PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Charlisson Rousseff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Colt Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rousseff comes to the cage accompanied by Mail Man Blues - Sleepy John Estes. Williams comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Disturbed- Asylum kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Rousseff
vs
Williams

171 cm
19
179 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

188 cm
25
182 lbs
10 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Charlisson Rousseff!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Colt Williams!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Winston Howard and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams scores with a jab. Rousseff acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Rousseff swats away the attempt to clinch by Williams.
Williams wants to clinch up but Rousseff keeps it at a distance.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rousseff paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A head kick misses from Williams.
Rousseff keeps the fight on the outside.
Colt Williams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rousseff looks to land a left hand but Williams moved out of range nicely.
Williams throws a body kick that misses.
Williams fails with an attempt to clinch.
Williams fails in his attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rousseff keeps the fight on the outside.

Williams moves into range and clinches up with Rousseff.
Williams misses with a punch to the body.
Rousseff blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Williams lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rousseff blocks the elbow strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Williams pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Williams avoids a punch combination nicely.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rousseff swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rousseff lands with a shot to the body.
Rousseff misses with a wild combination.
Williams throws a right hand that Rousseff ducks under and follows up with a left that Rousseff also avoids with ease.

Rousseff drops Williams with a beautiful combination! Williams stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Rousseff is looking for the KO!

It looks like Colt Williams has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Williams tries to clinch there but Rousseff circles away.
Rousseff misses with a series of wild punches.
Williams moves out of range as Rousseff strikes.
Rousseff throws a right and a left that Williams avoids nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Williams shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Ground and pound from Williams.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rousseff is trying to get back to full guard.
Williams is thwarting Rousseff's attempts to control the position.
Rousseff tries to get to full guard but Williams has control of the leg.
Rousseff is working hard here to advance position.
Rousseff works his way to full guard. Good work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams won't allow Rousseff to sweep him here.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Rousseff fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Williams manages to avoid it.
Decent striking displayed by Rousseff there.
Rousseff takes a swing at Williams's ribcage but misses.
Williams misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Williams is looking to clinch but Rousseff is avoiding it.
Williams throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Rousseff.
Williams fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rousseff lands with a hook. Williams tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Rousseff misses with a body shot.
Rousseff throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rousseff swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rousseff lands a two punch combo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rousseff scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Williams looks gassed!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rousseff throws a looping overhand right but Williams ducks down to avoid it.
Rousseff circles away from the clinch attempt.
Williams is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Williams shoots in for a takedown but Rousseff shows good takedown defense.
Williams shoots for a takedown but Rousseff saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Rousseff throws the left hand but Williams avoids the punch easily.
Rousseff looks to land a left hand but Williams moved out of range nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rousseff throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Williams.
Rousseff swings for the body but Williams moves out of range.
Rousseff avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charlisson Rousseff dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Colt Williams's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Rousseff pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Williams ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Williams tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Williams showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rousseff.
Williams looks to land a left hand but Rousseff moved out of range nicely.
Williams throws a head kick but Rousseff moves out of range.
Rousseff avoids the head kick by Williams.
Rousseff misses with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Williams tries to clinch but Rousseff moves out of range.
Rousseff misses the shot to the body.
Williams doesn't manage to clinch there - Rousseff circles away.
Rousseff misses with a wild combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams tries to clinch but Rousseff is having none of it.
Williams rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rousseff moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rousseff fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Charlisson Rousseff is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A big right from Rousseff misses.
Rousseff keeps the fight on the outside.
Rousseff misses with a straight left.
Rousseff misses with a two punch combination.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Williams misses with some punches.
Williams works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Williams misses with a knee strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Rousseff prevents the takedown attempt.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Williams goes for a takedown in the clinch but Rousseff prevents it.
Williams is breathing heavily.
Williams lands a body shot.

Williams manages to break the clinch.

Williams rushes Rousseff and presses him up against the cage.
Williams struggles to land a body shot inside as Rousseff controls his hands.
Williams lands with a short shot to the head.
Williams connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rousseff's face.
Williams tries to land knees in the clinch but Rousseff avoids the damage to the body.
Rousseff blocks the elbow strike.
Williams throws an elbow but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Williams.
Williams drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Rousseff gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Charlisson Rousseff has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Colt Williams.
Williams prevents Rousseff from breaking the clinch.
Rousseff is trying to break the clinch but Williams has him pressed against the cage.
Williams throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rousseff blocks it with crossed arms.
Williams tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Williams throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rousseff blocks it with crossed arms.
Rousseff managing to block the knees to the body from Williams.
Williams is working for takedown but Rousseff is calmly controlling the position for now.
Rousseff is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Williams's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Williams throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rousseff blocks it with crossed arms.
Rousseff is struggling to control the position.
Rousseff tries to circle away but Williams has him pinned against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Williams struggles to land a body shot inside as Rousseff controls his hands.
Rousseff blocks an elbow strike from Williams.
Williams with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Williams tries to land a knee to the head but Rousseff blocks with his arms.
Rousseff dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Williams drops down looking for an ankle pick but Rousseff pulls his leg out and moves away.
Rousseff throws a looping overhand right but Williams ducks down to avoid it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Williams tries to clinch up but Rousseff circles away and keeps his distance.
Rousseff swats away the attempt to clinch by Williams.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Colt Williams showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Colt Williams's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Rousseff throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Williams counters with a head kick.
Williams fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rousseff lands with a precision combination! Left, right, uppercut and Williams falls flat on his face, eyes wide open but he's out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:15 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Charlisson Rousseff!