PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Christian DeWinters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Don Faber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

DeWinters
vs
Faber

182 cm
22
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
22
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Christian DeWinters!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Don Faber!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Reed Andrews and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Faber misses with a takedown attempt - DeWinters sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Faber throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around DeWinters's waist but DeWinters gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Faber off to one side.
Faber keeps the fight on the outside.
Faber shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. DeWinters defends it nicely.
Christian DeWinters has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Don Faber.
DeWinters looks to throw the jab but Faber is out of range.
Faber keeps the fight on the outside.
Faber looks for a takedown but DeWinters sprawls well.
Faber fails to land the takedown.

Faber decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
DeWinters blocking the ground and pound attempt from Faber.
DeWinters is looking to escape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
DeWinters trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.

That's one minute gone in the round.

DeWinters makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!

DeWinters clinches up with Faber and pushes him back against the cage.
DeWinters lands an elbow inside.
DeWinters landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
DeWinters with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Faber takes a knee right on the jaw!
DeWinters is trying to maintain a safe position but Faber gets an underhook and turns DeWinters into the cage.
DeWinters lands a knee to the body.
DeWinters is breathing heavily.
DeWinters landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
DeWinters tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Faber avoids it.
Faber is looking for a takedown up against the cage. DeWinters gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Faber tries for a takedown but DeWinters manages to get underhooks.
DeWinters with a knee to the head.
DeWinters will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Faber up against the cage.
DeWinters unloads a knee to the mid-section. Faber lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
DeWinters gets underhooks to prevent Faber's takedown attempt.
DeWinters is struggling to control the position.
DeWinters lands a knee to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Faber as DeWinters tries to tie him up.
Faber blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
DeWinters lands a nice knee to the body.
Faber goes for a takedown attempt but DeWinters pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Horrible takedown by Faber or perhaps it was just good defense by DeWinters which made him look bad.
DeWinters tries to clinch there but Faber circles away.
Faber shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has DeWinters pinned against the cage. DeWinters gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
DeWinters wants to clinch up but Faber keeps it at a distance.
Faber shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

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.
DeWinters tries to clinch up.
Faber will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

DeWinters drives through and clinches with Faber against the cage.
DeWinters lands an elbow just above Faber 's eye.
DeWinters content to slow the pace in the clinch.
DeWinters pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Faber jumps into guard, dragging DeWinters to the mat.

DeWinters gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

Faber looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
DeWinters on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
DeWinters blocking the ground and pound attempt from Faber.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Christian DeWinters dominated that round.
That's time! DeWinters's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

DeWinters fails with an attempt to clinch.
Faber shoots in for a takedown but DeWinters shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Don Faber seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
DeWinters connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Faber misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Faber takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
DeWinters tries to close the distance and clinch up but Faber swats him away and circles back towards the center.
DeWinters tries to clinch there but Faber circles away.
DeWinters tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
DeWinters stuffs the takedown attempt from Faber. Faber gets slowly back to his feet.
Christian DeWinters has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Don Faber.
Faber circles away from the clinch attempt.
DeWinters tries to close the distance and clinch but Faber swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
DeWinters tries to clinch up but Faber circles away and keeps his distance.
Faber shoots for a double leg takedown but DeWinters sprawls well. He's pushed Faber's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
DeWinters tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
DeWinters delivers a nice body kick.

DeWinters clinches.
DeWinters scores a nice knee to the body.
DeWinters lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
DeWinters lands a good knee to the midsection. Faber won't want to take too many of those.
DeWinters with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from DeWinters.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. DeWinters obliges.
DeWinters misses with a knee to the head.
DeWinters trying to land knees to the body.
DeWinters tries to land knees in the clinch but Faber avoids the damage to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
DeWinters connects with a knee to the head.
DeWinters tries to land knees in the clinch but Faber avoids the damage to the body.
DeWinters tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Faber avoids it.
Faber tries for a takedown but DeWinters manages to get underhooks.
DeWinters throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Faber blocks it with crossed arms.
Faber takes an elbow to the temple.
Faber managing to block the knees to the body from DeWinters.
Faber takes an elbow to the forehead.
Faber avoids the elbow strike from DeWinters, against the cage.
DeWinters pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
DeWinters prevents the takedown attempt.
DeWinters tries to land knees in the clinch but Faber avoids the damage to the body.
DeWinters working Faber over with knees to the body.
DeWinters connects with a nasty looking knee right to Faber's face.
DeWinters scores a nice knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
DeWinters scores a nice knee to the body.
Faber looking for a takedown.
DeWinters tries to land knees in the clinch but Faber avoids the damage to the body.
DeWinters crunches a lovely knee into Faber's ribcage.
Faber on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
DeWinters lands a knee to the body.
DeWinters lands an elbow just above Faber 's eye.
DeWinters lands an elbow just above Faber 's eye.
DeWinters landing some nice looking knees to the body.
DeWinters lands an elbow just above Faber 's eye.
Faber can't get the takedown.
DeWinters tries to land knees in the clinch but Faber avoids the damage to the body.
DeWinters putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Faber in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Faber takes an elbow to the temple.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
DeWinters is pushing Faber up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
DeWinters lands a damaging elbow.
Faber takes an elbow to the temple.
DeWinters utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Faber is trying to drag DeWinters to the mat but DeWinters just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Knees in the clinch landing for DeWinters.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
DeWinters stalling in the clinch.
DeWinters looking to slow down the pace here.
Faber can't get the takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Christian DeWinters dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

A telegraphed takedown attempt from Faber is defended easily by DeWinters.
DeWinters defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Faber.
DeWinters throws a body punch but Faber moves out of range.
DeWinters doesn't manage to clinch there - Faber circles away.
Faber dives in and grabs DeWinters's left leg, looking for a takedown. DeWinters pushes down on Faber's head and hops out.
Christian DeWinters has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Don Faber.
DeWinters tries to clinch up.
DeWinters tries to clinch there but Faber circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Faber circles away from the clinch attempt.
DeWinters is looking to clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Faber keeps the fight on the outside.
DeWinters wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
DeWinters stuffs the takedown.

Faber tries to keep at a distance but DeWinters has taken the fight into the clinch.
Nice elbow from DeWinters.
DeWinters using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees to the body from DeWinters.
A knee to the head by DeWinters.
DeWinters utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
DeWinters lands a nice knee to the body.
DeWinters tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Faber avoids it.
Faber wants a takedown but no success here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
DeWinters is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Faber is defending well for now.
Faber avoids a wild elbow strike from DeWinters.
Faber takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. DeWinters obliges.
Faber takes an elbow to the temple.
DeWinters throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Faber blocks it with crossed arms.
DeWinters lands an elbow that stopped Faber in his tracks for a moment.
DeWinters is trying to maintain a safe position but Faber gets an underhook and turns DeWinters into the cage.

Faber gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, DeWinters regains guard.
Faber tries to stand but DeWinters is controlling from the bottom.
Faber makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
DeWinters wants to get back to his feet but Faber is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Faber throws and elbow that misses. DeWinters uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Faber's guard. Nice move by DeWinters!

DeWinters gets to his feet. Faber looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Horrible takedown by Faber or perhaps it was just good defense by DeWinters which made him look bad.
Faber closes the distance and clinches up with DeWinters, looking for a takedown. Faber pushes DeWinters against the cage but DeWinters circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
DeWinters tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Faber paws at him with a jab and circles away.
DeWinters is looking to clinch.
DeWinters keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Faber dives in and grabs DeWinters's left leg, looking for a takedown. DeWinters pushes down on Faber's head and hops out.
DeWinters tries to clinch there but Faber circles away.
Faber misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Faber shoots for a takedown but DeWinters saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
DeWinters tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Faber feints and as DeWinters raises his hands in defense, Faber changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
DeWinters preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Faber trying to move into half guard but instead DeWinters has managed to sweep!
Don Faber has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Faber looking for a guillotine here but DeWinters defends easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Christian DeWinters showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for DeWinters, 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 John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:27
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Christian DeWinters!