PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pierre Bienvenueve (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stan Winner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bienvenueve comes to the cage accompanied by Bounty Killer by Depthcharge. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bienvenueve
vs
Winner

182 cm
25
174 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

180 cm
23
176 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pierre Bienvenueve!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Stan Winner!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Igor Prikhodko and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bienvenueve.
Nice body punch from Winner.
A solid leg kick lands there for Winner.
A punch combination from Bienvenueve misses.
Winner scoring well with a low kick there.
Winner swats away the attempt to clinch by Bienvenueve.
Winner scores with a hook.
Bienvenueve thuds a left hand into Winner's body.

Bienvenueve lands a left and a right that send Winner crashing to the mat, dazed. Bienvenueve thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

It looks like Stan Winner has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Bienvenueve clinches up against the cage.
Bienvenueve content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Bienvenueve.
Winner looks gassed!
Bienvenueve stalling in the clinch but Winner improves position.
Winner being controlled against the cage.
Winner wants to stall.
Bienvenueve throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Bienvenueve displaying some good clinch control by pressing Winner up against the cage.
Winner on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bienvenueve takes a shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bienvenueve is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Winner has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Bienvenueve controlling the action here for a moment.
Bienvenueve goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Winner works on Bienvenueve's body with a couple of short punches.
Winner lands a nice shot to the body.
Winner lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Winner pushes Bienvenueve back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Bienvenueve blocks an uppercut.
Bienvenueve is struggling to control the position.
Winner tries to stall but Bienvenueve uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Bienvenueve content to slow the pace in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Pierre Bienvenueve.
Bienvenueve fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Winner ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Bienvenueve sizes up Winner with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Winner showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bienvenueve.
Winner ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bienvenueve looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Winner looks for a takedown but Bienvenueve sprawls well.
Bienvenueve walks into a jab.
Winner lands with an uppercut that bounces Bienvenueve off the cage and back into rage.
Bienvenueve throws a hook but Winner blocks it.
Winner throws a nice inside leg kick.
Winner darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Winner.
Bienvenueve lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Winner circles away quickly and effectively.
A combination from Bienvenueve does no damage.
Winner lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Winner ducks under a wild hook from Bienvenueve.
Bienvenueve swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bienvenueve stalks Winner and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Winner's face. Winner staggers backwards, shaken.
Winner connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bienvenueve pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bienvenueve takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Winner throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winner cracks Bienvenueve with a good jab.
Winner scores with a leg kick.
Bienvenueve tries to close the distance and clinch but Winner swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bienvenueve throws a left and a right that both miss
and Winner counters with a left and a right that stings Bienvenueve.
Bienvenueve swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Winner to counter with a crisp jab.
Bienvenueve takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Winner scores with a kick to the midsection.
Donk. Winner catches Bienvenueve right on the button with a cross.
Winner is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Bienvenueve had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Winner lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Bienvenueve circles away quickly and effectively.
Bienvenueve takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Winner scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bienvenueve doesn't seem bothered though.
Bienvenueve misses with a double jab
and Winner makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Winner connects with a nice looking jab.
A jab from Winner does it's job there.
Winner misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Winner throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bienvenueve throws a shot from downtown. Winner moves away and avoids it.

Winner looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Bienvenueve!
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Winner putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bienvenueve taking shots to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bienvenueve is in all sorts of trouble here.
Winner sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

Winner looking to secure an arm triangle but Bienvenueve defends it well.
Winner looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Winner connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Winner trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Bienvenueve tries to reverse the position but Winner maintains control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pierre Bienvenueve dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Stan Winner's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Bienvenueve tries to clinch but Winner moves away
and Winner counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Pierre Bienvenueve seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bienvenueve closes the distance but Winner moves to the side
and Winner counters with a nice body kick.
Bienvenueve scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Bienvenueve throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Winner counter with a right hand.
Pierre Bienvenueve is winning the standup battle so far.

Winner tries to keep at a distance but Bienvenueve has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bienvenueve stalling in the clinch.
Winner blocks a body shot from Bienvenueve.
Winner lands a right hand.
Winner stalls.
Bienvenueve swings wildly with an uppercut but Winner uses good head movement to avoid it.
Winner works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Bienvenueve stalling in the clinch.
Bienvenueve throws a punch but it's blocked by Winner.
Winner blocks a body shot from Bienvenueve.
Winner tries to throw a body punch but Bienvenueve avoids it by throwing Winner back against the cage.
Bienvenueve struggles to land a body shot inside as Winner controls his hands.
Winner gets through Bienvenueve's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Winner has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Bienvenueve is trying to keep an underhook but Winner manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Bienvenueve is pressing down on Winner's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Winner looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Winner wants to control from the top but Bienvenueve keeps moving.
Winner stops Bienvenueve from standing up.
Bienvenueve is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Winner's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Bienvenueve is trying to control the position but Winner postures up.
Bienvenueve looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Winner controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Bienvenueve wants to sweep but no luck.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Winner cracks the inside of Bienvenueve's front leg.
Winner scores with a head kick.
Winner thumps Bienvenueve with a low kick.
Winner chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Winner lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Winner stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Bienvenueve swinging wildly here.
Bienvenueve misses with an uppercut.
Winner throws a sloppy head kick and Bienvenueve moves out of range easily.
Winner drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Bienvenueve misses with a combination
and Winner counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Bienvenueve thinking.
Bienvenueve looks to land a combination but Winner avoids it well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bienvenueve throws a nice looking combination but Winner bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nice shot by Winner.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winner pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Winner keeps Bienvenueve at a distance using the push kick.
Winner misses with a two punch combination.
Bienvenueve misses with a combination
and Winner counters with a left and a right that stings Bienvenueve.
Pierre Bienvenueve is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bienvenueve chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Winner can pounce on him.
Winner throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Bienvenueve stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Good leg kick by Winner there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Winner bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Winner slips under a jab from Bienvenueve.
Bienvenueve rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Winner moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bienvenueve walks into a stiff left hand from Winner.
An inside leg kick lands from Winner.
Winner scores with a sloppy right hand. Bienvenueve should have avoided that one.
Jab by Winner.
Winner throws a right hand that Bienvenueve ducks under and follows up with a left that Bienvenueve also avoids with ease.
Winner moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Bienvenueve falls off balance throwing a combination
and Winner counters with a nice uppercut.
Winner ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Winner scores with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A left lands for Winner.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Winner!
Bienvenueve avoids the head kick by Winner.
Bienvenueve looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Winner cracks Bienvenueve with a good jab.
Winner misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pierre Bienvenueve is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Winner lands with a nice body kick.
Winner scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Winner looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Bienvenueve is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Winner lands with a slapping head kick.
Winner thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Bienvenueve if he has to take too many more of those.
Winner takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bienvenueve falls off balance throwing a combination
and Winner counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Winner lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

Winner closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Winner is trying to control. Bienvenueve wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Bienvenueve wants to sweep but Winner has passed to side control!
Winner controls the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stan Winner showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Stan Winner's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Bienvenueve pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Winner throws a quick inside leg kick.
Winner cracks the inside of Bienvenueve's front leg.
Bienvenueve is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Winner connects with a jab.
Winner scoring well with a low kick there.
Bienvenueve throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Winner counters with a three punch combo that has Bienvenueve backing up. Bienvenueve nods at Winner to acknowledge the strikes.
Bienvenueve displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Winner checks the leg kick nicely there.
Bienvenueve tries to clinch up
and Winner counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Bienvenueve thinking.
Winner with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Winner lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Winner lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Winner.
Bienvenueve throws a left and a right that both miss
and Winner connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Winner darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Winner lands a right hook to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Winner cracks the inside of Bienvenueve's front leg.
Winner throws a quick inside leg kick.
Winner works over Bienvenueve's head and body with a nice combination.
Bienvenueve misses with a combination
and Winner cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bienvenueve throws a combination that misses
and Winner counters with a straight right hand.
Bienvenueve on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Winner chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Bienvenueve throws a shot from downtown. Winner moves away and avoids it.
Winner lands a nice shot that snaps Bienvenueve's head back.
Bienvenueve misses with a double jab
and Winner counters with a nice body kick.
Bienvenueve throws a combination that misses
and Winner counters with an outside leg kick.
Winner lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Winner thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Bienvenueve if he has to take too many more of those.
Winner dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Winner.
Winner moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Winner lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Winner lands with a nice body punch.
Winner cracks the inside of Bienvenueve's front leg.
Bienvenueve walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A thudding body kick lands there by Winner!
Winner lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Winner changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Winner lands a right hook to the body.
A shot to the liver by Winner. Beautiful body shot.
Bienvenueve will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Bienvenueve takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Winner lands a head kick. Bienvenueve smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Bienvenueve takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Winner swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Bienvenueve.
Bienvenueve walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Winner lands a really nice looking cross but Bienvenueve seems unphased.
Winner lands a body shot.
Bienvenueve tries to clinch up
and Winner counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Winner getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Bienvenueve misses with a double jab
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Winner delivers a nice body kick.
Winner lands with a good body shot.
Winner scores with a body shot.
A right-left combo lands from Winner.
Winner scoring well with a low kick there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winner scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Winner dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Bienvenueve. That did some damage!
Winner lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bienvenueve at a distance.
Bienvenueve throws a leg kick
and Winner counters with a right hand to the body.
Winner connects with a crisp jab.
Bienvenueve takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Winner lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A jab lands there for Winner.

Winner shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Bienvenueve manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Winner accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Winner seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Winner wants to pass the guard but Bienvenueve is keeping the position.
Winner stays in close to Bienvenueve's body and controls the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bienvenueve preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Bienvenueve scrambles and gets back to his feet.
A head kick misses from Winner.
Bienvenueve thows a leg kick but Winner checks it
and Winner counters with a left to the body.
Bienvenueve wants to clinch
and Winner counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Bienvenueve misses with a two punch combination.
Winner throws a right and a left that both miss.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Winner is looking to slow Bienvenueve down with leg kicks.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Bienvenueve crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Winner - the referee stops the clock and Bienvenueve gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Winner. Bienvenueve manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Bienvenueve tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Bienvenueve misses with an uppercut. Winner saw that one coming.
Winner lands with a hook. Bienvenueve tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Stan Winner comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Winner has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 28:29
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 28:29
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stan Winner!