PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Paul Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Skoal Citrus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Williams
vs
Citrus

185 cm
25
143 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

168 cm
25
140 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Paul Williams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Skoal Citrus!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams scores with a decent looking hook.
A shot to de liver by Citrus. Beautiful body shot.
Williams dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Citrus. That did some damage!
Citrus throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Williams sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Citrus slips under a jab from Williams.
Citrus throws a nice looking combination but Williams bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Good shot there by Williams.
A jab from Williams does it's job there.
Citrus misses the jab.
Williams takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Williams uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Citrus.
Williams is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Citrus looks to land a right hand but Williams moved out of range.
Citrus ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Williams throws out a loose jab but Citrus uses good head movement to avoid it.
Williams paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Williams is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Citrus scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
The fighters circle momentarily. Williams darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Williams listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Williams connects with the punch.
Williams with a nice cross.
Citrus staying out of range there.
Williams misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Citrus.

Citrus has closed the distance and engaged Williams in a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Citrus tries to throw a body punch but Williams avoids it by throwing Citrus back against the cage.
Williams is trying to break free.
Citrus lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Williams.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams tries to circle away but Citrus has him pinned against the cage.
Citrus drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Williams.
Citrus misses with a body punch.

Williams breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A slow jab from Williams misses its intended target.
Citrus misses with a straight left.
Citrus pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Williams misses with a straight left.
Nice defenses there by Citrus.
Citrus is looking to clinch but Williams is avoiding it.
Williams throws a hook but Citrus avoids it easily.
Citrus jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Citrus. Williams does a little dance to reset his feet.
Williams dodges the punch combination from Citrus.
Citrus staying out of range there.
Citrus is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Citrus throws a looping overhand right but Williams ducks down to avoid it.
Paul Williams is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Citrus throws a hook but Williams blocks it.
Citrus wants to clinch.
Citrus on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Citrus fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Williams looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Citrus misses with a telegraphed body shot
letting Williams counter with a right hand.
Citrus tries to close the distance and clinch up but Williams swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Citrus walks into a left hand.
Citrus throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Williams counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Williams cracks Citrus with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Citrus blocks a low kick nicely.
Citrus uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Citrus misses with a straight left.
Citrus throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Citrus fails with a takedown attempt.
Good exchange - Williams coming out on top.
Citrus tests Williams's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Williams swats away the attempt to clinch by Citrus.
Williams lands a nice looking body shot.
Citrus blocks a jab.
Williams is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
A swing and a miss from Citrus.
Williams just misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Citrus takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Williams throws a lazy right hand but Citrus sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Williams cracks Citrus with a right hand to the side of the head.
Williams scores with a hook.
Williams throws a big shot that misses.
Williams throws a looping overhand right but Citrus ducks down to avoid it.
Citrus misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Williams connects with a nice looking jab.
Williams thows a left - swing and a miss!
A swing and a miss from Williams.
Williams lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
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.
Citrus swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Citrus with a nice cross.
Williams lands with a shot to the body.
Citrus is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Citrus lands a nice shot that snaps Williams's head back.
Citrus throws an overhand right that lands on Williams's shoulder, as Williams tries to avoid the shot.
Williams fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Citrus on the side of the head.
Williams swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Citrus counters with a left to the body.
Citrus ducks under a wild hook from Williams.
Williams lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Citrus blocks a jab.
Jab, jab by Williams - just one landing.
Williams lands a nice shot that snaps Citrus's head back.
Citrus blocks a head kick by Williams.
Citrus throws a hook but Williams blocks it.
Williams misses with an uppercut. Citrus saw that one coming.
Citrus slips a straight right by Williams.
Citrus moves away from the strike by Williams.
Williams scores with a jab to the body.
Citrus throws a series of punches but Williams moves out of range.
Williams throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Williams misses with a body shot.
Citrus shoots for a takedown but Williams saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Paul Williams has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Skoal Citrus.
Williams scores with a jab to the body.
Williams waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Citrus.
Williams connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Citrus momentarily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Williams is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Citrus.
Williams connects with a body shot.
Citrus slips under a jab.
Citrus has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Williams throws a good cross that connects.
Citrus misses with a straight left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Skoal Citrus will probably get the nod.
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.

Williams connects with a right hand. Citrus shakes it off.
A good leg kick by Williams.
Williams looks to land a left hand but Citrus moved out of range nicely.
Citrus lands a jab to the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Citrus looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A telegraphed right hand from Williams misses the target.
Citrus throws out a loose jab but Williams uses good head movement to avoid it.
Citrus throws a right and a left that both miss.
Citrus throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Citrus fails with the takedown
and Williams counters with a stiff right hand.
Williams throws a shot to the body.
Citrus on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Citrus closes the distance and clinches up with Williams, looking for a takedown. Citrus pushes Williams against the cage but Williams circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Skoal Citrus seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Williams is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Citrus.
The fighters circling - Williams throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Citrus tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Williams swivels and escapes.
Paul Williams has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Skoal Citrus.
Williams moves out of range as Citrus throws a body kick.
Citrus tries a head kick but it misses.
Williams moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Williams is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Citrus.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams catches Citrus with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Williams misses with a body shot.
Citrus moves out of range of the strikes.
Williams ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Citrus uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Williams.
Williams is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Citrus.
Citrus moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Citrus looks to land a right hand but Williams moved out of range.
Citrus scores with a shot to the body.
Williams uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Citrus.
Citrus misses with a head kick.
Williams keeps the fight on the outside.
Nice jab there from Citrus.
Williams scores with a jab.
Williams moves out of range as Citrus strikes.
Williams jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Williams fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Citrus throws a series of punches but Williams avoids them all with ease.
Citrus clinches but Williams breaks the clinch
and Williams counters with a nice uppercut.
Citrus ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Citrus tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nice defenses there by Citrus.
Williams clobbers Citrus with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Citrus fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Citrus gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A shot to de liver by Williams. Beautiful body shot.
A big left from Citrus misses.
A swing and a miss from Citrus.
Williams throws a lazy right hand but Citrus sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Citrus uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Williams.
A jab from Williams finds it's way through Citrus's defenses.
Williams lands with an uppercut that bounces Citrus off the cage and back into rage.
Williams throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Citrus stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A left lands for Williams.
A jab from Williams finds it's way through Citrus's defenses.
Williams looks to land a right hand but Citrus moved out of range.
Citrus takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Citrus moves out of range of the body kick from Williams.
Williams lands a jab to the head.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Williams, right into the meat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams throws a hook but Citrus avoids it easily.
Citrus slips under a jab from Williams.
Williams sizes up Citrus with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Williams tries to land a leg kick but Citrus saw it coming and moves away.
A big right from Williams misses.
No luck for Citrus with that takedown attempt.
Williams is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Citrus.
Citrus takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Williams wants to land a leg kick but Citrus is out of range.
Citrus throws a right and a left that both miss.
Williams plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Williams dips to his left and cracks Citrus with an uppercut!
Jab, jab by Williams - just one landing.
Citrus walks into a left hand.
Williams scores with a hook to the body. Citrus takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Williams lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Williams moves out of range of the strikes.
Williams avoids the body shot from Citrus.
Citrus throws out a loose jab but Williams uses good head movement to avoid it.
Citrus looks to land a left hand but Williams moved out of range nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good exchange - Williams coming out on top.
Citrus displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Williams throws out the jab.
Williams misses with a low kick as Citrus jumps back.
Williams with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Williams lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Williams takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Williams misses with a looping right.
Williams misses with a looping left.
Williams lands with an overhand left.
Williams misses with a hook. Citrus ducked under it nicely.
Williams throws out a loose jab but Citrus uses good head movement to avoid it.
Citrus throws a nice looking combination but Williams bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Williams throws the left hand but Citrus avoids the punch easily.
Citrus scores with a shot to the body.
Citrus throws a series of punches but Williams avoids them all with ease.
Williams lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Decent striking displayed by Williams there.
Citrus tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Williams keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Citrus.
A left lands for Williams.
Citrus is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Williams lands a nice looking body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Williams dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Citrus walks into a straight right hand from Williams.
Williams connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Citrus throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Citrus uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Williams.
Nice shot lands for Williams.

Citrus drives through and clinches with Williams against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Williams's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Williams has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Good body shot from Citrus.
Citrus works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Williams wants to get back to striking at distance but Citrus won't allow it.
Citrus drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Williams gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Citrus tries a body shot but Williams blocks it.
Citrus tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Citrus pushes Williams back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Williams wants to break the clinch but can't.
Williams wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A right handed body shot lands from Citrus.
Citrus has Williams pressed against the cage, preventing Williams from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Williams pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Citrus keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Citrus bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Citrus walks into a left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Citrus.
Citrus slips under a jab.
Williams throws a looping overhand right but Citrus ducks down to avoid it.
Citrus is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Citrus lands a lovely overhand right.
Nice body punch from Williams.
Citrus ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A swing and a miss from Williams.
The fighters circle momentarily. Williams darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Citrus ducks under a wild hook from Williams.
Williams looks to land a left hand but Citrus moved out of range nicely.
Citrus lands with a hook. Williams tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Williams throws a leg kick but Citrus moved away.
Williams is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Citrus.
Citrus fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Citrus lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Williams looks to throw the jab but Citrus is out of range.
Citrus defending well as Williams loads up on a big left hand.
The crowd cheers as Citrus lands an impressive looking overhand right. Williams doesn't seem phased though.
Williams scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Citrus swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Williams counters with a nice uppercut.
Williams takes one to the chin there.
Citrus connects with a nice looking jab.
Nice defenses there by Williams.
Williams defending well as Citrus loads up on a big left hand.
Williams connects with a looping right hand.
Williams on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

Citrus gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Citrus prevents Williams from breaking the clinch.
Citrus goes for a takedown attempt but Williams pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Citrus tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Williams was well out of range. Poor timing from Citrus.
Good exchange - Williams coming out on top.
Citrus lands a slapping body shot.
Williams avoids the head kick by Citrus.
Citrus throws a head kick that misses.
Williams lands the left hand.
Citrus tries to clinch up but Williams circles away and keeps his distance.
Williams ducks under a wild hook from Citrus.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams scores with a nice strike.
Williams lands a lovely overhand right.
Williams misses with a shot to the body
and Citrus counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Williams misses with a looping left.
Citrus shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Williams pinned against the cage. Williams gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Paul Williams has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Skoal Citrus.
Williams throws a shot from downtown. Citrus moves away and avoids it.
A telegraphed right hand from Citrus misses the target.
Williams misses with a shot to the body
and Citrus counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Williams looks to land a right hand but Citrus moved out of range.
Citrus slips under a jab.
Nice uppercut there from Williams.
Nice uppercut lands for Williams. That snapped Citrus's head back.
Williams avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Citrus gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Citrus gets through Williams's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Williams wants to get back to striking at distance but Citrus won't allow it.
A short left from Citrus.
A frustrated look appears on Williams's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Citrus tries a body shot but Williams blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Citrus keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Williams's efforts to push away.
Williams blocks a body shot from Citrus.

Williams breaks from the clinch.
Williams swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Citrus.
Citrus looks to land a combination but Williams avoids it well.
Citrus on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Williams. Williams obviously looking to wear him down.
Williams just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice shot lands for Williams.
Citrus tries to close the distance and clinch but Williams swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The crowd cheers as Williams lands an impressive looking overhand right. Citrus doesn't seem phased though.
A big right from Williams misses.
Williams misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Citrus.
Citrus moves out of range as Williams strikes.
Citrus throws a front kick aimed at Williams's knee but Williams avoids it well.
Williams is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Citrus.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Citrus.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Williams sneaks out the side door and pushes Citrus away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Citrus closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

And that's the end of the fight!
Skoal Citrus comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Citrus 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Skoal Citrus!