PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Royston De Noteboom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Simon Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Noteboom comes to the cage accompanied by Rotting Christ - Snowing Still. Williams comes into a darkened arena with his song building. UFC: Closer to the Edge (Jared Leto) kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Simon Williams enters the cage!

De Noteboom
vs
Williams

185 cm
30
232 lbs
18 - 8 - 0

193 cm
24
275 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

Wolfpack Threadz

Russian Top Team Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Royston De Noteboom!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Simon Williams!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Daniel Blasius and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Noteboom throws out a loose jab but Williams uses good head movement to avoid it.
Williams throws an off balance right hand
and De Noteboom counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Williams ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De Noteboom moves away.
Williams swings away with a leg kick that misses.
De Noteboom throws a hook but Williams blocks it.
De Noteboom shoots in looking for a takedown. Williams tries to sprawl out of it but De Noteboom keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Williams manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Williams throws a chopping leg kick but De Noteboom manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Williams lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

Williams pushes De Noteboom up against the cage in a clinch.
Williams throws a punch but it's blocked by De Noteboom.
Williams slows down the pace here.
Williams tries to land a knee to the head but De Noteboom blocks with his arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams avoiding damage.
Williams lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Royston De Noteboom has been cut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by De Noteboom.

De Noteboom gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Williams trying to control but De Noteboom postures up.
De Noteboom is stalling here. Williams is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! De Noteboom seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Williams has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Williams wants to stand but De Noteboom is controlling his arm.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Noteboom dodges the ground and pound from Williams.
De Noteboom manages to work his way to half guard, despite Williams's best efforts.
De Noteboom tries to get to full guard but Williams has control of the leg.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De Noteboom is in trouble now - Williams has advanced to mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as De Noteboom is looking to escape.
De Noteboom really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Williams looking to control but De Noteboom is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

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.
De Noteboom tries to lock up and control but Williams gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Williams can't control as he wanted to and De Noteboom manages to get the fight back to his half guard.
De Noteboom is not content to let Williams control the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Simon Williams wasn't active enough on the ground.
De Noteboom checks a leg kick nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Simon Williams dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Royston De Noteboom's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

An inside leg kick from Williams misses.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Williams misses with a punch on the inside.
Williams tries to work over De Noteboom's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Williams tries a knee to the head but De Noteboom blocks it.
Williams lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down De Noteboom.
Williams taking a breather.
De Noteboom wants to stall.
De Noteboom blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Williams throws a head punch that misses.
Williams lands with a right to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams struggles to land a body shot inside as De Noteboom controls his hands.
Nice body punch from Williams - that landed with a thud.
Williams tries to stall but De Noteboom uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
De Noteboom prevents a body shot from Williams.
Williams can't find room to land a body shot as De Noteboom controls the action.
Still in the clinch, Williams scores with a nice short uppercut.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from De Noteboom.
A knee to the head by Williams.
Williams working aggressively here.
Williams landing knees to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Williams.
Williams misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Williams misses with a punch to the body.
De Noteboom managing to block the knees to the body from Williams.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams missing with knees to the body.
De Noteboom goes for a takedown in the clinch but Williams prevents it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by De Noteboom.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Williams working aggressively here.
Williams can't find room to land a body shot as De Noteboom controls the action.
Williams lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Williams.

De Noteboom has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Williams clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
De Noteboom controlling well, preventing Williams from escaping the position.
De Noteboom misses with an elbow to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
De Noteboom scores with punches and elbows.
De Noteboom is punishing Williams with strikes - can he finish him?!
De Noteboom lands a shot to the head.
Williams is trying to stand back up.
De Noteboom is landing with strikes. Williams can't take much more of this.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Noteboom is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
Williams tries to escape but De Noteboom has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
De Noteboom throwing damaging strikes from the back! Williams could be in trouble here!
De Noteboom lands a shot to the head.
Williams is trying to get back to his feet but De Noteboom has full control of the position and if anything, Williams has just worked his way into a worse spot.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Williams tries to break free.
Williams is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get De Noteboom off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.
Williams looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
De Noteboom throwing damaging strikes from the back! Williams could be in trouble here!
I really don't envy Williams right now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
De Noteboom scores with strikes from the back.
Oooh a big shot gets through from De Noteboom. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Royston De Noteboom will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Royston De Noteboom's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're 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.

Williams gets a clinch.
Williams lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Williams throws a head punch that misses.

De Noteboom escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Williams tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Williams misses with a head kick.
De Noteboom shoots in but Williams avoids the takedown attempt easily.
De Noteboom defending well as Williams loads up on a big left hand.

Williams takes the fight into the clinch.
Williams tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Williams goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Noteboom just leaning against Williams, taking a breather.
De Noteboom drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Williams gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Williams letting De Noteboom take a breather here.
Williams is defending well against a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Royston De Noteboom. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Williams tried to land a shot to the body but connects with De Noteboom's elbow.
Williams tries to work over De Noteboom's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
De Noteboom managing to block the knees to the body from Williams.
Williams gets underhooks to prevent De Noteboom's takedown attempt.
Williams tries to land knees in the clinch but De Noteboom avoids the damage to the body.
Williams fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Simon Williams seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams is pressed up against the cage. De Noteboom 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.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as De Noteboom checks a leg kick.
Williams pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Williams lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Williams throws an overhand right that lands on De Noteboom's shoulder, as De Noteboom tries to avoid the shot.
De Noteboom misses the jab.
De Noteboom fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Williams avoids it really well and circles away.
No luck with that takedown attempt from De Noteboom.
Simon Williams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Williams clinches with his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A head punch on the inside from Williams fails to land.
Williams leaning his opponent against the cage.
Williams tries to throw a body punch but De Noteboom avoids it by throwing Williams back against the cage.
Williams swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Williams fails to land.
Williams misses with a short punch on the inside.
Williams lands a body shot.
De Noteboom blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Williams pushes De Noteboom back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams tries to land a knee to the head but De Noteboom blocks with his arms.
De Noteboom tries to score a body lock takedown but Williams shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head punch blocked on the inside by De Noteboom.
Williams misses with a hook to the ribs.
Williams misses with a knee to the head.
De Noteboom'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 looking to throw knees to the head but De Noteboom is blocking nicely.

De Noteboom wants the takedown. Williams is fighting it off but De Noteboom persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Williams's guard against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
De Noteboom landing with the ground and pound.
Williams keeping moving, preventing De Noteboom from controlling successfully.

And that's the end of the fight!
Simon Williams comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Williams has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Saam Ante scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 28:29
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 28:30

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