PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eli Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ty Palevic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Williams
vs
Palevic

195 cm
19
313 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

198 cm
19
290 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Eli Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ty Palevic!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Paulsen Ambrosius and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Palevic moves out of range of the strikes.
Palevic scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Palevic fakes the leg kick and cracks Williams in the body.
Williams is breathing heavily.
Palevic with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
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!
Palevic lands with a kick to the ribs.
Palevic lands a nice looking body kick.
Palevic dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Williams. That did some damage!
Crunch! Palevic slams his shin into Williams's torso.
Palevic lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Palevic buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Palevic!
Palevic connects with a solid leg kick.
Palevic feints and then cracks Williams's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Williams down.
Palevic feints and then cracks Williams's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Williams down.
Ty Palevic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Williams takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A slapping leg kick lands for Palevic.
Palevic scoring well with a low kick there.
Palevic moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Williams takes a kick to the side of the head.

It looks like Eli Williams has been cut.
A nice inside leg kick there by Palevic. That's going to slow Williams down.
An inside leg kick lands from Palevic.
A nice leg kick lands there from Palevic.
Palevic throws a leg kick which misses Williams's front leg but catches the back leg as Williams tries to avoid it.
Williams on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Palevic. Palevic obviously looking to wear him down.
Palevic comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Palevic turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Williams tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Williams walks forward, straight into a front kick from Palevic.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Palevic explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Palevic lands with a thumping leg kick.
Williams takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Williams takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Williams takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Palevic lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Williams takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Williams takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Palevic scores with a push kick.
Ty Palevic is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Palevic keeps Williams at a distance using the push kick.
Palevic pushes Williams away with a front kick.
Good leg kick by Palevic there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Palevic bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Palevic.
Palevic connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Williams chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Palevic can pounce on him.
Palevic explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Palevic scores with a nice body kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Palevic.
Palevic turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Williams will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palevic throws a nice inside leg kick.
Palevic cracks the inside of Williams's front leg.
Palevic chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Palevic scores with a leg kick.
Williams chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Palevic can pounce on him.
Palevic scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A solid body kick from Palevic.
Palevic lands a high kick!
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Williams crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Palevic - the referee stops the clock and Williams gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Palevic. Williams manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Palevic throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Crunch! Palevic slams his shin into Williams's torso.
A nice inside leg kick there by Palevic. That's going to slow Williams down.
Palevic comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Palevic lands a head kick. Williams smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Williams sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Palevic thows a body kick. Williams tries to catch it but that hurt him.
A chopping leg kick lands by Palevic.
A solid leg kick lands there for Palevic.
Palevic thumps Williams with a low kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Palevic.
Palevic scores with a leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Palevic.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palevic scores with a leg kick.
Palevic throws a nice outside leg kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Palevic finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Palevic.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Williams takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Both fighters circling a little - Palevic finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Crunch! Palevic slams his shin into Williams's torso.
Palevic lands a nice hook to Williams's body. Williams takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Palevic connects with a solid leg kick.
Palevic is looking to slow Williams down with leg kicks.
Williams takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Williams sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Williams is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Palevic keeps Williams at a distance using the push kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Palevic. That's going to slow Williams down.
Williams shoots in looking for a takedown. Palevic tries to sprawl out of it but Williams keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Palevic manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

Palevic looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Williams!
Palevic content just to control the position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Palevic's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Let's hope that Palevic has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Palevic looking to control but Williams is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Williams is wriggling around trying to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ty Palevic dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Eli Williams's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Williams fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Palevic manages to avoid it.
Williams misses with a wild combination.
Palevic throws a head kick but Williams moves out of range.
Palevic buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A good leg kick by Palevic.
Palevic feints and then cracks Williams's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Williams down.
Good leg kick by Palevic there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Palevic moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Palevic scores with a spinning back kick!
Palevic throws a shot to the body.
Palevic connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Palevic feints and then cracks Williams's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Williams down.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Palevic, right into the meat.
Palevic scores with a nice body kick.
Palevic throws a head kick that Williams semi-blocks.
Palevic lands with a thumping leg kick.
Palevic cracks the inside of Williams's front leg.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Palevic scores with a leg kick.
Palevic dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Williams. That did some damage!
Palevic looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Palevic throws a nice outside leg kick.
Palevic has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Good leg kick by Palevic there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Palevic lets loose with a powerful body kick. Williams will feel that in the morning.
A slapping leg kick lands for Palevic.
Palevic dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Palevic lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Palevic is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Williams rather than just go for the knockout.
Palevic lands with a thumping leg kick.
Palevic feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Williams's calf.
Palevic lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Palevic lands a front kick.
Palevic scores with a spinning back kick!
Palevic lands a nice leg kick that just misses Williams's sensitive parts.
Palevic keeps Williams at a distance using the push kick.
Palevic lands a nice looking body kick.
Palevic lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Palevic, right into the meat.

Palevic lands a big head kick that sends Williams tumbling to the mat! Palevic takes a step backwards and waves Williams back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Palevic throws a nice inside leg kick.
Palevic scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Palevic lands with a kick to the ribs.
Palevic connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Palevic lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Palevic connects with a solid leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Palevic.
A slapping leg kick lands for Palevic.
Palevic fakes the leg kick and cracks Williams in the body.
Palevic throws a nice head kick!
Palevic scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Williams doesn't seem bothered though.
Palevic lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Palevic lands with a nice body kick.
Palevic connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A slapping leg kick lands for Palevic.
Palevic turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Palevic looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Palevic lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ty Palevic seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Williams on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Palevic. Palevic obviously looking to wear him down.
Palevic chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Palevic.
Palevic buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Palevic.
Palevic feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Williams's calf.
A nice leg kick lands there from Palevic.
Palevic lets loose with a powerful body kick. Williams will feel that in the morning.
Williams takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slapping body kick lands there for Palevic.
Palevic throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Palevic lands a head kick!

Eli Williams's cut is getting worse.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Palevic fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Williams.
A nice inside leg kick there by Palevic. That's going to slow Williams down.
Williams chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Palevic can pounce on him.
A nice leg kick lands there from Palevic.
Palevic throws a nice inside leg kick.
Williams takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Palevic scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Palevic scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Palevic.
Palevic throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Palevic fakes the leg kick and cracks Williams in the body.
Palevic lands a jab to Williams's midsection.
Palevic pushes Williams away with a front kick.
Palevic connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Palevic chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Williams takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Palevic slips a jab and a cross from Williams.
A slapping leg kick lands for Palevic.
Palevic explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Palevic, right into the meat.
Palevic plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Palevic scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Palevic feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Williams's calf.
Palevic lands with a thumping leg kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Palevic.
Palevic scores with a body shot.
Palevic is looking to slow Williams down with leg kicks.
Palevic chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A head kick from Palevic lands but Williams takes it in his stride.
Palevic moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Palevic feints and then cracks Williams's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Williams down.
Williams stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Palevic.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Palevic lands with a kick to the ribs.
Williams has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Palevic.
Palevic scores with a leg kick.
Williams stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Palevic.
Williams takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ty Palevic showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Eli Williams's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Palevic avoids the body shot from Williams.
Williams throws out a loose jab but Palevic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Palevic lands a nice looking body kick.
Palevic scores with a kick to the midsection.
Good leg kick by Palevic there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Palevic delivers a nice body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Palevic scores with a leg kick.
Palevic with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Palevic scores with a nice body kick.
Nice body kick there by Palevic.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Palevic, right into the meat.
Williams takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
A solid leg kick lands there for Palevic.
Williams takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Palevic cracks the inside of Williams's front leg.
Palevic throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Palevic, right into the meat.
Palevic buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A good leg kick by Palevic.
Palevic lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Palevic scoring well with a low kick there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Palevic thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Williams if he has to take too many more of those.
Palevic bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Palevic moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
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 sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Palevic scores with a push kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Palevic.
Palevic lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A nice inside leg kick there by Palevic. That's going to slow Williams down.
Palevic lands a slapping body shot.
Williams takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
A good leg kick by Palevic.
Nice body kick there by Palevic.
Williams has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Palevic.
Palevic delivers a nice body kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Palevic.
Williams stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Palevic.
Palevic throws a nice inside leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Palevic.
Palevic scores with a push kick.
Williams tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Palevic fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Williams.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palevic lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Palevic scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Palevic dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Williams. That did some damage!
Palevic cracks the inside of Williams's front leg.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Palevic - that will leave a mark!
Williams misses with a wild body shot.
A thudding body kick lands there by Palevic!
Palevic lands a nice looking body shot.
Palevic dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Palevic dips to his left and cracks Williams with an uppercut!
Palevic thumps Williams with a low kick.
Palevic lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Palevic scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Palevic punishes Williams's body with a nice straight punch.
Palevic lands a slapping body shot.
A good leg kick by Palevic.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Palevic.
A slapping leg kick lands for Palevic.
Palevic throws a nice outside leg kick.
Nice body kick from Palevic.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palevic fakes the leg kick and cracks Williams in the body.
Palevic lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Williams tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Palevic thumps Williams with a low kick.
Williams takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Palevic lands with a kick to the ribs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Palevic throws a quick inside leg kick.
Palevic throws a quick inside leg kick.
Palevic throws a quick inside leg kick.
Williams takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A nice leg kick lands there from Palevic.
Palevic lands a head kick. Williams smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Palevic looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Palevic throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Palevic fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Williams.
Palevic moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Palevic lands a nice hook to Williams's body. Williams takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Palevic keeps Williams at a distance using the push kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Palevic.
Palevic scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Eli Williams has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ty Palevic is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Palevic.
Palevic thumps Williams with a low kick.
Good leg kick by Palevic there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Palevic.
Williams on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Palevic. Palevic obviously looking to wear him down.
Palevic scores with a nice body kick.
Palevic feints and then cracks Williams's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Williams down.
Palevic fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Williams.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Palevic.
Palevic is looking to slow Williams down with leg kicks.
Williams takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Palevic lands a nice hook to Williams's body. Williams takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Williams takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Palevic lands a right hook to the body.
Palevic scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Palevic fakes the leg kick and cracks Williams in the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Palevic. That's going to slow Williams down.
A chopping leg kick lands by Palevic.
Williams takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Williams stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Palevic.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ty Palevic comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Palevic has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Radbod Blank scores the fight 24:30
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 24:30
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 24:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ty Palevic!