PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Calvin St Christopher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Milo Winner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). St Christopher comes to the cage accompanied by Burn Out by Beat Drop. Winner has chosen Jesus Walks as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

St Christopher
vs
Winner

178 cm
23
187 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

185 cm
19
185 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

St. Paul's Apparel

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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Calvin St Christopher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Milo Winner!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Trevor Gratis and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Winner avoids the body shot from St Christopher.

St Christopher moves into the clinch successfully.
Winner lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Calvin St Christopher has been cut.
Winner pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Winner misses with an elbow strike.
Winner misses with a knee to the head.
St Christopher is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Winner prevents a takedown attempt there.
St Christopher tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Knees to the body from Winner.
Winner lands an elbow inside that St Christopher shrugs off.

Winner breaks from the clinch.
St Christopher misses with an uppercut. Winner saw that one coming.
Calvin St Christopher seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Winner shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A swing and a miss from St Christopher.
Winner connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
St Christopher throws a nice looking combination but Winner bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Winner clinches up against the cage.
Winner digs a right hand into St Christopher's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on St Christopher's gas tank.
St Christopher wants a takedown but no success here.
Winner missing with knees to the body.

Winner breaks from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Christopher tries to close the distance and clinch but Winner swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Winner tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and St Christopher cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Winner moves into range and clinches up with St Christopher.
A short right from Winner on the inside.
Knees to the body from Winner.
St Christopher is breathing heavily.

Winner's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Winner closes the distance looking to clinch
and St Christopher counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Winner shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with St Christopher but St Christopher pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Winner tries to clinch but St Christopher moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Christopher avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Winner ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
St Christopher keeps the fight on the outside.
Winner fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Calvin St Christopher has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Milo Winner.
Winner tries to clinch but St Christopher moves out of range.
Winner tries to close the distance and clinch up but St Christopher swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Winner tries to close the distance and clinch up but St Christopher swats him away and circles back towards the center.

St Christopher has closed the distance and engaged Winner in a clinch.

St Christopher gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
St Christopher with a flurry of punches that miss.
Winner wants to sweep here but St Christopher controlling him for the moment.

Winner working for a triangle but St Christopher defends it easily.
Winner bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in St Christopher's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winner looking to pass the guard.
St Christopher trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Winner must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
St Christopher striking off his back, scoring a few points.
St Christopher tries to land a sweep but no joy.
St Christopher on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if St Christopher tries to get out of the position.
Winner throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Winner won't allow St Christopher to sweep him here.
Winner trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Winner tries to stand but St Christopher is controlling from the bottom.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
St Christopher clobbers Winner with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

That's four 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.
St Christopher ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Winner moves away.
St Christopher lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
St Christopher scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Winner on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
St Christopher keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
St Christopher cracks Winner with a right hand to the side of the head.
St Christopher dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
St Christopher tries to clinch up
and Winner counters with a low kick, right behind St Christopher 's knee.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
St Christopher scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Calvin St Christopher will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Calvin St Christopher's cut.
That's time! St Christopher's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

St Christopher swings for the body but Winner moves out of range.
A lazy left from St Christopher finds it's target.
St Christopher throws a hook but Winner avoids it easily.
Winner tries to clinch up
and St Christopher counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Winner darts in trying to clinch

and St Christopher counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
St Christopher content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Winner throws an elbow but it misses.
Winner's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Winner lands an elbow just above St Christopher 's eye.
A shot in the inside from Winner.
Winner is breathing heavily.
St Christopher avoiding damage as Winner throws knees to the body.
Winner throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Winner pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Winner showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from St Christopher.
Winner staying out of range there.
St Christopher misses with a jab, cross combination.
St Christopher lunges at Winner with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Winner's hand.
Winner has his takedown stuffed

and St Christopher counters by moving into the clinch.
Winner tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Winner throws an elbow but misses.
Winner tries to land knees in the clinch but St Christopher avoids the damage to the body.
Winner looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Winner lands a nice elbow.
Winner drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
St Christopher gets through Winner's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
St Christopher pushes Winner back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Winner looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A short left from St Christopher.
St Christopher lands with a light punch inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from St Christopher.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Winner as St Christopher tries to tie him up.

St Christopher has hold of one of Winner's legs. Winner is fighting the takedown attempt but St Christopher gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
St Christopher 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.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells St Christopher's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
St Christopher wants to control from the top but Winner keeps moving.
St Christopher stands and throws Winner's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Winner is looking for a sweep.
Winner looks to move to half guard but instead St Christopher has passed into mount! Damn!
St Christopher lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
St Christopher lands with some strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winner is trying desperately to improve position.
St Christopher lands a heavy elbow.
St Christopher scoring with strikes but Winner is staying in there.
Winner is squirming around, avoiding St Christopher's attempts to control the action.
St Christopher takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
St Christopher trying to control but Winner is having none of it.
Winner is looking to improve his position but St Christopher isn't that keen on the idea.
St Christopher scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Winner?
St Christopher dominating with strikes here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Christopher has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Winner's face.
Winner is in all sorts of trouble here.
St Christopher with the ground and pound from mount.
St Christopher dominating with strikes here.
St Christopher scoring with strikes but Winner is staying in there.
BOOM! St Christopher connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Winner is trying desperately to improve position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Winner is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
A nice elbow there by St Christopher.
St Christopher prevents Winner from getting the reversal.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
St Christopher breaks from Winner's wrist control and lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Calvin St Christopher dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Calvin St Christopher's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

St Christopher misses with a looping left.
Winner keeps the fight on the outside.
Calvin St Christopher is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
St Christopher throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Winner shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has St Christopher pinned against the cage. St Christopher gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

St Christopher moves into the clinch.
St Christopher takes an elbow to the forehead.
Winner misses with an elbow strike.

Winner pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

St Christopher clinches.
Winner takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Winner looks to throw an elbow but misses.
St Christopher tries for a takedown but Winner manages to get underhooks.
St Christopher avoiding damage as Winner throws knees to the body.

Winner escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
St Christopher thows a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
St Christopher misses with a double jab

and Winner counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Winner breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Calvin St Christopher is winning the standup battle so far.
Winner is on the wrong end of a nice combination from St Christopher.
St Christopher misses with a body shot.
Calvin St Christopher is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Winner tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and St Christopher holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Winner letting St Christopher take a breather here.
A short right from St Christopher.
St Christopher lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

St Christopher lands a takedown into guard.
St Christopher stopping the sweep attempt from Winner.
St Christopheris looking to pass into half guard but Winner pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Winner is in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Christopher keeping full guard, as Winner tries to pass.
St Christopher not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Winner wanted to stand there but St Christopher had control of the position.
St Christopher lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Winner!
St Christopher cracks Winner with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
St Christopher lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Winner hang on?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Christopher is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Winner can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
St Christopher connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Winner is looking to improve his position but St Christopher isn't that keen on the idea.
St Christopher pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
St Christopher lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
St Christopher working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Winner keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
St Christopher putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
St Christopher punishing his opponent with strikes.
St Christopher landing punches.
St Christopher fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
St Christopher prevents Winner from getting the reversal.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Christopher tries to control but Winner wriggling away.
St Christopher scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Winner?
Winner is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
St Christopher unloading with bombs!
St Christopher breaks from Winner's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Winner is looking to get to half guard.
St Christopher controlling from mount.
Calvin St Christopher overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Winner is looking to improve his position but St Christopher isn't that keen on the idea.

And that's the end of the fight!
Calvin St Christopher showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for St Christopher, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 30:28
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Calvin St Christopher!