PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joaquin Lucaz (ranked 4501 p4p, 4380 weight class) and Joe Winnar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joe Winnar has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Joaquin Lucaz's chin.

Lucaz
vs
Winnar

169 cm
21
170
1 - 0 - 0

200 cm
25
283
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joaquin Lucaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joe Winnar!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Mauricio Rocha and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lucaz fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Lucaz tries to clinch there but Winnar circles away.
Winnar misses with a looping left.
Winnar lands a nice shot to the body.
Winnar looks to score with a jab to the body but Lucaz is just out of range.
Lucaz wants to clinch up but Winnar keeps it at a distance.
Winnar throws out a counter right but Lucaz avoids it with no problem.
Lucaz tries to close the distance and clinch but Winnar swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Winnar keeps the fight on the outside.

Winnar closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A hook to the body from Winnar.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lucaz is trying to maintain a safe position but Winnar gets an underhook and turns Lucaz into the cage.
Lucaz can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Winnar lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lucaz backwards.
Winnar working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Winnar's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Winnar closes the distance and clinches.
Lucaz trying to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Winnar.
Lucaz is breathing heavily.
Winnar working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Winnar breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lucaz shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Winnar pinned against the cage. Winnar gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Winnar closes the distance and pushes Lucaz back into the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Winnar creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Lucaz taking a breather.
Lucaz takes a shot to the head.
A short uppercut from Winnar.
Winnar lands a left hand that snaps the head of Lucaz backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Winnar.

Lucaz is rocked!
Winnar works on Lucaz's body with a couple of short punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Winnar throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lucazs head.
Oh Lucaz is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Winnar dips a shoulder and cracks Lucaz with a mighty uppercut! Lucaz falls back against the cage and Winnar unloads with a barrage of strikes! Lucaz is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Winnar screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joe Winnar!
During a confident post fight interview, Joe Winnar thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.