PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Simon Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Kyle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Williams kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is UFC: Closer to the Edge (Jared Leto). The crowd seem to be enjoying Kyle's choice of entrance music: Wasted. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Williams
vs
Kyle

193 cm
36
275 lbs
35 - 12 - 1

180 cm
35
266 lbs
29 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

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Hellbent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 35 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Simon Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mark Kyle!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, James Atkins and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kyle throws a low kick but Williams avoids it.

Williams gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Kyle to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Kyle tries to free his leg and advance position but Williams is retaining full guard.
Kyle throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Kyle throws a big elbow that misses.
Williams has Kyle pulled in close to control his posture.
Kyle pushes down on Williams's leg and manages to get into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kyle sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Williams defending well though.
Kyle missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kyle stops Williams from getting back to his feet.
Kyle passes the guard and advances to mount!
Williams is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Williams is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Kyle working the ground and pound effectively.
Kyle controlling from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kyle avoids the attempt from Williams to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kyle prevents Williams from getting the reversal.
Kyle looking to finish with strikes here!
Kyle throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Kyle has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Kyle thowing shots but they're missing.
Kyle throwing strikes here but Williams is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Williams wants to hold on but Kyle pushes him away.
Kyle throwing strikes but Williams bucks up and reverses the position. He's now in guard on top.
Williams sitting in guard here, content to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kyle is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Williams stays in close to Kyle's body and controls the position.
Kyle seems keen to control Williams's posture.
Williams wants to control from the top but Kyle keeps moving.
Kyle is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Williams stays in close to Kyle's body and controls the position.
Williams being controlled here momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Kyle is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Kyle misses the shot to the body.
Kyle avoids a kick to the body.
A cross from Williams lands.
Kyle lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Kyle looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Williams is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Kyle dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

A clash of legs there as Kyle blocks the low kick.
We've been told by Williams's head coaches at Wax on Wax off 'Dojo that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Kyle cracks a nice hook into Williams's ribs.
Williams changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Kyle throws a shot from downtown. Williams moves away and avoids it.
Kyle lands a jab to the head.
Kyle thuds his right hand into Williams's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Williams lands with a nice body punch.
Williams moves out of range of the body kick from Kyle.
Williams throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kyle with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kyle misses with a body kick.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kyle swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A telegraphed right hand from Williams misses the target.
Kyle walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Williams checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Kyle looks to land a right hand but Williams moved out of range.
Kyle misses with a body kick.
Williams is looking to counter the offense by Kyle and move into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The fight stays on the outside here - Williams looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kyle takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Kyle cracks Williams with a right hand to the side of the head.
Williams misses with a wild body shot.
Williams scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Mark Kyle seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Williams tries to land a front kick but Kyle steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Williams checks a leg kick.
Williams tries a head kick but it misses.
Simon Williams is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Williams tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kyle attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Williams scores with a leg kick.
Kyle lands a leg kick that knocks Williams off balance momentarily.
Williams misses with a low kick.
Kyle has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kyle ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Williams moves away.
Williams blocks a leg kick.
Williams dips to his left and cracks Kyle with an uppercut!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams slips under a jab from Kyle.
Kyle misses with a hook.
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 steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Kyle. That one must have hurt.
Nice shot by Williams.
Kyle takes a swing at Williams's ribcage but misses.
Williams looks to score with a jab to the body but Kyle is just out of range.
Kyle uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Williams.
Kyle chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Williams ducks under a wild hook from Kyle.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kyle. Williams does a little dance to reset his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kyle. Williams does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kyle slips a straight right by Williams.
Kyle cracks Williams with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Williams throws a shot to the body.
Kyle is looking to land body kicks.
Williams dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Williams misses with a hook. Kyle ducked under it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kyle connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Williams's hands.
Williams swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Williams on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Williams lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kyle fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Williams manages to avoid it.
Williams takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Kyle attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Williams throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kyle throws a low kick but it's checked well by Williams.
Williams blocks the body kick.
Williams was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Kyle throws a body shot but no joy.
Williams scores with a jab to the body.
Williams misses with a telegraphed body shot
letting Kyle counter with a right hand.
Williams uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kyle.
Kyle throws a half hearted mid kick.
Kyle scores with a nice body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Williams slips under a jab from Kyle.
Williams throwing a counter right hand but Kyle manages to avoid it.
Williams slips under a jab.
Kyle throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Williams throws a half hearted mid kick.
Kyle misses with a low kick.
Kyle is looking to land body kicks.
Williams wants to land a leg kick but Kyle is out of range.
Kyle tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Williams was well out of range. Poor timing from Kyle.
Williams throws a hook to the side of Kyle's head but Kyle sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kyle throws a body shot but no joy.
Kyle looks for the body kick but Williams saw that one coming.
Kyle will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Kyle takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Kyle looks for a takedown but Williams sprawls well.
Mark Kyle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fighters circling - Williams throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Kyle showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Kyle throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Williams sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kyle lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Kyle misses with a low kick.
Williams takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Kyle defending well as Williams loads up on a big left hand.
Kyle misses with a body shot.
Williams throws a nice inside leg kick.
A good leg kick by Kyle.
Williams throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Kyle on the side of the head.
Kyle scoring well with a low kick there.
No joy there for Kyle, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kyle uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Williams. Kyle does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kyle shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Kyle turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kyle misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kyle fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Williams is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Kyle misses with a wild body shot.
Kyle misses with an attempted mid kick.
Kyle scores with a nice right hand.
Williams moves out of range of the body kick from Kyle.
Kyle throws a solid leg kick but Williams takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Kyle.
Williams misses with a body kick.
Kyle 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.
Kyle 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.
Kyle moves out of range of the leg kick from Williams.
Kyle checks the leg kick.
Kyle with the counter takedown but Williams avoids it easily.
Williams is looking to land body kicks.
Williams moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Kyle scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kyle feints and then cracks Williams's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Williams down.
Kyle throws a half hearted mid kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kyle.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kyle. Williams does a little dance to reset his feet.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kyle paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kyle throws the left hand but Williams avoids the punch easily.
Kyle pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Williams seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Williams fails with an attempt to clinch.
Williams misses with a looping left.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kyle pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Williams cracks Kyle with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Kyle throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kyle throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kyle throws the left hand but Williams avoids the punch easily.
Kyle misses with a head kick.
Nice defenses there by Williams.
Williams walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

Williams rushes Kyle and presses him up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Williams obliges.
Kyle takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Williams slowing the pace effectively.
Still in the clinch, Williams scores with a nice short uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Williams creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

It looks like Mark Kyle has been cut.
A knee to the head by Williams.
Williams pushes Kyle back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Williams.
Williams pushes Kyle back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Williams.
Williams is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kyle is keeping busy.
Williams lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Williams leaning his opponent against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Williams.
Williams lands a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kyle tries to throw a body punch but Williams avoids it by throwing Kyle back against the cage.
Williams working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Williams blocking some punches.
Williams lands a shoulder strike.
Williams lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kyle backwards.

Kyle is rocked!
Williams misses with a body punch.
Williams lands a nice shot to the body.
Williams effectively controlling the action here.
Good body shot from Williams.
Williams lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kyle backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Williams.
Williams misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kyle.
Kyle has a couple of punches blocked by Williams.
Williams tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kyle avoids it.
Still in the clinch, Williams scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kyle takes a shot to the head.
Kyle is still on wobbly legs! Can Williams finish him?
Williams lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kyle backwards.
Williams throws a big uppercut that drops Kyle! More strikes from Williams and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Kyle lies dazed against the cage as Williams celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Simon Williams!