PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Voittaja Winner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dee May (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Winner
vs
May

173 cm
22
170 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

185 cm
21
160 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
KO power

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Zipp Zapp(w. laundry:10%)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Voittaja Winner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dee May!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Chris Downing and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

May has taken the fight to the clinch.

Winner gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, May regains guard.
Winner with a flurry of punches that miss.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as May holds on and takes a little breather.
Winner has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
May is trying to keep Winner in close.
Winner wants to control from the top but May keeps moving.
Winner prevents May from getting back to his feet.
Winner won't allow May to sweep him here.
Winner tries to free his leg and advance position but May is retaining full guard.

Winner thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
May looking to control.
Winner is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Winner passes easily into side control. Nice work.
May felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Winner working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
May tries to buck Winner off but Winner is having none of it.
Winner trying to control the position but May is working away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
May is looking to reverse the position.

Winner working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
May is looking for a sweep.
May struggling a bit here.
Winner wants to control but May is keeping him busy.

Winner tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
May tries to improve position but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
May keeps trying to improve his position.
Winner wants to lay and pray for a moment but May keeps working.

Winner tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
A lull in the action here.
Winner trying to control the action but May is working from the bottom.

Winner is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. May knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
May tries to improve position but can't.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
May avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Winner.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
May tries to bench press Winner off him but Winner keeps the position.
You can see the frustration on May's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
May is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
May really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Winner. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
May can't do much from the bottom here.
We've been hearing good reports from Winner's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
May is not content to let Winner control the position.
May tries to bench press Winner off him but Winner keeps the position.
May manages to work his way to half guard, despite Winner's best efforts.
Winner slows the pace down in half guard.
May wants to get back to full guard but Winner has passed into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
May tries to improve position but can't.
Winner advances to mount.
Winner looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Winner tries to control but May wriggling away.
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!
May can't escape the position.
Winner takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
May is squirming around, avoiding Winner's attempts to control the action.
Winner thowing shots but they're missing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
May holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Winner tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Winner trying to control but he's not successful this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Voittaja Winner dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

May tries to close the distance and clinch up but Winner swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Horrible takedown by Winner or perhaps it was just good defense by May which made him look bad.
The fight stays on the outside here - May looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Winner fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but May avoids it really well and circles away.
May tries to close the distance and clinch but Winner swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - May looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Winner circles away from the clinch attempt.
May tries to clinch there but Winner circles away.
A kick lands to the mid section there for May.
May darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
May tries to clinch up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
May wants to clinch up but Winner keeps it at a distance.
May is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Winner shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says May as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Voittaja Winner. That's going to take a lot out of him.
May tries to clinch there but Winner circles away.
May throws a head kick that Winner semi-blocks.

It looks like Voittaja Winner has been cut.
May tries to close the distance and clinch but Winner swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
May throws a head kick that Winner semi-blocks.

Winner is rocked!

May moves into the clinch.
Oh Winner is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
May has a couple of punches blocked by Winner.
May misses with a punch on the inside.
May tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
May swings wildly with an uppercut but Winner uses good head movement to avoid it.
May lands a big right hand that drops Winner! The killer instinct kicks in and May finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by May!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dee May!
After the big win, Dee May made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Zipp Zapp(w. laundry:10%) and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
The defeated Voittaja Winner had this to say: 'Juicer...'.