PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dallas Winston (ranked 4311 p4p, 460 weight class) and Joe Baker (ranked 3874 p4p, 430 weight class). Joe Baker has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Winston
vs
Baker

178 cm
27
165 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

178 cm
26
166 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dallas Winston!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joe Baker!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Colin Fotheringham and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Winston scores with a decent looking hook.
Baker ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Baker displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Winston throws out the jab.
Baker tries to close the distance and clinch but Winston swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Baker fails in his attempt to clinch.
A slow jab from Winston misses its intended target.
Baker throws a right hand that misses
enabling Winston to counter with a crisp jab.
Baker tries to clinch up but Winston circles away and keeps his distance.
Baker tries to close the distance and clinch up but Winston swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nice shot lands for Baker.
Winston on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Baker misses with a hook to the body
and Winston counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Winston listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Winston takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Winston bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Baker tries to clinch up.
A little feinted left hand from Winston on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Baker tries to clinch but Winston is having none of it.
Winston scores with a nice right hand.
Winston keeps the fight on the outside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Winston clobbers Baker with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Baker throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Winston connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Baker takes one to the chin there.
Baker wants to clinch up but Winston keeps it at a distance.
Winston looks to land a left hand but Baker moved out of range nicely.
Baker tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling Winston to counter with a crisp jab.
Sloppy strikes from Winston. Those never looked like landing.
Baker tries to close the distance and clinch but Winston swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Baker wants to clinch.
Baker looks to clinch
letting Winston counter with a right hand.
Baker tries to close the distance and clinch up but Winston swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Winston swats away the attempt to clinch by Baker.
Baker gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Winston.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baker throws a jab when Winston was well out of range.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Baker misses with a series of wild punches.
Baker is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Baker wants to clinch up but Winston keeps it at a distance.
Winston scores with a body shot.
Baker closes the distance but Winston moves to the side
and Winston counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
No joy there for Baker, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Baker wants to clinch up but Winston keeps it at a distance.
Winston is looking to counter punch.
Baker is looking to clinch but Winston is avoiding it.
Baker tries to clinch up but Winston circles away and keeps his distance.
Baker displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Winston throws out the jab.
Baker tries to clinch but Winston moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baker is looking to clinch but Winston is avoiding it.
Winston appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Baker needs to keep his hands up - Winston had a free shot at his head there.
Winston misses with a looping left.
Baker tries to clinch but Winston is having none of it.
Winston is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Winston swats away the attempt to clinch by Baker.
Winston avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Baker tries to clinch there but Winston circles away.
Winston jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Winston circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nice jab there from Baker.
Winston lands with an overhand left.
Winston throws a jab but it's blocked by Baker.
Baker fails in his attempt to clinch.
Baker is looking to clinch.
Baker is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Winston.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baker tries to clinch up
and Winston cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Baker is rocked!
Baker ducks into an uppercut from Winston and that's knocked him out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Dallas Winston!
Dallas Winston really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Real Men Supplements logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.