PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Aja Usw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stan Winner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Usw
vs
Winner

175 cm
22
175 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

180 cm
19
176 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid 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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Aja Usw!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Stan Winner!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Vladimir Khabensky and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Usw throws a nice looking combination but Winner bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Usw misses with a jab, cross combination.
Usw shoots for a takedown but Winner saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Usw shoots in and drives through. Winner sprawls well.
Winner ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Usw misses with a two punch combination.

Usw shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Usw showed some decent athleticism there.
Winner moves into full guard.

Winner has his foot on Usw's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Usw works his way back into a safe position though.
Winner looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Usw is looking to work some ground and pound but Winner has wrist control.
Winner manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Usw is squirming around, avoiding Winner's attempts to control the action.
Winner dominating with strikes here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Winner working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Usw keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
BOOM! Winner connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Winner breaks from Usw's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Usw is looking to improve his position but Winner isn't that keen on the idea.
Winner punishing his opponent with strikes.
Winner breaks from Usw's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Winner lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Winner controlling his opponent.
Usw is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Usw throwing hammer fists to the chest of Winner. What's that going to do exactly?
Winner prevents Usw from getting the reversal.
Winner trying to control but Usw is having none of it.
Winner looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winner in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

Winner looking for a guillotine from mount but Usw is having none of it.
Winner trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Winner cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Usw throwing hammer fists to the chest of Winner. What's that going to do exactly?
Winner takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Usw is looking to improve his position but Winner isn't that keen on the idea.
Usw is working hard here to advance position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Winner has hold of Usw's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Usw manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Winner unloading with bombs!
Usw swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.

Winner has hold of Usw's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Usw manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Winner looks gassed!
Winner is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Usw manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Winner looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

Usw is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Winner pulls his head out easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stan Winner dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Nice takedown defense from Winner. No joy for Usw on that attempt.

Usw feints and as Winner raises his hands in defense, Usw changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Winner wants to stand up but Usw is controlling him.
Usw preventing the sweep.

Usw has gone for a leg lock! Winner slips out almost immediately though and dives into Usw's guard.
Winner working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Usw throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Winner escapes and throws Usw's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Winner is putting a hurting on Usw here, landing some big shots from side control.
Usw is looking to reverse the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Winner trying to control the position but Usw is working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Winner works to advance to full mount. Usw defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
A nice elbow there by Winner.
Stan Winner has got the better of the ground game so far.
Winner controlling the position easily from mount.
Winner lands a big shot there that rocks Usw but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

Winner has hold of Usw's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Usw manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.

Winner working for a submission but Usw is keeping him at bay.
Winner is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Usw is desperately trying to improve his position but Winner has a good base and remains in mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Winner cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Usw is trying desperately to improve position.
Winner trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Usw is trying to escape the mount.
Usw throwing hammer fists to the chest of Winner. What's that going to do exactly?
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Winner cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Winner pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Winner landing strikes from the mount.
Winner controlling from mount.
Winner in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winner breaks from Usw's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Winner working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Winner lands with some strikes.
Usw throwing hammer fists to the chest of Winner. What's that going to do exactly?
Usw flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Winner lands a nice shot to the head.
Winner content just to control the position here.
Winner breaks from Usw's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Usw is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
A nice elbow there by Winner.
Winner landing shots from mount.
Winner controlling from the full mount.
Winner looking to control but Usw is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Winner lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Usw hang on?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Winner landing strikes, looking to finish!
Usw tries to reverse the position but Winner maintains control.

Winner with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Usw is squirming around, avoiding Winner's attempts to control the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stan Winner showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Usw shoots for a takedown but Winner saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Usw misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Winner keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Usw misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aja Usw. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Winner gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Winner pushes Usw back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Winner lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Winner avoiding damage.
Winner lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Usw backwards.
Good body shot from Winner.

Winner has hold of one of Usw's legs. Usw is fighting the takedown attempt but Winner gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Winner landing with the ground and pound.
Winner advances to half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Usw is looking for a sweep. Winner is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Winner takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Winner is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Usw takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Winner scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Usw?
Winner controlling from the full mount.

Winner looking to secure an arm triangle but Usw defends it well.
Usw is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Winner tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Usw throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Winner raining down shots from the mount!
Winner wants to control the pace but Usw is squirming around nicely.
Winner is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Winner working Usw over with strikes here.
Winner looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Usw flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Usw is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Winner scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Usw?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Usw flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Winner controlling his opponent.
Winner scoring with strikes but Usw is staying in there.
Stan Winner is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Winner controlling the pace for now.
Usw is looking to improve his position but Winner isn't that keen on the idea.

That's four 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.
Winner blocks Usw's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Usw throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Winner content just to control the position here.
Aja Usw has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Usw swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Winner takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

And that's the end of the fight!
Stan Winner comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Winner has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 27:30
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stan Winner!