PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Pacquiao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lee Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pacquiao's entrance music is Here come the money. A fine choice. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Pacquiao
vs
Williams

169 cm
24
143 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

174 cm
24
140 lbs
4 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Thomas Pacquiao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Lee Williams!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Steve Smith and Trevor Gratis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Pacquiao checks it well.
Williams moves out of range of the body kick from Pacquiao.
Williams throws a leg kick that misses.
Williams wants to clinch up but Pacquiao keeps it at a distance.
A left lands for Pacquiao.
Williams throws a head kick that misses.

Williams forces Pacquiao back against the cage and clinches.
Pacquiao blocks an uppercut.
Williams misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pacquiao.
Williams lands a left hand.
Pacquiao looking for a takedown.
Pacquiao tries to pull guard but Williams holds him up against the cage and eventually Pacquiao drops back down to his feet.
Pacquiao has had enough of the clinch but Williams keeps him there for the moment.
Williams prevents Pacquiao from breaking the clinch.
Pacquiao is trying to force a seperation but Williams has the dominant position.

Pacquiao successfully pulls guard.
Williams tries to free his leg and advance position but Pacquiao is retaining full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pacquiao wants to sweep but no luck.
Pacquiao is looking to stand up but Williams isn't so interested in that idea.

Williams drops back looking for a leg! Pacquiao is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Pacquiao manages to kick Williams off! Williams jumps back into Pacquiao's guard.
Williams with a flurry of punches that miss.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Williams stands and throws Pacquiao's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Williams throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Pacquiao works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Williams missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Williams not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Pacquiao is looking for a sweep. Williams is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Williams looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Williams looks gassed!
Pacquiao tries to roll over but Williams keeps him under control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Williams trying to mount his opponent but Pacquiao defends it.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Pacquiao misses with a head kick.
Williams fails to land with a series of punches.
Williams with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Pacquiao to score with a decent uppercut.
Pacquiao avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Williams throws the left hand but Pacquiao avoids the punch easily.
Pacquiao lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Williams throws a front kick aimed at Pacquiao's knee but Pacquiao avoids it well.
Williams doesn't manage to clinch there - Pacquiao circles away.
Pacquiao misses with a body kick.
Horrible takedown by Pacquiao or perhaps it was just good defense by Williams which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Thomas Pacquiao. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pacquiao circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams avoids the head kick by Pacquiao.
No luck for Pacquiao with that takedown attempt.
Williams moves in looking to clinch but Pacquiao pushes him off.
Pacquiao throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pacquiao swats away the attempt to clinch by Williams.
Williams fails in his attempt to clinch.
A right-left combo lands from Pacquiao.
Williams tries to clinch there but Pacquiao circles away.

Pacquiao pushes Williams up against the cage in a clinch.
Williams tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pacquiao is trying to break free.
Pacquiao blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pacquiao avoiding damage as Williams throws knees to the body.
Pacquiao is trying to break the clinch but Williams is controlling him.
Williams can't find room to land a body shot as Pacquiao controls the action.
Pacquiao is trying to break free.
Pacquiao jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Williams walks away with a smile on his face. Pacquiao gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Pacquiao avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

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.
Pacquiao blocks a leg kick.
Williams is looking to clinch but Pacquiao is avoiding it.
Williams walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

Pacquiao drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Pacquiao stands up and we're back to a striking position.

Pacquiao rushes Williams and presses him up against the cage.
Williams is pressed up against the cage. Pacquiao has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Williams down to the mat. Williams avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Pacquiao pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A big right from Williams misses.
Williams is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pacquiao throws a sloppy head kick and Williams moves out of range easily.
Williams is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pacquiao throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thomas Pacquiao dominated that round.
That's time! Pacquiao's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Williams blocks a head kick by Pacquiao.

Pacquiao instigates a clinch.
Pacquiao wants to get back to striking at distance but Williams won't allow it.
Williams throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Williams lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Williams has Pacquiao pressed against the cage, preventing Pacquiao from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Williams tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pacquiao can't break the clinch.
Williams lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Williams presses Pacquiao against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Pacquiao takes a knee right on the jaw!
Pacquiao wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Pacquiao avoids the elbow strike from Williams, against the cage.
Pacquiao tries to break free but Williams pushes him back against the cage.
Williams tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nice body punch from Williams.
Williams misses with a hook from the clinch.
Williams prevents a takedown attempt there.
Williams landing knees to the body.
Williams lands a nice shot to the body.
Nice body punch from Williams - that landed with a thud.
Williams lands a shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Williams lands a body punch in the clinch.
Good body shot from Williams.
Williams throws an elbow that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams lands an elbow inside that Pacquiao shrugs off.
Williams unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Williams lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Williams.
Pacquiao managing to block the knees to the body from Williams.
Williams has a couple of punches blocked by Pacquiao.
Williams misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pacquiao wants a takedown.
Pacquiao blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Pacquiao breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Williams fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Williams walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Pacquiao checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Pacquiao throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Williams.
Williams tries to clinch up but Pacquiao circles away and keeps his distance.
Williams wants to clinch but Pacquiao slips to the side
and Pacquiao counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Williams thumps Pacquiao with a low kick.
Pacquiao pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Williams throws a right hand that Pacquiao ducks under and follows up with a left that Pacquiao also avoids with ease.
Pacquiao listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Williams is looking to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao blocks the body kick.
Pacquiao throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Williams's head.

Pacquiao moves into range and clinches up with Williams.
Williams prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Thomas Pacquiao. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Williams lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Williams tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Williams misses with a short punch on the inside.

Pacquiao turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Pacquiao manages to end up in side control.
Pacquiao advances nicely into full mount.
Pacquiao knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Williams on the ground.
Pacquiao scoring with strikes but Williams is staying in there.
Pacquiao misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Williams is trying to get back to his feet but can't.

Williams defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Pacquiao.
Williams is trying to stand up.
Pacquiao landing punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao landing shots from mount.
Pacquiao trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Pacquiao throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Williams is trying to stand.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Williams is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Pacquiao can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Williams is looking to escape.
Williams is trying to stand.
Williams has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Pacquiao tries to control but Williams wriggling away.
Pacquiao breaks from Williams's wrist control and lands an elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Williams is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Pacquiao sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Williams is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Pacquiao lands a big elbow.
You get the feeling that Williams really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Pacquiao with shots to the head and body - Williams looks very uncomfortable down there.
Pacquiao has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Williams's face.

Williams defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Pacquiao.
You get the feeling that Williams really doesn't like being in this position too much.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lee Williams showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Williams darts in trying to clinch
and Pacquiao counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Williams thinking.
Williams tries to clinch up
and Pacquiao counters with a three punch combo that has Williams backing up. Williams nods at Pacquiao to acknowledge the strikes.
Pacquiao changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Williams tries to avoid it but Pacquiao manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Williams to the ground. Williams escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Pacquiao tries a head kick but it misses.
Williams tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pacquiao was well out of range. Poor timing from Williams.
Williams walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Pacquiao tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Williams throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Pacquiao's head.
Williams ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pacquiao moves away.
Pacquiao lands a two punch combo.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A solid body kick from Williams.
Williams slips a jab and a cross from Pacquiao.
Pacquiao circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams tries to clinch up.
Williams misses with a looping right.
Pacquiao misses with a few strikes there.
Williams checks a leg kick.
Williams is looking to clinch but Pacquiao is avoiding it.
Pacquiao throws a nice looking combination but Williams bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Williams throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pacquiao cracks a nice hook into Williams's ribs.
Williams is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Williams tries to clinch

and Pacquiao counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Pacquiao won't allow Williams to get back to his feet.
Pacquiao wants to control from the top but Williams keeps moving.
Williams utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Pacquiao throws a big right hand that misses.
Williams is looking to stand up but Pacquiao isn't so interested in that idea.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao trying to control but Williams is working from the bottom.
Pacquiao throwing strikes from guard but Williams blocks nicely.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Williams tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Pacquiao counters with a left and a right that stings Williams.
Williams tries to clinch but Pacquiao is having none of it.
Williams doesn't manage to clinch there - Pacquiao circles away.
Pacquiao will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Pacquiao keeps the fight on the outside.
Williams misses with a two punch combination.
Pacquiao fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Williams avoids it really well and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pacquiao sizes up Williams with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Williams misses with a body kick.
Williams is looking to clinch.
Pacquiao tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Pacquiao looks to land a combination. Williams sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Pacquiao circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pacquiao throws a body punch but Williams moves out of range.
Thomas Pacquiao is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Williams tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Williams fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pacquiao tries to score a power double leg takedown but Williams sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Pacquiao somewhat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Thomas Pacquiao. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Williams lands a nice looking body kick.
Pacquiao circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Pacquiao scores with a three punch combo!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Williams.
Williams closes the distance but Pacquiao moves to the side

and Pacquiao moves into the clinch.
Pacquiao is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Williams is keeping busy.
Pacquiao drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Williams gets the underhooks and prevents it.
A body shot lands from Williams.

Pacquiao pulls Williams into guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Williams accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Williams thows a big elbow that misses.

Williams thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Pacquiao pulls Williams in close to prevent any damage.
Pacquiao is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Thomas Pacquiao.
I think Pacquiao 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thomas Pacquiao!