PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Primo Victoria (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ade Winner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Victoria comes into the arena with Sabaton - Primo Victoria blaring out of the sound system. This should be fireworks!

Victoria
vs
Winner

178 cm
22
190 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

191 cm
25
191 lbs
5 - 8 - 1

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Good kicks
Powerful

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Primo Victoria!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ade Winner!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Wagner Zegers and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Winner moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Winner cracks Victoria with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Winner bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Victoria uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Winner.
Winner scores with a nice head shot.
Winner listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Winner throws out a powerful jab.

Victoria closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Winner is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Victoria's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Victoria passes the guard and advances to mount!

Victoria jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Winner is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Winner and Victoria has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Winner is looking for a sweep.

Victoria thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Victoria tries for a kimura but Winner is defending well.

Victoria is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Winner is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Victoria working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Winner is trying to control Victoria's posture but Victoria avoids it.

Victoria is trying to get an arm triangle but Winner is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Winner tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Victoria wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Victoria tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Winner is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Victoria is controlling him well.

Victoria thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Winner is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Winner is holding on to half guard well.
Victoria not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Victoria is trying to work for a kimura but Winner is defending well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Winner wants to control but Victoria is keeping busy and won't allow it.

Winner has one foot on Victoria's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Victoria misses the shot to the body.
Winner lands a jab to the nose.
Winner has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A big right from Winner misses.
Nice defenses there by Victoria.
Ade Winner is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Victoria takes a swing at Winner's ribcage but misses.
Winner misses with an uppercut
and Victoria counters with a body kick that stops Winner in his tracks momentarily.
Winner misses the jab.
Winner uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Victoria.
Victoria misses the body punch
and Winner counters with a left to the body.
Victoria connects with a looping right hand.
Winner slips under a jab.
Victoria with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Winner to score with a decent uppercut.
Winner misses with a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Victoria throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Victoria lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Victoria uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Winner.
Victoria throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Winner might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Winner feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Victorias jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Winner stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Winner wants it to stay on the feet.
Victoria misses with an uppercut.
Victoria avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Victoria rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Winner moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Victoria feints and as Winner raises his hands in defense, Victoria changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Winner holds on and takes a little breather.
Victoria might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Winner wants to get back to his feet but Victoria is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ade Winner will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Winner throws a shot from downtown. Victoria moves away and avoids it.
Winner scores with a one two! Victoria had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Victoria with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Winner to score with a decent uppercut.
Winner misses with a straight left.
Winner lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Winner moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Winner stuffs the takedown attempt from Victoria. Victoria gets slowly back to his feet.
Victoria keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Winner.
Winner is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Winner misses with a left hand
letting Victoria counter with a right hand.
Victoria throws the left hand but Winner avoids the punch easily.
Winner misses with an uppercut.
Victoria shoots in for a double leg but Winner sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Victoria swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Winner fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Victoria moves out of range of the strikes.
Ade Winner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Winner throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Victoria.
Victoria showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Winner.
Winner takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Winner throws a hook but Victoria avoids it easily.
Victoria tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Winner was well out of range. Poor timing from Victoria.
Victoria ducks under a wild hook from Winner.
Winner swinging wildly here.
Winner lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Victoria slips under a jab.
Winner misses with a straight right.
Winner throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Victoria on the side of the head.
Winner throws a head kick but Victoria moves out of range.
Victoria throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Victoria misses with a takedown attempt - Winner sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Primo Victoria. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A jab from Winner misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice shot lands for Victoria.
Winner misses with a right hand
and Victoria counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Winner thinking.
Victoria is looking to wear down Winner with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Victoria moves out of range of the strikes.
Winner misses with an uppercut
and Victoria counters with a two punch combo.
Victoria slips under a jab from Winner.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winner scores with the left hand. Victoria knows he should have avoided that one.
Victoria connects with a single shot there.
Winner displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Victoria.
Victoria throws a shot to the body.
Ade Winner seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A looping hook to the body misses from Victoria. Winner does a little dance to reset his feet.
Winner throws a head kick but Victoria moves out of range.
Victoria staying out of range there.
Donk. Winner catches Victoria right on the button with a cross.
Victoria gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Winner jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Winner tries a head kick but it misses.
Winner scores with a jab to the jaw.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Winner throws a jab but it's blocked by Victoria.
Winner missing with a left hand there. Victoria was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A looping hook to the body misses from Victoria. Winner does a little dance to reset his feet.
Victoria throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Victoria shoots in looking for a takedown but Winner manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Victoria's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A swing and a miss from Winner.
Winner misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Winner throws an overhand right that lands on Victoria's shoulder, as Victoria tries to avoid the shot.
Winner lands with a slapping head kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Victoria swinging wildly here.
Victoria throws a nice looking combination but Winner bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ade Winner showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Victoria tests Winner's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Winner looks to land a left hand but Victoria moved out of range nicely.
Victoria takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Victoria fails with the takedown.
Winner lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Winner uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Victoria.
Victoria looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Winner with a hook.
A slow jab from Winner misses its intended target.
Winner lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Victoria ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Victoria has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Victoria there as he acknowledges the shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Winner plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Winner, as that shot connected.
A swing and a miss from Winner.
Victoria displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Winner throws out the jab.
Victoria throws a leg kick but Winner sees it coming and moves out of range.
Winner connects with a high kick.
Winner takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Victoria uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Winner.
Winner lands a really nice looking cross but Victoria seems unphased.
A cross from Winner lands.
Victoria takes one to the side of the head.
Victoria thows a body shot but no joy.
Victoria takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Winner misses with a two punch combination.
Winner misses with a double jab.
A swing and a miss from Winner.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Victoria keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Victoria throws a shot to the body.
Nice straight punches there by Victoria. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Victoria.
Winner throws a jab but it's blocked by Victoria.
Winner throws a jab but it's blocked by Victoria.
Winner missing with a left hand there. Victoria was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Victoria throws a right hand that Winner ducks under and follows up with a left that Winner also avoids with ease.
Victoria connects with a body shot.
Winner fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Victoria manages to avoid it.
Winner lands with a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Victoria keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Winner.
A swing and a miss from Winner.
Winner looks to throw the jab but Victoria is out of range.
Winner throws an off balance right hand
enabling Victoria to counter with a crisp jab.
Victoria takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Winner misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Winner with a hook.
Victoria wants to land a leg kick but Winner is out of range.
Winner scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Victoria takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Winner slips a jab and a cross from Victoria.
Winner is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Winner misses with a hook to the body
and Victoria connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Victoria tries for a takedown but Winner sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Victoria looks to score with a jab to the body but Winner is just out of range.
Victoria ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Winner moves away.
Winner throws the left hand but Victoria avoids the punch easily.
Winner lunges at Victoria with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Victoria's hand.
Ade Winner is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Victoria misses with an attempted mid kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Victoria avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Winner keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Primo Victoria. That's going to take a lot out of him.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Winner misses with a hook.
Winner misses with a looping left.
Primo Victoria has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Victoria uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Winner.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ade Winner comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Winner winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 27:30
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 27:30

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