PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sam Winchester (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adair Polley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Winchester
vs
Polley

194 cm
20
235 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

195 cm
22
280 lbs
2 - 1 - 1

Good wrestling
Brawler
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Spartan Nutrition

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sam Winchester!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Adair Polley!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Wagner Zegers and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Polley tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Winchester was well out of range. Poor timing from Polley.
Winchester slips a straight right by Polley.
Polley moves into range and connects with a jab.
Polley misses with a wild body shot.
Winchester swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Polley throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Winchester tries to land a front kick but Polley steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Winchester missing with a left hand there. Polley was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Polley misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Winchester.
Polley throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Winchester has managed to clinch.
Winchester tries a knee to the head but Polley blocks it.
Polley is trying to break free.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knees to the body from Winchester.
Polley wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Winchester has a couple of punches blocked by Polley.
Winchester effectively controlling the action here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Polley lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Winchester or not.
Winchester is leaning against Polley and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Winchester throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Polley is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Winchester is stalling here.
Winchester lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
I was talking to Winchester's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Polley.
Polley tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Winchester displaying some good clinch control by pressing Polley up against the cage.
Winchester stalling the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Polley is trying to maintain a safe position but Winchester gets an underhook and turns Polley into the cage.
Winchester tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Polley avoids it.
Winchester leaning against his opponent.
Winchester misses with a knee to the head.
Winchester blocks a body shot from Polley.
Polley is looking to break free of the clinch but Winchester has double underhooks.
A short uppercut from Winchester.
Polley misses with a punch to the body.
Polley misses with a body punch.
Polley on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Polley struggles to land a body shot inside as Winchester controls his hands.
Winchester misses with the head strike.
Winchester keeps control of Polley as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Winchester's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Polley looks to land a left hand but Winchester moved out of range nicely.
Polley tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A punch combination from Winchester misses.

Winchester looking to score a takedown here. Polley is defending well but Winchester drives through and ends up in Polley's guard.
Winchester throwing strikes from guard but Polley blocks nicely.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Winchester's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Polley controls Winchester momentarily but Winchester frees himself.
Winchester in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Polley keeping moving, preventing Winchester from controlling successfully.
Winchester preventing the sweep.
Winchester 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.
Winchester loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Winchester lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Winchester loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Winchester throws a strike but Polley rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Polley trying to control but Winchester is working from the bottom.
Polley controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Winchester trying to control the position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Winchester has closed the distance and engaged Polley in a clinch.
Polley lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Polley blocks an uppercut.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Winchester here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Polley avoiding damage as Winchester throws knees to the body.
Winchester displaying some good clinch control by pressing Polley up against the cage.
Winchester throws an elbow but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Polley manages to break the clinch.
Polley just misses with a punch to the body.
Winchester pushes Polley away with a front kick.
Polley throws a nice outside leg kick.
Polley throws a predictable looking body shot

and Winchester counters with a nice double leg into guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Winchester trying to control the position from guard on top but Polley is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Winchester scoring with some ground and pound.
Polley pulls Winchester in close to prevent any damage.
Winchester in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Winchester content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Winchester passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
Winchester thows a huge punch but Polley dodges it nicely.
Winchester is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Polley can do to turn this around?
Polley on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Winchester wants to lay and pray for a moment but Polley keeps working.
Polley trying to hold on to Winchester's head to control him but Winchester postures up.
Polley has hold of Winchester's hands but Winchester slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Winchester missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Polley taking some punishment here, with Winchester in his half guard.
Winchester lands with a punch from half guard.
Polley blocking the ground and pound attempt from Winchester.
Polley wants to improve his position but Winchester is controlling well.
Polley is trying to control but Winchester manages to pass to mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winchester dominating with strikes here.
Winchester controlling the position easily from mount.
Winchester thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Polley tries to lock up and control but Winchester gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Winchester landing strikes from the mount and Polley is in trouble!
Winchester can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Polley is looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Polley wants to hold on but Winchester pushes him away.
Winchester looking to finish Polley with some ground and pound. This is bad for Polley!
Sam Winchester overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Polley tries to hold on but Winchester postures up.
Winchester dominating with strikes here.
Winchester lands a big shot there that rocks Polley but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

Polley is rocked!
Polley wants to control but Winchester is having none of it.
Polley is still in real trouble! Can Winchester finish him?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Winchester connects with a bit shot that sees Polley covering up! More strikes from Winchester and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Winchester is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sam Winchester!