PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Don Winston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Foreman V (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Winston
vs
Foreman V

225 cm
21
285 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

190 cm
19
260 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Don Winston!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, George Foreman V!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Illya Tyunina and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Winston scores with a push kick.
Foreman V tries to clinch up but Winston circles away and keeps his distance.

Winston clinches with his opponent.
Foreman V tries to land a knee to the head but Winston blocks with his arms.
Winston lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Foreman V backwards.
Foreman V pushes off an throws an elbow but Winston leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Winston swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Winston lands a left hand.
Winston misses with a punch on the inside.

Foreman V manages to break the clinch.
Foreman V throws a head kick but Winston moves out of range.
Foreman V tries to clinch but Winston is having none of it.
Don Winston seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Winston misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Foreman V throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Winston counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Foreman V throws a sloppy head kick
enabling Winston to counter with a crisp jab.
Winston scores with a hook to the body. Foreman V takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Foreman V looks gassed!
Winston scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Foreman V looks to land a left hand but Winston moved out of range nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Winston looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Foreman V looks to clinch
and Winston cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Foreman V gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Winston.
Foreman V throws a lazy head kick
and Winston counters with a nice low kick that buckles Foreman V's knee momentarily.
Winston closes this distance looking for a takedown but Foreman V circles away.

Winston gets a takedown into half guard.

Winston is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Foreman V is not content to let Winston control the position.
Winston is nestled in close to Foreman V, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

Winston is trying to work for a kimura but Foreman V is defending well.
Foreman V is trying to get back to full guard.

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.
Foreman V wants to get back to his feet.
Foreman V is trying to control but can't.
Winston sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Foreman V defending well though.
Foreman V won't allow Winston to pass to mount.
Foreman V really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Winston. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Winston controlling the action here.
Foreman V is looking for a sweep. Winston is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Foreman V throws a lazy head kick
and Winston counters with a nice body kick.
Foreman V motions for Winston to come forward. Foreman V throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Foreman V fails in his attempt to clinch.

Winston clinches up against the cage.
Winston tries for a takedown. No joy.
Foreman V lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Don Winston has been cut.

Foreman V breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Foreman V throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Winston counters with a body kick that stops Foreman V in his tracks momentarily.
Winston fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Foreman V checks it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Winston throws a leg kick but Foreman V checks it.
George Foreman V is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A head kick by Foreman V misses
and Winston counters with a big head kick but Foreman V shrugs it off.
Winston really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Foreman V stuffs the takedown.
Foreman V throws a lazy head kick

and Winston counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Foreman V wants to stand but Winston is controlling the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Foreman V keeping moving, preventing Winston from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Winston in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Foreman V preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Winston with a flurry of punches that miss.
Winston working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Foreman V's head.
Foreman V keeping full guard, as Winston tries to pass.
Foreman V is looking to stand up but Winston isn't so interested in that idea.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Foreman V tries to close the distance and clinch but Winston swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Winston looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Foreman V on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Winston takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Winston throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Foreman V throws a lazy head kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Don Winston is winning the standup battle so far.
Foreman V throws a head kick that misses
and Winston counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Winston is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Foreman V throws a sloppy head kick
and Winston counters with a straight right hand.
Foreman V misses with the body kick
and Winston counters with a low kick, right behind Foreman V 's knee.
Winston connects with a high kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Don Winston dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Don Winston's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Winston tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Winston is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Foreman V can do to turn this around?
Foreman V throws a head kick that misses
and Winston counters with a big head kick but Foreman V shrugs it off.

Foreman V is rocked!

Winston rushes Foreman V and presses him up against the cage.
Foreman V is still on wobbly legs! Can Winston finish him?
The referee is keeping an eye on Winston - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Foreman V seems to have recovered his senses.
Winston has a couple of punches blocked by Foreman V.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Foreman V.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Foreman V with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Winston takes a knee to the side of the body.
Foreman V scores with a shoulder strike.
Foreman V with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Foreman V connects with a knee to the head.
Winston is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Foreman V throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Winston blocks it with crossed arms.
Foreman V throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Winston blocks it with crossed arms.
Foreman V tries to land a knee to the head but Winston blocks with his arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Foreman V is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Foreman V with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Foreman V misses with a knee strike.
A short right from Winston.

Foreman V pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Foreman V throws a head kick that misses

and Winston counters with a nice double leg into side control. Foreman V won't be happy with that.
Winston tries to move to mount but Foreman V blocks the move with his legs.
Foreman V is trying to control Winston's posture but Winston avoids it.
Foreman V is not content to let Winston control the position.
George Foreman V has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Foreman V can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Foreman V is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Winston throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.

Foreman V explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
No luck for Winston with that takedown attempt.
Foreman V throws a lazy head kick
and Winston counters with a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Foreman V connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Winston's hands.
Foreman V tries to clinch up.
Winston blocks a head kick by Foreman V.
Winston circles away from the clinch attempt.
Foreman V tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Winston paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Winston is looking to land body kicks.

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.

Winston looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Foreman V!
Foreman V holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Winston tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Winston looking to finish with strikes here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Foreman V holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Winston tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Don Winston.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Winston, 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 Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 30:26
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:26
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Don Winston!