PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kano Winchester (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonathan Cory (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Winchester has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Winchester
vs
Cory

184 cm
25
159 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

178 cm
25
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kano Winchester!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jonathan Cory!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, John Mangel and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Cory looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cory attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Cory doesn't manage to clinch there - Winchester circles away.
Cory fails with an attempt to clinch.
Winchester throws a series of punches but Cory avoids them all with ease.

Cory takes the fight into the clinch.
Winchester misses with the head strike.
Winchester lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cory backwards.

Cory jumps guard and drags Winchester to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Winchester has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Cory wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cory is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Cory stands up and beckons Winchester to join him on the feet.
Winchester is breathing heavily.
Cory thumps Winchester with a low kick.
Cory tries to clinch but Winchester is having none of it.
Cory tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cory tries to clinch up
and Winchester counters with a left to the body.
Cory wants to clinch.
Winchester circles away from the clinch attempt.

Cory has Winchester up against the cage in a clinch.
Cory tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Cory breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cory is looking to clinch.
Jonathan Cory seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Winchester swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cory will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Cory tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Winchester manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cory. Winchester does a little dance to reset his feet.

Cory fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Winchester, pushing him back against the cage.
Cory is trying to pull guard but Winchester has him pressed against the cage.
Kano Winchester has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jonathan Cory.
Cory keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Winchester's efforts to push away.
Cory changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Winchester fights it off and pushes away nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cory tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cory looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Winchester is looking to score with low kicks.
Cory doesn't manage to clinch there - Winchester circles away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cory looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cory tries to clinch but Winchester moves away
and Winchester counters with a nice uppercut.
Winchester misses with a wild combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jonathan Cory dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

A solid leg kick lands there for Cory.
Cory fails with an attempt to clinch.
Winchester keeps the fight on the outside.
Cory tries to close the distance and clinch but Winchester swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Winchester fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cory swinging wildly here.
Cory tries to clinch up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cory tries to close the distance and clinch up but Winchester swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cory has closed the distance and engaged Winchester in a clinch.
Winchester tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cory's elbow.
Cory has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Winchester is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

Cory breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Winchester has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cory looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cory wants to clinch up but Winchester keeps it at a distance.
Cory tries to close the distance and clinch up but Winchester swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Cory fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Winchester, pushing him back against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cory looking for a takedown.
Cory landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Cory tries to work over Winchester's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Cory pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cory tries to close the distance and clinch up but Winchester swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cory is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Cory clinches up with Winchester and pushes him back against the cage.

Cory successfully pulls guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Cory is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cory looking for a takedown.
Kano Winchester has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jonathan Cory.
Cory jumps guard but Winchester turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.

Cory breaks the clinch.
Cory throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cory staying out of range there.
Kano Winchester is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Winchester keeps the fight on the outside.
Winchester slaps away a takedown attempt from Cory, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Cory lands a leg kick that knocks Winchester off balance momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Winchester keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Cory closes the distance but Winchester moves to the side
and Winchester counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Winchester throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Cory on the side of the head.
Cory tries to clinch but fails miserably
letting Winchester counter with a right hand.
Cory fails in his attempt to clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Winchester takes a swing at Cory's ribcage but misses.

Cory moves into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jonathan Cory showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Winchester lands with an overhand left.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Cory.
Cory moves in looking to clinch but Winchester pushes him off.
Winchester keeps the fight on the outside.
Cory tries to clinch up.
Cory tries to clinch but Winchester moves out of range.
Cory tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Winchester manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cory tries to clinch but Winchester moves out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cory tries to close the distance and clinch up but Winchester swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cory tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cory is looking to clinch.
Cory tries to clinch up but Winchester circles away and keeps his distance.
Cory tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Winchester manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cory tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Winchester paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Winchester swats away the attempt to clinch by Cory.
Cory moves in looking to clinch but Winchester pushes him off.
Cory shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Winchester as he avoids it easily.
Winchester keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Jonathan Cory seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cory wants to clinch.
Cory fails with a takedown attempt.
Kano Winchester has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jonathan Cory.
Cory looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Cory pushes Winchester up against the cage in a clinch.
Winchester misses with some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winchester is trying to force a seperation but Cory has the dominant position.
Cory is struggling to control the position.
Winchester tries to work over Cory's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Still in the clinch, Cory scores with a nice short uppercut.

Cory breaks from the clinch.
Cory misses with a head kick.

Cory darts in and clinches Winchester up against the cage.
Cory stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Winchester lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Cory has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A right hook to the body lands for Winchester.
Winchester tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cory's elbow.

Cory pulls Winchester into guard.
Winchester trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Kano Winchester has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jonathan Cory is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Cory has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Winchester off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jonathan Cory comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Cory 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 Summer Carpenter scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 27:30
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jonathan Cory!
A less than humble Jonathan Cory misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.