PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ray Reilly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Williams has chosen All the Above- Maino ft. T-Pain as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Reilly
vs
Williams

168 cm
26
155 lbs
9 - 2 - 1

185 cm
43
140 lbs
43 - 25 - 4

BJJ Brown Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ray Reilly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 43 - 25 - 4, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paul Williams!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Paulo Santos and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams just misses with a punch to the body.
Williams missing with a left hand there. Reilly was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Reilly misses with an uppercut. Williams saw that one coming.
Reilly has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Warehouse in the buildup to the fight.
A left and a right from Williams both land. Nice combination.
Williams connects with a body shot that sends Reilly's belly button to the back.
Reilly takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
An inside leg kick from Williams misses.
Williams fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Paul Williams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reilly throws the left hand but Williams avoids the punch easily.
Williams misses with a looping left.
Williams stalks Reilly and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Reilly's face. Reilly staggers backwards, shaken.
Williams wants to slow Reilly down by chopping away at his legs.

Reilly fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Williams, pushing him back against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Williams working hard to break the clinch.

Reilly breaks from the clinch.
Williams slips a straight right by Reilly.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reilly 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.

Reilly rushes Williams and presses him up against the cage.

Reilly breaks the clinch.
Reilly misses with an uppercut. Williams saw that one coming.
Reilly cracks Williams with a good jab.
Reilly tries to clinch up but Williams circles away and keeps his distance.
Williams looks to throw a body kick
and Reilly counters with a good low kick that Williams was not able to check.

Reilly closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Williams is trying to push Reilly away but Reilly has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Reilly escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Williams misses with a head kick.
Reilly tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A looping hook to the body misses from Reilly. Williams does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reilly displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Williams throws out the jab.
Williams bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
We've been informed that Williams has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Reilly ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Williams moves out of range of the strikes.
Williams avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Williams throws a sloppy head kick and Reilly moves out of range easily.
Reilly steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Williams.
Williams tries to work over Reilly's front leg with a kick but Reilly checks it.
Williams is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Williams waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Reilly.
Reilly throws a right and a left that both miss.
Williams scores with a head kick.
Nice defenses there by Reilly.
Williams bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Reilly's head backwards.
Reilly misses with a body shot.
A punch combination from Reilly misses.
A swing and a miss from Williams.
Williams stuns Reilly with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Williams misses with a low kick.
Williams scores with a head kick. Reilly tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Reilly moves out of range of the body kick from Williams.
Reilly bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Reilly scores with a push kick.
The crowd cheers as Williams lands an impressive looking overhand right. Reilly doesn't seem phased though.
Williams throws a low kick but Reilly moves out of range easily.
Reilly uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Williams.
Williams lands a head kick!
Williams bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Williams paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice body punch from Reilly.
Williams with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Reilly to score with a decent uppercut.
Reilly takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Reilly.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Reilly. Williams shrugs it off though.
Reilly ducks under a wild hook from Williams.
The fighters circling - Reilly throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Williams keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Reilly.
Williams scores with a jab.

Reilly closes the distance and clinches.

Reilly pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
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 Reilly has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Reilly and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Williams moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Williams throws a lazy right hand but Reilly sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Williams lands with a right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Williams misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Reilly.
Williams throws out a loose jab but Reilly uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Williams dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Reilly closes the distance and clinches.
Reilly is trying to break the clinch but Williams has him pressed against the cage.
Reilly has had enough of the clinch but Williams keeps him there for the moment.
Williams tries to break free but Reilly pushes him back against the cage.
Williams has had enough of the clinch but Reilly keeps him there for the moment.

Reilly manages to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Williams takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Reilly keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Williams.
Reilly scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Williams uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Reilly.
Williams connects with a single shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reilly tries a head kick but it misses.
Reilly tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Williams throws a wild body kick that Reilly sees coming a mile off.
A combination from Reilly does no damage.
A swing and a miss from Williams.
Good shot there by Williams.
Sloppy strikes from Reilly. Those never looked like landing.
Williams tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Williams throws a jab but it's blocked by Reilly.
A good leg kick by Williams.
Williams scores with a jab to the body.
Reilly tries to close the distance and clinch up but Williams swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Williams misses with a looping right.
Williams throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Reilly on the side of the head.
Williams tries to move into range but Reilly moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
No joy there for Reilly, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reilly throws a jab when Williams was well out of range.
Ray Reilly is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Williams bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Reilly's head backwards.
Reilly tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Reilly throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Williams.
The fighters circling - Williams throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A swing and a miss from Williams.
Williams dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Williams ducks under a wild hook from Reilly.
Reilly misses with a few strikes there.
Reilly looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Reilly lands with a cross.
Williams tried to score with a low kick but Reilly checks it.
Reilly throws a right and a left that Williams avoids nicely.
Williams ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Reilly moves away.
Williams throws a one two combo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reilly gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A shot to the liver by Reilly. Beautiful body shot.
Williams swings for the body but Reilly moves out of range.
Williams pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Williams wants to slow Reilly down by chopping away at his legs.
Williams throws the left hand but Reilly avoids the punch easily.
Williams is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Williams blocks a jab.
Williams bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Williams throws a jab when Reilly was well out of range.
Reilly throws the left hand but Williams avoids the punch easily.
Williams lands a leg kick that knocks Reilly off balance momentarily.
Reilly slips a straight right by Williams.
Williams scores with a hook to the body. Reilly takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Williams throws a lazy uppercut
and Reilly counters with an outside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Reilly throws a body punch but Williams moves out of range.
A jab from Reilly finds it's way through Williams's defenses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reilly blocks a head kick by Williams.
Reilly tries to clinch but Williams moves out of range.
Reilly scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Reilly moves out of range of the body kick from Williams.
Reilly throws a low kick but Williams moves out of range easily.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Williams.
Williams throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The fighters circling - Reilly throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Reilly scores with a jab to the jaw.
Williams tries to land a leg kick but Reilly saw it coming and moves away.
Williams takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Williams throws the left hand but Reilly avoids the punch easily.
Williams dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
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 the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Williams finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Williams misses with a series of wild punches.
Reilly avoids the head kick by Williams.
Williams moves away from the strike by Reilly.
Williams tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Reilly is able to avoid easily.
Williams throws a series of punches but Reilly avoids them all with ease.
Williams lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Reilly backs up against the cage.
Reilly tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Williams looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Williams lands the left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reilly fails with an attempt to clinch.
Reilly throws a big shot that misses.
Paul Williams seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Reilly throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Williams feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Reilly's calf.
Williams tries to move into range but Reilly moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reilly takes one to the side of the head.
Williams lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Williams dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Williams takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?

Reilly has taken the fight to the clinch.
Williams is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Reilly's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Reilly moves out of range as Williams strikes.
Williams throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Reilly looks to score with a jab to the body but Williams is just out of range.
Williams keeps the fight on the outside.
Ray Reilly has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams throws a series of strikes that have Reilly backpedaling.
Williams moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Williams lands with a thumping leg kick.
Williams looks to land a combination. Reilly sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Williams misses with a looping right.
Williams lands a body shot.
Williams avoids a kick to the body.
Williams with a jab.
Reilly with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A clash of legs there as Reilly blocks the low kick.
Reilly avoids the body shot from Williams.
A big left from Reilly misses.
A left lands for Williams.
Williams tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Reilly was well out of range. Poor timing from Williams.
A slow jab from Reilly misses its intended target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Reilly takes the fight into the clinch.

Reilly manages to break the clinch.
Reilly looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Reilly throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Williams.
Williams's corner calls for a 1-2. Williams obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Reilly will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Reilly is looking to clinch but Williams is avoiding it.
Williams showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Reilly.
Reilly tries to clinch there but Williams circles away.
Williams throws a solid leg kick but Reilly takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Williams.
Donk. Reilly catches Williams right on the button with a cross.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Reilly.
Williams takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Reilly throws a jab but it's blocked by Williams.
Reilly lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
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 throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Reilly swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Williams misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Reilly.
Reilly wants to clinch up but Williams keeps it at a distance.
Williams misses with a wild body shot.
Reilly is looking to clinch.
Williams throws a body shot but no joy.
A left and a right from Reilly both land. Nice combination.
Reilly avoids the body shot from Williams.
Williams throws a half hearted mid kick.

Williams gets tackled into the cage by Reilly. Reilly maintains the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Paul Williams comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Williams winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 28:30
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 28:30
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paul Williams!
Paul Williams seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.