PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Henry Winkler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tiger Ali (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Winkler comes to the ring accompanied by Mortal Kombat. Henry Winkler had a look across the ring there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Winkler
vs
Ali

198 cm
20
176 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

200 cm
24
180 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Henry Winkler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tiger Ali!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, William Peck and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Winkler throws a jab but it's blocked by Ali.
Ali shoots in for a double leg but Winkler sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Winkler lands a jab to the nose.
Winkler scores with a hook to the body. Ali takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Winkler goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

It looks like Tiger Ali has been cut.
Some wild striking there from Winkler.

Winkler shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Ali manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Winkler throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Ali works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Winkler throwing strikes from guard but Ali blocks nicely.
Winkler throws a strike but Ali rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Winkler keeping full guard, as Ali tries to pass.
Ali postures up in Winkler's guard and throws a big left but Winkler blocks it.
Ali throws and elbow that misses. Winkler uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Ali's guard. Nice move by Winkler!
Ali wants to stand but Winkler is controlling the position.
Winkler trying to control but Ali is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Winkler throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Ali works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Winkler throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Ali works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Ali tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Winkler accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Winkler throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Ali works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Winkler thows a big elbow that misses.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Winkler accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Ali looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Ali really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Winkler. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ali keeping moving, preventing Winkler from controlling successfully.
Winkler throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Ali works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Winkler trying to control but Ali is working from the bottom.
Winkler with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ali wants to stand but Winkler is controlling the position.
Ali looks gassed!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Winkler looking to pass the guard.
Winkler in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Ali working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Winkler.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Winkler thows a big elbow that misses.
Winkler missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ali working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Winkler.
Winkler throws and elbow that misses. Ali uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Winkler's guard. Nice move by Ali!
Ali must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Winkler pulls Ali in to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Henry Winkler dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tiger Ali's cut.
That's time! Winkler's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Ali tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ali keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ali dives in and grabs Winkler's left leg, looking for a takedown. Winkler pushes down on Ali's head and hops out.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Ali is defended easily by Winkler.
Winkler misses with a body shot.
Ali scores with a jab to the head.
Ali takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Winkler works the jab nicely.

Winkler changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Ali looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Winkler lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Ali down.
Ali is breathing heavily.
Winkler throwing strikes but missing, from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Winkler passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Ali!
Winkler looking to ground and pound but Ali is blocking nicely.
Winkler throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Ali because Winkler loaded up on that one.
Henry Winkler overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Winkler throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Winkler unloads with some shots from mount but Ali bucks and avoids them well.
Ali is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Ali blocking the ground and pound.
Poor strikes thrown by Winkler there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Winkler is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Winkler throwing strikes here but Ali is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Winkler landing punches.
Ali avoids a series of strikes thrown by Winkler.
Winkler thowing shots but they're missing.
Winkler lands a big shot there that rocks Ali but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ali blocking the ground and pound.
Winkler fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ali in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Winkler misses with a head shot.
Winkler lands a big shot there that rocks Ali but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Ali in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Winkler throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
The referee warns Ali that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Winkler throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Winkler 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.
Winkler misses with a head shot.
Winkler controlling his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Winkler misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Winkler really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Ali holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Winkler tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ali is trying desperately to improve position.
Winkler landing strikes from the mount and Ali is in trouble!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Winkler unloads with some shots from mount but Ali bucks and avoids them well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Henry Winkler dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tiger Ali's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

A looping hook to the body misses from Ali. Winkler does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ali tries to clinch up but Winkler circles away and keeps his distance.
Ali moves out of range of the strikes.
Ali throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Winkler's waist but Winkler gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Ali off to one side.
Winkler swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Winkler is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ali can do to turn this around?
Winkler connects with a body shot.
Winkler lands a lovely overhand right.
Ali takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Henry Winkler is winning the standup battle so far.
Ali staying out of range there.

Winkler shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Ali's guard.
Ali takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Winkler slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Ali preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Winkler trying to control but Ali is working from the bottom.
Winkler not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Winkler throwing strikes but missing.
Winkler with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Winkler seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Winkler with a flurry of punches that miss.
Winkler connects with a couple of short punches.
Winkler thows a big elbow that misses.
Winkler throwing strikes from guard but Ali blocks nicely.
Winkler is in close to Ali's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winkler missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Winkler throws a strike but Ali rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Winkler is on top in guard.
Ali avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Ali working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Winkler.
Winkler trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Winkler missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Winkler throwing strikes from guard but Ali blocks nicely.
Winkler advances position into side control!
Winkler cracks Ali with a big right hand but Ali just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Tiger Ali has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Winkler creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Ali sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Winkler throws a strike aimed at the side of Ali's head but Ali avoids it well.
Winkler controlling from side mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Henry Winkler showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Winkler 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Henry Winkler!