PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sherif Fathy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oskar Winogrodzki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fathy comes to the cage accompanied by Eat You Alive. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Fathy
vs
Winogrodzki

195 cm
26
270 lbs
12 - 12 - 0

196 cm
29
285 lbs
14 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Conquer

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 12 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sherif Fathy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Oskar Winogrodzki!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Winogrodzki stuffs the takedown attempt from Fathy. Fathy gets slowly back to his feet.
Winogrodzki lands an overhand right.
Fathy takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Winogrodzki looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Winogrodzki misses with a kick to the body.
Winogrodzki stuffs the takedown attempt from Fathy. Fathy gets slowly back to his feet.
Fathy wants to clinch up but Winogrodzki keeps it at a distance.
Fathy fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sherif Fathy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Winogrodzki throws a good cross that connects.
Winogrodzki slaps away a takedown attempt from Fathy, before circling back to the center of the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fathy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Fathy closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Winogrodzki moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Winogrodzki thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Winogrodzki lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Winogrodzki postures up in Fathy's guard and throws a big left but Fathy blocks it.
Fathy is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Winogrodzki prevents Fathy from getting back to his feet.
Winogrodzki has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Fathy not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Fathy can't keep his opponent in guard - Winogrodzki advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Fathy blocking the ground and pound attempt from Winogrodzki.
Fathy is looking to control Winogrodzki's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Fathy avoid being mounted?
Fathy blocking the ground and pound attempt from Winogrodzki.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Winogrodzki is keen to just control but Fathy is a slippery customer.
Winogrodzki seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Winogrodzki trying to control the action but Fathy is working from the bottom.
Winogrodzki thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Winogrodzki thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Fathy's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Winogrodzki throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Winogrodzki sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Fathy defending well though.
Winogrodzki throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Winogrodzki missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Winogrodzki missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Winogrodzki connects with a nice short shot to Fathy's temple.
Fathy avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Winogrodzki.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winogrodzki sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Fathy defending well though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Winogrodzki trying to control from half guard but Fathy is working away.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Winogrodzki working over Fathy with some ground and pound. Fathy looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Winogrodzki thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Winogrodzki lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Winogrodzki sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Fathy defending well though.
Fathy wants to control but Winogrodzki is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Fathy is trying to get back to full guard.
Winogrodzki wants to take a breather but Fathy is having none of it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Winogrodzki looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Winogrodzki works his way into full mount!
Winogrodzki throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Fathy because Winogrodzki loaded up on that one.
Winogrodzki throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Winogrodzki throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fathy regains half guard.
Fathy wants to improve his position but Winogrodzki is controlling well.
Fathy blocking the ground and pound attempt from Winogrodzki.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oskar Winogrodzki dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Fathy tries to score a power double leg takedown but Winogrodzki sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Fathy somewhat.
Winogrodzki avoids the head kick by Fathy.
Winogrodzki swings for the body but Fathy moves out of range.
Fathy looks to throw the jab but Winogrodzki is out of range.

Fathy clinches with his opponent.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Fathy just misses with a elbow thrown towards Winogrodzki's brow.
Winogrodzki wants to break the clinch but can't.
Fathy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fathy can't break the clinch.

Fathy manages to break the clinch.
Fathy shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Winogrodzki eats them both and turns towards Fathy to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Winogrodzki looks to land a left hand but Fathy moved out of range nicely.
Fathy has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Winogrodzki finds it's way round the side to connect with Fathy's head.
Winogrodzki feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Fathy's calf.
Fathy misses the shot to the body.
Sherif Fathy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Winogrodzki throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Fathy stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Fathy closes this distance looking for a takedown but Winogrodzki circles away.
Winogrodzki drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Fathy avoids the body shot from Winogrodzki.
Fathy throws a sloppy head kick and Winogrodzki moves out of range easily.
Fathy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Winogrodzki swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Fathy.
Winogrodzki misses with a leg kick
and Fathy counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Winogrodzki is lucky that one didn't land flush.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fathy takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fathy moves out of range of the leg kick from Winogrodzki.
Winogrodzki scores with a jab. Fathy acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Winogrodzki scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Winogrodzki just misses with a punch to the body.
Winogrodzki lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Fathy slips under a jab from Winogrodzki.
Winogrodzki fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Fathy checks it well.
Fathy shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sherif Fathy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fathy shoots in looking for a takedown but Winogrodzki manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Fathy's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Fathy slips a jab from Winogrodzki.
Winogrodzki scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Winogrodzki throws a body shot but no joy.
Winogrodzki connects with a single shot there.
Winogrodzki lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winogrodzki connects with a right hand. Fathy shakes it off.
Fathy tries to clinch up but Winogrodzki circles away and keeps his distance.
Fathy looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

Fathy manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Winogrodzki on his heels. He'll look to pass Winogrodzki's guard now, I'm sure.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Winogrodzki is on top in guard.
Winogrodzki trying to control the position from guard on top but Fathy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Oskar Winogrodzki has got the better of the ground game so far.
Winogrodzki stands up over Fathy, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Winogrodzki wants to control from the top but Fathy keeps moving.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Winogrodzki accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Winogrodzki wants to control from the top but Fathy keeps moving.
Winogrodzki is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Winogrodzki throws a big elbow that misses.
Fathy looking for a sweep. Not yet Fathy, not yet.
Winogrodzki throws a big elbow that misses.
Fathy striking off his back but it's not causing Winogrodzki any problems.
Winogrodzki postures up.
Fathy throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Winogrodzki slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fathy trying to control the position.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Winogrodzki throws an elbow that misses. Fathy uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Winogrodzki's guard. Nice move by Fathy!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oskar Winogrodzki showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Winogrodzki moves into range and connects with a jab.
Fathy pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Winogrodzki jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Fathy tries to close the distance and clinch but Winogrodzki swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Winogrodzki scores with a punch to the head.
Fathy gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Winogrodzki keeps the fight on the outside.
Fathy tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Winogrodzki defends well and Fathy ends up having to push Winogrodzki into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Winogrodzki prevents a takedown attempt there.

Fathy pulls guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Winogrodzki is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Winogrodzki stops Fathy from standing up.
Winogrodzki lands a couple of elbows.
Winogrodzki loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Winogrodzki stopping the sweep attempt from Fathy.
Winogrodzki lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Winogrodzki with a flurry of punches that miss.
Fathy preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Fathy working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Winogrodzki.
Winogrodzki throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Fathy works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Winogrodzki slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Winogrodzki missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Oskar Winogrodzki is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Winogrodzki is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Fathy pulls Winogrodzki in close to prevent any damage.
Winogrodzki trying to control the position from guard on top but Fathy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Fathy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sherif Fathy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fathy throws a push kick but Winogrodzki slaps the foot to one side.
Winogrodzki misses with a wild combination.
Fathy scores with a spinning back kick!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winogrodzki thows a body kick. Fathy tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Fathy has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Winogrodzki.
Fathy takes one to the chin there.
Winogrodzki sizes up Fathy with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Fathy shoots for a double leg takedown but Winogrodzki sprawls well. He's pushed Fathy's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Fathy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Winogrodzki throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Fathy.
Good standup being displayed there by Winogrodzki as he connects with a hook.
Winogrodzki throws a shot to the body.
Winogrodzki pushes Fathy away with a front kick.
Fathy looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Winogrodzki is fending him off so far but Fathy persists. Nope, Winogrodzki circles away and we're back to standing.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Winogrodzki fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Fathy on the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Winogrodzki connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fathy drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Winogrodzki avoids the head kick by Fathy.
Fathy tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Winogrodzki defends well and Fathy ends up having to push Winogrodzki into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Fathy taking a breather.
Winogrodzki keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Fathy's efforts to push away.
Fathy is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Winogrodzki gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Winogrodzki breaks the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Oskar Winogrodzki comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Winogrodzki winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Oskar Winogrodzki!
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight for Oskar Winogrodzki!
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight for Oskar Winogrodzki!

Oskar Winogrodzki wins by unanimous decision!
A victorious Oskar Winogrodzki thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.