PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sylvester Jolt (ranked 3856 p4p, 25037 weight class) and Giovanny Winters (ranked 196 p4p, 254 weight class). Giovanny Winters has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Sylvester Jolt's chin.

Jolt
vs
Winters

200 cm
26
265
3 - 3 - 0

198 cm
26
265
5 - 9 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Sylvester Jolt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Giovanny Winters!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Percy O'Donnell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Winters tries to clinch up but Jolt circles away and keeps his distance.
Jolt throws a left and a right that both miss
and Winters counters with a straight right hand.
Jolt keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Jolt swats away the attempt to clinch by Winters.
Winters staying out of range there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head kick misses from Winters.
Jolt misses with a straight left.
Winters throws out a counter right but Jolt avoids it with no problem.
Left hook, right uppercut from Jolt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jolt throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Winters throws a jab when Jolt was well out of range.
Jolt misses the jab.
Winters fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Jolt.
Jolt swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Winters doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Winters wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jolt stalks Winters and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Winters's face. Winters staggers backwards, shaken.
Jolt misses with a two punch combination.
Winters appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.

Winters fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Jolt, pushing him back against the cage.

Winters escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Winters throws a right hand that Jolt ducks under and follows up with a left that Jolt also avoids with ease.
Sylvester Jolt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jolt goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Winters clinches with his opponent.
Winters is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Winters tries a body shot but Jolt blocks it.
Winters tries to throw a body punch but Jolt avoids it by throwing Winters back against the cage.
Winters misses with a hook to the ribs.

Winters's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jolt shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Winters! But no joy.
Jolt looks to land a combination but Winters avoids it well.
Winters flicks out a counter leg kick but Jolt steps away.
A lazy left from Jolt finds it's target.
Jolt keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Winters.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jolt lands the left hand.
Jolt scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

Winters has managed to clinch.
Winters tries to throw a body punch but Jolt avoids it by throwing Winters back against the cage.
Winters fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Winters breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Winters checks the leg kick.
Jolt scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jolt misses with a combination
and Winters connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Sylvester Jolt dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Jolt throws a left and a right that both miss
and Winters makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Sylvester Jolt is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jolt throws a left and a right that both miss
and Winters counters with a good low kick that Jolt was not able to check.
Jolt wants to slow Winters down by chopping away at his legs.
Winters only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Winters misses with a straight right.
Winters connects with an inside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jolt. Winters does a little dance to reset his feet.
Winters throws out a counter right but Jolt avoids it with no problem.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Winters takes the fight into the clinch.
Winters doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Winters pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sylvester Jolt is winning the standup battle so far.
Jolt misses the shot to the body.
Jolt throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jolt on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A jab from Jolt finds it's way through Winters's defenses.
Winters showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jolt.
Winters swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Winters misses with a straight left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jolt scores with a sloppy right hand. Winters should have avoided that one.
Jolt tries to bum rush Winters with a series of wild strikes but Winters uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Winters looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Jolt fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Winters checks it well.
Winters throws out a counter right but Jolt avoids it with no problem.
Winters dodges the punch combination from Jolt.
Jolt misses with a low kick.
Jolt takes a swing at Winters's ribcage but misses.
Jab by Winters.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jolt feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Winterss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Jolt swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Winters counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jolt ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Winters moves away.
Winters is looking to score with low kicks.
Jolt throws a hook but Winters blocks it.
Winters looks like he wants to counter punch here.
The crowd cheers as Winters lands an impressive looking overhand right. Jolt doesn't seem phased though.
Jolt throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Winters counters with a nice uppercut.
Jolt misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Winters throws a counter combo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jolt fails to land with a series of punches.
Winters tries a quick counter leg kick but Jolt is wise to it.
Jolt throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Winters looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Jolt keeps the fight on the outside.
Jolt appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Jolt swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
It seemed like Winters was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

Winters gets a clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Jolt pulls guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Jolt scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Winters avoids a punch combination nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Sylvester Jolt dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Jolt throws a combination that misses
and Winters counters with a leg kick.
Winters throws a leg kick but Jolt sees it coming and moves out of range.
Winters is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Jolt.
Jolt pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Winters back to the cage. Jolt follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Jolt is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Winters can do to turn this around?
Jolt tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Winters was well out of range. Poor timing from Jolt.
Winters throws out a counter right but Jolt avoids it with no problem.
Winters tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Jolt manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jolt appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jolt misses with a two punch combination.
Winters throws a fast counter high kick but Jolt manages to duck under it in time.

Winters closes the distance and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Winters misses with some punches.
Winters tries to throw a body punch but Jolt avoids it by throwing Winters back against the cage.
Jolt is trying to pull guard but Winters turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Winters lands a body shot.
Winters misses with some punches.

Winters's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Winters walks into a left hand.
Jolt tries to score with a low kick but Winters moves his leg out of the way.
Jolt throws a series of punches but Winters moves out of range.
Jolt lands a nice looking body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jolt misses with a few strikes there.
Jolt swats away the attempt to clinch by Winters.
Winters throws a looping overhand right but Jolt ducks down to avoid it.
Winters misses with a hook. Jolt ducked under it nicely.

Winters takes the fight into the clinch.
Winters has a couple of punches blocked by Jolt.

Winters manages to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jolt thuds a left hand into Winters's body.
Winters tries to clinch up.
Jolt misses with a series of wild punches.
Winters swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
An inside leg kick lands from Winters.
A big left from Winters misses.

Winters closes the distance and clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Winters lands a body shot in the clinch.
Jolt has Winters pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Winters manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Winters struggles to land a body shot inside as Jolt controls his hands.
Winters lands with a right to the head.
Winters tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Winters breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jolt misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jolt will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Giovanny Winters has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sylvester Jolt is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jolt fails to land with a series of punches.
Winters only half commits to the counter leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Sylvester Jolt.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Jolt, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sylvester Jolt!