PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cecil Peoples (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Henry Winkler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Winkler has chosen Mortal Kombat as his entrance music. Cecil Peoples has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Peoples
vs
Winkler

180 cm
28
180 lbs
9 - 3 - 1

198 cm
27
176 lbs
16 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Cold Blooded Kemists ↑ 5x160Q

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 9 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Cecil Peoples!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Henry Winkler!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Winkler does no damage.
Winkler misses with a wild combination.
Winkler throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Peoples moves to clinch but Winkler breaks away
and Winkler cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Winkler misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Peoples closes the distance looking to clinch
and Winkler counters with a left and a right that stings Peoples.
Peoples tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Winkler was well out of range. Poor timing from Peoples.
Peoples tries to bum rush Winkler with a series of wild strikes but Winkler uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Winkler swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Winkler fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nice body kick from Peoples.
Peoples throws a head kick that misses.
Winkler is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
A head kick misses from Peoples.
Peoples tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Winkler looks to land a combination but Peoples avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Peoples clinches with his opponent.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Peoples just misses with a elbow thrown towards Winkler's brow.
Peoples tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Winkler avoids it.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

Peoples breaks the clinch.
Winkler misses with a two punch combination.
Winkler misses with a two punch combination.
Peoples tries to clinch but Winkler moves away
letting Winkler counter with a right hand.
Peoples tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Winkler paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Winkler connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Peoples momentarily.
Peoples tries to clinch up but Winkler circles away and keeps his distance.
Peoples tries to clinch but Winkler is having none of it.
Peoples misses with a straight right.
Peoples wants to clinch but Winkler slips to the side
letting Winkler counter with a right hand.
Winkler is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Winkler throws a right hand that Peoples ducks under and follows up with a left that Peoples also avoids with ease.
Peoples misses with a body kick.
Peoples wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peoples tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Winkler manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Peoples with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Peoples tries to clinch up.
Winkler misses with a hook.
Peoples fails in his attempt to clinch.
A punch combination from Winkler misses.
Winkler has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Winkler moves into range and connects with a jab.
Peoples throws a nice head kick!
Peoples tries to clinch but Winkler is having none of it.
Sloppy strikes from Winkler. Those never looked like landing.
Winkler fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Winkler gets tackled into the cage by Peoples. Peoples maintains the clinch.
Winkler goes for a takedown in the clinch but Peoples prevents it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peoples lands with a right to the head.
Peoples lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Henry Winkler has been cut.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Peoples as Winkler tries to tie him up.
Peoples pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Peoples breaks from the clinch.
Winkler throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Peoples counters with a good, hard body kick but Winkler shrugs it off.
Winkler shoots in looking for a takedown. Peoples tries to sprawl out of it but Winkler keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Peoples manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Cecil Peoples has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Henry Winkler.
Winkler throws a series of punches but Peoples moves out of range.
Peoples tries to clinch up.
Winkler throws a series of punches but Peoples avoids them all with ease.
Peoples tries to close the distance and clinch up but Winkler swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peoples tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Winkler slips a jab and a cross from Peoples.
Peoples misses with a body shot.
Peoples throws a right and a left that both miss.
A combination from Peoples does no damage.
Winkler throws a right hand that Peoples ducks under and follows up with a left that Peoples also avoids with ease.
Peoples pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Winkler stalks Peoples and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Peoples's face. Peoples staggers backwards, shaken.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Winkler digs a good hook to Peoples's body.
Peoples tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Peoples slips a jab and a cross from Winkler.
Peoples moves in looking to clinch but Winkler pushes him off.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Peoples tries to close the distance and clinch up but Winkler swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Peoples tries to clinch there but Winkler circles away.
No joy there for Peoples, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cecil Peoples dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Henry Winkler's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Winkler falls off balance throwing a combination
and Peoples counters with a right hand to the body.
Winkler tries to bum rush Peoples with a series of wild strikes but Peoples uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Peoples misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Peoples connects with a looping right hand.
Winkler cracks Peoples with a good jab.
Peoples tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Winkler pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Peoples back to the cage. Winkler follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
A combination from Peoples does no damage.

Peoples closes the distance and clinches.
Peoples prevents Winkler from breaking the clinch.

Winkler gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Peoples keeping moving, preventing Winkler from controlling successfully.
Peoples is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Winkler is controlling him.

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.
Peoples is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Winkler keeps the fight on the outside.
Winkler circles away from the clinch attempt
and Winkler counters with a series of strikes. Peoples will be more careful next time no doubt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Winkler swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Peoples tries a head kick but it misses.
Cecil Peoples is winning the standup battle so far.
Peoples tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Peoples instigates a clinch.
Winkler avoiding damage as Peoples throws knees to the body.
Winkler lands a shoulder strike.
Peoples throws an elbow that misses.

Winkler's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Winkler fails to land the takedown.
Cecil Peoples seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Peoples on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A good leg kick by Peoples.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Peoples tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Winkler manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Peoples misses with a wild combination.
Winkler swats away the attempt to clinch by Peoples.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winkler misses with a series of wild punches.
Cecil Peoples is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Peoples fails with an attempt to clinch.
Winkler scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Peoples is rocked!
Sloppy strikes from Winkler. Those never looked like landing.
Oh Peoples is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Winkler rushes Peoples with punches - Peoples moves straight backwards instead of circling and gets clipped by the second strike... and the third... and the fourth! Oh, Peoples goes down! Winkler follows up with more strikes and the ref steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Henry Winkler!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Henry Winkler made sure he mentioned Red Bills clothing, along with how happy he was to win his fight.