PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Serafin Cuevas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Simon Williamson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Williamson has chosen Iggy Pop - Lust For Life as his entrance music. The key to victory for Serafin Cuevas has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Cuevas
vs
Williamson

180 cm
36
180 lbs
13 - 9 - 0

170 cm
38
185 lbs
24 - 16 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Serafin Cuevas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Simon Williamson!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Eliza Hachem and Ron Honeybunn.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cuevas throws a hook to the side of Williamson's head but Williamson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Williamson looks to throw the jab but Cuevas is out of range.
Williamson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Cuevas counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Williamson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Williamson swings for the body but Cuevas moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Cuevas.
Williamson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Williamson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Williamson on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Williamson ducks under a wild hook from Cuevas.
Cuevas misses with a jab to the body

and Williamson counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Williamson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cuevas is keeping the position for now.
Williamson stops Cuevas from standing up.
Williamson is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cuevas is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

Cuevas pushes Williamson off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Williamson throws an overhand right that lands on Cuevas's shoulder, as Cuevas tries to avoid the shot.
Williamson moves away from the strike by Cuevas.
Williamson takes a jab right on the kisser.
Williamson misses with the combination.
Williamson misses with a wild body shot.
Williamson lands a jab-cross combination.

It looks like Serafin Cuevas has been cut.
Williamson avoids the body shot from Cuevas.
Williamson misses with an uppercut.
Cuevas is looking to wear down Williamson with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williamson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cuevas connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cuevas connects with a good right hand that stumbles Williamson. Williamson circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Williamson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

Williamson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
I was talking to Cuevas's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Cuevas lands with a right to the head.
A short right from Cuevas.
Cuevas is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Williamson keeps control of Cuevas as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Williamson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Williamson misses with a looping left.
Williamson scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Williamson slips under a jab.
Williamson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cuevas lands with an overhand left.
Williamson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Williamson cracks a nice hook into Cuevas's ribs.
Cuevas is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Cuevas gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Williamson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cuevas.
Cuevas fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Williamson manages to avoid it.
Cuevas missing with a left hand there. Williamson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Williamson has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Williamson there as he acknowledges the shot.
Cuevas takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Cuevas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Williamson.
Williamson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cuevas was well out of range. Poor timing from Williamson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cuevas scores with a nice right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cuevas takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Williamson misses with a wild body shot.
Williamson connects with a looping right hand.
Cuevas cracks a nice hook into Williamson's ribs.
Cuevas avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Williamson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cuevas slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Cuevas misses with a straight right.
Cuevas misses with a looping left.
Williamson moves in looking to clinch but Cuevas pushes him off.
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 Serafin Cuevas will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Serafin Cuevas's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Cuevas throws a big shot that misses.
Serafin Cuevas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cuevas scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Cuevas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cuevas looks to score with a jab to the body but Williamson is just out of range.
Cuevas fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Simon Williamson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nice sprawl there from Cuevas as Williamson shoots in.
Cuevas lands a nice shot that snaps Williamson's head back.
Cuevas lands with a right hand.
Williamson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Sloppy strikes from Williamson. Those never looked like landing.
Cuevas scores with a nice right hand.
Cuevas scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

Williamson is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Williamson moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Williamson is still on wobbly legs! Can Cuevas finish him?
Cuevas is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Williamson can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cuevas lands a jab.
Cuevas scores with a jab. Williamson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Cuevas lands a slapping body shot.
Cuevas ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Williamson seems to have recovered his senses.
Cuevas slips under a jab.
Serafin Cuevas is winning the standup battle so far.
Williamson walks into a jab.
Williamson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Williamson slips a straight right by Cuevas.
Cuevas throws a 1-2 combo that connects squarely on Williamson's jaw, knocking him onto his back! Cuevas dives in looking to finish as Williamson flails his arms in a desperate attempt to block Cuevas's strikes! Cuevas is raining down hammerfists and the ref stops it! Williamson's desperate flailing just didn't constitute intelligent defence. Some people will probably question the ref's decision but Williamson was definitely hurt and the ref saved him from taking unnecessary punishment. A fighter's safety is paramount in this sport.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Serafin Cuevas!
Post fight, Serafin Cuevas stared into the camera and said 'The Lord God gave me this victory and all the other victories I've had in my life. Without Him I am nothing in the face of my enemies. '.