PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Charles Martel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Williams has chosen All the Above- Maino ft. T-Pain as his entrance music. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Martel
vs
Williams

170 cm
25
145 lbs
10 - 0 - 0

185 cm
27
143 lbs
13 - 5 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
KO power

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 10 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Charles Martel!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Paul Williams!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Dillan Fox and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martel uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Williams.
Williams throws a shot from downtown. Martel moves away and avoids it.
Martel pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Martel misses with an uppercut. Williams saw that one coming.
Williams lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Martel tries to clinch but Williams is having none of it.
Williams throws a series of punches but Martel moves out of range.
Williams looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martel checks a leg kick.
Martel missing with a left hand there. Williams was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A looping hook to the body misses from Martel. Williams does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Williams.
Martel throws a looping overhand right but Williams ducks down to avoid it.
Martel steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Williams.
Martel connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Williams momentarily.
Williams throws out a loose jab but Martel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Martel throws a lazy right hand but Williams sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Martel looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Martel misses with a body shot.
Williams slips a jab from Martel.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Martel will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Williams throws a lazy right hand but Martel sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Martel misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Williams.
Williams is looking to chop away at Martel's legs.
Martel fails with an attempt to clinch.
Martel misses with a wild body shot.
Williams is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
A jab from Williams misses.
Martel throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martel cracks Williams with a good jab.
Charles Martel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Martel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Williams moves away.
Williams avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Martel misses with a wild body shot.
Martel fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Williams manages to avoid it.
Martel just misses with a punch to the body.
Martel swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Williams counters with a straight right hand.
Martel tries to close the distance and clinch but Williams swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Williams avoids the body shot from Martel.

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 throws a right and a left that both miss.
Williams slips a straight right by Martel.
Martel will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Martel throws a combination that misses
and Williams counters with a slapping leg kick.
Martel tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Williams cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Martel moves in looking to clinch but Williams pushes him off.
Williams jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Paul Williams will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Martel tries to close the distance and clinch but Williams swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Martel is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Williams's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Martel looks to throw the jab but Williams is out of range.
Williams keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Martel digs a good body shot into Williams's ribs.
Paul Williams is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Martel swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Williams counters with a nice body shot.
Williams avoids the body shot from Martel.
Martel has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Williams finds it's way round the side to connect with Martel's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martel throws a hook but Williams blocks it.
Williams connects with the punch.
Martel steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Williams.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams lands a two punch combo.
A big left from Williams misses.
A jab from Williams finds it's way through Martel's defenses.
Martel is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Williams.
Martel blocks a jab.
Martel misses the jab.
Martel looks to land a right hand but Williams moved out of range.
Martel blocks a jab.
Williams will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Williams misses with a two punch combination.
Martel misses with a two punch combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Martel looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Martel throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Williams throws a head kick that Martel semi-blocks.
Martel misses with a body shot.
Nice cross by Martel.
Williams is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Williams swats away the attempt to clinch by Martel.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martel missing with a left hand there. Williams was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Martel looks to land a left hand but Williams moved out of range nicely.
A big left from Martel misses.
Martel blocks a jab.
Martel fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Williams manages to avoid it.
A head kick misses from Williams.
Martel lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Williams circles away quickly and effectively.
Williams throws a combination that misses
and Martel counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Martel on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Williams. Williams obviously looking to wear him down.
Williams slips under a jab from Martel.
Williams uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Martel.
Williams throws a quick inside leg kick.
Martel misses with a combination
and Williams counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Martel throws a hook but Williams blocks it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Martel misses the body punch
and Williams counters with a low kick, right behind Martel 's knee.
Williams uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Martel.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Williams showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Martel swings away with a body shot that misses
and Williams counters with a leg kick.
Martel is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Jab from Williams.
Williams misses with the combination.
Martel wants to clinch but Williams slips to the side
and Williams counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Martel throws a big shot that misses.
Williams keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martel looks to land a right hand but Williams moved out of range.
Williams throws a leg kick
and Martel counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Williams scores with a sloppy right hand. Martel should have avoided that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams staying out of range there.
Williams gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Williams throws a right and a left that Martel avoids nicely.
Martel uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Williams.
Martel misses the body punch
and Williams counters with a left and a right that stings Martel.
Williams connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A lazy left from Martel finds it's target.
Martel throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's two 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 rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Martel moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Martel falls off balance throwing a combination
and Williams counters with a nice uppercut.
Martel swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Williams.
Williams connects with the punch.
Williams cracks Martel with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Martel throws a jab but it's blocked by Williams.
A shot to the body from Martel misses
and Williams counters with a two punch combo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martel misses with a double jab
letting Williams counter with a right hand.
No joy there for Williams, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Martel swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Martel showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Williams.
Williams uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Martel misses with a body shot
and Williams counters with a stiff right hand.
Martel with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Williams to score with a decent uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Martel throws a body punch but Williams moves out of range.
Martel misses with a looping right.
Williams has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Williams dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Martel. That did some damage!
Martel is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Williams.
Martel pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Williams walks into a left hand.
Martel tries to clinch up
letting Williams counter with a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Williams really dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Williams misses with a looping right.
Williams thumps Martel with a low kick.
Williams thows a left - swing and a miss!
Martel tries to clinch but Williams moves out of range.
A leg kick checked by Martel.
Williams ducks under a wild hook from Martel.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martel tries to clinch up but Williams circles away and keeps his distance.
Martel throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Williams counters with a straight right hand.
Martel misses with a few strikes there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams misses with a looping right.
Martel tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Williams was well out of range. Poor timing from Martel.
A jab from Martel misses.
Williams on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Martel misses with a hook to the body
and Martel takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Martel rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Williams moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Martel avoids a punch combination nicely.
Martel tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Williams was well out of range. Poor timing from Martel.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Williams dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Martel misses the body punch
and Williams counters with a nice leg kick.
Martel is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Jab by Williams.
Williams looks to land a right hand but Martel moved out of range.
Martel swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Williams misses with a straight left.
A big right from Martel misses.
Williams throws a sloppy head kick and Martel moves out of range easily.
Williams throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martel throws a sloppy body shot
letting Williams counter with a right hand.
Williams throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Martel misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Williams.
Williams blocks a jab.
Williams moves away from the strike by Martel.
Martel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Williams moves away.
Williams ducks under a wild hook from Martel.
Williams throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Martel counters with a stiff right hand.
Martel throws a left and a right that both miss
and Williams counters with a good low kick that Martel was not able to check.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Williams misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Martel.
Martel lands a nice looking body shot.
Williams walks into a left hand.
Paul Williams seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Martel uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Williams.
Williams slips under a jab.
Williams scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Williams lands a jab.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Martel misses with a wild combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Paul Williams will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! 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.

Martel misses the body punch
letting Williams counter with a right hand.
Martel on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Martel swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A swing and a miss from Martel.
Williams throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Williams avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martel misses with a body shot.
Williams lands a nice leg kick that just misses Martel's sensitive parts.
Williams tries to bum rush Martel with a series of wild strikes but Martel uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martel lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Williams at a distance.
Williams takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Martel takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Williams fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Martel manages to avoid it.
Martel throws a right and a left that Williams avoids nicely.
A slow jab from Williams misses its intended target.
Williams slips a jab from Martel.
Martel takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Williams takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martel pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Williams, right into the meat.
Williams takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Williams keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Martel.
Charles Martel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Martel looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Martel slips a jab from Williams.
Martel tries to clinch but Williams is having none of it.
Martel misses with a straight left.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Williams.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Martel ducks under a wild hook from Williams.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martel throws a jab when Williams was well out of range.
Martel throws a predictable looking body shot
and Williams counters with a nice leg kick.
A big right from Williams misses.
Williams tries to land a leg kick but Martel saw it coming and moves away.
Williams moves out of range as Martel strikes.
Williams avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice body punch from Martel.
Martel closes the distance but Williams moves to the side
and Williams counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
A big right from Martel misses.
Williams lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Williams displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Martel throws out the jab.
Martel throws out a loose jab but Williams uses good head movement to avoid it.
Williams throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Paul Williams is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Williams scores with a jab to the head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Martel looks to land a combination but Williams avoids it well.
A looping hook to the body misses from Martel. Williams does a little dance to reset his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Paul Williams.
Well Williams 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 45:50
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 45:50
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 45:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paul Williams!
Paul Williams is the new bantamweight champion!