PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ramirez Escobar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joaquim Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joaquim Williams told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Escobar
vs
Williams

210 cm
19
220 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

195 cm
21
215 lbs
4 - 6 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ramirez Escobar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Joaquim Williams!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Tarja Halkonen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Escobar crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Williams - the referee stops the clock and Escobar gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Williams. Escobar manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.

Williams moves into the clinch successfully.
Williams has Escobar pressed against the cage.
Williams crunches a lovely knee into Escobar's ribcage.
Escobar is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Williams connects with a nasty looking knee right to Escobar's face.

It looks like Ramirez Escobar has been cut.
Williams unloads a knee to the mid-section. Escobar lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Escobar really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Escobar jumps guard but Williams stands there with Escobar around his waist. Escobar gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Williams tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Escobar avoids it.
Williams leaning against his opponent.
Williams tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Williams stalling.
Williams tries a knee to the head but Escobar blocks it.
Williams connects with a nasty looking knee right to Escobar's face.
Williams misses with a knee to the head.
Williams displaying some good clinch control by pressing Escobar up against the cage.
Williams misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Escobar.
Williams stalling.
Williams using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Escobar has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Williams gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Williams landing knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Joaquim Williams.

Williams rushes Escobar and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Williams lands a knee to the head.
Williams tries a knee to the head but Escobar blocks it.
Williams with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Escobar is rocked!
Williams misses with a knee strike.
Williams crunches a lovely knee into Escobar's ribcage.
Knees to the body from Williams.
Escobar takes a knee right on the jaw!
Oh Escobar is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Williams tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Escobar seems to have got his legs back now.
Williams lands a nice knee to the body.
Escobar takes an elbow to the forehead.
Williams's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Williams tries a knee to the head but Escobar blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Escobar is trying to break the clinch but Williams has him pressed against the cage.
Escobar takes a knee to the side of the body.
Escobar takes an elbow to the temple.
Escobar jumps guard but Williams stands there with Escobar around his waist. Escobar gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Williams - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Escobar looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ramirez Escobar. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Williams misses with a knee to the head.
Escobar fails to pull guard.
Williams lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Williams scores a nice knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Williams scores with a knee to the head.
Williams scores with a knee to the head.
Williams stalling the fight.
Williams tries to land a knee to the head but Escobar blocks with his arms.
Escobar wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Williams landing knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams working Escobar over with knees to the body.
Williams creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Escobar's defenses.
Williams is pushing Escobar up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Williams misses with a knee strike.
Williams tries a knee to the head but Escobar blocks it.
Williams is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Williams stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Williams unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Stalling in the clinch from Williams.
Escobar tries to pull guard but Williams won't allow it.
Williams tries to land knees in the clinch but Escobar avoids the damage to the body.
A knee to the head by Williams.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Escobar wants to break the clinch but can't.
Williams with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Williams missing with knees to the body.
Williams displaying some good clinch control by pressing Escobar up against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Joaquim Williams.
Both fighters circling a little - Escobar finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
A knee to the head by Williams.
Escobar pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Williams leaning his opponent against the cage.
Escobar throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Escobar managing to block the knees to the body from Williams.
Escobar drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Williams lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Williams gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Escobar wants to break free but Williams has control.
Williams is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Williams prevents Escobar from breaking the clinch.
Escobar wants to stall.
Escobar tries for a takedown but Williams manages to get underhooks.
Williams pressing his opponent against the cage.
Escobar trying to land knees to the body.
Williams is pressed up against the cage. Escobar 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.

Williams has Escobar up against the cage in a clinch.
Williams landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Williams landing knees to the head.
Escobar takes a knee to the side of the body.
Williams stalling against the cage.
Williams lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Nice elbow from Williams.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Escobar blocks it with crossed arms.
Williams with a knee to the head.

Ramirez Escobar's cut is getting worse.
Escobar takes a knee to the side of the body.
Williams with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Joaquim Williams seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Williams using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Williams putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Escobar in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Escobar takes a knee right on the jaw!
Stalling in the clinch from Williams.
Williams looking to throw knees to the head but Escobar is blocking nicely.
Williams scores with a knee to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Escobar's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Williams just leaning against Escobar, taking a breather.
Williams missing with knees to the body.
Escobar trying to land knees to the body.
Williams landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Escobar takes an elbow to the temple.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A frustrated look appears on Escobar's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escobar wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Williams has him pressed against the cage.
A knee to the head by Williams.
Williams scores with a knee to the head.
Williams has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Williams lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Escobar fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ramirez Escobar. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Williams utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Williams connects with a knee to the head.
Escobar tries to break free but Williams pushes him back against the cage.
Williams tries a knee to the head but Escobar blocks it.
A bit of stalling here from Williams.
Williams tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Escobar avoids it.
Escobar wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Williams has him pressed against the cage.
Williams stalls.
Williams pushes off an throws an elbow but Escobar leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Williams lands an elbow inside.
Escobar avoiding damage as Williams throws knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Escobar is looking to control Williams's arms but Williams gets an underhook and turns him. Now Escobar has his back to the cage.
Williams lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Williams lands a nice knee to the body.
Williams lands a nice knee to the body.
Williams pressing his opponent against the cage.
Williams throws a knee to the head but misses.
Escobar tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Williams misses with a knee to the head.
Williams looking to slow down the pace here.
Escobar with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Williams prevents a takedown attempt there.
Williams will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Escobar up against the cage.
Escobar takes a knee right on the jaw!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Escobar is trying to break the clinch but Williams is controlling him.
Williams misses with a knee strike.
Williams lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Williams lands a nice elbow.
Williams unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Williams lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Williams takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Williams crunches a lovely knee into Escobar's ribcage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Williams as Escobar tries to tie him up.
Williams is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Williams lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Escobar drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Williams has Escobar pushed against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Williams misses with a knee strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Williams tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Escobar looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Williams moves into range and clinches up with Escobar.
Williams throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Escobar blocks it with crossed arms.
Escobar jumps guard but Williams stands there with Escobar around his waist. Escobar gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Escobar managing to block the knees to the body from Williams.
Williams tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Williams lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Escobar breaks from the clinch.
Williams wants to clinch.

Williams moves into the clinch successfully.
Williams scores a nice knee to the body.
Williams lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Williams landing knees to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Williams throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams throws a knee to the head but misses.
Escobar stalling in the clinch.
Williams content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Williams is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Escobar is defending well for now.
Escobar tries to land a knee to the head but Williams blocks with his arms.
Escobar tries to pull guard but Williams won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ramirez Escobar. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Williams tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Williams misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Escobar.
Williams lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Williams blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Escobar is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Williams pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Williams slowing the pace effectively.
Williams keeps control of Escobar as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Williams manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A knee to the head by Williams.
Williams with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Escobar missing with knees to the body.

That's two 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.
Williams stops a takedown attempt from Escobar.
Williams lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Williams connects with a knee to the head.
Escobar tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Williams just stands there and leans against the cage.
Williams tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Williams creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Escobar's defenses.
Escobar fails to pull guard.
Williams lands a damaging elbow.
Escobar tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Knees to the body from Williams.
Williams is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Williams looking to throw knees to the head but Escobar is blocking nicely.
Williams looking to stall.
Escobar goes for a takedown in the clinch but Williams prevents it.
Williams looking to throw knees to the head but Escobar is blocking nicely.
Williams effectively controlling the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Williams misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Escobar.
Escobar wants to break the clinch but can't.
Williams throws a knee to the head but misses.
Escobar tries to score a body lock takedown but Williams shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Williams is stalling here.
Williams wants to stall.
Williams tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Escobar breaks the clinch.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Escobar paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Escobar has a takedown stuffed.
Joaquim Williams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Williams rushes Escobar and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Williams comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Escobar is trying to drag Williams to the mat but Williams just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.

That's four 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 tries a knee to the head but Escobar blocks it.
Williams connects with a knee to the head.
Escobar avoiding damage as Williams throws knees to the body.
Williams tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Escobar goes for a takedown attempt but Williams pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Escobar moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Williams lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

Williams gets a clinch.
Williams taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Williams throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Escobar blocks it with crossed arms.
Williams misses with an elbow over the top.
Escobar is working for takedown but Williams is calmly controlling the position for now.
Ramirez Escobar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Williams using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Escobar has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Escobar lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joaquim Williams comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 25:30
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 25:30
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joaquim Williams!