PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rufus Delaware (ranked 6051 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tim Winkle (ranked 5505 p4p, 575 weight class). Tim Winkle is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Delaware
vs
Winkle

180 cm
25
182 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

184 cm
25
174 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rufus Delaware!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tim Winkle!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Robert Douchet and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Winkle is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A punch combination from Delaware misses.
Winkle pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Winkle connects with a body shot that sends Delaware's belly button to the back.
A big left from Delaware misses.
Winkle unleashes a big counter combination but Delaware bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Winkle avoids the head kick by Delaware.
Delaware throws a combination. Winkle tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Delaware throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Winkle counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Delaware tries a head kick but it misses.
Winkle fails with an attempt to clinch.
Delaware misses with a body punch
and Winkle counters with a left to the body.
Delaware moves out of range of the body kick.
Delaware misses with a two punch combination.
Winkle feints the counter takedown.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A bone on bone clash there as Delaware blocks the leg kick.
Winkle throws a head kick but Delaware moves out of range.
Delaware throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Winkle.
Winkle fails with a takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Delaware misses with an uppercut
letting Winkle counter with a right hand.
Winkle avoids a punch combination nicely.
Winkle is looking for the big counter here.
Delaware scores with a jab. Winkle acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Sloppy strikes from Delaware. Those never looked like landing.
Winkle scores with a punch to the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Delaware. Winkle does a little dance to reset his feet.
Delaware lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Winkle circles away quickly and effectively.
Delaware swings for the body but Winkle moves out of range.
Winkle looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Delaware looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A low kick from Delaware misses
and Delaware takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Winkle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Delaware.
Delaware throws a jab when Winkle was well out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Delaware misses with a body punch
and Winkle counters with a three punch combo that has Delaware backing up. Delaware nods at Winkle to acknowledge the strikes.
Delaware fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rufus Delaware seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Delaware waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Winkle.
Delaware lands a two punch combo.
Nice takedown defense from Delaware. No joy for Winkle on that attempt.
Rufus Delaware has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tim Winkle.
Winkle showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Delaware.
Some wild striking there from Delaware.
Winkle will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Delaware throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Winkle drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Delaware, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Delaware misses with a two punch combination.
Delaware misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Delaware misses with a low kick.

Winkle shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Winkle showed some decent athleticism there.
Delaware tries to roll over but Winkle keeps him under control.
Winkle is looking to advance position but Delaware won't allow it.
Delaware manages to get to full guard.

Delaware is looking for a triangle but Winkle pushes his legs off easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Delaware thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.

Winkle avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Delaware is adopting a defensive guard.

Delaware looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Delaware keeping full guard, as Winkle tries to pass.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rufus Delaware dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Winkle takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Winkle tries for a takedown but Delaware sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Delaware went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Winkle tries to clinch up.
Delaware misses with an uppercut. Winkle saw that one coming.
Delaware tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Winkle was well out of range. Poor timing from Delaware.
Delaware throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Winkle decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Delaware's guard.

Delaware has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Winkle is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Delaware lands with a light punch inside.
Winkle looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Winkle blocks an elbow strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Delaware tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Winkle fails to pull guard.

Delaware breaks from the clinch.
Delaware swinging wildly here.
Winkle with the counter takedown but Delaware avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Winkle takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Delaware misses with the combination.
Winkle throws a counter combo.
Delaware swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Delaware misses with a wild combination.
Winkle is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Delaware throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Delaware blocks a head kick by Winkle.
Winkle goes for a double leg but Delaware avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Delaware continues to drive forward.
Rufus Delaware has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tim Winkle.
Winkle is breathing heavily.
Winkle on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
No joy there for Delaware, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Winkle fails with the takedown.
Delaware appears to be looking for a big counter.
Rufus Delaware is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Delaware lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Delaware misses with the combination.
Delaware lands a leg kick that knocks Winkle off balance momentarily.
Delaware scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Delaware fails to land with a series of punches.
Delaware is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Winkle can do to turn this around?
Delaware bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Winkle's head backwards.
Delaware misses with a two punch combination.
Winkle looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Delaware is fending him off so far but Winkle persists. Nope, Delaware circles away and we're back to standing.
Delaware lands a leg kick that knocks Winkle off balance momentarily.
Delaware lands with a nice body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Delaware swings away with a body shot that misses
and Winkle counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Some wild striking there from Delaware.
Winkle darts in looking for a takedown but Delaware gets double underhooks and turns Winkle into the cage.
Winkle dives in for a single leg takedown but Delaware sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Rufus Delaware is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Delaware fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Delaware misses with a jab, cross combination.
A good leg kick by Delaware.
Winkle chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Delaware can pounce on him.
A right-left combo lands from Delaware.
Delaware tries to bum rush Winkle with a series of wild strikes but Winkle uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Winkle changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Winkle tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Delaware manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Delaware misses with a two punch combination.
Winkle avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Delaware throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Delaware dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Winkle. That did some damage!
Delaware misses with a wild combination.

Winkle drives through with a takedown into Delaware's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Delaware trying to control the position.
Delaware tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Delaware had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Winkle defends it easily.
Winkle wants to control from the top but Delaware keeps moving.

Delaware working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Winkle doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Winkle manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rufus Delaware dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Winkle will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Delaware throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Delaware throws a right and a left that Winkle avoids nicely.
Winkle is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Delaware misses with a wild combination.
And Winkle tries to counter it with a takedown but Delaware pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Delaware swats away the attempt to clinch by Winkle.
Delaware tries a head kick but it misses.
Rufus Delaware is winning the standup battle so far.
Delaware throws a leg kick

and Winkle counters with a shoot takedown. Delaware fights it but they end up in guard.
Delaware looking for a sweep. Not yet Delaware, not yet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Winkle seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Tim Winkle has got the better of the ground game so far.
Winkle would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Winkle trying to control the position from guard on top but Delaware is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Delaware trying to strike off his back.
Delaware trying to strike off his back.
Winkle not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Delaware trying to control the position.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Delaware trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Winkle shoots in looking for a takedown but Delaware manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Winkle's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Delaware throws a left and a right that both miss

and Winkle counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Delaware will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Delaware pulls Winkle in close to prevent any damage.
Delaware is trying to keep Winkle in close.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Delaware is looking for a triangle but Winkle pushes his legs off easily.
Winkle passes Delaware's left leg - he's now in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Winkle wants to take a breather but Delaware is having none of it.
It looks like Winkle is going to stand back up.
Delaware is looking to control Winkle's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Delaware avoid being mounted?
Winkle prevents Delaware from improving his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Delaware keeping control of the position.
Delaware manages to get to full guard.
Delaware is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Delaware not landing any meaningful shots this time.

Delaware is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Delaware sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Winkle defending well though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Winkle trying to control but Delaware postures up.
Delaware wants to take a breather but Winkle is having none of it.
Delaware with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Delaware not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Winkle is looking for a sweep. Delaware is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Tim Winkle has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Tim Winkle.
I think Delaware 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 William Peck scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rufus Delaware!