|
|
PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Jacques Durand (ranked 18341 p4p, 56 weight class) and Roberto Williams (ranked 3875 p4p, 147 weight class). Durand comes into the arena with Kaaris - S.E.V.R.A.N. blaring out of the sound system. Williams has chosen HERNIA banda as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
 |
|
 |
| 201 cm
30
257 lbs
25 - 11 - 1 |
|
225 cm
28
300 lbs
14 - 5 - 0 |
World class boxer
Insanely flexible
|
|
World class MT
Good gas tank
|
|
| |
|
Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
25 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jacques Durand!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Roberto Williams!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Alan Glass and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Durand misses with a body shot.
Williams on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Williams moves out of range of the leg kick from Durand.
Durand fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Williams.
Durand misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Williams.
Durand lands with a straight right. Williams didn't see that one coming.
Some wild striking there from Williams.
Durand fires out a quick counter leg kick but Williams just manages to avoid it.
Durand pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Williams closes the distance and clinches.
Williams managing to block the knees to the body from Durand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Williams's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Durand throws a half hearted mid kick.
Williams misses with a hook.
Durand throws a lazy uppercut
and Williams counters with a three punch combo that has Durand backing up. Durand nods at Williams to acknowledge the strikes.
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 has closed the distance and engaged Durand in a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Durand scores with a nice hook to the head.
It looks like Roberto Williams has been cut.
Durand lands with a left to the head.
Durand looking to throw knees to the head but Williams is blocking nicely.
Williams breaks from the clinch.
Williams throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Durand takes the fight into the clinch.
Durand tries to land knees in the clinch but Williams avoids the damage to the body.
Durand tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Williams's elbow.
Durand pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Durand lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Durand just misses with a elbow thrown towards Williams's brow.
Williams lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Durand struggles to land a body shot inside as Williams controls his hands.
Williams takes an elbow to the temple.
Williams blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Durand manages to break the clinch.
Williams walks into a jab.
Williams scores with a crisp jab that stopped Durand in his tracks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams tries to clinch up.
Williams fails in his attempt to clinch.
Durand takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Williams has closed the distance and engaged Durand in a clinch.
Williams breaks the clinch.
A slapping body kick lands there for Durand.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch but Durand swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Durand looks to score with a jab to the body but Williams is just out of range.
Williams lands with a slapping head kick.
Durand throws a shot to the body.
Williams throws a series of punches but Durand avoids them all with ease.
Roberto Williams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Durand misses with a body shot.
Williams throws out a loose jab but Durand uses good head movement to avoid it.
Durand was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Durand misses with a kick to the body
and before Durand can reset, Williams rushes him with a swarm of punches, sending him crashing to the floor, in all sorts of trouble! Durand is trying to beat the count but we're up to 6 already and he's nowhere near. 7,8... he's up! He's going to continue!
Durand wants to clinch up but Williams keeps it at a distance.
As Durand backs off Williams throws a huge counter combo but Durand manages to avoid it all.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Having scored a knockdown, Roberto Williams should take round 1, putting pressure on his opponene back strong in round 2.
The cut man is working on Roberto Williams's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
A solid leg kick lands there for Durand.
Williams blocks a head kick by Durand.
Williams misses with a head kick.
Williams misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Williams misses with a low kick.
Williams lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Williams misses with a jab, cross combination.
Williams scoring well with a low kick there.
Williams tries to clinch but Durand is having none of it.
Durand appears to be looking for a big counter.
Durand is looking to wear down Williams with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A nice leg kick lands there from Durand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Durand tried to score with a low kick but Williams checks it.
Durand moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromWilliams.
Williams fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Durand, pushing him back against the ropes.
Durand lands a shoulder strike.
Our sources have told us that Durand has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Williams lands a left hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Durand pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Williams is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Durand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams throws a head kick that misses.
Durand thumps Williams with a low kick.
Williams tries to clinch but fails miserably
letting Durand counter with a right hand.
Williams sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Williams avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Durand pushes Williams up against the ropes in a clinch.
Williams takes an elbow to the temple.
Williams stalling.
Durand blocking some punches.
Williams avoiding damage as Durand throws knees to the body.
Williams's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Williams tries a head kick but it misses.
Roberto Williams seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Williams throws a sloppy head kick and Durand moves out of range easily.
Some wild striking there from Williams.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durand takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Williams has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head kick misses from Williams.
Durand moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Durand checks the leg kick.
Durand wants to slow Williams down by chopping away at his legs.
Durand bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
As Williams looks to move away, Durand throws a big counter combo but Williams just gets out of the way.
Durand looks to land a body kick but Williams moved away.
Williams throws a right and a left that Durand avoids nicely.
Durand takes a swing at Williams's ribcage but misses.
A head kick misses from Williams.
Durand lands with a nice body kick.
Durand throws a head kick but Williams moves out of range.
Durand connects with a leg kick. Williams looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Jacques Durand will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Roberto Williams's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Williams takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Durand misses with a wild combination.
Durand doesn't manage to clinch there - Williams circles away.
Williams misses with a head kick.
Williams circles away from the clinch attempt.
Durand throws a quick inside leg kick.
Durand throws a body kick that misses.
Williams misses with a straight left.
A nice leg kick lands there from Durand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Williams misses with a jab to the body
and Durand connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Williams misses with a hook
and Durand finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Durand lands with a hook. Williams tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Williams throws a hook but Durand avoids it easily.
Williams throws a leg kick that is checked
and Durand makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Durand instigates a clinch.
Williams's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Durand pushes Williams back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Durand throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Williams blocks it with crossed arms.
Durand unloads a knee to the mid-section. Williams lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Durand throws an elbow but misses.
Durand landing knees to the body.
Williams takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Durand lands a shot to the body.
Williams has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Durand softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
That has opened up Roberto Williams's cut even more.
A right handed body shot lands from Durand.
Durand misses with a hook to the ribs.
Durand misses with a knee strike.
Durand throws a knee to the head but misses.
Williams is trying to break the clinch but Durand has him pressed against the ropes.
Durand softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Durand's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Roberto Williams is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Williams throws a lazy head kick
and Durand counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Durand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice elbow from Durand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Durand connects with an inside leg kick.
Nice uppercut there from Durand.
Durand throws out a powerful jab.
Durand misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Williams counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Durand moves into range and clinches up with Williams.
Durand is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Williams can do to turn this around?
Durand misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Williams.
Durand works on Williams's body with a couple of short punches.
Durand throws a knee to the head but misses.
Durand scores with a shoulder strike.
Williams lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Durand missing with knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Durand blocks a body shot from Williams.
Williams misses with a punch to the body.
Durand breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Williams drives through and clinches with Durand against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jacques Durand clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Roberto Williams's cut.
That's time! Durand's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Williams throws a nice inside leg kick.
Williams throws a lazy head kick
and Durand counters with a low kick, right behind Williams 's knee.
Williams moves out of range of the body kick.
Durand connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Durand has closed the distance and engaged Williams in a clinch.
Durand lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Williams or not.
Durand scores with a shot to the side of Williams's head.
Durand lands with a light punch inside.
Williams doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Durand misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Good body shot from Durand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Durand tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Williams avoids it.
Williams breaks from the clinch.
Williams moves out of range of the body kick.
Durand moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromWilliams.
Williams misses with an uppercut. Durand saw that one coming.
Williams is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Durand blocks a head kick by Williams.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Durand misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Williams misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Durand.
Durand thumps Williams with a low kick.
Durand throws a wild body kick that Williams sees coming a mile off.
Durand blocks a head kick by Williams.
Williams throws a head kick that misses.
Durand lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Williams on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Williams takes one to the side of the head.
Williams keeps the fight on the outside.
Williams fails in his attempt to clinch.
Williams misses with a head kick.
Durand throws a good cross that connects.
Durand misses with a looping right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Williams misses the target.
Williams blocks a head kick by Durand.
Durand tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Williams paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Williams moves into the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Durand tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Williams avoids it.
Durand scores a nice knee to the body.
Durand lands a knee to the body.
Durand comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Durand lands an elbow just above Williams 's eye.
Durand scores with a knee to the head.
The cut above Roberto Williams's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Durand breaks from the clinch.
A slapping body kick lands there for Durand.
Durand's jab looks to have found its range, popping Williams under the eye.
Nice body kick from Durand.
Durand throws a half hearted mid kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jacques Durand had his way with Roberto Williams in that round.
The cut man is working on Roberto Williams's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Williams throws a series of punches but Durand avoids them all with ease.
Williams throws a head kick but Durand moves out of range.
Williams moves out of range of the body kick from Durand.
Durand buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Williams fails in his attempt to clinch.
Durand misses with a low kick.
Durand tries a head kick but it misses.
Williams is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Williams takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Durand slips a straight right by Williams.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Williams takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Durand fakes the leg kick and cracks Williams in the body.
Williams throws a jab when Durand was well out of range.
Durand feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Williamss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Williams lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Durand swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Williams throws a series of punches but Durand avoids them all with ease.
A quick step to the side and Durand tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Williams is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Nice body punch from Durand.
Durand with a hook.
Williams throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Durand half committed to a counter leg kick.
Good leg kick by Durand there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Williams takes one on the button.
Williams throws a combination that misses
and Durand counters with a right hand to the body.
Williams goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Williams takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Crunch! Durand slams his shin into Williams's torso.
Williams looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Williams has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Durand.
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 takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durand scores with a punch to the head.
Durand has managed to clinch.
A short right from Durand.
Williams misses with a hook to the ribs.
Durand breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Williams throws an off balance right hand
and Durand counters with a left and a right that stings Williams.
Williams is rocked!
Williams doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Jacques Durand is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Williams is still on wobbly legs! Can Durand finish him?
Durand with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Williams seems to have recovered his senses.
Williams has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Roberto Williams has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Durand throws a half hearted mid kick.
Williams swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Williams doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Williams takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Durand takes one to the side of the head.
Durand lands a nice shot that snaps Williams's head back.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jacques Durand showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Durand has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 48:46
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 48:46
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 48:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jacques Durand!
Jacques Durand retains his super heavyweight title!
A victorious Jacques Durand thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| S |
C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
|
energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
81% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
