PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Stan Winner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sebaastian Struve (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Winner
vs
Struve

180 cm
22
176 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

179 cm
21
185 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

Good wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
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 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Stan Winner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sebaastian Struve!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Sergei Dronov and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Winner throws a jab when Struve was well out of range.

Struve gets a takedown into half guard.
Winner is trying to control but can't.
Winner is holding on to half guard well.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Struve in particular looking to stall.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Winner is doing well to control the position and prevent Struve from advancing to side control.
Winner has a hand on Struve's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Struve takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Winner is wriggling around trying to escape.
Struve lands a big elbow.
Winner blocking the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Winner is desperately trying to improve his position but Struve has a good base and remains in mount.
Struve controlling the pace for now.
Struve has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Struve thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.

Struve has control of Winner's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Winner regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Struve breaks from Winner's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Poor strikes thrown by Struve there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Winner tries to hold on but Struve postures up.
Winner can't escape the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Winner is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Struve throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Struve unloading with bombs!
Winner taking shots to the head.
Winner keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Struve with a couple of short strikes.
Winner is in all sorts of trouble here.
Struve with a couple of short strikes.
Struve lands a big elbow.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Winner tries to hold on but Struve pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winner slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Winner wants to control but Struve is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Struve is pressing down on Winner's thigh, looking to free his foot. Winner is holding on for now.
Winner is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Struve's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Struve's back!
Winner lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Struve hold on?!
Winner is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Struve. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
Winner lands punches and elbows.
Winner has the hooks in. Struve is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Winner is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee is taking a good look at Struve as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Winner!
Will Winner go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Winner doesn't have the hooks in and Struve manages to turn into his guard.
Struve trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Struve lands a couple of elbows.
Struve sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Winner pulls Struve in close to prevent any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sebaastian Struve dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Winner shoots and misses
and Struve counters with a one-two to the body.

Struve gets the takedown into side control.
Sebaastian Struve has got the better of the ground game so far.
Struve trying to control the position but Winner is working away.
Struve working away.
Struve in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Struve trying to control the position but Winner is working away.
Struve slows the pace down.
Struve working away.
Winner wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
You can see the frustration on Winner's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Winner throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Winner connects with a nice looking jab.
Struve shoots and misses
and Winner cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Winner misses with a few strikes there.
Winner lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Struve circles away quickly and effectively.
Struve just misses with a punch to the body.
Winner throws a hook but Struve avoids it easily.
Winner swinging wildly here.
Struve on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A big right from Winner misses.
Winner tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Struve was well out of range. Poor timing from Winner.
Winner chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Struve can pounce on him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Winner dips to his left and cracks Struve with an uppercut!
Winner connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Struve scores with a kick to the body.
Winner throws a hook but Struve blocks it.
A jab from Winner misses.

Winner shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Struve gets back to full guard.
Winner is stalling in the full guard.
Struve preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winner preventing the sweep.
Struve keeping moving, preventing Winner from controlling successfully.
Struve being controlled here, momentarily.
Winner lands a couple of digs.
Winner is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Winner keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Struve's head.

Struve throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Struve looking to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Winner sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Struve's guard.
Winner is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Winner thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Winner thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Struve's head.
Winner trying to control the action but Struve is working from the bottom.
Still in half guard, Winner seems content to control.
Winner winds up and cracks Struve with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Winner looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Struve with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Winner with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Struve trying to hold on to Winner's head to control him but Winner postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stan Winner dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Struve has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Struve there as he acknowledges the shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Struve. Winner does a little dance to reset his feet.
Struve dodges the punch combination from Winner.
Struve fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Winner misses with a straight left.
A good leg kick by Struve.
Winner fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Struve manages to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Struve misses with a wild body shot.
Winner waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Struve.
A telegraphed right hand from Winner misses the target.
Stan Winner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Winner jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Struve gets cracked there but stands up to it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Winner misses with a wild body shot.
Winner lands a really nice looking cross but Struve seems unphased.
Struve is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Struve throws a looping overhand right but Winner ducks down to avoid it.
Struve fails with a takedown attempt.
Winner slips a straight right by Struve.
Struve tries a head kick but it misses.

Winner looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Struve!
Struve tries to get back to half guard but can't.
A nice elbow there by Winner.
Struve is looking to get to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Winner avoids the attempt from Struve to control.
Struve tries to reverse the position but Winner maintains control.
Struve takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Winner can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Struve is looking to escape.
Struve wants to hold on but Winner pushes him away.
Winner lands a big elbow.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Winner cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Winner lands with some strikes.
Winner breaks from Struve's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Winner wants to control the pace but Struve is squirming around nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Struve tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Winner tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Winner landing strikes, looking to finish!
Winner landing strikes, looking to finish!
Struve is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Winner looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Struve working to try and regain half guard.
Winner trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Struve in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Winner putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Winner trying to control but Struve is having none of it.
Struve is in all sorts of trouble here.
Winner lands a big elbow.
Winner lands with some strikes.
Winner controlling from mount.
Winner lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

And that's the end of the fight!
Stan Winner showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Winner has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Illya Tyunina scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 29:28

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