PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Stevie Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henry Guiterrez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Williams comes to the cage accompanied by Mama Said Knock You Out - LL Cool J. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Williams
vs
Guiterrez

175 cm
21
157 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

173 cm
21
162 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Stevie Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Henry Guiterrez!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams keeps the fight on the outside.
Williams misses with a wild combination.
Guiterrez takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Williams moves out of range of the leg kick from Guiterrez.
Williams throws a series of punches but Guiterrez avoids them all with ease.

Guiterrez closes the distance and clinches.
Williams wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Williams pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Williams fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Guiterrez manages to avoid it.
Guiterrez scores with the left hand. Williams knows he should have avoided that one.
Williams misses with a hook. Guiterrez ducked under it nicely.
Williams moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Guiterrez.
Guiterrez shoots in but Williams avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Williams works over Guiterrez's head and body with a nice combination.
Guiterrez tries to clinch up but Williams circles away and keeps his distance.
Williams throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Williams ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Williams throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Williams tries to bum rush Guiterrez with a series of wild strikes but Guiterrez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Donk. Williams catches Guiterrez right on the button with a cross.
Guiterrez shoots for a takedown but Williams saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Guiterrez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Williams swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Williams throws a front kick aimed at Guiterrez's knee but Guiterrez avoids it well.
Guiterrez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Williams.
The fighters circling - Williams throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Williams gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Williams's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A swing and a miss from Williams.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guiterrez is looking to clinch.
Williams thows a body shot but no joy.
Williams tries to bum rush Guiterrez with a series of wild strikes but Guiterrez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A jab from Williams finds it's way through Guiterrez's defenses.
Williams lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Guiterrez circles away quickly and effectively.
Good shot there by Williams.
Guiterrez wants to clinch.
Williams tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Guiterrez was well out of range. Poor timing from Williams.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Williams. Those never looked like landing.
Guiterrez shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Williams eats them both and turns towards Guiterrez to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Guiterrez moves in looking to clinch but Williams pushes him off.
Guiterrez wants to clinch

and Williams counters by clinching up.
Guiterrez throws a head punch that misses.
Williams can't break the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Guiterrez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Guiterrez clinches up against the cage.

Williams pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stevie Williams dominated that 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.

Guiterrez slips a jab and a cross from Williams.
Guiterrez tries to clinch there but Williams circles away.

Williams instigates a clinch.
Williams wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Guiterrez tries to land a knee to the head but Williams blocks with his arms.
Guiterrez has a couple of punches blocked by Williams.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Guiterrez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Williams's brow.
Williams avoiding damage as Guiterrez throws knees to the body.
Guiterrez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Williams blocks the elbow strike.

Williams pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Guiterrez misses with a shot to the body
and Williams counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Williams throws a right hand that Guiterrez ducks under and follows up with a left that Guiterrez also avoids with ease.
Williams rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Guiterrez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Guiterrez closes the distance and clinches.
Williams is trying to break the clinch but Guiterrez is controlling him.
Williams wants to get back to striking at distance but Guiterrez won't allow it.
Williams drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Guiterrez gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Williams is trying to push Guiterrez away but Guiterrez has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Guiterrez keeps control of Williams as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Williams works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Williams throwing strikes but missing.
Williams wanted to stand there but Guiterrez had control of the position.
Williams trying to control but Guiterrez is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Guiterrez throws his legs up looking for a submission but Williams uses it to pass to side control.
Williams tries to stand but Guiterrez is controlling his head.
Guiterrez tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Williams wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Williams scores with a couple of short elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guiterrez looks to move to half guard but instead Williams has passed into mount! Damn!
Williams can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Guiterrez is looking to escape.
Williams working Guiterrez over with strikes here.
Williams tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Williams goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Guiterrez is on top in guard.
Williams bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Guiterrez's guard.

Guiterrez working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Williams doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Williams manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Guiterrez is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stevie Williams dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Williams closes the distance and clinches.
Guiterrez looking to throw knees to the head but Williams is blocking nicely.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Guiterrez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Williams's brow.
Guiterrez misses with an elbow over the top.
Williams wants to break the clinch but can't.
Guiterrez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Williams is looking to break free of the clinch but Guiterrez has double underhooks.
Guiterrez with a knee to the head.

Guiterrez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Williams takes the fight into the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Guiterrez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

Guiterrez breaks from the clinch.
Williams misses with the combination.

Williams has taken the fight to the clinch.

Williams breaks from the clinch.
Williams throws a right and a left that Guiterrez avoids nicely.

Williams closes the distance and pushes Guiterrez back into the cage.
Guiterrez taking a breather.

Williams pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Some wild striking there from Williams.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams swats away the attempt to clinch by Guiterrez.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Guiterrez - that will leave a mark!
The fight stays on the outside here - Guiterrez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Williams rushes Guiterrez and presses him up against the cage.
Guiterrez throws a knee to the head but misses.

Williams breaks from the clinch.
A left and a right from Williams both land. Nice combination.
Henry Guiterrez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Guiterrez tries to clinch up.
Guiterrez is looking to clinch but Williams is avoiding it.
Williams lands a jab to the head.
A head kick misses from Guiterrez.
Guiterrez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Guiterrez gets caught napping as Williams dives in and scores a takedown. Guiterrez manages to retain guard.
Williams throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Guiterrez works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Williams wants to stand but Guiterrez is controlling his posture from full guard.
Williams postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams won't allow Guiterrez to sweep him here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Williams wants to stand but Guiterrez is controlling his posture from full guard.
Williams trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Stevie Williams overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Williams looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

And that's the end of the fight!
Stevie 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stevie Williams!
Stevie Williams spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.