PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Coke Montana (ranked 3906 p4p, 469 weight class) and Artem Winger (ranked 3051 p4p, 387 weight class). On his way into the ring it seems that Coke Montana has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Coke Montana seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Montana
vs
Winger

190 cm
36
209 lbs
21 - 11 - 0

180 cm
38
221 lbs
22 - 20 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Powerful

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 21 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Coke Montana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Artem Winger!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Matti Vanhoillinen and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Montana dives in for a single leg takedown but Winger sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the ropes.
Winger throws an overhand right that lands on Montana's shoulder, as Montana tries to avoid the shot.
Montana moves away from the strike by Winger.
Winger fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
As Winger looks to move away, Montana throws a big counter combo but Winger just gets out of the way.
Winger scores with a sloppy right hand. Montana should have avoided that one.
Winger plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

It looks like Coke Montana has been cut.
Winger throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Winger throws a jab when Montana was well out of range.

Winger tries to keep at a distance but Montana has taken the fight into the clinch.
Winger misses with a hook from the clinch.

Montana pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Winger keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Montana tries to bum rush Winger with a series of wild strikes but Winger uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Montana defending well as Winger loads up on a big left hand.
Montana fails with the takedown.
Winger has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Montana throws a right and a left that Winger avoids nicely.
Montana scores with a one two! Winger had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Winger swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Montana attempts a counter takedown but Winger avoids it well and moves away.
Montana takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Montana is breathing heavily.
Winger moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Coke Montana seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab from Winger misses.
Winger looks to land a combination but Montana avoids it well.
Montana misses with a series of wild punches.
Winger fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Montana manages to avoid it.
It looked like Montana was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Winger throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A head kick misses from Winger.
Montana takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Montana tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Winger defends well and Montana ends up having to push Winger into the ropes where they will battle it out in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Coke Montana. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Montana gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A telegraphed right hand from Winger misses the target.
Winger swats away the attempt to clinch by Montana.
Winger throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Montana takes the fight into the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Winger.
Montana blocks a body shot from Winger.

Montana escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Winger circles away from the clinch attempt.
A telegraphed right hand from Montana misses the target.
Montana moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromWinger.
Montana misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Montana fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Winger avoids it really well and circles away.
Winger throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Montana slips under a jab from Winger.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Montana staying out of range there.
Winger misses with a straight right.
Winger tests Montana's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Montana uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Winger.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Artem Winger dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Coke Montana's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A jab from Winger misses.
Winger has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Montana slips a straight right by Winger.
Montana looks to clinch
and Winger cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Winger misses the jab.
Montana throws a right and a left that both miss.
Winger dodges the punch combination from Montana.
Artem Winger seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Montana throws a series of punches but Winger moves out of range.
Montana throws a sloppy head kick and Winger moves out of range easily.
Montana walks into a jab.
Winger looks to score with a jab to the body but Montana is just out of range.
Winger digs a good body shot into Montana's ribs.
Winger's corner calls for a 1-2. Winger obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Montana tries to land a leg kick but Winger saw it coming and moves away.
Winger throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Winger cracks Montana with a hook to the temple - Montana is on wobbly legs here! Winger swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Montana falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Winger wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Artem Winger!
Artem Winger 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.