PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Simon Williamson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Serafin Cuevas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Williamson comes to the cage accompanied by Iggy Pop - Lust For Life . Serafin Cuevas has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Simon Williamson's chin.

Williamson
vs
Cuevas

170 cm
42
185 lbs
29 - 19 - 0

180 cm
40
180 lbs
17 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful

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 29 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Simon Williamson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Serafin Cuevas!
The judges for this bout are Chris Dean, Francis DeMontford and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cuevas scores with a hook to the body. Williamson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

Cuevas gets a clinch.
Williamson keeps control of Cuevas as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Williamson tries to land a knee to the head but Cuevas blocks with his arms.
Nice body punch from Williamson.
Williamson looks to throw an elbow but misses.

Williamson manages to break the clinch.
Cuevas stuffs the takedown attempt from Williamson. Williamson gets slowly back to his feet.
Cuevas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Cuevas moves into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Cuevas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cuevas takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Williamson throws a jab when Cuevas was well out of range.
Cuevas lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Williamson misses with a straight right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cuevas closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

Williamson gets tackled into the cage by Cuevas. Cuevas maintains the clinch.
Cuevas has a couple of punches blocked by Williamson.
Williamson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Williamson blocks an uppercut.
Williamson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cuevas misses with the head strike.
Cuevas is trying to break the clinch but Williamson is controlling him.
Williamson keeps control of Cuevas as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cuevas throws a head punch that misses.
Williamson pushes off an throws an elbow but Cuevas leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

Cuevas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cuevas lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Williamson scores with a three punch combo!
Williamson misses with a lunging right hand
letting Cuevas counter with a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Cuevas closes the distance and pushes Williamson back into the cage.
Cuevas misses with some punches.
Cuevas prevents a body shot from Williamson.
Williamson blocking some punches.
Cuevas gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Williamson.
Williamson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Williamson misses with an elbow over the top.

Cuevas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Williamson loads up on a big right hand but Cuevas slips the punch.
Cuevas wants to counter with a clinch but Williamson pushes him away.

Cuevas has managed to clinch.

Cuevas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cuevas avoids the body shot from Williamson.
Cuevas is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Williamson sizes up Cuevas with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Cuevas moves into the clinch successfully.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Williamson.
Williamson is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Cuevas is defending well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Simon Williamson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Williamson has Cuevas pressed against the cage, preventing Cuevas from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Cuevas breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Williamson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cuevas.
Williamson tries to counter by clinching up but Cuevas breaks away and moves out of range.

Williamson tries to keep at a distance but Cuevas has taken the fight into the clinch.
Cuevas has a couple of punches blocked by Williamson.
Williamson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cuevas has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Cuevas wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Williamson has him pressed against the cage.

Williamson gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Williamson wants to pass the guard but Cuevas is keeping the position.
Williamson trying to control but Cuevas is working from the bottom.
Williamson with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williamson controls from within his opponent's guard.
Williamson distracts Cuevas with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Williamson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Williamson wants to control from the top but Cuevas keeps moving.
Williamson scoring with punches to the head and body.
Williamson won't allow Cuevas to get back to his feet.

Williamson drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Williamson jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Cuevas is looking to stand up but Williamson isn't so interested in that idea.

Cuevas has his feet on Williamson's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cuevas ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Williamson misses with a wild combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Serafin Cuevas will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Williamson misses with a hook. Cuevas ducked under it nicely.
Cuevas bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
The fighters circling - Williamson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Some wild striking there from Williamson.
Cuevas takes a body punch but keeps moving.

Williamson darts in and clinches Cuevas up against the cage.
Williamson gets through Cuevas's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cuevas is trying to break the clinch but Williamson has him pressed against the cage.
Cuevas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Williamson blocking some punches.
Williamson blocking some punches.
Cuevas misses with some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williamson prevents Cuevas from breaking the clinch.
Cuevas misses with the head strike.
Williamson throws a punch but it's blocked by Cuevas.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Williamson.
Williamson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Williamson blocking some punches.
Williamson lands with a left to the head.
Williamson tries a knee to the head but Cuevas blocks it.
Williamson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Williamson has Cuevas pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Williamson pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Cuevas tumbling to the mat - Williamson dives into Cuevas's guard.
Williamson has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Cuevas breaks the clinch.
Williamson fails to land with a series of punches.
Serafin Cuevas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cuevas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williamson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cuevas moves away.
Cuevas on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Cuevas lands a jab to Williamson's midsection.

Cuevas clinches up with Williamson and pushes him back against the cage.
Cuevas scores with a shot to the side of Williamson's head.
Cuevas is trying to break the clinch but Williamson is controlling him.
Cuevas misses with some punches.

Cuevas breaks from the clinch.

Cuevas closes the distance and clinches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cuevas creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Cuevas fails to land.

Williamson lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Williamson scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Cuevas tries to kick Williamson off but Williamson keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williamson tries to pass to full mount but Cuevas defends it.
Cuevas is staying active underneath Williamson, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Williamson stops Cuevas from getting back to his feet.
Williamson looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Cuevas is looking to escape.
Williamson landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Williamson is taking a breather. Cuevas says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Williamson prevents Cuevas from standing back up.
Williamson takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Cuevas is trying to stand up here but Williamson is controlling him well.
Williamson controlling the pace.
Cuevas pushes Williamson off looking to stand but Williamson dives back in and keeps control.

Cuevas kicks Williamson off and gets back to his feet.

Cuevas has managed to clinch.
Cuevas wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Cuevas is trying to break the clinch but Williamson is controlling him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Cuevas manages to break the clinch.
Williamson misses with a hook. Cuevas ducked under it nicely.
Williamson scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

It looks like Serafin Cuevas has been cut.
Williamson goes for a double leg but Cuevas avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Cuevas continues to drive forward.
Williamson throws a nice looking combination but Cuevas bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Cuevas instigates a clinch.
Cuevas has a couple of punches blocked by Williamson.
Williamson struggles to land a body shot inside as Cuevas controls his hands.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Williamson.
Cuevas throws a head punch that misses.
Williamson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Cuevas lands a right hand that snaps the head of Williamson backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Cuevas fails to land.
Williamson looking to throw knees to the head but Cuevas is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Serafin Cuevas will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Serafin Cuevas's cut.
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!

Williamson throws a body shot but no joy.
Cuevas wants to counter with a clinch but Williamson pushes him away.

Cuevas closes the distance and pushes Williamson back into the cage.

Williamson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cuevas takes a swing at Williamson's ribcage but misses.

Cuevas clinches with his opponent.
Cuevas is looking to break free of the clinch but Williamson has double underhooks.
Williamson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cuevas's efforts to push away.
Williamson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Williamson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cuevas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Williamson working aggressively here.
Cuevas has a couple of punches blocked by Williamson.
Williamson blocks an uppercut.
Cuevas misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williamson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cuevas avoids the elbow strike from Williamson, against the cage.
Cuevas throws a punch but it's blocked by Williamson.
A frustrated look appears on Cuevas's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Cuevas is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cuevas.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cuevas creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Williamson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Cuevas lands a right hand that snaps the head of Williamson backwards.

Cuevas breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Cuevas closes the distance and clinches.
Cuevas misses with some punches.
Cuevas has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Williamson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cuevas tries to break the clinch but Williamson is controlling the position.
Williamson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Cuevas's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Williamson misses the shot to the body.
Cuevas is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Williamson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Simon Williamson is winning the standup battle so far.

Cuevas darts in and clinches Williamson up against the cage.

Williamson manages to break the clinch.
Serafin Cuevas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Williamson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Williamson lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Williamson misses with a double jab.
Williamson darts in looking for a takedown but Cuevas gets double underhooks and turns Williamson into the cage.
Cuevas slips a jab and a cross from Williamson.
Cuevas lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Cuevas thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Williamson gets a double leg takedown into Cuevas's guard.

Cuevas has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Williamson is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.

Cuevas breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cuevas slips under a jab from Williamson.
Williamson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Cuevas has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Williamson connects with a right hand. Cuevas shakes it off.

Williamson closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Cuevas to the mat! Cuevas manages to get full guard.

Cuevas is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Williamson presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Serafin Cuevas seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Williamson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Williamson struggles to land a body shot inside as Cuevas controls his hands.
Cuevas working aggressively here.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Williamson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

Cuevas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williamson throws a series of punches but Cuevas avoids them all with ease.
Williamson misses with an uppercut
and Cuevas counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Cuevas is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Williamson rather than just go for the knockout.

Cuevas moves into the clinch successfully.
Cuevas misses with the head strike.
Cuevas wants to break the clinch but can't.
Williamson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Williamson blocking some punches.
Cuevas tries to break the clinch but Williamson is controlling the position.
Nice body punch from Williamson.
Simon Williamson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cuevas blocks the elbow strike.
A body shot lands from Williamson.
Cuevas throws a head punch that misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Williamson.
Cuevas takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Cuevas swings wildly with an uppercut but Williamson uses good head movement to avoid it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Serafin Cuevas comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Cuevas winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Chris Dean scores the fight 27:30
Judge Francis DeMontford scores the fight 28:30
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... 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. '.