PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Zacharias Sabel (ranked 4981 p4p, 5508 weight class) and Clyde Winston (ranked 494 p4p, 512 weight class). Zacharias Sabel has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Sabel
vs
Winston

174 cm
18
192
1 - 1 - 0

185 cm
18
195
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Likes musicals

BRAZEN - Fight Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Zacharias Sabel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Clyde Winston!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Sergei Dronov and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slow jab from Winston misses its intended target.
Sabel steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Winston.
Winston connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A combination from Sabel does no damage.
Winston now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Sabel lands a head shot.
Winston walks into a left hand.
Winston throws a jab but it's blocked by Sabel.
Winston misses with a two punch combination.
Winston scores with a nice head shot.
Sabel misses with a wild body shot.
Winston closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Sabel looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Winston lands a glancing blow to the side of Sabel's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Winston moves away from the strike by Sabel.
Winston takes a swing at Sabel's ribcage but misses.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Winston has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Sabel throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sabel throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Winston throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sabel wants to land a leg kick but Winston is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sabel steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Winston.
Winston looks to land a right hand but Sabel moved out of range.
Sabel jabs Winston to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Sabel keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Winston.
Sabel lands with a hook. Winston tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Sabel throws the left hand but Winston avoids the punch easily.
It seemed like Winston was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Sabel ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Zacharias Sabel is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sabel bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Winston's head.

Winston is rocked!
Sabel drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Winston right on the button. Winston goes down! Sabel follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Sabel gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zacharias Sabel!