PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Max Collins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Collins comes to the cage accompanied by Irish Rebel Song. The crowd seem to be enjoying Williams's choice of entrance music: "Monster" by Skillet. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Collins
vs
Williams

195 cm
24
195 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

189 cm
24
185 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Max Collins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alex Williams!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Collins showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Williams.
Williams moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Collins shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Williams pinned against the cage. Williams gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Oooh a lovely combination from Williams sends Collins down but not out. Williams dives into side control looking to finish.

Collins is rocked!
Collins wants to get back to his feet.
Williams working the strikes but Collins uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Williams has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Williams is looking for a kimura but Collins is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Williams to get the leverage.

Williams seems to be working for a kimura but Collins defends the submission attempt.
Collins manages to get to full guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Williams thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Collins is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Collins scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Max Collins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Collins lands with a nice combination. Williams backs away looking to recover.
Williams lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Collins lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

It looks like Alex Williams has been cut.
Collins displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Williams throws out the jab.
Williams misses with a double jab

and Collins counters with a single leg into guard. Williams didn't expect that.
Williams looks gassed!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Collins is in close to Williams's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Williams looking for a guillotine here but Collins defends easily.
Williams keeping moving, preventing Collins from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Collins accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Collins wants to control from the top but Williams keeps moving.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Williams avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Collins postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Williams utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Collins loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Collins postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Collins sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Collins trying to control the position from guard on top but Williams is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Williams is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Collins defends well.
Collins looking to pass the guard.
Collins is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

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.
Williams avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Collins lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Collins trying to control the position from guard on top but Williams is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Collins with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Williams has momentary wrist control but Collins slips an elbow through the middle.
Collins trying to control but Williams is working from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Collins thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Max Collins dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alex Williams's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Collins closes the distance and clinches.

Collins breaks the clinch.
Collins dives in and grabs Williams's left leg, looking for a takedown. Williams pushes down on Collins's head and hops out.
Williams will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Williams is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Collins.
Williams throws a nice looking combination but Collins bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Collins swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Williams fails to land with a series of punches.
Collins scores with a three punch combo!

Collins drives through and clinches with Williams against the cage.

Collins has hold of one of Williams's legs. Williams is fighting the takedown attempt but Collins gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Williams throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Collins throws a big right hand that misses.
Williams is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Collins works over Williams with some ground and pound from guard.

Collins decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Williams, up you get!
Williams is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Collins.
Collins throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

Collins drives through with a takedown into guard.
Collins throws a big right hand that misses.
Collins trying to control the position from guard on top but Williams is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Collins controls from within his opponent's guard.
Collins's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams keeping moving, preventing Collins from controlling successfully.
Collins throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Collins decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Williams, up you get!
Collins throws a right and a left that Williams avoids nicely.
Williams misses with a combination

and Collins counters with a single leg into guard. Williams didn't expect that.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Williams is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Collins stands and throws Williams's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Williams seems a little lost for a moment, as Collins dominates the positioning.
Williams defending against the ground and pound.
Max Collins overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Collins sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Williams is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Collins scoring with punches from side control.

Collins has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Williams fails to land with a series of punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Collins changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Williams looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Williams being controlled for a moment.

Collins decides to stand back up. Collins steps back and let's Williams get back to his feet.

Collins pushes Williams up against the cage in a clinch.
Good body shot from Collins.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Collins content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Williams tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Collins smiles and moves away.
Williams misses with a series of wild punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Max Collins dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Alex Williams'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. 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.

Collins closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Williams did well to prevent Collins getting side control.
Collins sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Williams defending well though.
Williams keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Collins is looking to advance position but Williams won't allow it.

Collins is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Williams regains full guard. Nicely done.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Collins got a little sloppy there for a moment and Williams has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Collins has managed to get both his arms back between Williams's legs - danger averted.
Collins is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Collins distracts Williams with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Collins trying to control the position from guard on top but Williams is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Collins trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Collins sitting in guard here, content to control.
Collins trying to control but Williams is working from the bottom.
Collins thows a big elbow that misses.

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.
Williams utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Collins looking to pass the guard.
Collins is working Williams over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Collins fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Williams.
Collins throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Williams.

Collins moves into range and clinches up with Williams.
Williams tries to pull guard but Collins holds him up against the cage and eventually Williams drops back down to his feet.
Good body shot from Collins.

Collins breaks the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Collins fails to land with a series of punches.
Collins moves in looking to clinch but Williams pushes him off.
Williams swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Collins catches Williams with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Collins scores with a three punch combo!
Collins throws a series of punches but Williams moves out of range.
A punch combination from Collins misses.
A combination from Collins does no damage.
Williams throws a series of punches but Collins moves out of range.

Collins closes the distance and clinches.

Collins gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Collins wants to control but Williams is keeping him busy.

Collins decides to stand and escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Collins fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Max Collins is winning the standup battle so far.
Williams scores with a nice right hand.
Collins is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Williams can do to turn this around?
Williams throws a right and a left that Collins avoids nicely.
Collins is looking to clinch but Williams is avoiding it.

Collins decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Alex Williams has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Collins is looking to stall here but Williams recovers full guard.
Collins postures up in Williams's guard and throws a big left but Williams blocks it.
Max Collins is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Collins won't allow Williams to sweep him here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Max Collins showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Collins 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:26
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 30:26
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Max Collins!