PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Skip Sheffield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sheffield comes into the arena with Invasion blaring out of the sound system. Both these guys are coming into the fight with injuries so let's see if that has a bearing on the fight. Matt Williams is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Sheffield
vs
Williams

225 cm
21
300 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

166 cm
23
300 lbs
0 - 24 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Skip Sheffield!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 24 - 0, fighting out of London, Matt Williams!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Sam Margolis and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sheffield throws a right hand that Williams ducks under and follows up with a left that Williams also avoids with ease.
Sheffield looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Williams wants to clinch.
Williams shoots in for a double leg but Sheffield sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Williams tries to clinch up but Sheffield circles away and keeps his distance.
Williams fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Sheffield avoids it really well and circles away.
A punch combination from Sheffield misses.
Williams wants to clinch up but Sheffield keeps it at a distance.
Williams should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Sheffield displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Williams.
Skip Sheffield has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matt Williams.
Williams fails with the takedown.
Williams misses with a wild combination.
Skip Sheffield seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice takedown defense from Sheffield. No joy for Williams on that attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Williams tries to clinch but Sheffield moves out of range.
Sheffield throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Williams tries for a takedown but Sheffield sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Williams wants to clinch.
Williams looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Sheffield is fending him off so far but Williams persists. Nope, Sheffield circles away and we're back to standing.
Horrible takedown attempt by Williams or perhaps it was just good defense by Sheffield, which made it look bad.
Sheffield throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sheffield closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Sheffield swinging wildly here.
Sheffield scores with a three punch combo!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sheffield throws a nice looking combination but Williams bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sheffield throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Williams.
Sheffield lands a two punch combo.
Sheffield throws a series of punches but Williams moves out of range.
Sheffield closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Sheffield throws a nice looking combination but Williams bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sheffield throws a series of strikes that have Williams backpedaling.
Sheffield stalks Williams and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Williams's face. Williams staggers backwards, shaken.
No joy there for Williams, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Some wild striking there from Sheffield.
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 fails with an attempt to clinch.
Williams is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Sheffield.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Williams has eaten all the pies!
Sheffield's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Sheffield duly obliges.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sheffield moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Williams will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Sheffield misses with a series of wild punches.
Williams slips a jab and a cross from Sheffield.
Sheffield lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
No joy there for Sheffield, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sheffield throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Williams.
Sheffield misses with a double jab.
Sheffield goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Sheffield throws a series of punches but Williams moves out of range.
Sheffield avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sheffield looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Williams tries to score with a low kick but Sheffield moves his leg out of the way.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sheffield throws a series of punches but Williams moves out of range.
Sheffield looks to land a combination but Williams avoids it well.
Sheffield lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Sheffield misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sheffield throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sheffield looks to land a combination. Williams sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Sheffield throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sheffield will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Williams dodges the punch combination from Sheffield.
Danga de danga de dang - Sheffield scores with a four punch combination!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Williams closes the distance and clinches up with Sheffield, looking for a takedown. Williams pushes Sheffield against the cage but Sheffield circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Williams fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Sheffield avoids it really well and circles away.
Sheffield throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Skip Sheffield dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Sheffield misses with a double jab.
Williams goes for a double leg but Sheffield avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Sheffield continues to drive forward.
Williams is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Sheffield is defending well.
Williams is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Sheffield is keeping busy.
Williams is trying to pull guard but Sheffield has him pressed against the cage.
Skip Sheffield has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matt Williams.
Williams misses with a knee to the head.
Williams tries to land a knee to the head but Sheffield blocks with his arms.

Sheffield escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sheffield stalks Williams and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Williams's face. Williams staggers backwards, shaken.
Sheffield misses with a few strikes there.
Sheffield is working the combinations to good effect here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Williams will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Williams dodges the punch combination from Sheffield.
Sheffield throws a right and a left that Williams avoids nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Sheffield lands with a nice combination. Williams backs away looking to recover.
Sheffield misses with a series of wild punches.
Sheffield throws a series of strikes that have Williams backpedaling.
Sheffield moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Sheffield looks to land a combination. Williams sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Sheffield goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Williams avoids a punch combination nicely.
Williams avoids a punch combination nicely.
Skip Sheffield is winning the standup battle so far.
Sloppy strikes from Sheffield. Those never looked like landing.
Williams is trying desperately to land a takedown but Sheffield is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Williams.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sheffield throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Williams shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Sheffield as he jumps to the side.
Sheffield misses with the combination.
Williams slips a jab and a cross from Sheffield.
A combination from Sheffield does no damage.
Skip Sheffield is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
No joy there for Sheffield, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sheffield lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Sheffield scores with a three punch combo!
Williams fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sheffield displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Sheffield throws a series of punches but Williams moves out of range.
Williams showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sheffield.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sheffield goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Sheffield lands a jab-cross combination.
Skip Sheffield is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sheffield lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Williams tries to clinch but Sheffield moves out of range.
Williams tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Sheffield swivels and escapes.
A bone on bone clash there as Sheffield blocks the leg kick.
Sheffield looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sheffield misses with the combination.
Sheffield misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sheffield misses with a wild combination.
Sheffield rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Williams moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Williams has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sheffield stuffs the takedown attempt from Williams. Williams gets slowly back to his feet.
Williams shoots in for a double leg but Sheffield sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Sheffield throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sheffield misses with a double jab.
Sheffield throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Williams showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sheffield.
Sheffield throws a series of punches but Williams avoids them all with ease.
Sheffield stalks Williams and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Williams's face. Williams staggers backwards, shaken.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sheffield throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Williams.
Williams fails with a takedown attempt.
Williams showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sheffield.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Skip Sheffield dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Sheffield fails to land with a series of punches.
Williams has a takedown stuffed.
Williams tries to clinch there but Sheffield circles away.
Williams closes this distance looking for a takedown but Sheffield circles away.
Sheffield takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Sheffield feints a jab promting Williams to slip. Sheffield then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Williams slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Sheffield scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Sheffield misses with a double jab.
Sheffield scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sheffield throws a series of punches but Williams avoids them all with ease.
Sheffield throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sheffield misses with a double jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sheffield throws a right hand that Williams ducks under and follows up with a left that Williams also avoids with ease.
Sheffield moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Sheffield scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Sheffield displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch but Sheffield swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Williams fails with the takedown.
Skip Sheffield has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matt Williams.
Sheffield avoids a kick to the body.
Williams throws a low kick but Sheffield moves out of range easily.
Sheffield moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Sheffield works over Williams's head and body with a nice combination.
No joy there for Sheffield, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sheffield swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sheffield throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sheffield throws a nice looking combination but Williams bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sheffield throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sheffield keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Williams showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sheffield.
Sloppy strikes from Sheffield. Those never looked like landing.
Williams tries to clinch but Sheffield is having none of it.
Sheffield throws a series of punches but Williams moves out of range.
A right-left combo lands from Sheffield.
Sheffield lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Sheffield lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Williams backs up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Williams tries for a takedown but Sheffield sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Sheffield throws a one two combo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sheffield swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sheffield looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sheffield throws a series of punches but Williams moves out of range.
Sheffield throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Williams.
Sheffield misses with a few strikes there.
Williams has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
A combination from Sheffield does no damage.
Sheffield misses with the combination.
Sheffield throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
A punch combination from Sheffield misses.
Nice sprawl there from Sheffield as Williams shoots in.
Williams misses with a takedown attempt - Sheffield sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Williams avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sheffield will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sheffield throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sheffield lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Sheffield swinging wildly here.
Williams has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Sheffield stalks Williams and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Williams's face. Williams staggers backwards, shaken.
Left hook, right uppercut from Sheffield.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sheffield swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sheffield scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Williams slips a jab and a cross from Sheffield.
Matt Williams has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Skip Sheffield is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sheffield lands a jab-cross combination.

And that's the end of the fight!
Skip Sheffield showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Sheffield, 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Skip Sheffield!
A pretty intense looking Skip Sheffield took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.