PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Papasito Luiz Yois (ranked 4260 p4p, 468 weight class) and Mamadou Williams (ranked 8521 p4p, 661 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Luiz Yois
vs
Williams

189 cm
25
195 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

200 cm
19
180 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Knockout power

ZZ POPS

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Papasito Luiz Yois!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mamadou Williams!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Dirk Anderson and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Luiz Yois closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Williams missing with knees to the body.
Luiz Yois blocks the elbow strike.
Williams throws an elbow but it misses.
A frustrated look appears on Luiz Yois's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Williams throws a punch but it's blocked by Luiz Yois.
Williams looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Williams lands a knee to the body.
Williams is looking to break free of the clinch but Luiz Yois has double underhooks.
Williams fails to pull guard.
Luiz Yois tries to break the clinch but Williams is controlling the position.
Luiz Yois definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
A frustrated look appears on Luiz Yois's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Williams tries a knee to the head but Luiz Yois blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Williams is trying to pull guard but Luiz Yois has him pressed against the cage.
Luiz Yois prevents the takedown attempt.
Papasito Luiz Yois has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mamadou Williams.
Williams wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Luiz Yois is trying to break the clinch but Williams is controlling him.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Luiz Yois.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luiz Yois prevents a takedown attempt there.
Williams throws an elbow but it misses.
Luiz Yois working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Williams misses with a body punch.
Luiz Yois is looking to break free of the clinch but Williams has double underhooks.
Williams blocks the elbow strike.
Luiz Yois lands a right hand that snaps the head of Williams backwards.

Williams manages to break the clinch.
Luiz Yois's jab looks to have found its range, popping Williams under the eye.

It looks like Mamadou Williams has been cut.
Luiz Yois lands with a cross.

Luiz Yois gets a clinch.
Williams tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Luiz Yois smiles and moves away.
Williams takes a jab right on the kisser.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Luiz Yois gets tackled into the cage by Williams. Williams maintains the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Luiz Yois.
Williams tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Luiz Yois just stands there and leans against the cage.
Luiz Yois lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Williams backwards.
Luiz Yois scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Luiz Yois.
Williams misses with an elbow strike.
Williams takes a shot to the head.
A shot in the inside from Luiz Yois.
Williams tries to stall but Luiz Yois uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A nice right hand lands inside from Luiz Yois.
Luiz Yois is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luiz Yois working hard to break the clinch.
Luiz Yois lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Williams backwards.

Williams jumps guard.
Luiz Yois sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Luiz Yois throws an elbow that misses. Williams uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Luiz Yois's guard. Nice move by Williams!

Williams working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Williams preventing the sweep.
Williams is looking to work some ground and pound but Luiz Yois has wrist control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Williams throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Luiz Yois works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Williams with a flurry of punches that miss.
Luiz Yois looking for a sweep. Not yet Luiz Yois, not yet.
Luiz Yois controlling the position.
Luiz Yois keeping moving, preventing Williams from controlling successfully.
Luiz Yois might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Williams's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Luiz Yois pulls Williams in close to prevent any damage.
Williams loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Papasito Luiz Yois dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mamadou Williams's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Luiz Yois gets a clinch.
Williams is looking for a takedown.
Luiz Yois effectively controlling the action here.
Williams being controlled against the cage.

Luiz Yois breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Luiz Yois managing to block the knees to the body from Williams.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Williams misses with the head strike.
Williams is looking to break free of the clinch but Luiz Yois has double underhooks.
Williams has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Luiz Yois is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Luiz Yois throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Williams blocks it with crossed arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luiz Yois lands a hook to the side of the head.
Luiz Yois is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Williams can do to turn this around?
Luiz Yois is trying to break free.
Luiz Yois is trying to break free.
Luiz Yois lands a body punch.
Luiz Yois lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Luiz Yois tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Williams tries to throw a body punch but Luiz Yois avoids it by throwing Williams back against the cage.
Luiz Yois controlling the action here for a moment.

Luiz Yois escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mamadou Williams is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Williams tries to keep at a distance but Luiz Yois has taken the fight into the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Williams throws an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luiz Yois lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Williams backwards.
A frustrated look appears on Luiz Yois's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Luiz Yois blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Williams misses with a body punch.
Luiz Yois is leaning against Williams and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Williams is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Luiz Yois can't break the clinch.
Williams fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Papasito Luiz Yois has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mamadou Williams.
Williams is trying to pull guard but Luiz Yois has him pressed against the cage.
Luiz Yois dodges an elbow strike from Williams.
Williams is trying to break the clinch but Luiz Yois is controlling him.
Williams tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Luiz Yois just stands there and leans against the cage.
Luiz Yois working hard to break the clinch.
Williams tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Luiz Yois smiles and moves away.
Williams shoots in but Luiz Yois avoids the takedown attempt easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Luiz Yois gets a clinch.
Luiz Yois gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Williams.
Luiz Yois gets through Williams's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Luiz Yois scores with a shot to the side of Williams's head.
Williams tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Luiz Yois just stands there and leans against the cage.
Williams is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Luiz Yois is trying to break free.
Luiz Yois working hard to break the clinch.
Luiz Yois wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luiz Yois prevents the takedown attempt.
Williams is trying to pull guard but Luiz Yois turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Williams is breathing heavily.
Williams wants to get back to striking at distance but Luiz Yois won't allow it.
Williams is looking for a takedown.

Luiz Yois manages to break the clinch.

Luiz Yois closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Papasito Luiz Yois has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Luiz Yois as Williams tries to tie him up.
Luiz Yois can't break the clinch.
Williams is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Luiz Yois avoiding damage as Williams throws knees to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Williams jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Luiz Yois walks away with a smile on his face. Williams gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Luiz Yois darts in and clinches Williams up against the cage.
Williams tries to pull guard but Luiz Yois forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Papasito Luiz Yois dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mamadou Williams's cut.
That's time! Luiz Yois's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Luiz Yois pushes Williams up against the cage in a clinch.
Luiz Yois throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Williamss head.
Luiz Yois stalling in the clinch.

Williams breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Williams gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Luiz Yois connects with a good right hand that stumbles Williams. Williams circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Papasito Luiz Yois seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Luiz Yois closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Luiz Yois has Williams pressed against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Luiz Yois working hard to break the clinch.
Luiz Yois is trying to break free.
Williams throws a punch but it's blocked by Luiz Yois.
Luiz Yois lands a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams tries for a takedown. No joy.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Luiz Yois looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Luiz Yois lands a right hand.
Williams blocks the elbow strike.
Williams is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Luiz Yois's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Williams fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Williams tries to pull guard but Luiz Yois won't allow it.
Papasito Luiz Yois has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mamadou Williams.
Williams pushes off an throws an elbow but Luiz Yois leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Williams keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Luiz Yois's efforts to push away.

Luiz Yois manages to break the clinch.

Luiz Yois forces Williams back against the cage and clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luiz Yois pushes Williams back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Luiz Yois scores with a hook to the body.
Williams is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Williams is trying to break the clinch but Luiz Yois is controlling him.
Luiz Yois's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Stalling in the clinch from Luiz Yois.
Luiz Yois seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Luiz Yois has Williams pressed against the cage, preventing Williams from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Luiz Yois tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Luiz Yois gets underhooks to prevent Williams's takedown attempt.
Williams tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Luiz Yois just stands there and leans against the cage.
Williams takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Luiz Yois lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams tries to pull guard but Luiz Yois forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Luiz Yois looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Luiz Yois looking to throw knees to the head but Williams is blocking nicely.
Luiz Yois wants to break free but Williams has control.
Luiz Yois scores with a shot to the side of Williams's head.
Luiz Yois is looking to break free of the clinch but Williams has double underhooks.
Luiz Yois throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Williamss head.
Papasito Luiz Yois is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Williams wants to stall.
Williams fails to pull guard.
Luiz Yois makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Mamadou Williams has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Williams is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Luiz Yois to keep the fight standing.
Luiz Yois is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Luiz Yois is looking to break free of the clinch but Williams has double underhooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams jumps guard but Luiz Yois turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Williams fails to pull guard.
Luiz Yois wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Luiz Yois using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Williams has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Luiz Yois lands with a light punch inside.
Luiz Yois lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That has opened up Mamadou Williams's cut even more.
Williams tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Luiz Yois just stands there and leans against the cage.
Williams is trying to pull guard but Luiz Yois turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.

Luiz Yois breaks from the clinch.

Luiz Yois has taken the fight to the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Williams goes for a takedown in the clinch but Luiz Yois prevents it.

Luiz Yois breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Luiz Yois clinches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Papasito Luiz Yois showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Luiz Yois, 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 Michael Johnstone scores the fight 30:26
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 30:26
Judge Peter Branson scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Papasito Luiz Yois!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Papasito Luiz Yois waved his t-shirt featuring ZZ POPS's logo in front of the cameras.
In defeat, Mamadou Williams stepped up to the mic, saying 'He got lucky. Rematch coming soon'.