PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jack Morris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Winchester (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nick Winchester is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Morris
vs
Winchester

194 cm
22
219 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

182 cm
25
218 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

Good takedowns
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jack Morris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nick Winchester!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Winchester blocks a jab.
Morris misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Winchester.
Winchester uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Morris.
Winchester throws a lazy right hand but Morris sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Morris swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Winchester takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Morris throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Morris tries to clinch but Winchester is having none of it.
Morris is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Winchester.
Some wild striking there from Morris.
Morris misses with a two punch combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morris lands a two punch combo.
Winchester uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Morris.
Winchester takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Winchester misses with a two punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Morris swings for the body but Winchester moves out of range.
Winchester takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Morris jabs at Winchester's body.
Winchester on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Morris scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Winchester doesn't seem bothered though.
Winchester circles away from the clinch attempt.
Morris moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Morris throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Morris throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Morris misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Morris tries to close the distance and clinch but Winchester swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Morris wants to clinch.
Winchester slips a jab from Morris.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morris dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Morris lands a body shot.
Morris is looking to wear down Winchester with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Morris throws a leg kick but Winchester moved away.
Nice uppercut lands for Morris. That snapped Winchester's head back.
Morris throws a quick inside leg kick.
Winchester circles away from the clinch attempt.
Morris jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Winchester misses with an uppercut.
Winchester avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice shot by Morris.
Morris keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Winchester avoids the head kick by Morris.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winchester leaves Morris with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Morris misses with a jab to the body
and Winchester makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Morris misses with a jab to the body

and Winchester counters with a takedown into side control.
Morris tries to bench press Winchester off him but Winchester keeps the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Winchester has an Americana. Morris didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Winchester is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Winchester hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Nick Winchester!