PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between August Beach (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Simon Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Beach's entrance music is Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators - If This Ain't Love. A fine choice. Williams has chosen UFC: Closer to the Edge (Jared Leto) as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Beach
vs
Williams

200 cm
27
287 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

193 cm
31
275 lbs
20 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, August Beach!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Simon Williams!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Colin Fotheringham and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beach lands a head shot.
Williams waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Beach.
Beach misses with an uppercut. Williams saw that one coming.
Williams takes a swing at Beach's ribcage but misses.
Williams throws a hook to the side of Beach's head but Beach sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Beach misses with a hook. Williams ducked under it nicely.
Williams avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Beach throws a right and a left that both miss.
An inside leg kick lands from Beach.
A clash of legs there as Beach blocks the low kick.
Beach misses with a body shot.
Williams throws a head kick that half lands.
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!
Beach checks the leg kick.
Williams lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Beach throws a sloppy head kick and Williams moves out of range easily.
Williams tries to land a leg kick but Beach saw it coming and moves away.
Williams works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Beach sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Williams uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Beach.
Williams scores with the left hand. Beach knows he should have avoided that one.
Beach bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Beach ducks under a wild hook from Williams.
Williams attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Nice straight punches there by Beach. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Beach.
Williams steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Beach. That one must have hurt.
Beach throws a hook to the side of Williams's head but Williams sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Crunch! Beach slams his shin into Williams's torso.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fighters circling - Beach throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Williams looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Williams misses with a right hand
and Beach counters with a straight right hand.
Williams misses with a hook. Beach ducked under it nicely.
Nice defenses there by Williams.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beach throws out a loose jab but Williams uses good head movement to avoid it.

Beach closes the distance and clinches.
Williams working Beach over with knees to the body.
Beach tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Williams trying to control the position but instead, Beach has worked for underhooks and has pushed Williams into the cage.
Beach makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Beach throws an elbow that misses.

Williams breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Williams pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Beach back to the cage. Williams follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Beach connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Williams's hands.
Williams avoids the head kick by Beach.
Williams jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Williams misses with an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Beach blocks a jab.
A slow jab from Beach misses its intended target.
Beach keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Williams circles away from the clinch attempt
and Williams counters with a nice uppercut.
Beach goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Williams lands a lovely overhand right.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Williams feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Beach's calf.
Nice defenses there by Williams.
Williams tries to score with a low kick but Beach moves his leg out of the way.
A big left from Williams misses.
Beach uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Williams.
Williams throws a solid leg kick but Beach takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Williams.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beach throws the left hand but Williams avoids the punch easily.
Williams misses with a straight left.
Williams misses with a straight left.
Williams moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Williams throws a jab when Beach was well out of range.
Beach throws a body punch but Williams moves out of range.
Williams ducks under a wild hook from Beach.
Beach takes a swing at Williams's ribcage but misses.
Beach needs to keep his hands up - Williams had a free shot at his head there.
Beach takes one to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Williams rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Beach counters with a left and a right that stings Williams.
Beach on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Beach moves away from the strike by Williams.
Beach wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Simon 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.

Williams throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Beach sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Simon Williams seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Beach throws a lazy right hand but Williams sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Beach blocks a leg kick.
Williams lands a jab to Beach's midsection.
Beach jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Williams rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Beach counters with a stiff right hand.
Good work by Beach as he checks the leg kick.
Williams misses with a wild body shot.
Beach scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Beach throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Williams scores with a jab. Beach acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Williams throws a lazy right hand but Beach sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Williams throws a nice inside leg kick.
Beach steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Williams. That one must have hurt.
Beach throws a body kick that misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams cracks Beach with an open hand slap.
Beach takes a jab right on the kisser.
Williams avoids a kick to the body.
Beach looks to land a right hand but Williams moved out of range.
Williams scoring well with a low kick there.
Beach blocks the body kick.
Beach throws a jab but it's blocked by Williams.
Williams throws a jab when Beach was well out of range.
Beach thuds a left hand into Williams's body.
Williams throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
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 misses with a looping left.
A slow jab from Williams misses its intended target.
Beach throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Williams in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beach is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Beach walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Williams blocks a jab.
Williams feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Beach's calf.
Beach tries to clinch but Williams moves out of range.
The fighters circling - Williams throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Beach missing with a left hand there. Williams was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Beach dodges the punch combination from Williams.
Williams misses with a kick to the body.
Beach on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Williams. Williams obviously looking to wear him down.
Williams throws out a loose jab but Beach uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fighters circling - Williams throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Beach throws a hook to the side of Williams's head but Williams sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Beach.
Williams on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Beach uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Williams.
Williams misses with a straight left.
A big left from Beach misses.
Williams throws a head kick that misses.
A good leg kick by Williams.
The fight stays on the outside here - Beach looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Williams lands the left hand.
Williams moves away from the strike by Beach.
Nice defenses there by Williams.
Beach slips under a jab.
A swing and a miss from Williams.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Beach misses with a body kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Williams misses the target.
Beach throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Williams does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Williams throws a low kick but it's checked well by Beach.
Beach uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Williams.
Beach throws a wild body kick that Williams sees coming a mile off.
Beach lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Williams.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Beach takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A lazy body kick from Williams
and Beach counters with a nice uppercut.
Williams throws a big shot that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Simon Williams showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!

Beach lands a jab to the head.
Williams staying out of range there.
Beach misses with an uppercut.
Beach fails in his attempt to clinch.
Beach fails with an attempt to clinch.
Beach gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Williams lands with a shot to the body.
Beach misses with an uppercut.
Williams throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Beach tries to clinch up.
Beach has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Williams.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A cross from Beach lands.
A jab from Beach misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beach blocks a head kick by Williams.
Beach ducks under a wild hook from Williams.
Beach takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Williams scores with a leg kick.
Beach avoids a kick to the body.
Williams connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Good leg kick by Williams there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Williams lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Williams digs a good hook to Beach's body.
Williams throws a leg kick which misses Beach's front leg but catches the back leg as Beach tries to avoid it.
Williams misses with a low kick.
Williams lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Williams looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Williams thows a body kick. Beach tries to catch it but that hurt him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams misses with a low kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Beach blocks the leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Beach.
Beach tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Beach slips a jab from Williams.
Williams is looking to score with low kicks.
Williams lands a front kick.
Nice straight punches there by Williams. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Williams.
Williams moves away from the strike by Beach.
Beach keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Williams.
Nice defenses there by Beach.
Williams will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Beach throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Williams misses with a straight left.
Beach is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Beach scores with a jab.
August Beach has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Williams lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Beach tries to land a front kick but Williams steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Beach throws the left hand but Williams avoids the punch easily.
Beach throws a body kick that misses
and Williams counters with a nice leg kick.
Beach throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Williams counters with an outside leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Beach checks a leg kick.
Beach takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Williams throws a chopping leg kick but Beach manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Williams bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Williams pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams throws a wild body kick that Beach sees coming a mile off.
Beach displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Williams throws out the jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Williams jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Williams motions for Beach to come forward. Williams throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Williams scores with a hook to the body. Beach takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Simon Williams is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Williams throws a hook but Beach blocks it.
Williams chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Beach misses with a hook. Williams ducked under it nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Williams misses the target.
Beach takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Williams fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Beach.
Williams is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Williams has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Williams lands a slapping body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Simon 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 27:30
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 27:30

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