PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jasper Wintertuch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Deep (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Deep is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: blood theme. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Wintertuch
vs
Deep

180 cm
19
180 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

178 cm
19
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jasper Wintertuch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Matt Deep!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Hugh Johnson and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wintertuch swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Wintertuch swinging wilding here.
Wintertuch tries to bum rush Deep with a series of wild strikes but Deep uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Wintertuch throws a right hand that Deep ducks under and follows up with a left that Deep also avoids with ease.
Wintertuch fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

Deep clinches with his opponent.

Deep manages to pull guard.

Deep kicks Wintertuch off and gets to his feet.
Wintertuch misses with a two punch combination.

Deep closes the distance and clinches.
Wintertuch is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Deep is keeping busy.
Wintertuch wants to break free but Deep has control.
Deep is struggling to control the position.
Deep cracks Wintertuch with a nice body shot.
Deep drops down looking for an ankle pick but Wintertuch pulls his leg out and moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wintertuch fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wintertuch stuffs the takedown.
Deep takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Wintertuch throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A combination from Wintertuch does no damage.
Wintertuch misses with a double jab.
Wintertuch is breathing heavily.
Nice takedown defense from Wintertuch. No joy for Deep on that attempt.
Jasper Wintertuch has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matt Deep.

Deep pushes Wintertuch up against the cage in a clinch.
Deep has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Wintertuch is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Deep wants a takedown but no success here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Deep.
Deep tries for a takedown. No joy.
Deep tries to pull guard but Wintertuch holds him up against the cage and eventually Deep drops back down to his feet.
Wintertuch is trying to break the clinch but Deep has him pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wintertuch takes a knee right on the jaw!
Deep is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Wintertuch pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Wintertuch is trying to stall.
Deep tries to pull guard but Wintertuch holds him up against the cage and eventually Deep drops back down to his feet.
Wintertuch wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Deep has him pressed against the cage.
Wintertuch misses with some punches.
Wintertuch can't find room to land a body shot as Deep controls the action.
Wintertuch wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Deep lands a takedown into guard.
Deep in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Wintertuch preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Deep looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wintertuch wants to stand but Deep is controlling the position.
Wintertuch keeping moving, preventing Deep from controlling successfully.
Deep trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

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.
Deep looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Let's hope that Deep has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Deep wants to control from the top but Wintertuch keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Matt Deep dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Wintertuch misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Wintertuch throws a series of punches but Deep avoids them all with ease.
Wintertuch lands with a nice combination. Deep backs away looking to recover.
Jasper Wintertuch seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Deep dodges the punch combination from Wintertuch.
Wintertuch walks into a left hand.
Deep tries for a takedown but Wintertuch sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Deep shoots for a takedown but Wintertuch saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Jasper Wintertuch is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wintertuch tries to bum rush Deep with a series of wild strikes but Deep uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Deep fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Jasper Wintertuch has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matt Deep.
Wintertuch misses with a straight right.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wintertuch throws a series of strikes that have Deep backpedaling.
Wintertuch lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

Deep has Wintertuch up against the cage in a clinch.

Deep pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Deep closes the distance and clinches up with Wintertuch, looking for a takedown. Deep pushes Wintertuch against the cage but Wintertuch circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Wintertuch fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Deep shoots in looking for a takedown. Wintertuch tries to sprawl out of it but Deep keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Wintertuch manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Deep takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Wintertuch looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Deep fails with the takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Deep takes the fight into the clinch.
Deep tries to score a body lock takedown but Wintertuch shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Wintertuch working aggressively here.
Wintertuch wants to break the clinch but can't.
Deep has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Wintertuch avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Wintertuch is looking to break free of the clinch but Deep has double underhooks.
Wintertuch wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Wintertuch prevents a takedown attempt there.
Deep blocks an uppercut.
Wintertuch wants to get back to striking at distance but Deep won't allow it.

Deep manages to pull guard.
Deep seems keen to control Wintertuch's posture.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Deep trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Wintertuch wants to stand but Deep has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Deep wants to get back to his feet but Wintertuch passes into half guard.
Deep is looking to improve his position.
Wintertuch wants to stand but Deep has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Wintertuch is thwarting Deep's attempts to control the position.
Deep strikes from the bottom but Wintertuch passes into mount!
Deep is trying desperately to improve position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Wintertuch avoids the attempt from Deep to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jasper Wintertuch dominated that second round.
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!

Wintertuch throws a right and a left that both miss.

Deep fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Wintertuch, pushing him back against the cage.
Wintertuch wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Deep has him pressed against the cage.
Wintertuch is trying to break the clinch but Deep has him pressed against the cage.
Wintertuch is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Wintertuch working aggressively here.
Wintertuch wants to get back to striking at distance but Deep won't allow it.
Deep drops down looking for an ankle pick but Wintertuch pulls his leg out and moves away.
Wintertuch scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Deep closes the distance and pushes Wintertuch back into the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wintertuch prevents a takedown attempt there.

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

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wintertuch throws a nice looking combination but Deep bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Deep instigates a clinch.

Deep has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Wintertuch regains guard immediately.

Wintertuch scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Wintertuch throws a series of punches but Deep moves out of range.

Deep has Wintertuch up against the cage in a clinch.
Wintertuch wants to get back to striking at distance but Deep won't allow it.
Wintertuch is trying to break free.
Deep is pushing Wintertuch up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wintertuch is looking to break free of the clinch but Deep has double underhooks.
Deep has Wintertuch pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Wintertuch manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Jasper Wintertuch has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matt Deep.
Wintertuch misses with a hook from the clinch.

Deep has Wintertuch pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Deep pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Wintertuch tumbling to the mat - Deep dives into Wintertuch's guard.
Deep thows a big elbow that misses.
Deep trying to control the position from guard on top but Wintertuch is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Deep throws and elbow that misses. Wintertuch uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Deep's guard. Nice move by Wintertuch!
Wintertuch stopping the sweep attempt from Deep.

Deep 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.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Deep wants to sweep here but Wintertuch controlling him for the moment.
Wintertuch postures up.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Wintertuch throws a right and a left that both miss.
Deep shoots in for a double leg but Wintertuch sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Wintertuch throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Deep.
A jab from Wintertuch finds it's way through Deep's defenses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Matt Deep comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Deep has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Winston Howard scores the fight 28:29
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matt Deep!