PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Paul Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charles Martel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Williams comes to the cage accompanied by All the Above- Maino ft. T-Pain. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Williams
vs
Martel

185 cm
29
140 lbs
19 - 6 - 0

170 cm
28
145 lbs
14 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

STEEL PENN'S SKIN SHOP

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Paul Williams!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Charles Martel!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martel takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Williams misses with a double jab
and Martel makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A slow jab from Martel misses its intended target.
Williams just misses with a punch to the body.
Williams throws a sloppy body shot
and Martel counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Williams throws a left and a right that both miss

and Martel counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams is looking to break free of the clinch but Martel has double underhooks.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Williams.
Martel is struggling to control the position.
Martel misses with a punch on the inside.
Martel is trying to force a seperation but Williams has the dominant position.
Williams scores with a shot to the side of Martel's head.

Williams breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Williams displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Martel throws out the jab.
The fighters circle momentarily. Williams darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Williams swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Martel counters with a solid body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martel bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Martel scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Williams misses with a double jab
and Martel counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Martel swings widly with a right hand
and Williams counters with a straight right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for Williams. That snapped Martel's head back.
Martel will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Williams fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Martel manages to avoid it.
A shot to the body from Martel misses
and Williams counters with a three punch combo that has Martel backing up. Martel nods at Williams to acknowledge the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams throws a lazy uppercut
and Martel counters with a stiff right hand.
Williams cracks Martel with an open hand slap.
Williams plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

It looks like Charles Martel has been cut.
Williams tests Martel's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Williams throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Martel counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Paul Williams will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Charles Martel's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Martel misses with a body shot
and Williams counters with a three punch combo that has Martel backing up. Martel nods at Williams to acknowledge the strikes.
Martel avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Williams misses with a wild body shot.
Martel throws a series of punches but Williams moves out of range.
Paul Williams is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Williams checks a low kick from Martel.
Williams throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Martel counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams ducks under a wild hook from Martel.
Williams swings widly with a right hand
and Martel counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Williams throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Martel counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Martel on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Williams scores with a head kick. Martel tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Williams.
Williams walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Williams scores with a head kick. Martel tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Martel blocks a head kick by Williams.
Williams lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams lands with an uppercut that bounces Martel off the cage and back into rage.
Williams misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Williams takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Williams really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Martel pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Williams misses with a hook to the body
and Martel counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Williams digs a good body shot into Martel's ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams throws a shot from downtown. Martel moves away and avoids it.
A jab from Williams misses.
Williams throws a right hand that misses
and Martel counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Williams throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Paul 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.
Williams throws a right and a left that Martel avoids nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Williams dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Charles Martel's cut.
That's time! Williams's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Williams stuns Martel with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Williams throws a sloppy head kick and Martel moves out of range easily.
Martel fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Martel throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Williams misses the jab.
Williams swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Martel counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Williams as he connects with a hook.
Williams ducks under a wild hook from Martel.
Martel changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Williams tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Martel misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Williams counters with a head kick that drops Martel to the mat! Martel scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!

Martel is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams throws a sloppy body shot
and Martel cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Martel cracks Williams with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Williams throws an off balance right hand
and Martel counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Williams swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Martel counter with a right hand.
Martel just misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Williams misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Martel jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Martel misses with a wild body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
A nice leg kick lands there from Martel.
Martel dodges the punch combination from Williams.
Williams circles away from the clinch attempt.
Williams displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Martel throws out the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Paul Williams did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Charles Martel's cut.
That's time! Williams's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Williams fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Williams throws a right and a left that Martel avoids nicely.
Williams throws a poor cross that misses
and Martel counters with a leg kick.
Martel fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Williams manages to avoid it.
Williams throws a combination that misses
and Martel counters with a stiff right hand.
Martel moves out of range as Williams strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martel slips under a jab from Williams.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Williams, as that shot connected.
Paul Williams is winning the standup battle so far.
Martel jabs Williams to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Martel looks to score with a jab to the body but Williams is just out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Williams swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A big left from Williams misses.
Martel missing with a left hand there. Williams was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Williams misses with a left hand
and Martel counters with a left and a right that stings Williams.
Williams throws a left and a right that both miss
and Martel counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams throws a sloppy body shot
and Martel counters with a nice uppercut.
Williams misses the jab.
Martel misses with a hook
and Williams counters with a series of strikes. Martel will be more careful next time no doubt.
Martel misses with a hook. Williams ducked under it nicely.
Williams misses with a double jab
and Martel connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Williams misses
and Martel counters with a nice leg kick.
Williams swings widly with a right hand
and Martel counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Williams throws a head kick that misses
and Martel counters with a nice low kick that buckles Williams's knee momentarily.
Martel throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charles Martel dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Charles Martel's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

A head kick by Williams misses
and Martel connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Martel lands with a right hand.
Williams throws a head kick that misses.
Martel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Williams moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martel takes a swing at Williams's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martel lands with a nice combination. Williams backs away looking to recover.
Williams misses with a combination
and Martel counters with a straight right hand.
Williams misses with a lunging right hand
and Martel counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Williams misses with a double jab
and Martel connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams scores with a three punch combo!
Williams pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Charles Martel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Williams throws an off balance right hand
enabling Martel to counter with a crisp jab.
Martel thows a body shot but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martel lands the left hand.
Martel throws a left and a right that both miss
and Williams counters with a series of strikes. Martel will be more careful next time no doubt.
Williams throws an off balance right hand
and Martel counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Williams defending well as Martel loads up on a big left hand.
Williams getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Martel moves out of range of the strikes.
Williams blocks a jab.
Williams is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Williams misses with an uppercut
and Martel counters with a straight right hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Charles Martel comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Williams has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 48:47
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 48:47
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 47:48

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Paul Williams!
Paul Williams retains his bantamweight title!