PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Benny Winkler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bjarno Lackenmeier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Benny Winkler has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Winkler
vs
Lackenmeier

205 cm
33
277 lbs
14 - 5 - 1

188 cm
39
243 lbs
18 - 10 - 1

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Powerful

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 14 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Benny Winkler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 10 - 1, fighting out of London, Bjarno Lackenmeier!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Chris Saunders and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Winkler circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lackenmeier tries to close the distance and clinch up but Winkler swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Lackenmeier closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Lackenmeier leaning against his opponent.
Winkler lands with a right to the head.
Lackenmeier tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lackenmeier content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Lackenmeier connects with a nasty looking knee right to Winkler's face.
Lackenmeier lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Benny Winkler has been cut.
Winkler manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Winkler escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Lackenmeier moves into the clinch.
Lackenmeier tries to land a knee to the head but Winkler blocks with his arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lackenmeier lands an elbow just above Winkler 's eye.
Lackenmeier stalling against the cage.
Winkler working hard to break the clinch.
Winkler blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lackenmeier throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Winkler blocks it with crossed arms.
Lackenmeier tries to land knees in the clinch but Winkler avoids the damage to the body.
Lackenmeier fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lackenmeier taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Lackenmeier just misses with a elbow thrown towards Winkler's brow.
Winkler managing to block the knees to the body from Lackenmeier.
Lackenmeier stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

Winkler breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lackenmeier takes a jab right on the kisser.
Lackenmeier tries to clinch up but Winkler circles away and keeps his distance.
Winkler connects with a crisp jab.
Winkler comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Winkler throws an overhand right that lands on Lackenmeier's shoulder, as Lackenmeier tries to avoid the shot.
Lackenmeier throws out a counter right but Winkler avoids it with no problem.
We've been informed that Lackenmeier has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Winkler digs a good hook to Lackenmeier's body.
Winkler lands a jab to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lackenmeier tries to clinch there but Winkler circles away.
Winkler throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Lackenmeier moves into the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Lackenmeier.
Lackenmeier unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Lackenmeier working aggressively here.
Winkler managing to block the knees to the body from Lackenmeier.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winkler blocks the elbow strike.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Winkler manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Lackenmeier stalls.
Lackenmeier stalling in the clinch.
Winkler tries to circle away but Lackenmeier has him pinned against the cage.

Winkler breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Winkler lands with a good body shot.
Winkler swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Winkler fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Lackenmeier on the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Winkler swats away the attempt to clinch by Lackenmeier.
Good standup being displayed there by Winkler as he connects with a hook.
Lackenmeier fails in his attempt to clinch.
Winkler is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Lackenmeier tries to close the distance and clinch but Winkler swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Winkler missing with a left hand there. Lackenmeier was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lackenmeier gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Lackenmeier wants to clinch up but Winkler keeps it at a distance.
Winkler is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Lackenmeier tries to clinch but Winkler moves out of range.
Winkler getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Lackenmeier moves to clinch but Winkler breaks away
letting Winkler counter with a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Winkler swats away the attempt to clinch by Lackenmeier.
Winkler avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Benny Winkler dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Benny Winkler's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

The fighters circling - Winkler throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Lackenmeier clinches.
Winkler tries to break free but Lackenmeier pushes him back against the cage.
Winkler on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lackenmeier tries a body shot but Winkler blocks it.
Lackenmeier landing knees to the head.

Winkler breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lackenmeier tries to clinch but Winkler moves out of range.
Lackenmeier moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Winkler scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lackenmeier tries to clinch up
and Winkler counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Lackenmeier fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lackenmeier tries to clinch up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Winkler swings for the body but Lackenmeier moves out of range.
Lackenmeier tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Winkler cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Lackenmeier moves into range and clinches up with Winkler.
Winkler lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Lackenmeier tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Lackenmeier.
Lackenmeier is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Winkler is defending well for now.

Winkler breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Lackenmeier in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Lackenmeier wants to clinch
and Winkler counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Lackenmeier moves in looking to clinch but Winkler pushes him off.
Winkler stuns Lackenmeier with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lackenmeier tries to clinch but Winkler moves away
and Winkler counters with a nice uppercut.
Winkler swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Winkler fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lackenmeier manages to avoid it.
Lackenmeier fails in his attempt to clinch.
Winkler circles away from the clinch attempt.
Winkler is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lackenmeier can do to turn this around?

Lackenmeier clinches with his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lackenmeier effectively controlling the action here.
Nice elbow from Lackenmeier.
Winkler taking a breather.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Lackenmeier keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Winkler's efforts to push away.
Winkler swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lackenmeier dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Winkler avoids a wild elbow strike from Lackenmeier.
Lackenmeier keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Winkler's efforts to push away.
Winkler avoiding damage as Lackenmeier throws knees to the body.
Winkler blocks an elbow strike.
Winkler wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lackenmeier lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Lackenmeier trying to stall but Winkler improves his position.

Winkler breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lackenmeier doesn't manage to clinch there - Winkler circles away.
An attempted straight right counter from Winkler misses the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Winkler lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Lackenmeier at a distance.
Winkler circles away from the clinch attempt.
Winkler takes a swing at Lackenmeier's ribcage but misses.
Lackenmeier is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

Lackenmeier closes the distance and clinches.

Winkler escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Lackenmeier has closed the distance and engaged Winkler in a clinch.
Winkler is trying to force a seperation but Lackenmeier has the dominant position.
Lackenmeier has Winkler pressed against the cage, preventing Winkler from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Lackenmeier prevents Winkler from breaking the clinch.
Lackenmeier tries to land knees in the clinch but Winkler avoids the damage to the body.
Lackenmeier has Winkler pressed against the cage, preventing Winkler from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Lackenmeier throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lackenmeier.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Benny Winkler dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Benny Winkler's cut.
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. And we move into the final round!

Winkler jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Lackenmeier ducks right into an uppercut from Winkler.
Winkler throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A looping hook to the body misses from Winkler. Lackenmeier does a little dance to reset his feet.

Lackenmeier closes the distance and pushes Winkler back into the cage.
Winkler takes a knee to the side of the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Lackenmeier throws an elbow but misses.
Winkler on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lackenmeier is pushing Winkler up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Winkler is trying to break free.
Lackenmeier trying to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lackenmeier misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Winkler.

Winkler manages to break the clinch.
Lackenmeier wants to clinch.
Lackenmeier tries to clinch but Winkler moves out of range.
A counter left hand to the body from Winkler misses its target.
Lackenmeier walks into a straight right hand from Winkler.

Lackenmeier fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Winkler, pushing him back against the cage.
Lackenmeier blocks an uppercut.
Lackenmeier avoiding damage.
Winkler takes a knee to the side of the body.
Winkler being controlled against the cage.
Lackenmeier misses with an elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lackenmeier leaning against his opponent.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Lackenmeier takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

Winkler breaks the clinch.

Lackenmeier takes the fight into the clinch.
Lackenmeier is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Lackenmeier creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Winkler's defenses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winkler blocks an elbow strike from Lackenmeier.
Lackenmeier is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Winkler is defending well for now.
Lackenmeier keeps control of Winkler as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Winkler avoiding damage as Lackenmeier throws knees to the body.
Lackenmeier letting Winkler take a breather here.
Lackenmeier prevents Winkler from breaking the clinch.
Lackenmeier goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bjarno Lackenmeier has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Winkler blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Lackenmeier misses with a knee to the head.
Lackenmeier misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lackenmeier stalling in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lackenmeier lands a body punch.
Lackenmeier pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Lackenmeier tries a knee to the head but Winkler blocks it.
Winkler tries to break the clinch but Lackenmeier is controlling the position.
Winkler avoiding damage as Lackenmeier throws knees to the body.
Winkler managing to block the knees to the body from Lackenmeier.
Lackenmeier is looking to control Winkler's arms but Winkler gets an underhook and turns him. Now Lackenmeier has his back to the cage.
Winkler blocks a body shot from Lackenmeier.

Winkler breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Winkler lands with a cross.
Winkler misses with a hook. Lackenmeier ducked under it nicely.
Lackenmeier moves in looking to clinch but Winkler pushes him off.
Benny Winkler is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Winkler fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bjarno Lackenmeier comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Winkler 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 Colin Fray scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Benny Winkler!