PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tom Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Xavier Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Lee
vs
Williams

195 cm
24
200 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

186 cm
22
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tom Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Xavier Williams!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Tiny Johnson and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Williams shoots in but no luck this time.
Williams leaves Lee with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Lee throws a right and a left that Williams avoids nicely.
Williams keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Williams shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Lee fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tom Lee. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Lee closes the distance and clinches.
Lee stalling.
Williams pressing his opponent against the cage.
Lee stops a takedown attempt from Williams.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lee successfully pulls guard.
Williams wants to stand but Lee is controlling his posture from full guard.
Williams trying to control the position from guard on top but Lee is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Williams throwing strikes but missing.

Lee working for a triangle but Williams defends it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee pulls Williams in close to prevent any damage.
Williams won't allow Lee to sweep him here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Williams throwing strikes but missing.
Williams pushes down on Lee's leg and manages to get into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Williams gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Williams will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Xavier Williams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Williams tries for a takedown but Lee circles away easily

and Lee counters by moving into the clinch.
Lee tries to pull guard but Williams won't allow it.
Williams has had enough of the clinch but Lee keeps him there for the moment.
Williams wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lee has him pressed against the cage.

Lee pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lee keeps the fight on the outside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee wants to clinch.
Williams misses with a two punch combination.
Williams fails with the takedown
and Lee counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Williams is lucky that one didn't land flush.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice sprawl there from Lee as Williams shoots in.
Williams looks gassed!
Williams misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A jab from Williams misses.

Lee fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Williams, pushing him back against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
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 Tom Lee will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Lee tries for a takedown but Williams sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Lee pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Williams gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Lee to score an easy takedown into full guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Williams holds on and takes a little breather.
Williams trying to control the position.

Williams had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Lee defends it easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Williams controlling Lee's posture.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Lee's guard.
Lee has Williams pulled in close to control his posture.
Lee looking for a sweep. Not yet Lee, not yet.
Williams trying to control but Lee is working from the bottom.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Xavier Williams was stalling too much, according to the referee.

Lee gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lee throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Williams trying to control the position but instead, Lee has worked for underhooks and has pushed Williams into the cage.
Lee just leaning against Williams, taking a breather.

Lee works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Williams trying to control the position.
Lee sitting in guard here, content to control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Williams keeping moving, preventing Lee from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Williams is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Williams jumps guard but Lee turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.

Lee breaks the clinch.
Williams pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Williams is breathing heavily.
Williams stuffs the takedown.
Williams fails with a takedown attempt.
Lee swats away the attempt to clinch by Williams.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Lee takes the fight into the clinch.
Williams blocks a body shot from Lee.
Lee lands a shot to the body.

Lee breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Williams shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Lee defends it nicely.
Tom Lee has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Xavier Williams.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Williams misses with a combination

and Lee counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lee wants to stand but Williams has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tom Lee dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Lee thows a body shot but no joy.
Lee has a takedown stuffed.
Williams shoots in for a takedown but Lee shows good takedown defense.

Lee moves into range and clinches up with Williams.
Williams is trying to break free.
Williams trying to land knees to the body.

Lee breaks from the clinch.

Williams gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Williams's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Williams throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lees head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams is looking for a takedown.
Williams prevents the takedown attempt.
Williams takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Lee is trying to trip Williams. He has hold of a leg but Williams is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Lee persists though and gets the takedown into guard.

Williams escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Lee gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Lee trying to control but Williams is working from the bottom.
Lee throws a big right hand that misses.
Lee is working Williams over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Williams keeping moving, preventing Lee from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Williams keeping moving, preventing Lee from controlling successfully.
Tom Lee overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

We're going to have a standup here because Tom Lee wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Williams swinging wildly here.
Williams moves to clinch but Lee breaks away
and Lee counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams tries to work over Lee's front leg with a kick but Lee checks it.
Nice sprawl there from Lee as Williams shoots in.
Tom Lee has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Xavier Williams.
Lee fails with a takedown attempt.
Lee throws a wild body kick that Williams sees coming a mile off.
Lee has a takedown stuffed.

Lee looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Williams!
Lee putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee controlling his opponent.
Williams tries to reverse the position but Lee maintains control.
A nice elbow there by Lee.
Lee takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Williams is working to get back to half guard.
Xavier Williams has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tom Lee is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lee tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tom Lee showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Lee 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tom Lee!