PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ruud Davids (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Huey Winner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Davids might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar On Me. Winner is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: It's time for war. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Davids
vs
Winner

192 cm
22
270 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

195 cm
19
241 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Knockout power

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St. Paul's Apparel

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ruud Davids!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Huey Winner!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Trevor Gratis and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Winner fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Davids.
Winner fails in his attempt to clinch.
Huey Winner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Davids swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Winner darts in and clinches Davids up against the cage.
Winner tries to land knees in the clinch but Davids avoids the damage to the body.

Davids lands a takedown into guard.
Davids stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Winner swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Davids chips away with some ground and pound.
Davids is looking to work some ground and pound but Winner has wrist control.
Davids working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Davids stops Winner from standing up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davids looking to pass the guard.
Davids advances to half guard.
Davids missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Davids wants to take a breather but Winner is having none of it.
Winner is trying to stand up here but Davids is controlling him well.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Winner wants to clinch.

Davids looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Davids postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davids throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Winner works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Davids lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Davids throws a big right hand that misses.
Winner wants to stand and escape but Davids is having none of it.
Davids wants to control from the top but Winner keeps moving.
Davids is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davids trying to control the position from guard on top but Winner is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Davids advances position into side control!
Davids lands a few punches from side control.

Davids goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Winner rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Davids's guard! Nice work there by Winner!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davids wants to sweep but no luck.
Davids throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Davids trying to strike off his back.
Davids looking for a sweep. Not yet Davids, not yet.
Davids throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Winner must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Davids throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ruud Davids dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Davids throws a hook to the side of Winner's head but Winner sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Davids pivots, looking for a leg kick but Winner is out of range and Davids settles back down.
Davids throws a right hand that Winner ducks under and follows up with a left that Winner also avoids with ease.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Winner missing with knees to the body.
Davids on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Davids wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Winner is pressed up against the cage. Davids has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Winner down to the mat. Winner avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Winner is looking to score with low kicks.

Winner closes the distance and clinches.
Winner tries to land knees in the clinch but Davids avoids the damage to the body.
Winner tries to land knees in the clinch but Davids avoids the damage to the body.
Davids avoiding damage as Winner throws knees to the body.
Davids avoiding damage as Winner throws knees to the body.
Winner gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Davids.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Winner unloads a knee to the mid-section. Davids lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Davids on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Winner misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Davids.

Winner breaks the clinch.
Winner swats away the attempt to clinch by Davids.

Davids tries to keep at a distance but Winner has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Winner breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Davids throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Winner's waist but Winner gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Davids off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ruud Davids. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Winner tries to clinch but Davids moves out of range.
Davids fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Horrible takedown by Davids or perhaps it was just good defense by Winner which made him look bad.
Davids throws out a leg kick but Winner moves out of range and Davids only half commits.

Winner moves into range and clinches up with Davids.
Davids blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Winner tries to land knees in the clinch but Davids avoids the damage to the body.
Davids blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Winner crunches a lovely knee into Davids's ribcage.
Davids blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Winner missing with knees to the body.
Davids blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Winner landing knees to the body.

Winner breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Winner is looking to slow Davids down with leg kicks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Winner tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Davids paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Winner has Davids up against the cage in a clinch.

Winner breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Davids throws a body punch but Winner moves out of range.
Davids takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Davids misses with a head kick.
No luck for Davids with that takedown attempt.

Winner moves into the clinch successfully.
Winner misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Davids.
Winner lands a knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Winner missing with knees to the body.
Winner using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Davids blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Davids avoiding damage as Winner throws knees to the body.
Davids wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Winner has him pressed against the cage.
Davids wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Winner manages to break the clinch.
Davids keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winner tries to clinch up.
Winner is looking to clinch.
Davids circles away from the clinch attempt.
Winner looks to clinch
and Davids counters with an outside leg kick.
Winner swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Davids shoots in but Winner avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Winner lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Davids circles away from the clinch attempt.
Davids circles away from the clinch attempt
and Davids counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

Winner gets a clinch.

Winner breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Winner avoids the head kick by Davids.

Winner gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Davids's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Winner checks the leg kick.
Davids looks for a takedown but Winner sprawls well.
Winner closes the distance looking to clinch

and Davids counters with a single leg into guard. Winner didn't expect that.
Davids throwing strikes from guard but Winner blocks nicely.

Davids drops back, looking for a kneebar! Winner looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Winner looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Winner!

Winner decides to stand back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Huey Winner showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Winner misses with a two punch combination.
Winner misses with a low kick.
Winner chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Winner. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.

Davids scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Davids working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.

Davids tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Winner wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Davids wants to lay and pray for a moment but Winner keeps working.
Davids working the ground and pound but Winner is defending the strikes.
Davids throws an elbow but Winner slips to the side and avoids it well.
Davids is trying to ground and pound but Winner uses the momentary lack of control by Davids to regain half guard.
Davids has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

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

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Davids avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Winner throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Winner tries to clinch but Davids moves away
and Davids counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Davids tries to bum rush Winner with a series of wild strikes but Winner uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Winner is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ruud Davids is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Davids tries to clinch up but Winner circles away and keeps his distance.
Winner misses with a low kick.
Winner looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Winner throws a nice inside leg kick.

Winner fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Davids, pushing him back against the cage.
Davids on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

Davids has picked Winner up - he's going for a ride! Davids dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Davids thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Winner won't allow Davids to pass to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winner wants to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Winner blocking the ground and pound attempt from Davids.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Davids connects with a nice short shot to Winner's temple.
Davids throwing shots but Winner is blocking nicely.
Davids works his way into side control.
Davids landing strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The strikes coming from Davids are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Davids wants to control for a moment but Winner uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Davids trying to hold on to Winner's head to control him but Winner postures up.
Davids is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Winner is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ruud Davids showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Davids has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ruud Davids!