn circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dovah-Kinn misses with a looping right.
Sloppy strikes from Dovah-Kinn. Those never looked like landing.
Dovah-Kinn ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dovah-Kinn lands a jab to the head.
An inside leg kick from Williams misses.
Williams looks to score with a jab to the body but Dovah-Kinn is just out of range.
Williams throws an overhand right that lands on Dovah-Kinn's shoulder, as Dovah-Kinn tries to avoid the shot.
Nice uppercut there from Dovah-Kinn.
Williams moves out of range of the body kick.
Williams throws a sloppy head kick and Dovah-Kinn moves out of range easily.
Dovah-Kinn defending well as Williams loads up on a big left hand.
Williams fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dovah-Kinn feinted with a counter takedown.
Dovah-Kinn connects with a leg kick. Williams looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Michael Carter Williams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dovah-Kinn scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Williams doesn't seem bothered though.
Williams throws a lazy right hand but Dovah-Kinn sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Williams throws a series of punches but Dovah-Kinn avoids them all with ease.
Dovah-Kinn drops down looking for a counter takedown but Williams sprawls and moves away.
Williams misses with a looping right.
Dovah-Kinn showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Williams .

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dovah-Kinn throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dovah-Kinn stuns Williams with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dovah-Kinn swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Williams is looking to clinch but Dovah-Kinn is avoiding it.
Williams throws a solid leg kick but Dovah-Kinn takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Williams .

Dovah-Kinn shoots in and bounces Williams off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Williams is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Dovah-Kinn throws a big elbow that misses.
Williams wants to get back to his feet but Dovah-Kinn is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Laat Dovah-Kinn will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Laat Dovah-Kinn'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.

Dovah-Kinn throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Williams misses with a two punch combination.
Dovah-Kinn throwing a counter right hand but Williams manages to avoid it.
Dovah-Kinn throws the left hand but Williams avoids the punch easily.
Michael Carter Williams is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dovah-Kinn misses with an uppercut.
Dovah-Kinn misses with a hook. Williams ducked under it nicely.
Williams checks a low kick from Dovah-Kinn.
Dovah-Kinn throws a low kick but Williams avoids it.
Williams has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Dovah-Kinn takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Dovah-Kinn displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Williams throws out the jab.
Dovah-Kinn takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Dovah-Kinn avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dovah-Kinn moves out of range of the leg kick from Williams .
Dovah-Kinn walks into a left hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dovah-Kinn takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Dovah-Kinn lands with a right hand.
Williams throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Williams slips a jab from Dovah-Kinn.
A bone on bone clash there as Dovah-Kinn blocks the leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams wants to land a leg kick but Dovah-Kinn is out of range.
Dovah-Kinn is looking for a counter combo.
Williams throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dovah-Kinn sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Williams takes a swing at Dovah-Kinn's ribcage but misses.
Williams throws a jab but it's blocked by Dovah-Kinn.

Dovah-Kinn closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

Williams has one foot on Dovah-Kinn's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Williams swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dovah-Kinn has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dovah-Kinn fails with a takedown attempt.
Williams waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dovah-Kinn.
Williams throws a series of punches but Dovah-Kinn moves out of range.
Williams defending well as Dovah-Kinn loads up on a big left hand.
Dovah-Kinn lands with a hook. Williams tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Williams takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A telegraphed right hand from Dovah-Kinn misses the target.
Dovah-Kinn moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Williams misses with a double jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams takes a swing at Dovah-Kinn's ribcage but misses.
Dovah-Kinn scores with a leg kick.
Dovah-Kinn misses with a hook.
A solid leg kick lands there for Williams .
Williams throws a right hand that Dovah-Kinn ducks under and follows up with a left that Dovah-Kinn also avoids with ease.
Dovah-Kinn is looking to counter punch.
Williams moves out of range of the strikes.
A countering left hand to the body from Williams misses.
Williams throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dovah-Kinn sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Williams throws a body punch but Dovah-Kinn moves out of range.
Williams scores with a jab to the jaw.
Dovah-Kinn misses with a looping left.
A good leg kick by Dovah-Kinn.
Williams staying out of range there.
Dovah-Kinn throws a body punch but Williams moves out of range.
Williams works Dovah-Kinn's body with a nice hook.
Dovah-Kinn swats away the attempt to clinch by Williams .
Williams ducks under a wild hook from Dovah-Kinn.
Williams displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dovah-Kinn throws out the jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A jab from Dovah-Kinn misses.
Michael Carter Williams seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dovah-Kinn takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Williams uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dovah-Kinn.
Williams lands a slapping body shot.
Williams throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dovah-Kinn.
Dovah-Kinn lands a right hook to the body.
Dovah-Kinn digs a good body shot into Williams 's ribs.

Williams takes the fight into the clinch.
Williams misses with some punches.
Dovah-Kinn is trying to drag Williams to the mat but Williams just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Williams swings wildly with an uppercut but Dovah-Kinn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dovah-Kinn's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Dovah-Kinn working aggressively here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Williams fails to land.
Dovah-Kinn changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Williams fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Laat Dovah-Kinn. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dovah-Kinn keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Williams uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dovah-Kinn.
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!

Williams gets a clinch.
Williams lands an elbow inside.
Dovah-Kinn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Michael Carter Williams seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Dovah-Kinn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dovah-Kinn lands a shoulder strike.
Dovah-Kinn blocks an elbow strike.
Williams tries to land knees in the clinch but Dovah-Kinn avoids the damage to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Williams .
Dovah-Kinn misses with a body punch.
Williams lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Dovah-Kinn backwards.
Dovah-Kinn avoids a wild elbow strike from Williams .
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dovah-Kinn softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Williams swings wildly with an uppercut but Dovah-Kinn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Williams swings wildly with an uppercut but Dovah-Kinn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Williams swings wildly with an uppercut but Dovah-Kinn uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Carter Williams showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Laat Dovah-Kinn's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Dovah-Kinn lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Williams misses with a looping right.
Dovah-Kinn lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
That kick from Williams tenderised Dovah-Kinn's leg. Dovah-Kinn is trying to keep his angry face on.
A slow jab from Dovah-Kinn misses its intended target.
Dovah-Kinn misses the shot to the body.
Williams throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dovah-Kinn sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Williams misses with a wild body shot.
Dovah-Kinn blocks a low kick nicely.
Dovah-Kinn fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Williams ducks under a wild hook from Dovah-Kinn.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dovah-Kinn throws a hook to the side of Williams 's head but Williams sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dovah-Kinn steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Williams . That one must have hurt.
Dovah-Kinn lands with a good body shot.
Williams tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Dovah-Kinn manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Williams takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
An inside leg kick from Williams misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams staying out of range there.
Williams misses with an uppercut
and Dovah-Kinn counters with a low kick, right behind Williams 's knee.
Williams throws a body shot but no joy.
Dovah-Kinn moves out of range of the strikes.
A swing and a miss from Williams .
A looping hook to the body misses from Williams . Dovah-Kinn does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jab by Dovah-Kinn.
Dovah-Kinn throws a hook but Williams blocks it.
Williams throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dovah-Kinn slips under a jab from Williams .
Williams throws a series of punches but Dovah-Kinn moves out of range.

Williams drives through and clinches with Dovah-Kinn against the cage.
Williams swings wildly with an uppercut but Dovah-Kinn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dovah-Kinn lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Dovah-Kinn misses with a hook to the ribs.
Williams lands with a left to the head.
Williams throws a punch but it's blocked by Dovah-Kinn.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Dovah-Kinn.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short right from Dovah-Kinn.
Dovah-Kinn is leaning against Williams and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Williams takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Dovah-Kinn lands with a light punch inside.
Williams gets through Dovah-Kinn's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Dovah-Kinn pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Williams throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Dovah-Kinn blocks a head kick by Williams .
Williams takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Williams misses with a wild combination.
Dovah-Kinn buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Williams tries to clinch up but Dovah-Kinn circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Williams looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Williams misses with the combination.
Dovah-Kinn thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Dovah-Kinn throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Williams takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Dovah-Kinn comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Williams sizes up Dovah-Kinn with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Williams throws a right and a left that both miss.
Dovah-Kinn avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dovah-Kinn drops down looking for a counter takedown but Williams sprawls and moves away.
Dovah-Kinn misses with the combination.

Dovah-Kinn shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Williams tries to kick Dovah-Kinn off in order to stand up. Dovah-Kinn Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
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!
Dovah-Kinn lands an elbow.
Williams tries to escape but Dovah-Kinn is in control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dovah-Kinn trying to control the position but Williams is working away.
Dovah-Kinn creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Williams is trying to get back to his feet.

Dovah-Kinn looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Williams is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Dovah-Kinn asserts his dominance and retains side control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Laat Dovah-Kinn showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Dovah-Kinn has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Michael Carter Williams !
An out of breath Michael Carter Williams thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.