PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ricky Winter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Glenn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Winter
vs
Glenn

175 cm
21
175 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

181 cm
25
185 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ricky Winter!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alex Glenn!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Steve Erwin and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Winter works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Winter lands a lovely overhand right.
Winter lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

Glenn shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Glenn works his way to his opponent's back.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
I really don't envy Winter right now.
Winter grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Glenn.

Winter is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Glenn is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Glenn has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Winter is taking damage to the body and head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Winter trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Glenn controlling from the back.
Winter is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Glenn not allowing Winter to control his hands.
Winter is trying to stand back up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Glenn controlling the positon.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Glenn is persistently looking for the submission but Winter is defending it well.

Glenn working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Glenn controlling the position well here. Winter rolled but Glenn kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
Winter trying to control but not successfully.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Winter rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Winter tries to kick Glenn off but Glenn keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Glenn is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Glenn in particular looking to stall.
Winter is trying to get back to full guard.
Winter trying to get back to full guard but Glenn takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Glenn controlling from the full mount.
Winter is desperately trying to improve his position but Glenn has a good base and remains in mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Glenn with a couple of short strikes.
Glenn controlling the pace for now.
Winter is trying desperately to improve position.
Glenn sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Glenn lands a nice shot to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Glenn controlling from the full mount.
Glenn with the ground and pound from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex Glenn dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Nice sprawl there from Winter as Glenn shoots in.
Winter fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A jab from Winter does it's job there.
Winter uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Winter's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Winter duly obliges.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice takedown defense from Winter. No joy for Glenn on that attempt.
Winter takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

Glenn shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Glenn showed some decent athleticism there.
Winter is looking for a sweep. Glenn is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Glenn takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Winter controlling the position well.
Glenn throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, if Glenn is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

Glenn is working for a kimura but Winter is defending it quite comfortably.
Glenn stops Winter from getting back to his feet.
Winter has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Glenn is working away from the top position though.
Glenn performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Winter bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Glenn's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Glenn misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Ricky Winter has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alex Glenn.
Winter lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Glenn shoots for a takedown but Winter saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Winter defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Glenn.
Glenn is breathing heavily.
Glenn has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Winter finds it's way round the side to connect with Glenn's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Glenn on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Winter is pawing at Glenn, trying to feel the distance before throwing out a cross that crashes into Glenn's nose. Glenn is badly hurt! Winter pounces, throwing wild strikes as both fighters end up on the ground! Glenn tries desperately to hold on but Winter is relentless in his assault! As Glenn receives an ever increasing number of unanswered strikes the referee pulls Winter away and this one is in the books!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ricky Winter!
Ricky Winter retains his middleweight title!
An out of breath and clearly excited Ricky Winter thanked ZONE for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).