PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Eddie The Rain Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Winchester (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Rain Man comes to the cage accompanied by Dejame Entrar. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

The Rain Man
vs
Winchester

188 cm
22
185 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

185 cm
21
192 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eddie The Rain Man!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, David Winchester!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Columbo Gatti and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Rain Man pulls out of a head kick attempt.
David Winchester seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Rain Man scores with a three punch combo!
The Rain Man misses with a takedown attempt - Winchester sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

The Rain Man closes the distance and clinches.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
The Rain Man wants to break free but Winchester has control.
The Rain Man taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
The Rain Man wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The Rain Man is pressed up against the cage. Winchester has hold of a leg and is looking to drag The Rain Man down to the mat. The Rain Man avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

The Rain Man rushes Winchester and presses him up against the cage.
The Rain Man wants to get back to striking at distance but Winchester won't allow it.
Winchester looking for a takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Rain Man is looking to break free of the clinch but Winchester has double underhooks.
The Rain Man is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Winchester fails to pull guard.
Eddie The Rain Man has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of David Winchester.

The Rain Man manages to break the clinch.
The Rain Man tries to clinch but Winchester is having none of it.

The Rain Man takes the fight into the clinch.

The Rain Man breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Winchester doesn't succeed with the takedown
and The Rain Man counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Winchester gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and The Rain Man counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The Rain Man fails to land the takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Winchester shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and The Rain Man counters with a straight right hand.
The Rain Man misses with a takedown

and Winchester counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Winchester looks gassed!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Rain Man looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
The Rain Man manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

The Rain Man is standing up, even though he is in mount.

Winchester scores a takedown into full mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winchester avoids the attempt from The Rain Man to control.
Winchester unloads with some shots from mount but The Rain Man bucks and avoids them well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The Rain Man wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Winchester throwing strikes but The Rain Man uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Winchester sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. The Rain Man defending well though.
The Rain Man wants to control but Winchester is keeping busy.
Winchester throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
The Rain Man regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Winchester.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

The Rain Man has taken the fight to the clinch.
Winchester prevents The Rain Man from breaking the clinch.
The Rain Man struggles to land a body shot inside as Winchester controls his hands.
The Rain Man wants to break the clinch but can't.
The Rain Man tries to pull guard but Winchester won't allow it.
Winchester tries for a takedown. No joy.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

The Rain Man successfully pulls guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
The Rain Man looking for a sweep. Not yet The Rain Man, not yet.
The Rain Man is trying to keep Winchester in close.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eddie The Rain Man 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.

Winchester with a poor takedown
and The Rain Man counters with a left and a right that stings Winchester.
Winchester shoots and misses
and The Rain Man counters with an inside leg kick.

The Rain Man shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than The Rain Man was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Winchester is trying to reverse the position but instead The Rain Man has taken his back - oops!
The Rain Man biding his time, looking for the opening.
The Rain Man is looking to control Winchester but Winchester is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Winchester is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
Winchester tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Winchester is breathing heavily.
The Rain Man lands with some strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Rain Man controlling the position easily from mount.
Winchester throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
The Rain Man forces the positional change into back control.
The Rain Man struggling to keep hold of the position.
The Rain Man looking to hold on to the position here but Winchester rolls and ends up regaining guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
The Rain Man slips nicely into half guard.
The Rain Man passes to full mount!
The Rain Man manages to capitalize on a mistake by Winchester to take his back!
Winchester tries to roll but The Rain Man sticks to his back.
The Rain Man biding his time, controlling Winchester.
Winchester is in bad spot here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winchester prevents The Rain Man from getting a body triangle.
Winchester tries to break free.
Winchester tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
The Rain Man takes Winchester's back, avoiding a couple of desperation strikes from the bottom.
The Rain Man biding his time, looking for the opening.
The Rain Man's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Eddie The Rain Man just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Winchester gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and The Rain Man counters with a two punch combo.
Eddie The Rain Man has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of David Winchester.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Rain Man closes the distance and lands a one-two.
The Rain Man throws a series of punches but Winchester avoids them all with ease.
The Rain Man fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Winchester.
The Rain Man looks to land a combination but Winchester avoids it well.
The Rain Man stalks Winchester and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Winchester's face. Winchester staggers backwards, shaken.
The Rain Man lands a head kick. Winchester smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
The Rain Man tries to clinch up

and Winchester counters with a nice double leg into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Rain Man wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The Rain Man wants to stand and escape but Winchester is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eddie The Rain Man dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Winchester with a lazy takedown attempt
and The Rain Man counters with a series of strikes. Winchester will be more careful next time no doubt.
Winchester fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
A nice combination there by The Rain Man.
The Rain Man throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Winchester's waist but Winchester gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing The Rain Man off to one side.
The Rain Man has a takedown stuffed.
Winchester shoots and misses

and The Rain Man counters with a single leg into guard. Winchester didn't expect that.
Eddie The Rain Man has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of David Winchester.
Winchester throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Winchester can't keep his opponent in guard - The Rain Man advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
The Rain Man looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
The Rain Man passes to full mount!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The Rain Man wants to control the pace but Winchester is squirming around nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Winchester flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Winchester tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Winchester throwing hammer fists to the chest of The Rain Man. What's that going to do exactly?
Winchester flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
The Rain Man looking to control and managing it successfully.
Winchester takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's two 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.
Winchester has given up his back. Will we see The Rain Man going for some submissions?
Winchester is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
The Rain Man trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Winchester doesn't escape.
Winchester tries to break free.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
Winchester is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
The Rain Man really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Winchester.
David Winchester has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
You can see the frustration on Winchester's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
The Rain Man just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
Winchester is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Eddie The Rain Man overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

The Rain Man is working for the choke. I would put my money on him to finish from this position. He's rolled onto his back and has dragged Winchester with him. Winchester is trying to defend but The Rain Man has an arm under the chin now! Winchester grimaces and is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Eddie The Rain Man!