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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Botond Robert (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harry Winston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Botond Robert could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Harry Winston's chin.
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187 cm
26
185 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
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178 cm
20
200 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Determined |
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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
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Botond Robert! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Harry Winston! The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Glass and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Winston fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Robert to the ground. Winston is now in Robert's guard. Robert utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound. Winston with a flurry of punches that miss. Winston postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head. We've been hearing good reports from Robert's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today. Winston with a flurry of punches that miss. Winston content to stall in guard here. Winston throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent. In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Winston working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though. Winston wants to control from the top but Robert keeps moving. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Winston passes Robert's left leg - he's now in half guard. Robert is breathing heavily. Winston seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
That's one minute gone in the round. Winston seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime. Winston keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action. Winston thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Robert's head. Winston is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position. Winston seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Robert does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back. Ground and pound from Winston. Winston is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Winston has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan. Winston is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound. Robert keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Winston has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Robert defend it? Winston steps over the head and cranks it - Robert is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Winston!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:06 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Harry Winston! Harry Winston 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.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
42% |
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