PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ante Decker (ranked 4202 p4p, 0 weight class) and Piney Winston (ranked 4480 p4p, 0 weight class). Piney Winston has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Decker
vs
Winston

180 cm
24
185 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

183 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Prefers standup

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ante Decker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Piney Winston!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Felipe Paraventi and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Winston slips a straight right by Decker.
Decker fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Decker swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ante Decker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Decker throws a hook but Winston blocks it.
Winston tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Decker paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Winston uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Decker.
Winston blocks a jab.
A nice combination there by Decker.
Decker swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Winston slips a jab from Decker.
Winston is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Decker misses with a few strikes there.
Winston is looking to clinch.
Decker throws a series of punches but Winston moves out of range.
Decker lands with a good body shot.
Decker lands with a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Winston is defended easily by Decker.
Winston slips a straight right by Decker.
Winston defending well as Decker loads up on a big left hand.
Winston feints the counter takedown.
Winston doesn't manage to clinch there - Decker circles away.
Decker moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Decker listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Winston closes this distance looking for a takedown but Decker circles away.
An attempted straight right counter from Decker misses the target.
Decker lands a right hook to the body.
Decker misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Winston throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Winston wants to clinch but Decker slips to the side
and Decker counters with a left to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Decker swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Winston looks for a takedown but Decker sprawls well.
Ante Decker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Piney Winston.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Winston takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Decker throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Winston.
Winston tries to clinch up but Decker circles away and keeps his distance.
Decker connects with a nice looking jab.
Winston keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Decker.
Winston changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Winston misses the jab.
Decker rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Winston moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Winston rushes Decker and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Winston blocking some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Decker prevents a body shot from Winston.
Winston wants to take the fight to the mat but Decker manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Winston is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Decker is defending well for now.
Decker is trying to push Winston away but Winston has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Winston trying to land knees to the body.
Winston misses with a punch to the body.
Winston with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Winston tries to land a knee to the head but Decker blocks with his arms.
Decker tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Decker misses with some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Winston throws a knee to the head but misses.
Decker avoiding damage as Winston throws knees to the body.
Winston blocks an uppercut.
Winston swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Winston drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Winston is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Decker is defending well for now.
Decker has had enough of the clinch but Winston keeps him there for the moment.

Winston manages to pull guard.
Decker postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ante Decker dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Decker swings for the body but Winston moves out of range.
Winston takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Jab, jab by Decker - just one landing.
Decker lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Winston circles away quickly and effectively.
Decker is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Winston can do to turn this around?
Winston throws a head kick but Decker moves out of range.
Winston uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Decker.
Winston changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Winston tries to close the distance and clinch but Decker swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Decker misses with an uppercut. Winston saw that one coming.
Winston tries to clinch up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
No joy there for Decker, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ante Decker is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Winston shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Decker misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Winston looks for the body kick but Decker saw that one coming.
Decker lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Winston throws a lazy body kick
and Decker counters with a nice uppercut.
Decker avoids a kick to the body.
Winston just misses with a punch to the body.
Decker scores with a nice head shot.
Winston dodges the punch combination from Decker.
Winston wants to clinch up but Decker keeps it at a distance.
Winston shoots for a double leg takedown but Decker sprawls well. He's pushed Winston's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Winston avoids the body shot from Decker.
Decker is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Winston.
Winston takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Ante Decker is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Decker throws a series of punches but Winston moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Decker throws a body punch but Winston moves out of range.
Winston fails with an attempt to clinch.
Winston ducks under a wild hook from Decker.
Winston is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Decker throws a body shot but no joy.
Decker throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Decker scores with a three punch combo!
Decker throws a body punch but Winston moves out of range.
No joy there for Decker, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Winston slips a jab from Decker.
Winston misses with a wild body shot.
Winston looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Decker is fending him off so far but Winston persists. Nope, Decker circles away and we're back to standing.
Ante Decker is winning the standup battle so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winston avoids a punch combination nicely.
Decker misses with a double jab.
Decker changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Decker looks to score with a jab to the body but Winston is just out of range.
A punch combination from Decker misses.
Winston throws a predictable looking body shot
and Decker counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Winston loads up on a big right hand but Decker slips the punch.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Decker, as that shot connected.
Decker works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Winston throws a body kick that misses.
Decker appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Winston uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Decker.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Decker keeps the fight on the outside.
Sloppy strikes from Decker. Those never looked like landing.
Winston defending well as Decker loads up on a big left hand.
Decker swinging wildly here.
Winston steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Decker.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Decker misses with a jab, cross combination.
Decker throws out a loose jab but Winston uses good head movement to avoid it.
Winston staying out of range there.
Winston avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Decker throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Winston misses with a body shot
letting Decker counter with a right hand.

Winston shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Winston showed some decent athleticism there.
Winston is pressing down on Decker's thigh, looking to free his foot. Decker is holding on for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ante Decker dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!

Decker lands a two punch combo.
Decker throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Winston moves out of range of the strikes.
Decker connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Winston swings widly with a right hand
and Decker counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Winston takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Winston is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Decker rather than just go for the knockout.
Decker keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Winston takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Decker scores with a jab to the body.
Decker uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Winston.
A quick step to the side and Decker tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice takedown defense from Decker. No joy for Winston on that attempt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A telegraphed right hand from Decker misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Decker.
Decker misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Winston.
Winston missing with a left hand there. Decker was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Decker avoids the body shot from Winston.
Winston moves away from the strike by Decker.
Decker tries to bum rush Winston with a series of wild strikes but Winston uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Decker throws a left and a right that both miss

and Winston counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

Decker kicks Winston off and gets back to his feet.
Decker misses with a hook. Winston ducked under it nicely.
Winston with the counter takedown but Decker avoids it easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Winston uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Decker.
No luck for Winston with that takedown attempt.
Piney Winston has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Decker misses with a looping right.
Decker scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Decker fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Winston manages to avoid it.
Winston drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Decker defends it well.

Winston moves into the clinch successfully.
Winston has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Decker after a bit of a struggle.
Ante Decker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Piney Winston.

Winston manages to pull guard.
Piney Winston has got the better of the ground game so far.
Decker controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Winston trying to strike off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Winston escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Decker gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Decker has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Winston working for a triangle but Decker defends it easily.
Winston takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Winston wants to sweep here but Decker controlling him for the moment.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Winston is looking for a triangle but Decker pushes his legs off easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

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

Winston is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Winston has his foot on Decker's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Decker works his way back into a safe position though.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ante Decker showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Decker, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:27
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ante Decker!