PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gerardo Blanco (ranked 6573 p4p, 6768 weight class) and Doug Williams (ranked 593 p4p, 606 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Blanco
vs
Williams

180 cm
19
220
0 - 1 - 0

196 cm
26
245
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Gerardo Blanco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Doug Williams!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Glass and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blanco misses with the combination.
Blanco throws an overhand right that lands on Williams's shoulder, as Williams tries to avoid the shot.

Williams gets a clinch.
Williams throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Williams tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Blanco pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Blanco lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Blanco misses with the combination.
Williams moves away from the strike by Blanco.
Blanco seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.

Williams has Blanco up against the cage in a clinch.
Williams scores with a shot to the side of Blanco's head.

Blanco breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Williams clinches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Williams throws a knee to the head but misses.
Williams tries to land a knee to the head but Blanco blocks with his arms.
Williams looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
A short uppercut from Williams.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blanco managing to block the knees to the body from Williams.

Blanco's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Blanco misses with a straight left.
Blanco scores with a punch to the head.
Williams moves out of range as Blanco strikes.
A big right from Blanco misses.
Williams moves out of range of the strikes.
Blanco misses with a hook
and Williams makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Blanco throws a right hand that misses
and Williams counters with a straight right hand.
Williams doesn't manage to clinch there - Blanco circles away.
Blanco jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Blanco loads up on a big right hand but Williams slips the punch.
A shot to the liver by Williams. Beautiful body shot.
Blanco scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Williams doesn't seem bothered though.
Williams slips under a jab from Blanco.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Williams moves into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Blanco breaks the clinch.
Blanco is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Williams's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.

Williams fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Blanco, pushing him back against the cage.
Williams misses with an elbow over the top.
Williams lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Gerardo Blanco has been cut.
Williams pushes Blanco back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Williams lands a good knee to the midsection. Blanco won't want to take too many of those.
A right hand to the body from Williams.

Blanco manages to break the clinch.
Blanco swings widly with a right hand
and Williams counters with a nice body shot.
Williams tries to clinch but Blanco is having none of it.
Blanco misses with a jab to the body
and Williams counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Blanco misses with a lunging right hand
and Williams counters with a nice uppercut.
Blanco throws out a loose jab but Williams uses good head movement to avoid it.
Blanco pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Blanco misses with a two punch combination.
Williams blocks a jab.
Blanco looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blanco misses with a body shot
and Williams cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Williams clinches up against the cage.

Blanco manages to break the clinch.
Blanco swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Blanco swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gerardo Blanco seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A telegraphed right hand from Blanco misses the target.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Williams! But no joy.
Williams wants to clinch up but Blanco keeps it at a distance.
Blanco throws a right hand that misses
and Williams counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Williams gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Williams can't get the takedown.

Blanco pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Williams gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Williams misses with a knee to the head.
Williams is working for takedown but Blanco is calmly controlling the position for now.

Blanco breaks the clinch.
Williams ducks under a wild hook from Blanco.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blanco connects with a looping right hand.
Williams staying out of range there.
Williams steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Blanco.
Williams has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Blanco throws a nice looking combination but Williams bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Blanco avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Blanco just misses with a punch to the body.
Blanco is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Blanco throws a lazy uppercut
and Williams counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Blanco swings widly with a right hand
and Williams counters with a nice uppercut.

Gerardo Blanco's cut is getting worse.
Williams fails in his attempt to clinch.

Williams instigates a clinch.
Williams trying to land knees to the body.
Blanco blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Blanco's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Blanco breaks the clinch.
Blanco scores with the left hand. Williams knows he should have avoided that one.
Williams tries to clinch up.
Blanco throws out a loose jab but Williams uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Doug Williams will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Gerardo Blanco's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Blanco throws a right hand that misses
and Williams counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Blanco throws a hook but Williams avoids it easily.

Williams moves into the clinch.

Blanco breaks from the clinch.
Blanco throws a jab but it's blocked by Williams.
Williams tries to clinch but Blanco is having none of it.
Gerardo Blanco is winning the standup battle so far.

Blanco gets tackled into the cage by Williams. Williams maintains the clinch.
Williams lands with a short shot to the head.
Williams tries to land knees in the clinch but Blanco avoids the damage to the body.
Williams lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

Blanco breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Williams walks into a left hand.

It looks like Doug Williams has been cut.
Blanco thows a left - swing and a miss!
Williams wants to clinch.
Blanco will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Blanco swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Williams is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.

Williams rushes Blanco and presses him up against the cage.
Blanco avoiding damage as Williams throws knees to the body.
Williams throws a knee to the head but misses.

Blanco breaks from the clinch.
Blanco lands a head shot.
Blanco throws a big shot that misses.
Blanco throws a poor cross that misses
and Blanco takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Williams clinches up against the cage.
Williams has a couple of punches blocked by Blanco.

Blanco breaks from the clinch.
Williams ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Williams clinches.
Williams throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

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

Williams instigates a clinch.

Williams breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Williams drives through and clinches with Blanco against the cage.
Williams tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Doug Williams seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Williams looks to throw an elbow but misses.

Williams breaks the clinch.

Williams moves into the clinch.
Williams tries a knee to the head but Blanco blocks it.

Blanco breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Blanco throws a lazy right hand but Williams sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Williams looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Blanco throws a series of punches but Williams moves out of range.
Williams is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Blanco with a body shot.
Blanco misses with an uppercut
and Williams counters with a straight right hand.
Blanco throws a hook but Williams blocks it.
Williams appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Blanco throws a lazy uppercut
and Williams counters with a straight right hand.

Williams has Blanco up against the cage in a clinch.
Blanco blocks a body shot from Williams.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Blanco escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Williams uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Blanco.

Williams takes the fight into the clinch.
Williams lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short body shot lands from Williams as the two fighters clinch.
Williams lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Williams.

Blanco breaks the clinch.
Blanco misses with a looping right.
Blanco misses with a straight right.
Williams doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Blanco throws a right hand that misses
and Williams cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Blanco misses with a looping right.
A countering left hand to the body from Williams misses.
Williams bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
And Williams tries to counter it with a takedown but Blanco pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Blanco throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Williams counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blanco digs a good body shot into Williams's ribs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Williams tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Williams moves in looking to clinch but Blanco pushes him off.
Blanco swinging wildly here.
It seemed like Williams was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

Williams fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Blanco, pushing him back against the cage.
Williams tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Blanco's elbow.
Williams lands an elbow inside that Blanco shrugs off.
Blanco dodges an elbow strike from Williams.

Blanco escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Williams slips under a jab.

Williams closes the distance and pushes Blanco back into the cage.
Williams tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Blanco avoids it.

Blanco breaks the clinch.
Blanco throws a good cross that connects.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Doug Williams showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Williams closes the distance and clinches.

Blanco breaks the clinch.
Jab from Blanco.
Blanco misses with a hook to the body
and Williams counters with a right hand to the body.
Williams wants to clinch up but Blanco keeps it at a distance.
Williams tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Blanco manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Williams tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Blanco manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A shot to the body from Blanco misses
and Williams makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Blanco swats away the attempt to clinch by Williams.
Blanco swings widly with a right hand
and Williams cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blanco pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Williams moves into the clinch.

Williams's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Blanco throws a right hand that Williams ducks under and follows up with a left that Williams also avoids with ease.
Williams uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Blanco.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Blanco.

Williams fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Blanco, pushing him back against the cage.

Blanco breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Williams doesn't manage to clinch there - Blanco circles away.
Blanco misses with a double jab
and Williams connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Gerardo Blanco's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Blanco misses with a left hand
and Williams makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Blanco swats away the attempt to clinch by Williams.
Blanco throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Williams counters with a nice uppercut.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Blanco paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Williams darts in trying to clinch
and Blanco counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blanco looks to score with a jab to the body but Williams is just out of range.
Williams blocks a jab.
Williams doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Blanco misses with a two punch combination.
Williams throws out a counter right but Blanco avoids it with no problem.
Jab by Williams.
Blanco misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Williams has Blanco up against the cage in a clinch.

Blanco breaks from the clinch.
Williams tries to clinch but Blanco is having none of it.
Williams fails with an attempt to clinch.

Williams takes the fight into the clinch.

Blanco manages to break the clinch.
Blanco scores with a sloppy right hand. Williams should have avoided that one.
Williams avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blanco connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Williams momentarily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Williams looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Blanco lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Blanco misses with a straight left.
Doug Williams is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Williams blocks a jab.
Williams moves out of range of the strikes.
Williams moves in looking to clinch but Blanco pushes him off.
Blanco swings for the body but Williams moves out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Williams! But no joy.
Blanco misses the jab.
Blanco on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Blanco just misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blanco throws an off balance right hand
and Williams counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Williams takes the fight into the clinch.

Blanco manages to break the clinch.
Gerardo Blanco has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Williams bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Blanco throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Williams counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Williams moves into the clinch successfully.

Blanco breaks from the clinch.
Blanco swats away the attempt to clinch by Williams.
Blanco throwing a counter right hand but Williams manages to avoid it.
Blanco misses with a hook
enabling Williams to counter with a crisp jab.
Williams is looking to clinch.
A big right from Blanco misses.
A nice side step and Williams releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Blanco missing with a left hand there. Williams was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Gerardo Blanco.
I think Williams has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 28:29

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