PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hery Rabemananjara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Winters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Winters's choice of entrance music: US Army - We Are Soldiers. Richard Winters has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Rabemananjara
vs
Winters

182 cm
26
205 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

185 cm
26
189 lbs
4 - 6 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

Highland Clothing

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 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Hery Rabemananjara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Richard Winters!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Peter Branson and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Winters misses the body punch
and Rabemananjara counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Winters keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A lazy left from Winters finds it's target.
Winters scores with a body shot.
A jab from Winters finds it's way through Rabemananjara's defenses.
Winters throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rabemananjara sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Rabemananjara forces Winters back against the cage and clinches.
Rabemananjara stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Rabemananjara lands with a light punch inside.
Nice body punch from Winters.
Rabemananjara holding his opponent close, against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Winters tries to break the clinch but Rabemananjara is controlling the position.
Rabemananjara digs a right hand underneath Winters's ribcage. Winters let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Winters misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rabemananjara tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rabemananjara.
Winters wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Winters has a couple of punches blocked by Rabemananjara.
Rabemananjara stalling against the cage.
Rabemananjara wants to stall.
Rabemananjara is stalling here.
Winters tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rabemananjara stalling.
Winters letting Rabemananjara take a breather here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Hery Rabemananjara.
Winters tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rabemananjara was well out of range. Poor timing from Winters.
Winters scores with a punch to the head.
Rabemananjara looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Winters dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Richard Winters seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice defenses there by Rabemananjara.
As Winters tries to get set, Rabemananjara tries to push him back and clinch up but Winters manages to avoid the attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice combination there by Winters.
A swing and a miss from Winters.
Rabemananjara throwing a counter right hand but Winters manages to avoid it.
A jab from Winters misses.
Rabemananjara tries to counter by clinching up but Winters breaks away and moves out of range.
Winters misses with a series of wild punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Winters missing with a left hand there. Rabemananjara was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rabemananjara wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Winters misses with a combination
and Rabemananjara connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Rabemananjara moves into the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Rabemananjara.
Rabemananjara lands with a short shot to the head.
Rabemananjara digs a right hand underneath Winters's ribcage. Winters let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Rabemananjara.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A short right from Rabemananjara.
Rabemananjara lands a shot to the body.
Rabemananjara content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Rabemananjara content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Winters letting Rabemananjara take a breather here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Hery Rabemananjara.
Winters throws a jab when Rabemananjara was well out of range.
Winters swings away with a body shot that misses
and Rabemananjara counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

It looks like Richard Winters has been cut.
Winters misses with a double jab
enabling Rabemananjara to counter with a crisp jab.
Winters rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Rabemananjara to counter with a crisp jab.

Winters is rocked!
Rabemananjara lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Winters falls backwards - clearly groggy! Rabemananjara dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hery Rabemananjara!
After the fight, Hery Rabemananjara was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.