PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Trayvon Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Hertz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Trayvon Williams has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Williams
vs
Hertz

180 cm
25
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
25
170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Trayvon Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Paul Hertz!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hertz shoots in but no luck this time.
Williams connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

Hertz instigates a clinch.
Hertz tries to pull guard but Williams holds him up against the cage and eventually Hertz drops back down to his feet.
Williams is trying to break the clinch but Hertz has him pressed against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Williams's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Williams prevents Hertz from breaking the clinch.
Williams tries to break free but Hertz pushes him back against the cage.
Hertz creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Williams wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Williams keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hertz's efforts to push away.
Hertz tries to land knees in the clinch but Williams avoids the damage to the body.
Williams is trying to force a seperation but Hertz has the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hertz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Williams has him pressed against the cage.

Williams pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Williams lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Hertz gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Williams.
Williams lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Williams lands a nice hook to Hertz's body. Hertz takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Williams swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Williams misses with a wild combination.
Hertz tries to counter with a clinch but Williams shakes him off and moves away.
Williams lands with a kick to the ribs.
Hertz shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Williams defends it nicely.
Trayvon Williams has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paul Hertz.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams fails with an attempt to clinch.
Williams lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Hertz backs up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Williams avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hertz closes the distance and clinches up with Williams, looking for a takedown. Hertz pushes Williams against the cage but Williams circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Hertz takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hertz tries to clinch but Williams moves out of range.

Williams drives through and clinches with Hertz against the cage.
Hertz has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Williams avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Hertz is trying to break free.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

Williams manages to break the clinch.
Williams works over Hertz's head and body with a nice combination.
Hertz shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Williams but Williams pushes him off and we're back to square one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hertz shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Williams defends it nicely.
Hertz moves to clinch but Williams breaks away
and Williams counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jab from Williams.
Hertz misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Williams throws a big counter combination but Hertz scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Hertz takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

Williams darts in and clinches Hertz up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams is trying to break the clinch but Hertz is controlling him.
Hertz goes for a takedown attempt but Williams pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Williams cracks Hertz with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Williams lands a high kick!
Williams scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hertz takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Williams scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Williams misses with a two punch combination.
Hertz shoots in looking for a takedown but Williams manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Hertz's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
It looked like Williams was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Hertz.
Williams lands with a kick to the ribs.
Hertz swats away the attempt to clinch by Williams.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Trayvon Williams dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Hertz throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Williams counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hertz takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Hertz throws a body kick that misses.
Williams is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Williams keeps the fight on the outside.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Williams!
Hertz throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Williams scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Williams stuffs the takedown.
Williams fails with an attempt to clinch.
Williams's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Williams duly obliges.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Williams displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Williams avoids the head kick by Hertz.
Williams shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Hertz eats them both and turns towards Williams to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams throws a series of punches but Hertz avoids them all with ease.
Hertz is looking for the big counter here.
Hertz fails with the takedown.
Williams fails to land with a series of punches.
Hertz is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
A combination from Williams does no damage.
Hertz flicks out a counter leg kick but Williams steps away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hertz fails with the takedown.
Trayvon Williams has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paul Hertz.

Hertz looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Williams!

Williams explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Hertz misses with a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Williams misses with a two punch combination.
Williams goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Trayvon Williams is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hertz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Williams was well out of range. Poor timing from Hertz.
Williams moves in looking to clinch but Hertz pushes him off.
Williams thuds a left hand into Hertz's body.

Hertz pushes Williams up against the cage in a clinch.
Williams jumps guard but Hertz turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Hertz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A frustrated look appears on Hertz's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Williams wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hertz has him pressed against the cage.

Williams breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hertz with a lazy takedown attempt
and Williams counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Hertz thinking.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hertz misses with a head kick.
Hertz tries for a takedown but Williams sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Williams throws a series of punches but Hertz moves out of range.
Williams is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hertz can do to turn this around?
Hertz takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Williams!
Hertz fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Williams moves out of range of the body kick.
Hertz with a lazy takedown attempt
and Williams counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Hertz is defended easily by Williams.
Williams went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Trayvon Williams is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Williams instigates a clinch.
Hertz wants to break free but Williams has control.
Williams is trying to break the clinch but Hertz is controlling him.
Hertz looking for a takedown.
Williams working hard to break the clinch.
Williams is trying to break free.
Hertz is looking to control Williams's arms but Williams gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hertz has his back to the cage.
Williams tries to break free but Hertz pushes him back against the cage.
Hertz drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Hertz can't get the takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Hertz throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Williams counters with a lovely straight right hand!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Williams.
Williams throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Hertz tries to clinch there but Williams circles away.
Williams scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Hertz shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Williams as he jumps to the side.
Williams connects with a right hand. Hertz shakes it off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Williams leaves Hertz with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Hertz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Williams attempts a counter takedown but Hertz avoids it well and moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hertz takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Hertz dives in for a single leg takedown but Williams sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Trayvon Williams has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paul Hertz.
Hertz throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Williams's waist but Williams gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Hertz off to one side.
Hertz takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Hertz shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Williams napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Williams is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Hertz asserts his dominance and retains side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hertz is looking to take a break and control but Williams is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hertz prevents Williams from escaping the position.
Hertz trying to control the position but Williams is working away.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Williams scores with a push kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hertz misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Hertz shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Williams counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Williams lands a jab-cross combination.
Williams lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Williams lands a nice shot to the body.
Trayvon Williams is winning the standup battle so far.
Williams throws a nice looking combination but Hertz bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Williams throws a series of strikes that have Hertz backpedaling.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Williams circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hertz tries for a takedown but Williams circles away easily
and Williams counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hertz throws a half hearted mid kick.
Williams throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Hertz walks into a jab.
Williams stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Williams wants it to stay on the feet.
Williams stuffs the takedown attempt from Hertz. Hertz gets slowly back to his feet.
Williams connects with a high kick.

Williams gets caught napping as Hertz dives in and scores a takedown. Williams manages to retain guard.
Hertz really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Williams. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Hertz stops Williams from standing up.
Paul Hertz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Trayvon Williams is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Hertz's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

And that's the end of the fight!
Trayvon Williams showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Williams, 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:26
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:26
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Trayvon Williams!