PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lil Soulman (ranked 7592 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jules Winfield (ranked 2701 p4p, 376 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Winfield's choice of entrance music: Pulp Fiction Theme. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Soulman
vs
Winfield

190 cm
18
205 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

189 cm
37
215 lbs
23 - 11 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lil Soulman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jules Winfield!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Johanna Lukiainen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Soulman gets caught flat footed, as Winfield shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Winfield's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Winfield keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Soulman's head.
Winfield preventing the sweep.
Winfield throws a big elbow that misses.
Winfield throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Soulman works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Soulman trying to control the position.
Winfield throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Winfield cracks Soulman with a solid left hand.
Winfield postures up and lands a big shot to Soulman's brow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Winfield missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Winfield not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Winfield lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Winfield is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
It looks like Winfield might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Winfield working some strikes from top position.
Winfield is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Soulman looking to control.
Winfield is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Winfield missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Winfield postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Winfield distracts Soulman with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Winfield is working Soulman over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Soulman knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Winfield on the ground.
Soulman seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Soulman is breathing heavily.
Winfield lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Soulman is rocked!
Winfield loads up on a big left hand. Soulman felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Winfield looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Soulman can't hide his disappointment, as Winfield celebrates the victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jules Winfield!
Jules Winfield was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.