PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Roi Vincent Eli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommy Winner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eli comes to the cage accompanied by http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F11JqLUBCfY. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Vincent Eli
vs
Winner

165 cm
23
130 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

169 cm
18
141 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Roi Vincent Eli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tommy Winner!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yukihiro Shimada and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Eli shoots in for a takedown but Winner shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Winner just misses with a punch to the body.
Horrible takedown by Eli or perhaps it was just good defense by Winner which made him look bad.
Eli will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Roi Vincent Eli. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Winner defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Eli.
No joy there for Eli, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Winner lands a left and a right that send Eli crashing to the mat, dazed. Winner thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Eli is rocked!
Winner lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Eli circles away quickly and effectively.
Oh Eli is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Eli slips a jab and a cross from Winner.
Winner fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Winner swinging wildly here.
Winner swinging wildly here.
Winner keeps the fight on the outside.
A punch combination from Winner misses.
Winner misses with the combination.
Eli looks for a takedown but Winner sprawls well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Winner misses with a wild combination.
Eli seems to have got his legs back now.

Winner shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Winner is controlling the pace.
Winner looks gassed!
Winner tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Eli.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Winner wants to pass the guard but Eli is defending well.
Eli makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Eli.
Eli throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Eli doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Eli thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Eli keeping busy, throwing shots from the bottom.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Eli with a lazy takedown attempt
and Winner counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eli tries to clinch but Winner moves away

and Winner counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Winner.
Winner trying to stand up but can't free himself from Eli's guard.
Winner looking to sit in guard and control but Eli gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Eli 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.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Eli with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Winner controls Eli momentarily but Eli frees himself.
Eli connects with a couple of short punches.
Eli scoring with some ground and pound.
Winner not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eli keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Winner's head.
Winner wants to stand up but Eli is controlling him.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Horrible takedown by Eli or perhaps it was just good defense by Winner which made him look bad.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Eli is defended easily by Winner.
Winner lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Eli circles away quickly and effectively.
A combination from Winner does no damage.
Eli looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Winner is fending him off so far but Eli persists. Nope, Winner circles away and we're back to standing.
Eli shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Winner defends it nicely.
Winner misses with a wild combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Winner looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
No luck for Eli with that takedown attempt.

Eli looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Eli not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Winner kicks Eli off and gets back to his feet.
Eli shoots for a takedown but Winner saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Eli swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Eli shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Winner as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Roi Vincent Eli. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Winner throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Eli counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Eli throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Winner wants to control but Eli is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Winner manages to get to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Winner wants to sweep here but Eli controlling him for the moment.
Eli loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Eli throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Eli is in close to Winner's body, working some short punches and elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Winner working a defensive guard here.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Eli works over Winner's head and body with a nice combination.
Winner keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Winner will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Eli tries to clinch but Winner moves out of range.
Roi Vincent Eli seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Eli is trying hard to land a takedown here. Winner sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Eli works over Winner's head and body with a nice combination.
Eli misses with a wild combination.
Winner shoots in and drives through. Eli sprawls well.

Winner drives through and clinches with Eli against the cage.
Winner is trying to break the clinch but Eli has him pressed against the cage.

Eli breaks the clinch.

Eli feints and as Winner raises his hands in defense, Eli changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Winner looking to hit a scissor sweep but Eli is one step ahead there.

Winner scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Eli fails with the takedown

and Winner counters with a single leg into guard. Eli didn't expect that.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eli doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Winner trying to control the position from guard on top but Eli is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Winner is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Winner wants to stand but Eli is controlling his posture from full guard.
Eli striking off his back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Winner scoring with punches to the head and body.
Winner wants to control from the top but Eli keeps moving.
Winner throws a strike but Eli rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Winner preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Eli tries for a takedown but Winner circles away easily
and Winner counters with a left and a right that stings Eli.
Winner misses with a few strikes there.
Winner misses with a double jab.
Eli shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Winner defends it nicely.
Eli keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Tommy Winner will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Winner rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Eli moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Eli closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Eli works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Winner is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Eli has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Winner struggling a bit here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Eli working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Eli landing a few strikes.
Winner wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Winner takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Winner taking punishment in the form of punches.
Eli lands a decent elbow from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Eli is chipping away with strikes.
Eli is putting a hurting on Winner here, landing some big shots from side control.
Winner is trying to get back to half guard.
Eli tries to advance to mount but Winner denies him.
Eli is chipping away with strikes.
Winner is not content to let Eli control the position.
Winner is looking for a sweep.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Winner defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Eli.
Eli misses with a takedown

and Winner counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Eli's guard now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Winner has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Eli is proving hard to escape from.
Winner wants to control from the top but Eli keeps moving.
Winner is looking to stand up but Eli won't let him.
Eli scores with a short punch from the bottom.
Eli has momentary wrist control but Winner slips an elbow through the middle.
Winner wants to stand but Eli is controlling his posture from full guard.
Tommy Winner has got the better of the ground game so far.

Winner decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Eli, up you get!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eli with a poor takedown

and Winner counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Roi Vincent Eli. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Winner working hard to break the clinch.
Eli keeps control of Winner as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Eli breaks the clinch.
No joy there for Winner, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Eli tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Winner paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A punch combination from Winner misses.
Eli with a lazy takedown attempt

and Winner counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Eli!
Winner throwing strikes but Eli uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Winner is trying to control the action in half guard but Eli is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Winner wants to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eli flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Winner seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Eli does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Winner misses with a head shot. Eli uses the momentum to regain guard.
Winner trying to control but Eli is working from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tommy 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 27:30

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