PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dallas Winston (ranked 1836 p4p, 218 weight class) and Great Tiger (ranked 1749 p4p, 207 weight class). Dallas Winston had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Winston
vs
Tiger

178 cm
28
165 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

172 cm
20
150 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Woodshins' Ship

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 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dallas Winston!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Great Tiger!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Jeff Smith and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Winston misses with a straight right.
Tiger connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Winston's hands.
Winston throws a big shot that misses.
Tiger has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Winston is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Winston misses with a right hand
letting Tiger counter with a right hand.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Tiger - that will leave a mark!
Tiger pushes Winston away with a front kick.
Tiger fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Winston steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tiger.
A slow jab from Winston misses its intended target.
Tiger throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Winston counter with a right hand.
Tiger with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Winston throws a big shot that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Winston misses with a straight left.
It seemed like Tiger was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Winston looks to throw the jab but Tiger is out of range.
Tiger scores with a kick to the midsection.
Tiger takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Winston on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Winston misses the jab.
Great Tiger seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Winston dips to his left and cracks Tiger with an uppercut!
Tiger tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Winston cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Winston scores with the left hand. Tiger knows he should have avoided that one.
Winston ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tiger moves away.
Winston fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tiger manages to avoid it.
Tiger tries to clinch but Winston moves out of range.
Tiger lands a front kick.
Winston throws a lazy right hand but Tiger sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tiger lands a lovely overhand right.
Winston is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Winston jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Some wild striking there from Tiger.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Winston connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Winston throws a series of punches but Tiger avoids them all with ease.
Tiger replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Winston blocks it well.
Winston steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Tiger. That one must have hurt.
Winston misses with a double jab.
Winston throws a shot from downtown. Tiger moves away and avoids it.
Tiger throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

Tiger moves into the clinch successfully.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tiger.
Winston will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Winston throws a punch but it's blocked by Tiger.
A right hand to the body from Winston.
Tiger misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tiger misses with a punch to the body.
Tiger's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Winston misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tiger misses with a punch to the body.
Still in the clinch, Winston scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tiger lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Winston swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tiger scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tiger blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tiger lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Winston tries to break free but Tiger pushes him back against the cage.
Tiger misses with a punch to the body.
Tiger lands a hook that snaps the head of Winston backwards.
Tiger displaying some good clinch control by pressing Winston up against the cage.
Winston wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tiger has him pressed against the cage.
Tiger blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tiger pushes Winston back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Winston wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tiger has him pressed against the cage.
Tiger lands a hook that snaps the head of Winston backwards.
Tiger digs a right hand into Winston's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Winston's gas tank.

Winston breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Winston tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tiger was well out of range. Poor timing from Winston.
Winston walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Nice defenses there by Tiger.
A slapping leg kick lands for Tiger.
Tiger throws the kick towards the body but Winston avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tiger avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Winston takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Winston throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Tiger counters with a stiff right hand.
Tiger throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Winston misses with a lunging right hand
and Tiger counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The fighters circling - Winston throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tiger pushes Winston away with a front kick.
Winston is breathing heavily.
Tiger cracks a nice hook into Winston's ribs.
Winston takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

Tiger clinches with his opponent.
Tiger lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Winston takes a shot to the head.
Tiger blocks an uppercut.
Winston struggles to land a body shot inside as Tiger controls his hands.
Nice body punch from Winston.
Still in the clinch, Tiger scores with a nice short uppercut.
Winston throws a head punch that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Great Tiger dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Tiger lands a jab to the nose.
A slapping body kick lands there for Tiger.
A slow jab from Winston misses its intended target.

Tiger moves into the clinch.
Winston tries to throw a body punch but Tiger avoids it by throwing Winston back against the cage.
Winston has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Winston lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tiger backwards.
Tiger blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tiger lands a nice uppercut.
Tiger blocking some punches.
Tiger throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Winstons head.

Winston escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Winston on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tiger. Tiger obviously looking to wear him down.
Tiger steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Winston.
Winston rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Tiger counters with an outside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tiger tries to clinch up.
An attempted straight right counter from Winston misses the target.
Tiger moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Winston misses with a right hand
and Tiger counters with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crunch! Tiger slams his shin into Winston's torso.
Winston looks to score with a jab to the body but Tiger is just out of range.
Tiger lands a nice shot that snaps Winston's head back.
A combination from Winston does no damage.
Tiger dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Winston. That did some damage!
Tiger lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Tiger lands a jab.

Winston is rocked!
Winston misses with an uppercut.
Oh Winston is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Winston gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Tiger uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Winston.
Tiger appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Tiger has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Winston throws a sloppy body shot
and Tiger counters with a straight right hand.
Tiger circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Winston to the canvas! Winston doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Tiger keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Great Tiger!
A very excited looking Great Tiger made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
Dallas Winston spoke after the fight, saying 'Fuck it'.