PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kaiser Jo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dallas Winston (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.

Jo
vs
Winston

170 cm
18
142 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

164 cm
18
135 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Good elbows
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kaiser Jo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Dallas Winston!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Topper Green and Francis DeMontford.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Winston throws a body punch but Jo moves out of range.
Winston thows a left - swing and a miss!
Winston misses with an uppercut. Jo saw that one coming.
Jo takes one to the side of the head.
Winston tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Winston connects with a nice looking jab.
Jo tries to move into range but Winston moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

It looks like Kaiser Jo has been cut.
Winston misses with a body shot.

Jo looking to score a takedown here. Winston is defending well but Jo drives through and ends up in Winston's guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Jo postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Winston utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jo working some strikes from top position.
Jo chips away with some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Winston utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jo accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Jo postures up in Winston's guard and throws a big left but Winston blocks it.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jo accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Jo throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Jo is looking to work some ground and pound but Winston has wrist control.
Jo lands a couple of digs.
Jo chips away with some ground and pound.
Jo cracks Winston with a solid left hand.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Winston can do anything to dispel that myth.
Winston looks winded!
Winston preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jo postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Jo working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Jo scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jo working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Jo postures up in Winston's guard and throws a big left but Winston blocks it.
Jo in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Jo with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Jo is looking to work some ground and pound but Winston has wrist control.
Jo with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jo throws a big right hand that misses.
Winston really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Jo. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Jo postures up and lands a big shot to Winston's brow.
Jo loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Jo working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Jo lands a couple of digs.
Jo cracks Winston with a solid left hand.
Jo is working Winston over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Jo keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Winston's head.
Jo postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jo throwing strikes from guard but Winston blocks nicely.
Jo working some strikes from top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jo landing some decent shots from guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Jo is looking to work some ground and pound but Winston has wrist control.
Jo content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Winston utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Jo throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Winston works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kaiser Jo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kaiser Jo's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Jo drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Jo scoring with punches and elbows.
Winston takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Jo working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Winston takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Jo in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Jo landing a few strikes.
Winston is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jo scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Winston to see if he's OK.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jo landing a few strikes.
Jo lands a few punches from side control.
Jo working the ground and pound.
Winston gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Jo lands a heavy elbow.
Jo breaks from Winston's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Jo lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Winston hang on?
Jo in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jo is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Winston can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jo cracks Winston with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Jo scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Winston taking shots to the head.
Jo putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Jo is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Jo with shots to the head and body - Winston looks very uncomfortable down there.
BOOM! Jo connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Jo punishing his opponent with strikes.
Jo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Winston can do to turn this around?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jo lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Winston hang on?
Jo lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Jo is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Jo working the ground and pound effectively.
Jo lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Jo is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Winston can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Jo scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Kaiser Jo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Winston takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jo with good strikes from the mount here!
Jo is landing with some decent strikes but Winston is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Jo punishing his opponent with strikes.
Jo looking to finish Winston with some ground and pound. This is bad for Winston!
Jo with the ground and pound from mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Jo cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jo postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Winston looks a forlorn figure.
Jo is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Winston can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kaiser Jo dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kaiser Jo'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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Jo throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Winston was covering up waiting for the punch and Jo finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Jo postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Jo lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Jo lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Winston utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Jo is in close to Winston's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Jo working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Winston's head.
Winston takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jo is looking to work some ground and pound but Winston has wrist control.
Jo has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jo with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Winston avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Jo passes Winston's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Winston is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Jo scores with a couple of nice shots.
Jo is nestled in close to Winston, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Jo takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Jo connects with a nice short shot to Winston's temple.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jo takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Winston is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Jo scores with a couple of nice shots.
Jo throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jo working over Winston with some ground and pound. Winston looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Jo thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Winston's head.
Jo working the head and body with strikes.
Ground and pound from Jo.
Jo is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Jo lands with a punch from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jo working Winston over with strikes.
Jo lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Dallas Winston has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jo slips a nice elbow through Winston's hands, connecting with Winston's forehead.
Jo lands strikes from half guard.
Jo landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Nice strikes from Jo there.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Jo connects with a nice short shot to Winston's temple.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jo scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Winston tries to get to full guard but Jo has control of the leg.
Nice strikes from Jo there.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Jo working the head and body with strikes.
Jo drops an elbow to the side of Winston's head.
Jo scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jo lands with a punch from half guard.
Kaiser Jo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Jo slips a nice elbow through Winston's hands, connecting with Winston's forehead.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kaiser Jo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Jo, 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 John Mangel scores the fight 30:25
Judge Topper Green scores the fight 30:25
Judge Francis DeMontford scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kaiser Jo!