PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jari Joutsen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Winters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jari Joutsen has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Joutsen
vs
Winters

189 cm
25
223 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

200 cm
18
255 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

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 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jari Joutsen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jack Winters!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Peter Branson and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Winters feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Winters is working Joutsen over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Winters trying to control but Joutsen is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Winters's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Winters trying to control but Joutsen is working from the bottom.
Joutsen pulls Winters in to control the position.
Joutsen looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Winters is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joutsen wants to stand up but Winters is controlling him.
Winters trying to control the position from guard on top but Joutsen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joutsen throws out a loose jab but Winters uses good head movement to avoid it.
Joutsen definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Joutsen throws an overhand right that lands on Winters's shoulder, as Winters tries to avoid the shot.
Joutsen takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Joutsen displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

It looks like Jack Winters has been cut.
Joutsen looks to land a right hand but Winters moved out of range.
Joutsen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Winters moves away from the strike by Joutsen.
Winters tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Joutsen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Winters drops his hands momentarily and Joutsen takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Winters's coach down at KING OF PAIN was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Winters's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Joutsen throws out a powerful jab.
Joutsen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Joutsen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Winters sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nice defenses there by Winters.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Joutsen lands with a straight right. Winters didn't see that one coming.
Winters has a takedown stuffed.
Joutsen is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joutsen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Winters sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A swing and a miss from Joutsen.
Winters avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Winters gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Joutsen gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jari Joutsen!