PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Fee Cees (ranked 4514 p4p, 4377 weight class) and Tounry Winner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Cees
vs
Winner

165 cm
23
155
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
24
155
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Inexperienced

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Granite chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Fee Cees!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tounry Winner!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Valeri Chadov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cees closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Cees lands in his opponent's guard.
Cees throws a big right hand that misses.
Cees looking to sit in guard and control but Winner gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Winner is stalling in the full guard.
Cees is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Winner loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Winner has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Winner looking to pass the guard.

Cees looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Winner sitting in guard here, content to control.
Winner passes Cees's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Winner is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Winner wants to pass the guard but Cees is defending well.
Winner throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Winner working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Cees knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Winner on the ground.
Winner lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Winner thows a huge punch but Cees dodges it nicely.

Winner looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cees wants to control but Winner is keeping busy.
Cees is not content to let Winner control the position.
Winner looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Cees is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Winner scores with a couple of nice shots.
Winner wants to pass to mount but Cees is defending the position.
Winner is keen to just control but Cees is a slippery customer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winner missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Winner looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Cees with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Cees has hold of Winner's hands but Winner slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Winner trying to control from half guard but Cees is working away.
Winner is stalling here. Cees is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Winner seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Cees has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Winner tries to buck Cees off but Cees is having none of it.

Cees is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Winner has escaped the position, nice work there.
Winner gets back to half guard.
Winner slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Winner bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Cees's guard.

Winner trying to control the position from guard on top but Cees is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Winner content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Winner is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Winner wants to control from the top but Cees keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Winner postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Cees keeping full guard, as Winner tries to pass.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Winner postures up and lands a big shot to Cees's brow.
Cees keeping moving, preventing Winner from controlling successfully.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tounry Winner dominated that round.
That's time! Cees's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Cees scores with a takedown into Winner's guard.
Winner tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cees is looking to stand up but Winner won't let him.
Cees working some strikes from top position.

Winner looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Winner looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Cees has picked Winner up and slammed him! Winner can't keep hold of the triangle and Cees manages to pass to side control!
Winner regains half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Winner is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Winner is trying to control but can't.
Nice strikes from Cees there.
Winner gets full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Winner looking for a sweep. Not yet Winner, not yet.
Winner has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Cees drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Cees jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Winner looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Winner trying to keep a closed guard but Cees is proving a slippery customer.
Cees stopping the sweep attempt from Winner.
Winner striking off his back but it's not causing Cees any problems.
Cees trying to control the position from guard on top but Winner is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cees passes into half guard.
Cees thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Winner gets full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Winner looking to hit a scissor sweep but Cees is one step ahead there.
Cees in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Winner controls Cees momentarily but Cees frees himself.
Winner looking for a sweep. Not yet Winner, not yet.
Winner controlling Cees's posture.
Cees engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Cees closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Winner's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cees won't allow Winner to sweep him here.
Winner bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Cees's guard.

Winner stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Cees swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Winner in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Winner not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Winner trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Cees keeping moving, preventing Winner from controlling successfully.
Winner advances to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Winner missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Winner lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Winner scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Cees is refusing to be controlled, as Winner sits in half guard.
Cees wants to control but Winner is keeping busy.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Winner throwing shots but Cees is blocking nicely.
Winner works his foot free and advances to mount.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Winner trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Winner controlling from the full mount.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Tounry Winner will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Winner gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Cees to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Cees has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Winner working a defensive guard here.
Winner looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Winner is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Cees is aware though and is defending well.
Winner bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Cees's guard.

We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Winner stays in close to Cees's body and controls the position.
Winner wants to control from the top but Cees keeps moving.
Winner throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Cees works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cees looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Winner passes into side control.
Cees takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
The ground and pound from Winner seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Check out the look on Winner's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
The strikes coming from Winner are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Winner trying to control the action but Cees is working from the bottom.
Winner connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Cees some visible discomfort.
Winner throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Winner wants to take a breather but Cees manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Winner.
Winner wants to pass the guard but Cees is keeping the position.
Winner loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Winner wants to pass the guard but Cees is keeping the position.

Winner is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Cees looking to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winner stands up over Cees, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Cees keeping moving, preventing Winner from controlling successfully.
Winner might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Cees haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Winner stands and throws Cees's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Winner looks up at the clock and then as Cees takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Winner smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Winner trying to control the action but Cees is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Winner takes a little break here. Cees wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Cees takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

Winner working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Winner is chipping away with strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tounry Winner comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Winner has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Illya Tyunina scores the fight for Tounry Winner!
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight for Tounry Winner!
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight for Tounry Winner!

Tounry Winner wins by unanimous decision!