PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jak Progresso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Progresso's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Dance Hall Days. The crowd seem to be enjoying Williams's choice of entrance music: All the Above- Maino ft. T-Pain. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Progresso
vs
Williams

167 cm
24
155 lbs
12 - 5 - 1

185 cm
28
151 lbs
15 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Good low kicks
Powerful

Black Market Pharmacy

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 1, fighting out of New York, Jak Progresso!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Paul Williams!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Steve Montenegro and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Progresso moves in looking to clinch but Williams pushes him off.
Williams throws a push kick but Progresso slaps the foot to one side.
Williams blocks the body kick.
Williams is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Good exchange - Williams coming out on top.
Williams with a hook.
Progresso catches Williams with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A jab lands there for Williams.
Progresso thows a body shot but no joy.
A jab from Williams finds it's way through Progresso's defenses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Progresso.
Progresso lands a nice leg kick that just misses Williams's sensitive parts.
Williams is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Williams turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Progresso. Williams does a little dance to reset his feet.
Williams throws a half hearted mid kick.
Williams throws a right and a left that Progresso avoids nicely.
Progresso buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Progresso ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Williams moves away.
Nice uppercut lands for Williams. That snapped Progresso's head back.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Williams throws a body kick that misses.
Progresso avoids a kick to the body.
Jak Progresso seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Williams throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Progresso lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams slips a straight right by Progresso.
Williams connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Progresso misses the shot to the body.
Williams drops his hands momentarily and Progresso takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Williams throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Williams misses with a double jab.
Williams misses with a straight left.
Progresso checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Williams works over Progresso's head and body with a nice combination.
Williams throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Progresso looks to throw the jab but Williams is out of range.
Progresso moves out of range of the body kick.
Progresso throws a leg kick
and Williams counters with a stiff right hand.
Progresso missing with a left hand there. Williams was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Williams tries to land a front kick but Progresso steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Progresso staying out of range there.
Progresso lands a nice looking body shot.
Progresso scores with a shot to the body.
Williams checks a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Progresso takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Williams swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Progresso.
Progresso ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Williams pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Williams is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Progresso had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Progresso cracks Williams with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Williams throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Progresso lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Williams misses with a wild combination.
Progresso stalks Williams and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Williams's face. Williams staggers backwards, shaken.
Progresso throws a leg kick which misses Williams's front leg but catches the back leg as Williams tries to avoid it.
Progresso moves out of range of the body kick from Williams.
Progresso lands a slapping body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Progresso looks to clinch
and Williams counters with an inside leg kick.
Progresso takes a jab right on the kisser.
Williams throws a half hearted mid kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Progresso crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Williams - the referee stops the clock and Progresso gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Williams. Progresso manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Progresso ducks under a wild hook from Williams.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams misses with a head kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Progresso.
Williams showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Progresso.
Progresso walks into a left hand.
Progresso throws a hook but Williams avoids it easily.
Progresso misses with a hook.
Progresso throws a shot from downtown. Williams moves away and avoids it.
Progresso on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Progresso lands a nice hook to Williams's body. Williams takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Progresso thows a left - swing and a miss!
Williams throws a head kick that half lands.
Progresso throws the kick towards the body but Williams avoids it.
Progresso connects with a single shot there.
Both fighters circling a little - Williams finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Progresso swinging wildly here.
Progresso moves out of range of the body kick from Williams.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams misses with a straight right.
Williams looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Progresso. Williams shrugs it off though.
Progresso swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A big right from Williams misses.
Williams looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Williams throws a head kick that Progresso semi-blocks.
Williams has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Progresso misses with a body shot.
Williams takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Progresso pivots, looking for a leg kick but Williams is out of range and Progresso settles back down.
A decent looking cross lands there for Williams.
A big right from Williams misses.
Williams goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Progresso misses with a straight left.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Williams misses with an attempted mid kick.
Progresso looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Progresso throws a body punch but Williams moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Williams.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Williams dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Williams uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Progresso.
Williams tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Progresso was well out of range. Poor timing from Williams.
Williams throws a right and a left that Progresso avoids nicely.
Progresso misses with a body shot.
Williams scores with a nice right hand.
Paul Williams is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Williams fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Progresso is out of range.
Progresso looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Williams throws a looping overhand right but Progresso ducks down to avoid it.
Progresso fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Williams manages to avoid it.
Williams tries a head kick but it misses.
Williams on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A head kick misses from Progresso.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Progresso throws a sloppy head kick and Williams moves out of range easily.
Williams throws out a powerful jab.
Williams lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Williams misses with a wild combination.
Progresso throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Progresso moves out of range of the body kick.
Progresso misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Williams.
Williams fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Paul Williams seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Progresso blocks a head kick by Williams.
Williams scores with a nice head shot.
Progresso pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Williams blocks a jab.
Progresso plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Williams plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Progresso throws a head kick that misses.
Progresso looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Williams throws a jab when Progresso was well out of range.
Williams's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A cross from Progresso lands.
Williams tries to land a front kick but Progresso steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Williams moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Williams throws the kick towards the body but Progresso avoids it.
Progresso misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Williams counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Progresso throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Progresso scoring well with a low kick there.
Progresso pushes Williams away with a front kick.
Progresso throws a quick inside leg kick.
A low kick from Williams is predictable there
and Progresso counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Williams misses with a double jab.
Williams takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Williams misses with a head kick.
Progresso scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Williams doesn't seem bothered though.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Progresso wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Progresso throws a looping overhand right but Williams ducks down to avoid it.
Some wild striking there from Williams.
Progresso takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Williams gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Williams fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Progresso manages to avoid it.
Progresso uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Williams.
Progresso connects with an inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Progresso.
Williams misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nice jab there from Williams.
Williams throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Williams fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Progresso manages to avoid it.
Progresso misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Williams.
Williams throws a sloppy head kick
and Progresso counters with a left to the body.
Progresso lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Progresso takes one to the chin there.
Williams takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A jab from Progresso misses.
Progresso scores with a body shot.
Progresso throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Progresso rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Williams moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A jab from Progresso finds it's way through Williams's defenses.
Progresso tries to clinch but Williams moves out of range.
Williams digs a good body shot into Progresso's ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Progresso looks to score with a jab to the body but Williams is just out of range.
Progresso tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Williams was well out of range. Poor timing from Progresso.
Progresso is looking to wear down Williams with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Williams throws a sloppy head kick
and Progresso counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Progresso throws a leg kick
and Williams counters with a nice kick to the body.
Williams thuds his shin into the meat of Progresso's side.
Progresso throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Progresso ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Progresso misses the shot to the body.
Williams fails to land with a series of punches.
Williams swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Progresso connects with a body shot.
A shot to the body from Progresso misses
and Williams counters with a straight right hand.
Williams avoids the body shot from Progresso.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Progresso misses with a jab to the body
and Williams counters with a nice uppercut.
A slapping body kick lands there for Williams.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Progresso crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Williams - the referee stops the clock and Progresso gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Williams. Progresso manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Progresso thumps Williams with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Paul Williams will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Williams throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Progresso tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Williams was well out of range. Poor timing from Progresso.
Williams tries a head kick but it misses.
Williams with a nice cross.
Williams scores with a nice body kick.
Williams looks for the body kick but Progresso saw that one coming.
Progresso scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Progresso on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Progresso connects with a leg kick. Williams looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Progresso fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Williams manages to avoid it.
A slapping body kick lands there for Williams.
Williams misses with an attempted mid kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Williams.
Williams throws the left hand but Progresso avoids the punch easily.
Williams throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Progresso slips a jab and a cross from Williams.
Progresso lands a nice leg kick that just misses Williams's sensitive parts.
Progresso throws a shot from downtown. Williams moves away and avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Progresso swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Williams drops his hands momentarily and Progresso takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Progresso goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Progresso showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Williams.
Williams throws a left and a right that both miss
and Progresso counters with a nice low kick that buckles Williams's knee momentarily.
Williams lands a really nice looking cross but Progresso seems unphased.
Williams connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Progresso scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Williams looks to land a left hand but Progresso moved out of range nicely.
Progresso moves out of range of the body kick from Williams.
Progresso looks to land a left hand but Williams moved out of range nicely.
Williams throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Progresso connects with a good right hand that stumbles Williams. Williams circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Progresso tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Williams scores with a kick to the midsection.
Nice uppercut there from Williams.
Williams throws a big shot that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams throws a head kick that misses
and Progresso counters with a slapping leg kick.
Progresso looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Williams throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Progresso counters with a leg kick.
Progresso doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Nice body punch from Williams.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Progresso throws a low kick but it's checked well by Williams.

Progresso closes the distance and clinches.
Progresso cracks Williams with a nice body shot.
Progresso tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Williams wants to break the clinch but can't.

Williams breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Progresso throws a series of punches but Williams moves out of range.
Progresso takes a swing at Williams's ribcage but misses.
Progresso looks to land a left hand but Williams moved out of range nicely.
Progresso lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Williams throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Progresso thows a left - swing and a miss!
Williams throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Progresso counters with a three punch combo that has Williams backing up. Williams nods at Progresso to acknowledge the strikes.
A left lands for Progresso.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Progresso tries to clinch up but Williams circles away and keeps his distance.
Progresso lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Williams takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Progresso throws out a loose jab but Williams uses good head movement to avoid it.
Williams takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Williams clobbers Progresso with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Williams blocks a head kick by Progresso.
Progresso looks to score with a jab to the body but Williams is just out of range.
Williams lands with a hook. Progresso tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Williams goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Progresso connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A looping hook to the body misses from Progresso. Williams does a little dance to reset his feet.
Progresso slips a straight right by Williams.
Williams takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Progresso throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Progresso swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Progresso connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Williams uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Progresso.
Progresso will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Williams throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Progresso's head.
Progresso lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Williams backs up against the cage.
Williams connects with a high kick.
No joy there for Williams, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Progresso is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Progresso is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Progresso scores with a jab to the body.
A swing and a miss from Williams.
Progresso throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Williams.
Williams's corner calls for a 1-2. Williams obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Progresso misses the shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Progresso throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Progresso thuds a left hand into Williams's body.
Progresso swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Progresso. Those never looked like landing.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Paul Williams.
I've got Williams winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 John Roberts scores the fight for Paul Williams!
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight for Paul Williams!
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight for Paul Williams!

Paul Williams wins by unanimous decision!