PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Raymond Lewinski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lucas Winston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lewinski's entrance music is Shoot from the hip. A fine choice. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Lewinski
vs
Winston

190 cm
25
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Intelligent

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Can Moonwalk

Dragon

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Raymond Lewinski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lucas Winston!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lewinski tries to sprawl but Winston drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Lewinski moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Winston wants to stand but Lewinski is controlling his posture from full guard.
Winston trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Winston drops back looking for a leg! Lewinski is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Lewinski manages to kick Winston off! Winston jumps back into Lewinski's guard.

Lewinski is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Winston defends well.

Lewinski is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Winston defends well.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Winston avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Winston postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Lewinski is trying to control the position but Winston postures up.
Winston working some strikes from top position.
Lewinski looking to control.
Winston trying to control but Lewinski is working from the bottom.

Lewinski is looking for a triangle but Winston pushes his legs off easily.
Winston postures up in Lewinski's guard and throws a big left but Lewinski blocks it.
Winston is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Winston stands up over Lewinski, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Winston working some strikes from top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Winston scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Winston got a little sloppy there for a moment and Lewinski has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Winston has managed to get both his arms back between Lewinski's legs - danger averted.
Winston wanted to stand there but Lewinski had control of the position.
Lewinski wants to sweep but no luck.
Winston makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Winston is working Lewinski over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

Winston content to sit in guard, stalling... Great. Oh but he could get punished here because Lewinski has locked up a guillotine! Lewinski's face is contorted as he sqeezes tight on the submission attempt - will he finish? Winston is holding on here and Lewinski must be using up a lot of energy. Winston has gone limp! He's out! He's out cold! Lewinski gets to his feet, tossing aside his stricken foe. Arms raised, he milks the applause from the crowd. Great submission!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Raymond Lewinski!
Raymond Lewinski seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.