PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bruno Winchester (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Puska (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Puska has chosen You Ain't Stoppin Me !!!! as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!

Winchester
vs
Puska

175 cm
22
150 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

175 cm
23
152 lbs
18 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ymer Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bruno Winchester!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Mike Puska!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Matheus Silva and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Winchester gets caught flat footed, as Puska shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Puska sitting in guard here, content to control.
Winchester keeping moving, preventing Puska from controlling successfully.
Puska not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Mike Puska was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Puska feints and then cracks Winchester's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Winchester down.

Puska clinches up with Winchester and pushes him back against the cage.
Puska controlling the action here for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Winchester working hard to break the clinch.

Puska breaks the clinch.

Puska closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Winchester to the mat! Winchester manages to get full guard.
Winchester wants to stand up but Puska is controlling him.
Puska trying to control the position from guard on top but Winchester is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Puska is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Mike Puska was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Puska swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Winchester.
Puska misses with a looping right.
Winchester misses with a few strikes there.
Winchester on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Puska scores with a jab. Winchester acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Winchester misses with a two punch combination.
Winchester lands a nice shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Winchester as Puska shoots in.
Winchester swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Puska counters with a nice uppercut.
Winchester throws out a loose jab but Puska uses good head movement to avoid it.
Puska thuds a left hand into Winchester's body.
Puska cracks a nice hook into Winchester's ribs.
Winchester takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Bruno Winchester seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Puska shoots in for a takedown but Winchester shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Puska lands with a cross.
Winchester thows a left - swing and a miss!
Winchester throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Puska uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Winchester.
Winchester lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Puska circles away quickly and effectively.
Winchester throws out a loose jab but Puska uses good head movement to avoid it.

Puska shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Winchester on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Winchester tries to get out of the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Puska's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Mike Puska wasn't active enough on the ground.
Winchester tries to bum rush Puska with a series of wild strikes but Puska uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Winchester throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Puska shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Winchester but Winchester pushes him off and we're back to square one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Puska dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

A decent looking body kick lands there for Puska.
A shot to the liver by Puska. Beautiful body shot.
Puska throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Winchester takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Winchester fails to land with a series of punches.
Winchester misses with a wild body shot.
Puska lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Winchester circles away quickly and effectively.
Winchester misses with a lunging right hand
and Puska counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Bruno Winchester is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Winchester blocks a head kick by Puska.
Puska slips under a jab.
Puska misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Winchester.
Winchester misses with a combination

and Puska counters with a takedown into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Puska is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Winchester's shoulder. That is not cool.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Winchester avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Puska.
Puska is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Mike Puska has got the better of the ground game so far.
Let's hope that Puska has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

Mike Puska has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Good leg kick by Puska there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Winchester misses with a jab to the body
and Puska counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Winchester throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Puska counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Puska looks to land a left hand but Winchester moved out of range nicely.
Puska moves out of range as Winchester strikes.
Puska on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

It looks like Mike Puska has been cut.
Puska throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Winchester.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Puska jabs Winchester to the body, keeping him at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puska tries to clinch there but Winchester circles away.
Puska jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Winchester swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Puska comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Puska lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Puska tries to clinch up.
Winchester throws an overhand right that lands on Puska's shoulder, as Puska tries to avoid the shot.
Winchester lands a lovely overhand right.
Winchester moves forwards but Puska connects with a nice, crisp jab.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Winchester.
Winchester throws a poor cross that misses
and Puska connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Puska shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Winchester defends it nicely.
Mike Puska seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Puska throws a head kick but Winchester moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Winchester is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Winchester's jab looks to have found its range, popping Puska under the eye.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Puska digs a good hook to Winchester's body.
Winchester misses with a straight right.
Winchester misses with a looping left.
Puska slips under a jab.
Winchester throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Puska to counter with a crisp jab.
Winchester throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Puska punishes Winchester's body with a nice straight punch.
Puska shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Winchester sprawls well. Winchester wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Puska gets slowly back to his feet.
Puska throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Winchester.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Puska showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Mike Puska's cut.
That's time! Winchester's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Winchester throws a series of punches but Puska moves out of range.

Puska closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Winchester's guard.
Puska content to stall in guard here.
Puska wants to pass the guard but Winchester is keeping the position.
Winchester keeping moving, preventing Puska from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Puska is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Mike Puska has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Puska connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Winchester's hands.
Puska throws a body punch but Winchester moves out of range.

Puska shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Puska controlling the pace for now.
Poor strikes thrown by Puska there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Puska looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Mike Puska was stalling too much, according to the referee.

Puska closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Winchester to the mat! Winchester manages to get full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puska not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Puska advances position into side control!
A lull in the action here as Puska stalls from top position.
Winchester on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Puska throwing strikes but Winchester manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Puska wants to control but Winchester postures up.
Puska is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Puska gets full guard.
Mike Puska is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Puska pulls Winchester in close to prevent any damage.
Bruno Winchester has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Puska wants to sweep but no luck.
Winchester has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Puska manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Puska looking to control and managing it successfully.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Puska comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Puska has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 26:30
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 26:30
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Puska!
Mike Puska gave a mention to Ymer Clothing in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).