PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between John Equinox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Williams's choice of entrance music: All the Above- Maino ft. T-Pain. Paul Williams has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Equinox
vs
Williams

172 cm
43
147 lbs
54 - 29 - 1

185 cm
43
140 lbs
44 - 25 - 4

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 54 - 29 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, John Equinox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 44 - 25 - 4, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paul Williams!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Felipe Paraventi and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big left from Williams misses.
Williams throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Nice defenses there by Equinox.
Equinox gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Williams.
Equinox avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Williams swings widly with a right hand

and Equinox counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Equinox.
Williams is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Williams is trying to break the clinch but Equinox has him pressed against the cage.
Williams trying to control the position but instead, Equinox has worked for underhooks and has pushed Williams into the cage.
Equinox swings wildly with an uppercut but Williams uses good head movement to avoid it.
Equinox presses Williams against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Equinox misses with the head strike.
Still in the clinch, Equinox scores with a nice short uppercut.
Equinox lands a nice uppercut.
Williams misses with a punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Equinox prevents Williams from breaking the clinch.
Equinox has a couple of punches blocked by Williams.
A head punch on the inside from Equinox fails to land.
Williams wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Equinox has him pressed against the cage.
A hook to the body from Equinox.
Equinox scores with a nice hook to the head.
Equinox misses with the head strike.
Equinox lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Equinox keeps control of Williams as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Equinox fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Equinox can't find room to land a body shot as Williams controls the action.
A right hook to the body lands for Equinox.
Equinox working aggressively here.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Equinox.
Equinox lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Equinox lands a hook to the side of the head.
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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Equinox has a couple of punches blocked by Williams.
Williams is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Equinox lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Equinox keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Williams's efforts to push away.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Equinox.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short right from Equinox.
Good body shot from Equinox.
Williams wants to stall.
Equinox lands with a light punch inside.
Equinox misses with some punches.
Equinox misses with the head strike.
Williams blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Williams.
Williams tries to circle away but Equinox has him pinned against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Equinox.
A short uppercut from Equinox.
Equinox misses with a hook from the clinch.
Williams working aggressively here.
Equinox makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Equinox has Williams pressed against the cage, preventing Williams from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A nice left hand lands by Equinox.
Williams blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Equinox keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Williams's efforts to push away.
Williams prevents a body shot from Equinox.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Williams.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Equinox.
Come on Equinox - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Equinox lands a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Equinox misses with some punches.
Williams is trying to break free.
Equinox fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Equinox tries to work over Williams's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Equinox lands with a light punch inside.
Equinox misses with a punch to the body.
Equinox lands a left hand that snaps the head of Williams backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short uppercut from Equinox.
Equinox works on Williams's body with a couple of short punches.
Williams is trying to force a seperation but Equinox has the dominant position.
Equinox lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Equinox tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Williams blocking some punches.
Equinox lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Williams.
Williams is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Equinox dominated that round.
That's time! Equinox's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Williams throws a body punch but Equinox moves out of range.
Williams misses with a leg kick.
Williams missing with a left hand there. Equinox was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A chopping leg kick lands by Williams.
Williams tries to land a front kick but Equinox steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Williams throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Williams throws a predictable looking body shot
and Equinox counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The fighters circling - Williams throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Williams throws a front kick aimed at Equinox's knee but Equinox avoids it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Williams swings widly with a right hand

and Equinox counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Williams wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Equinox has him pressed against the cage.
Equinox scores with a hook to the body.
Equinox misses with the head strike.
Equinox throws a punch but it's blocked by Williams.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Equinox lands a body shot in the clinch.
Equinox stalls.
Equinox gets through Williams's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Equinox.
A short uppercut from Equinox.
Equinox lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Williams or not.
Equinox lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Equinox lands a right hand.

Williams is rocked!
Equinox is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Williams can do to turn this around?
Equinox lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Williams or not.
Williams is still on wobbly legs! Can Equinox finish him?
Equinox lands a left hand that snaps the head of Williams backwards.
Equinox lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Williams or not.
Equinox lands a right hand that snaps the head of Williams backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Equinox lands a left hand.
Equinox dips a shoulder and cracks Williams with a mighty uppercut! Williams falls back against the cage and Equinox unloads with a barrage of strikes! Williams is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Equinox screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Equinox!
A very excited looking John Equinox made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.