PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Masakazu Aoki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aoki kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Sandstorm by Darude. The crowd seem to be enjoying Williams's choice of entrance music: All the Above- Maino ft. T-Pain. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Aoki
vs
Williams

155 cm
39
147 lbs
32 - 18 - 1

185 cm
39
140 lbs
34 - 19 - 3

Abu Dhabi Champ
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

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 32 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Masakazu Aoki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 19 - 3, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paul Williams!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Mauricio Rocha and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aoki lands a nice hook to Williams's body. Williams takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

Aoki manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Williams on his heels. He'll look to pass Williams's guard now, I'm sure.
Aoki slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Aoki seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Williams for as long as he can get away with.
Aoki tries to free his leg and advance position but Williams is retaining full guard.
Williams looking for a sweep. Not yet Williams, not yet.
Aoki trying to control the position from guard on top but Williams is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Masakazu Aoki has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Williams's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Aoki connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Williams scrambles back to his feet.
Williams slips under a jab from Aoki.
Aoki throws a leg kick
and Williams finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Aoki is able to avoid easily.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Williams misses with a wild body shot.
Williams with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Williams lets loose with a powerful body kick. Aoki will feel that in the morning.
Aoki moves away from the strike by Williams.
Williams looks to throw the jab but Aoki is out of range.
Williams rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Aoki moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Paul Williams is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Aoki misses with an attempted mid kick.
Aoki misses the jab.
Williams misses with a looping left.
Williams fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Aoki has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Aoki lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Williams pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Aoki defending well as Williams loads up on a big left hand.
Aoki cracks Williams with a good jab.
Williams takes a swing at Aoki's ribcage but misses.
Aoki connects with a single shot there.
Williams misses the shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Aoki. That snapped Williams's head back.
A left lands for Williams.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Aoki will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Williams slips a straight right by Aoki.
Aoki misses with a body shot.
Aoki moves out of range as Williams throws a body kick.
Aoki swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Williams throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Aoki misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Good leg kick by Williams there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Williams misses the shot to the body.
A slow jab from Aoki misses its intended target.
Aoki misses with a left hand
and Williams counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Williams throws a hook but Aoki avoids it easily.
Williams slips under a jab.
Williams waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Aoki.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aoki goes for a double leg but Williams avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Williams continues to drive forward.
Williams misses with a punch on the inside.
Aoki 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.
Nice body punch from Aoki.
Williams is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Aoki can't find room to land a body shot as Williams controls the action.
Aoki lands a nice knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aoki tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Williams looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Williams misses with a punch to the body.
Aoki tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Aoki throws a knee to the head but misses.
Williams is trying to force a seperation but Aoki has the dominant position.
Williams can't break the clinch.
Aoki drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Williams prevents a body shot from Aoki.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Masakazu Aoki dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Aoki throws a jab but it's blocked by Williams.
Williams keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Aoki connects with a right hand. Williams shakes it off.
Williams bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Williams throws a nice inside leg kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Williams.
Aoki takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Williams lands with a hook. Aoki tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Williams scores with a jab to the body.
Williams keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Aoki fails with the takedown.
Aoki fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Williams changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Williams connects with a nice looking jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Williams tests Aoki's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Aoki fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Aoki moves away.
Williams misses with a series of wild punches.
Aoki is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Williams.
Nice uppercut lands for Williams. That snapped Aoki's head back.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Aoki.
Williams misses with a body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Aoki misses the target.
Williams misses with a hook. Aoki ducked under it nicely.
Aoki takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Aoki loads up on a big right hand but Williams slips the punch.
Aoki is looking to score with low kicks.
Williams is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Aoki.
Aoki has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Williams.
Jab from Aoki.
Aoki throws a jab but it's blocked by Williams.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Aoki rushes Williams and presses him up against the cage.
Aoki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Aoki scores with a hook to the body.
Williams avoiding damage as Aoki throws knees to the body.
Williams working hard to break the clinch.
Aoki tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Williams's elbow.

Aoki jumps into guard, dragging Williams to the mat.
Williams preventing the sweep.
Williams wants to get up but he can't break Aoki's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Aoki looking to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams content to stall in guard here.

Aoki looking for subs off his back but Williams has passed one foot through into half guard.
Williams thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Aoki is looking for a sweep. Williams is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Aoki has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Williams is working away from the top position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams prevents Aoki from improving his position.
Williams seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Aoki does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Aoki tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Aoki is trying to get back to full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Aoki is working hard here to advance position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Paul Williams will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Aoki looks to throw the jab but Williams is out of range.
Williams scores with a jab to the head.
Williams throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Aoki sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Aoki tries to close the distance and clinch up but Williams swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Aoki waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Williams.
The fighters circling - Aoki throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Williams takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Williams misses with an uppercut. Aoki saw that one coming.
Williams cracks Aoki with an open hand slap.
Williams pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Williams is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Aoki.
A head kick misses from Aoki.
Aoki lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Jab by Aoki.
Nice body punch from Williams.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Williams lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Aoki has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Aoki and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A big right from Aoki misses.
Williams throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams misses with a low kick as Aoki jumps back.
Williams throws a body punch but Aoki moves out of range.
Williams throws a nice inside leg kick.
Williams throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Aoki sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Williams leaves Aoki with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Aoki lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Aoki checks a leg kick.
Aoki tries to close the distance and clinch but Williams swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Aoki takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nice shot by Williams.
Williams thuds a left hand into Aoki's body.
Aoki tries a low kick but Williams avoids it.
Williams throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A big right from Aoki misses.
Williams is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Aoki blocks a head kick by Williams.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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.
Aoki loads up on a big right hand but Williams slips the punch.
Aoki swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Williams throws a head kick but Aoki moves out of range.
Aoki avoids the head kick by Williams.
Williams looks to score with a jab to the body but Aoki is just out of range.
Williams throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Aoki throws a sloppy head kick and Williams moves out of range easily.
Aoki moves out of range of the leg kick from Williams.
Aoki throws a hook but Williams avoids it easily.
Aoki misses with a hook. Williams ducked under it nicely.
Aoki fails with the takedown.
Williams throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Aoki lands the left hand.
Paul Williams seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Aoki shoots for a double leg takedown but Williams sprawls well. He's pushed Aoki's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Masakazu Aoki. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Aoki.
A telegraphed right hand from Williams misses the target.
Williams throws a series of punches but Aoki avoids them all with ease.
Aoki throws a lazy uppercut
and Williams counters with a nice kick to the body.
Williams tries a head kick but it misses.
Aoki throws a jab when Williams was well out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Williams.
Williams lands with a good body shot.
Aoki throws a low kick, looking for Williams's leg but Williams calmly moves out of range.
Aoki dives in and grabs Williams's left leg, looking for a takedown. Williams pushes down on Aoki's head and hops out.
Aoki avoids the body shot from Williams.
Williams takes a jab right on the kisser.
Williams misses with a low kick as Aoki jumps back.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Williams.
Williams tries to land a front kick but Aoki steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Aoki tries to clinch but Williams moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aoki scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Aoki swings for the body but Williams moves out of range.
Williams lands a jab to the nose.
Aoki is looking to land body kicks.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice defenses there by Aoki.
Aoki scores with a three punch combo!
Williams throws a looping overhand right but Aoki ducks down to avoid it.
Williams has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Aoki.
Aoki will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A jab from Williams finds it's way through Aoki's defenses.
Aoki throws a hook to the side of Williams's head but Williams sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Williams buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Williams uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Aoki.
A solid leg kick lands there for Williams.
A swing and a miss from Aoki.
Williams sizes up Aoki with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Paul Williams.
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 Matheus Silva scores the fight 28:29
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paul Williams!
A victorious Paul Williams thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.