PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Roc Le Phat (ranked 1540 p4p, 814 weight class) and Harry Winks (ranked 227 p4p, 117 weight class). Le Phat comes to the cage accompanied by Bonita Applebum. Roc Le Phat has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Le Phat
vs
Winks

189 cm
30
185
17 - 14 - 0

185 cm
27
185
6 - 2 - 2

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Vegan Gains

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Roc Le Phat!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Harry Winks!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Tiny Johnson and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Le Phat jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Winks lands with a thumping leg kick.
Winks slips a jab and a cross from Le Phat.
Le Phat takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

It looks like Roc Le Phat has been cut.
Winks with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Winks jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Winks wants to slow Le Phat down by chopping away at his legs.
Le Phat is looking to counter punch.
Le Phat misses with a double jab
and Winks connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Le Phat misses with a hook
and Winks counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Winks circles away from the clinch attempt.
Le Phat backing away here, and Winks unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Winks throws a hook to the side of Le Phat's head but Le Phat sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
It looked like Le Phat was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Winks scores with a nice head shot.
Le Phat pulls out of a head kick attempt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Le Phat throws a left and a right that both miss

and Winks counters by clinching up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Winks pushes Le Phat back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Le Phat just misses with a elbow thrown towards Winks's brow.
Winks tries to score a body lock takedown but Le Phat shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

Winks manages to break the clinch.
Winks lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Le Phat takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Le Phat keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Le Phat swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Winks counters with a takedown into side control.
Le Phat is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Winks has just dragged him back down to the mat.

Winks is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Le Phat is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Winks is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Le Phat is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Le Phat sneaks back into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Winks 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.
Le Phat is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Winks's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Winks's back!

Le Phat is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Winks has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Winks trying to control the hands but Le Phat breaks the grip.
Winks is keeping busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Le Phat is looking for the choke from the back position but Winks is controlling his hands well.
Winks just trying to survive but Le Phat is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.

Le Phat is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
Le Phat cracks Winks with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Winks from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
Le Phat throwing sloppy strikes.
Le Phat wants to control but Winks is keeping busy.

Le Phat is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Winks just trying to survive but Le Phat is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Winks looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le Phat trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Le Phat doesn't have the hooks in and Winks manages to turn into his guard.
Winks trying to control but Le Phat is working from the bottom.
Le Phat can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Winks controls the pace.

Le Phat had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Winks defends it easily.
Winks trying to control but Le Phat is working from the bottom.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Harry Winks dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Roc Le Phat's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Winks goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Winks misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Winks throws a poor cross that misses
and Le Phat counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

It looks like Harry Winks has been cut.
Le Phat tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Winks is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Le Phat with a body shot.
Winks moves out of range of the strikes.
Winks keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Le Phat.
Winks flicks out a counter leg kick but Le Phat steps away.
A big left from Le Phat misses.
Winks digs a good body shot into Le Phat's ribs.
A big left from Winks misses.
A little feinted left hand from Le Phat on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Le Phat throws a jab when Winks was well out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Winks keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The fighters circling - Winks throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Le Phat swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Winks throws a lazy uppercut
and Le Phat counters with a nice uppercut.
Winks misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Winks drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Harry Winks seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Winks connects with a crisp jab.
A nice inside leg kick there by Winks. That's going to slow Le Phat down.
Harry Winks seems to be getting the better of the standup.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Le Phat misses with a punch to the body.
Le Phat tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Winks lands with a left to the head.
Le Phat is pressed up against the cage. Winks has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Le Phat down to the mat. Le Phat avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Le Phat takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Winks rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Le Phat connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Le Phat feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Winkss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Winks circles away from the clinch attempt.
Winks walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Le Phat checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Winks tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Le Phat swivels and escapes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Winks.
Winks throws a right hand that misses

and Le Phat counters with a right hand that sends Winks tumbling to the canvas! Can Le Phat finish him? He dives into Winks's guard looking to do just that!

Winks is rocked!
Le Phat controls from within his opponent's guard.
Winks is still in real trouble! Can Le Phat finish him?
Winks keeping moving, preventing Le Phat from controlling successfully.
Le Phat wants to stand but Winks is controlling his posture from full guard.
Le Phat advances to half guard.

Winks looking for submissions off his back.

Le Phat seems to be working for a kimura but Winks defends the submission attempt.
Le Phat takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Le Phat keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Winks seems to have recovered his senses.

Le Phat is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Winks wants to control the action here but instead Le Phat manages to pass to full mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winks is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Le Phat lands with some strikes.
Le Phat tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Le Phat avoids the attempt from Winks to control.
Le Phat scoring with strikes but Winks is staying in there.
Winks tries to hold on but Le Phat postures up.
We've been hearing that Le Phat has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Winks is desperately trying to improve his position but Le Phat has a good base and remains in mount.
Roc Le Phat overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Le Phat with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Le Phat fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Winks really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Le Phat postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Winks looks a forlorn figure.
Le Phat lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Le Phat lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Le Phat with shots to the head and body - Winks looks very uncomfortable down there.
Winks tries to hold on but Le Phat postures up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Roc Le Phat dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Winks walks into a picture perfect straight right hand from Le Phat! He's gone down face first to the canvas, unconscious before he even hit the floor! Ohhhh. My. Goodness! That boys and girls was a beautiful knockout! Give that man a biscuit!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Roc Le Phat!
Roc Le Phat 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.