PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Harry Winston (ranked 518 p4p, 70 weight class) and Nam Ho (ranked 666 p4p, 93 weight class). Winston comes to the cage accompanied by The Lost Boy. Nam Ho will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Winston
vs
Ho

178 cm
27
200 lbs
17 - 10 - 0

194 cm
31
195 lbs
21 - 7 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Harry Winston!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nam Ho !
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Winston lands a body shot.
Ho slips under a jab.
Ho now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Ho slips a jab from Winston.
Ho misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ho lands with a shot to the body.
Winston slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Ho keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Winston misses with an uppercut
and Ho connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters circle momentarily. Winston darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Ho bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Harry Winston seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ho throws a lazy right hand but Winston sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ho takes one to the side of the head.
Winston falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ho counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Winston misses with an uppercut
and Ho counters with a straight right hand.
Ho lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Winston circles away quickly and effectively.

Winston looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
We've been hearing good reports from Winston'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.
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.
Winston throwing strikes from guard but Ho blocks nicely.
Winston tries to free his leg and advance position but Ho is retaining full guard.
Ho keeping moving, preventing Winston from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Winston is really struggling to control Ho but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Winston might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Ho holds on and takes a little breather.
Winston throws a strike but Ho rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Winston is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Ho has his hands clasped together but Winston extends and breaks Ho 's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Winston.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Harry Winston!
Harry Winston really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Aspire Nutrition logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.