PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jose Guervo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Winters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Guervo
vs
Winters

198 cm
22
204 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

182 cm
20
204 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jose Guervo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, John Winters!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Winters fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Winters closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Guervo to the mat! Guervo manages to get full guard.
Guervo lands a couple of shots from the bottom.
Winters won't allow Guervo to sweep him here.
Guervo is working hard here to advance position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Winters is looking to work some ground and pound but Guervo has wrist control.
Winters throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Guervo works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Winters has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Guervo wants to sweep but no luck.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Guervo misses with a takedown

and Winters counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Winters wants to take a breather but Guervo is having none of it.
Guervo throws a strike from the bottom that misses.

Winters seems to be working for a kimura but Guervo defends the submission attempt.
Guervo on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Guervo tries to get out of the position.
Guervo misses with some strikes from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guervo is trying to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Winters blocks the strikes from Guervo.
Guervo blocking the ground and pound attempt from Winters.
Winters prevents Guervo from improving his position.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Winters scores a takedown into full mount!
Guervo wants to hold on but Winters pushes him away.
Winters is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Guervo can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Winters punishing his opponent with strikes.
Guervo working to try and regain half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Winters throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Guervo working to try and regain half guard.
Guervo looks out of his depth in this position - he's holding on tight.
Guervo is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Guervo wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Winters.
Guervo is trying desperately to improve position.
Winters with the ground and pound from mount.
Winters thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Guervo is wriggling around trying to escape.
Guervo wants to control but Winters is having none of it.
Winters has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Guervo's face.
Winters looks gassed!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winters throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Guervo is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Guervo can't escape the position.
Winters is landing with some decent strikes but Guervo is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Winters with good strikes from the mount here!
Guervo gets back to half guard.
Winters prevents Guervo from improving his position.
Guervo works his way to full guard. Good work.
Winters throwing strikes from guard but Guervo blocks nicely.
Guervo thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Winters passes Guervo's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Guervo tries to get to full guard but Winters has control of the leg.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guervo wants to control but Winters is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Guervo is pressing down on Winters's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Winters landing some decent shots from guard.
Guervo will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Winters is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Guervo scores with a short punch from the bottom.
Winters preventing the sweep.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Guervo doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Winters decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Guervo's guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Winters throws a big right hand that misses.
Guervo lands a decent punch to the body there.
Guervo is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Nice strikes from Guervo there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Winters dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Guervo shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Winters decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Guervo's guard.
Guervo looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Winters tries to free his leg and advance position but Guervo is retaining full guard.
Guervo wants to sweep but no luck.
Winters trying to control the position from guard on top but Guervo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Guervo is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Guervo keeping full guard, as Winters tries to pass.
Winters trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Guervo tries for a takedown but Winters sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Guervo scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Winters is breathing heavily.
Winters takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Guervo connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Winters some visible discomfort.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Guervo grinds an elbow into Winters's temple.
Guervo has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Winters!
Guervo looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

Winters is rocked!
Guervo lands a big elbow.
Winters is still in real trouble! Can Guervo finish him?
Guervo scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Guervo scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Winters?
The referee warns Winters that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Winters is trying to escape the mount.
Guervo looking to control but Winters is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Winters is working to get back to half guard.
Winters seems to have recovered his senses.
Winters is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Winters taking shots to the head.
Winters is wriggling around trying to escape.
BOOM! Guervo connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Winters wants to control but Guervo is having none of it.
Winters bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Guervo trying to control the position.
Winters missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Guervo is striking but Winters is not phased and passes to half guard.
Winters wants to free his trapped foot but Guervo is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Guervo is trying to control but Winters passes into side control!
Winters wants to lay and pray for a moment but Guervo keeps working.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guervo takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Winters misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Both fighters take a look at the clock.
Winters throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Guervo is working to avoid the ground and pound but Winters connects with a decent elbow.

Winters thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Guervo tries to bench press Winters off him but Winters keeps the position.
Guervo manages to work his way to half guard, despite Winters's best efforts.
Guervo trying to control but Winters postures up.
Guervo tries to get to full guard but Winters has control of the leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Guervo makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Guervo.
Guervo keeping full guard, as Winters tries to pass.
Winters trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Winters throwing strikes but missing.
Winters missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Winters tries to close the distance and clinch up but Guervo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Winters is looking to clinch.

Winters shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Jose Guervo will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Guervo misses with a takedown

so Winters counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Guervo utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Winters throwing strikes from guard but Guervo blocks nicely.
Winters stopping the sweep attempt from Guervo.
Winters trying to control but Guervo is working from the bottom.
Guervo wants to sweep but no luck.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Winters chips away with some ground and pound.
Winters in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Winters tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Winters closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Guervo to the mat! Guervo manages to get full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Winters postures up in Guervo's guard and throws a big left but Guervo blocks it.
Guervo thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Winters pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Guervo is keeping the position for now.
Guervo looking to hit a scissor sweep but Winters is one step ahead there.
Guervo is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Winters is looking for a sweep. Guervo is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Guervo is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Winters is looking for a sweep. Guervo is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Winters pushes Guervo off looking to stand but Guervo dives back in and keeps control.
Guervo is tying to control. Winters wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Winters missing with punches from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Winters is looking to improve his position.
Winters is trying to stand back up but Guervo is controlling him

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Winters shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Winters showed some decent athleticism there.
Winters throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Winters missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Guervo keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Winters is looking to advance position but Guervo won't allow it.
Winters is thwarting Guervo's attempts to control the position.
Winters missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Winters scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Guervo manages to get to full guard.
Winters postures up.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Winters lands a head kick. Guervo smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Winters fails with the takedown

and Guervo counters with a takedown into side control.
Guervo is working Winters over with some ground and pound from side control.
Winters tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Winters takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Winters is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Winters gets back to full guard.
Guervo is working Winters over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Winters is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Guervo scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Guervo slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Guervo working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Winters is trying to control Guervo's posture but Guervo avoids it.
Guervo working the ground and pound from side control.
Check out the look on Guervo's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Guervo passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Winters!
Winters is working to get back to half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Guervo with a couple of short strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jose Guervo showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Guervo has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... John Winters!