PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andre Winner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thurston gimme some (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Thurston gimme some was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Winner
vs
gimme some

225 cm
26
300 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

210 cm
29
325 lbs
14 - 7 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Brawler
Experienced

Good wrestler
Good elbows
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Andre Winner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Thurston gimme some!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Sergei Dronov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Winner shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.

Winner with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Winner wants to take gimme some's back here but gimme some is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.

Winner working for a submission but gimme some is keeping him at bay.

Winner is working for a guillotine from mount but gimme some frees his head quite easily.

Winner with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

Winner working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
gimme some tries to lock up and control but Winner gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
gimme some is trying desperately to improve position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Winner is going oldschool here, as he tries to force gimme some to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so gimme some shrugs it off.

Winner jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but gimme some manages to avoid the submission attempt.

Winner thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
gimme some tries to improve position but can't.
gimme some struggling a bit here.

Winner is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but gimme some is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
gimme some is looking for a sweep.
I wouldn't like to be where gimme some is right now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Winner thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
gimme some is looking for a sweep.
You can see the frustration on gimme some's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
gimme some is looking to regain half guard here but Winner keeps moving and retains side control.

Winner is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, gimme some has escaped the position, nice work there.

Winner goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, gimme some has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Winner but great work by gimme some.
Winner is looking to regain half guard here but gimme some keeps moving and retains side control.
Winner manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Winner actively working from the bottom here.
Winner wants to improve his position but gimme some is controlling well.
Winner is pressing down on gimme some's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
gimme some connects with a couple of short punches.
gimme some preventing the sweep.

Winner looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Winner working for submissions but it's allowed gimme some to get to half guard.
gimme some looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Winner with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
gimme some looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Winner slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

Winner is looking for a triangle but gimme some pushes his legs off easily.
gimme some makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
gimme some lands a couple of decent looking shots.
gimme some lands a couple of digs.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
gimme some cracks Winner with a solid left hand.
Winner preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
gimme some trying to control the position from guard on top but Winner is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Winner has his foot on gimme some's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. gimme some works his way back into a safe position though.

gimme some got a little sloppy there for a moment and Winner has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, gimme some has managed to get both his arms back between Winner's legs - danger averted.
gimme some is looking to work some ground and pound but Winner has wrist control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Andre Winner will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Winner misses with a takedown

and gimme some counters with a big uppercut that knocks Winner off his feet! gimme some dives into side control looking to finish!

It looks like Andre Winner has been cut.
gimme some lands a strong strike to the head of Winner. That's dazed him! gimme some looking to finish here. Winner is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - gimme some lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thurston gimme some!