PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Elbrys Gora (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam Winchester (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gora's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Cadillac Records - Howlin' Wolf Sings . Winchester has chosen Carry on my wayward son as his entrance music. Elbrys Gora has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Gora
vs
Winchester

184 cm
23
272 lbs
12 - 1 - 0

194 cm
22
256 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Elbrys Gora!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sam Winchester!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Sergei Dronov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Winchester scores with a head kick.

It looks like Elbrys Gora has been cut.
Gora dodges the punch combination from Winchester.

Gora drives through with a takedown into Winchester's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Gora throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Winchester works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gora slips nicely into half guard.
Gora looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

Winchester is defending against the submission attempts here by Gora.
Winchester is looking to get back to full guard here but Gora has managed to pass to side control instead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gora throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Gora advances to full mount.
Gora wants to control the pace but Winchester is squirming around nicely.
Gora has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Gora looking to secure an arm triangle but Winchester defends it well.
Gora throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Winchester tries to reverse the position but Gora maintains control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gora misses with a head shot.

Gora moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Winchester has worked his arm free - good work by Winchester!
Gora working the ground and pound but Winchester is defending the strikes.
Gora working away.

Gora working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

Gora goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Winchester rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Gora's guard! Nice work there by Winchester!

Gora throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gora throws his legs up looking for a submission but Winchester uses it to pass to side control.
Gora is looking for a sweep.
Winchester misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Winchester trying to control the position but Gora is working away.
Gora gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Gora is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gora is looking to improve his position but Winchester isn't that keen on the idea.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Winchester landing shots from mount.
Winchester looking to finish Gora with some ground and pound. This is bad for Gora!
Gora is bucking up trying to escape but Winchester cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Winchester is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Gora can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

Elbrys Gora's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Elbrys Gora's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Sam Winchester!
Sam Winchester is the new heavyweight champion!
A very excited looking Sam Winchester made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.