PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Evan Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jordan Sibert (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Williams's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Willie Nelson - Whiskey River . Evan Williams has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Williams
vs
Sibert

174 cm
22
143 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

173 cm
21
144 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

Decent wrestler
World class MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Rivers Edge Nutrition (Disciples of Pain)
Rivers Edge Nutrition (Disciples of Pain)

5th Round Clothing

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Evan Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jordan Sibert!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Sibert's calf.
Williams circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sibert tries to close the distance and clinch up but Williams swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Williams dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sibert. That did some damage!
Sibert ducks right into an uppercut from Williams.
Williams lands a jab to Sibert's midsection.
Evan Williams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A solid leg kick lands there for Williams.
Williams stalks Sibert and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Sibert's face. Sibert staggers backwards, shaken.
Sibert tries to clinch there but Williams circles away.
Sibert tries to clinch up but Williams circles away and keeps his distance.
Williams is looking to land body kicks.
Williams digs a good hook to Sibert's body.

Williams clinches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Williams displaying some good clinch control by pressing Sibert up against the cage.
Sibert is trying to maintain a safe position but Williams gets an underhook and turns Sibert into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams lands a knee to the body.
Sibert tries to stall but Williams uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Williams lands an elbow that stopped Sibert in his tracks for a moment.

Williams breaks the clinch.
Sibert takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
A bone on bone clash there as Williams blocks the leg kick.

Williams clinches.
Williams pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Williams cracks Sibert with a nice body shot.
Williams crunches a lovely knee into Sibert's ribcage.
Williams using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sibert looks gassed!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sibert misses with a knee to the head.
Williams utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Sibert trying to stall but Williams improves his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams lands a nice knee to the body.
Sibert takes an elbow to the temple.
Williams lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sibert or not.
Sibert wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Williams has him pressed against the cage.
Williams utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Williams using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sibert takes an elbow to the temple.
Sibert on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Williams comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sibert is trying to break the clinch but Williams has him pressed against the cage.

Williams breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Williams scores with a shot to the body.
Sibert walks into a left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Williams.
Sibert throws a head kick that Williams semi-blocks.

Williams fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Sibert, pushing him back against the cage.
Williams lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Williams digs a right hand into Sibert's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Sibert's gas tank.
Williams misses with a knee to the head.
Williams is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

Williams breaks the clinch.
Williams punishes Sibert's body with a nice straight punch.
Sibert stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Williams.
Sibert takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Williams gets a clinch.
Sibert managing to block the knees to the body from Williams.
Williams lands a nice elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Williams.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Williams.
Williams lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sibert is pushing Williams 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 tries to land knees in the clinch but Sibert avoids the damage to the body.
Sibert on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Williams misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sibert.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Williams as Sibert tries to tie him up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sibert has had enough of the clinch but Williams keeps him there for the moment.
Williams leaning against his opponent.
Williams seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Evan Williams dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Williams misses the shot to the body.
Williams tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sibert was well out of range. Poor timing from Williams.
Williams lands a right hook to the body.

Sibert closes the distance and clinches.
Williams is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sibert can do to turn this around?
Williams lands a nice knee to the body.
Sibert takes a knee to the side of the body.
Williams tries to land knees in the clinch but Sibert avoids the damage to the body.
Knees to the body from Williams.
Williams lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Williams using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sibert has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sibert looking to slow down the pace here.
Williams landing knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sibert is trying to maintain a safe position but Williams gets an underhook and turns Sibert into the cage.
Sibert takes a shot to the head.
Williams tries a knee to the head but Sibert blocks it.
Williams lands a nice elbow.
Sibert tries to break free but Williams pushes him back against the cage.
Williams works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Williams throws a knee to the head but misses.
Williams tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Sibert avoids it.
Sibert takes a knee to the side of the body.
Williams lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Williams crunches a lovely knee into Sibert's ribcage.
Sibert is trying to break the clinch but Williams has him pressed against the cage.
Williams scores with a hook to the body.
Sibert on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Sibert manages to break the clinch.
Williams connects with a body shot.
Sibert throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Williams counter with a right hand.
Williams throws a leg kick which misses Sibert's front leg but catches the back leg as Sibert tries to avoid it.
Sibert is breathing heavily.
Williams clobbers Sibert with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Sibert takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Williams misses with a low kick.
Danga de danga de dang - Williams scores with a four punch combination!
Williams avoids the head kick by Sibert.
Williams blocks a head kick by Sibert.
Williams misses with a wild body shot.
Williams connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Williams lands a front kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams tries to land a front kick but Sibert steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A head kick misses from Sibert.
A lazy left from Williams finds it's target.
Williams scores with a jab to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Williams.
A nice leg kick lands there from Williams.
Williams lands with a shot to the body.
Williams changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Williams throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Sibert's head.
Williams stuns Sibert with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Williams looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Williams scores with a jab to the head.
Williams fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sibert manages to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sibert moves out of range as Williams throws a body kick.

Williams fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Sibert, pushing him back against the cage.
Williams manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Williams prevents a body shot from Sibert.
Williams content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Sibert's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Williams unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Williams putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Sibert in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Williams obliges.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Evan Williams dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!

Sibert is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sibert moves out of range of the leg kick from Williams.
Williams lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A head kick misses from Sibert.

Williams drives through and clinches with Sibert against the cage.
Sibert looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Williams lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Williams working Sibert over with knees to the body.
Evan Williams has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Williams stalling in the clinch.
Williams gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Williams lands a body punch.
Sibert takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Williams keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sibert's efforts to push away.
Williams working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Williams breaks the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Williams. Sibert does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sibert takes one on the button.
Sibert tries to clinch up
and Williams counters with a good, hard body kick but Sibert shrugs it off.
Sibert moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

Williams gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Williams.
Williams missing with knees to the body.
Williams lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sibert or not.
Williams lands a nice shot to the body.
Williams has Sibert pushed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Williams for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Sibert takes an elbow to the forehead.
Williams lands a shoulder strike.
Williams crunches a lovely knee into Sibert's ribcage.
Williams lands a nice knee to the body.
Williams lands a body punch in the clinch.
A knee to the head by Williams.
Williams keeps control of Sibert as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Williams lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Williams breaks from the clinch.
Williams is looking to wear down Sibert with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Williams keeps the fight on the outside.
Sibert takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Williams misses the shot to the body.
Williams throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Williams scores with a leg kick.
Williams scores with a jab to the jaw.
Sibert tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Williams paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Williams lands a nice leg kick that just misses Sibert's sensitive parts.
Williams uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Sibert has time to react.
Williams throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Sibert takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Williams dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sibert. That did some damage!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sibert takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Evan Williams is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Sibert.
Knees to the body from Williams.
Williams throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sibert blocks it with crossed arms.
Williams lands with a left to the head.
Williams landing knees to the head.
Sibert is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Williams is keeping busy.
Williams lands a nice knee to the body.
Jordan Sibert has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Williams lands a nice knee to the body.
Williams works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Sibert looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Williams lands a body punch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Evan Williams showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Williams has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Evan Williams!
Evan Williams decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.