PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Trent Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sylvester Snell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Williams
vs
Snell

180 cm
20
163 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

180 cm
27
160 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

Decent wrestler
Decent knees
Solid chin

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Trent Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sylvester Snell!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Tarja Halkonen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams looks to land a right hand but Snell moved out of range.

Snell moves into the clinch successfully.
Williams wants to get back to striking at distance but Snell won't allow it.
Snell with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A knee to the head by Snell.
Snell landing knees to the head.
Snell connects with a nasty looking knee right to Williams's face.
Snell misses with a knee strike.
Come on Snell - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Williams is trying to push Snell away but Snell has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Snell tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Snell with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Snell with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Williams is trying to push Snell away but Snell has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Snell using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Williams has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Snell keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Williams's efforts to push away.
Snell tries to land a knee to the head but Williams blocks with his arms.
Snell with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Snell throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Snell throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Williams blocks it with crossed arms.
Snell looks winded!
Williams tries to circle away but Snell has him pinned against the cage.
Williams has had enough of the clinch but Snell keeps him there for the moment.
Snell tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Williams is trying to break free.
Williams wants to get back to striking at distance but Snell won't allow it.
Snell tries a knee to the head but Williams blocks it.
Williams wants to break the clinch but can't.

Williams escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Snell tries to clinch up but Williams circles away and keeps his distance.
A jab from Williams does it's job there.
Williams looks to score with a jab to the body but Snell is just out of range.
Williams misses with a low kick.
Snell fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Snell manages to avoid it.
Williams circles away from the clinch attempt.
Snell shoots in for a takedown but Williams shows good takedown defense.
A punch lands to the side of Snell 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Snell tries to clinch up but Williams circles away and keeps his distance.
Snell uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Williams.
Snell avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Williams cracks Snell with a good jab.
Snell takes a jab right on the kisser.
Snell fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Snell closes this distance looking for a takedown but Williams circles away.
Snell has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Williams finds it's way round the side to connect with Snell's head.

Snell pushes Williams up against the cage in a clinch.
Williams has had enough of the clinch but Snell keeps him there for the moment.
Snell lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Snell trying to stall but Williams improves his position.
Snell tries to land a knee to the head but Williams blocks with his arms.
Williams wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Snell is trying to stall.

Williams breaks from the clinch.
Williams lands a nice looking body shot.
Williams throws a body punch but Snell moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice uppercut lands for Williams. That snapped Snell's head back.
Williams jabs Snell to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Williams misses with a kick to the body.
Williams dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Williams looks to land a combination. Snell sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Williams pivots, looking for a leg kick but Snell is out of range and Williams settles back down.
Williams connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Williams connects with a nice looking jab.
Williams throws a hook to the side of Snell's head but Snell sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Trent Williams dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Williams scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Trent Williams is winning the standup battle so far.
A jab from Williams finds it's way through Snell's defenses.
Williams throws a one two combo.

Snell is rocked!

Snell takes the fight into the clinch.
Snell tries to land a knee to the head but Williams blocks with his arms.
Snell tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Snell creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Snell lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Williams is trying to break the clinch but Snell is controlling him.
Snell keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Williams's efforts to push away.
Snell with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Snell is breathing heavily.
Williams wants to break the clinch but can't.
Williams has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Snell using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Williams has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Williams looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Snell landing knees to the body.
Williams is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Snell looking to throw knees to the head but Williams is blocking nicely.
Williams has had enough of the clinch but Snell keeps him there for the moment.
Sylvester Snell seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Snell throws a knee to the head but misses.
Williams can't break the clinch.
Williams takes a knee right on the jaw!
Williams tries to circle away but Snell has him pinned against the cage.
Williams is trying to break the clinch but Snell is controlling him.
Snell using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Williams has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Snell prevents Williams from breaking the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Williams's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Snell misses with a knee to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Williams's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Snell misses with a knee strike.
Williams wants to break free but Snell has control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams is looking to break free of the clinch but Snell has double underhooks.
Snell looking to throw knees to the head but Williams is blocking nicely.
Williams wants to break the clinch but can't.
Snell prevents Williams from breaking the clinch.
Snell keeps control of Williams as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Williams tries to break free but Snell pushes him back against the cage.
Williams tries to break free but Snell pushes him back against the cage.
Williams wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Snell with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Snell misses with a knee strike.

Williams manages to break the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Williams misses with a wild combination.
Williams scores with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams jabs Snell right on the nose. Snell blinks but takes it well.
Williams swats away the attempt to clinch by Snell.
Williams moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Snell on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Snell uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Williams.
Snell uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Williams.
Williams scores with a jab to the head.
Snell tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Williams connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Williams pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams throws a series of punches but Snell avoids them all with ease.
Williams throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Snell moves in looking to clinch but Williams pushes him off.
Williams cracks Snell with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Good standup being displayed there by Williams as he connects with a hook.
Williams fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Williams connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Snell momentarily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Williams swings for the body but Snell moves out of range.
Williams lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Trent Williams dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Williams rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Snell moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Williams lands a lovely overhand right.
Snell is still on wobbly legs! Can Williams finish him?
Snell doesn't manage to clinch there - Williams circles away.
Snell seems to have recovered his senses.
Williams looks to land a left hand but Snell moved out of range nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Snell looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Williams just misses with a punch to the body.
Williams looks to throw the jab but Snell is out of range.
Snell throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Snell swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Williams.
Williams is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Snell can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Williams throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Snell counters with a low kick, right behind Williams 's knee.
Jab from Williams.
Williams throws a shot from downtown. Snell moves away and avoids it.
Williams cracks Snell with an open hand slap.
Snell has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Williams ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Snell moves away.
Williams misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Snell.
Trent Williams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Williams loads up on a big right hand but Snell slips the punch.
A clash of legs there as Snell blocks the low kick.
Sylvester Snell has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Trent Williams is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Snell tries to clinch up
and Williams counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Williams throws a sloppy head kick and Snell moves out of range easily.
Snell tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Snell takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Snell tries to clinch up.
Williams circles away from the clinch attempt.
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!
Williams lands a lovely overhand right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Snell takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Snell blocks a head kick by Williams.
Williams looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Snell moves in looking to clinch but Williams pushes him off.
Trent Williams is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Snell takes one to the chin there.
Williams lands a really nice looking cross but Snell seems unphased.
Nice shot by Williams.
Williams connects with a body shot that sends Snell's belly button to the back.
Williams with a body punch. A glancing blow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Snell moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Snell wants to clinch up but Williams keeps it at a distance.
Williams feints a jab promting Snell to slip. Williams then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Snell slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Snell walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Snell takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Snell tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Williams manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice uppercut lands for Williams. That snapped Snell's head back.
Williams fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Williams digs a good hook to Snell's body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Trent Williams showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Williams, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Trent Williams!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Trent Williams made sure he mentioned HGH Nutrients Q160-Q158, along with how happy he was to win his fight.