PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between James Winkle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pure Genocide (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Winkle
vs
Genocide

180 cm
25
163 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

193 cm
25
161 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, James Winkle !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pure Genocide!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Illya Tyunina and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Genocide fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Winkle stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Genocide.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Genocide.
A good leg kick by Genocide.
Genocide throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Winkle counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Winkle lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Winkle throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Winkle won't allow Genocide to get back to his feet.
Winkle with a flurry of punches that miss.
Winkle in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Winkle might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Winkle distracts Genocide with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Winkle lands a couple of elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Genocide working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Winkle .
Winkle keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Genocide's head.

Genocide is rocked!
Genocide utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Genocide is still in real trouble! Can Winkle finish him?
Winkle content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Genocide wants to get back to his feet but Winkle is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

Winkle thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Genocide seems to have recovered his senses.
Genocide is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Winkle is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Winkle sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Genocide's guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Winkle working the head and body with strikes.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Winkle in particular looking to stall.
Ground and pound from Winkle .
Winkle drops an elbow to the side of Genocide's head.
Winkle missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winkle perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Genocide can do anything to dispel that myth.
Winkle thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Genocide's head.
Winkle looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Genocide with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Genocide avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Winkle .
Winkle 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.
Winkle missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Genocide really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Winkle . If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Winkle is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Winkle sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Winkle pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Winkle softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Genocide is out cold! Winkle jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James Winkle !