PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sam Winchester (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Balthasar Oosteroom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Winchester's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Carry on my wayward son. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Winchester
vs
Oosteroom

194 cm
29
256 lbs
13 - 10 - 0

212 cm
25
276 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Fast

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sam Winchester!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Balthasar Oosteroom!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Phil Schofield and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Winchester throws a leg kick but Oosteroom sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Winchester looking to land some kicks to the body here.

Oosteroom rushes Winchester and presses him up against the cage.

Oosteroom manages to break the clinch.
Oosteroom lands a front kick.

Oosteroom clinches up against the cage.
Oosteroom tries to land knees in the clinch but Winchester avoids the damage to the body.
Oosteroom looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Winchester misses with the head strike.
Winchester is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Winchester.
Winchester blocking some punches.
Oosteroom misses with a knee to the head.
Winchester gets through Oosteroom's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Winchester misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A frustrated look appears on Oosteroom's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Oosteroom throws a head punch that misses.
Oosteroom tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Oosteroom looking to throw knees to the head but Winchester is blocking nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Oosteroom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oosteroom working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Oosteroom fails to land.
Winchester lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Oosteroom lands a good knee to the midsection. Winchester won't want to take too many of those.
Winchester changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Oosteroom fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Oosteroom has Winchester up against the cage in a clinch.
Oosteroom with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Winchester is pushing Oosteroom up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Oosteroom escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Winchester looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

Oosteroom has closed the distance and engaged Winchester in a clinch.
Winchester is looking to control Oosteroom's arms but Oosteroom gets an underhook and turns him. Now Winchester has his back to the cage.
Oosteroom swings wildly with an uppercut but Winchester uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Winchester blocks an uppercut.

Oosteroom breaks from the clinch.
A head kick misses from Oosteroom.

Oosteroom moves into range and clinches up with Winchester.
Winchester prevents Oosteroom from breaking the clinch.
Oosteroom dodges an elbow strike from Winchester.
Oosteroom wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Winchester struggles to land a body shot inside as Oosteroom controls his hands.
Oosteroom blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Still in the clinch, Oosteroom scores with a nice short uppercut.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Winchester gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Winchester holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Winchester misses with an elbow strike.
Oosteroom lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winchester tries to work over Oosteroom's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Oosteroom missing with knees to the body.
Winchester can't find room to land a body shot as Oosteroom controls the action.

Oosteroom escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Winchester closes the distance and pushes Oosteroom back into the cage.
Winchester goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Winchester trying to land knees to the body.
Oosteroom misses with the head strike.
Winchester is stalling here.
Oosteroom pushes Winchester back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Winchester.
Oosteroom misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Oosteroom.
Winchester gets through Oosteroom's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Winchester throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Winchester tries a body shot but Oosteroom blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Oosteroom breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Winchester connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A combination from Winchester does no damage.
Winchester goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Winchester scores with a hook.

Oosteroom gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Winchester lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Winchester fails to land.
Oosteroom lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Winchester backwards.
A short right from Winchester.
Winchester lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Oosteroom or not.
Oosteroom misses with the head strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Oosteroom as Winchester tries to tie him up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A short uppercut from Winchester.
Winchester has Oosteroom pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Oosteroom manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Winchester lands with a short head shot on the inside.
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 Sam Winchester will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Oosteroom closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Oosteroom breaks the clinch.
Winchester lands a nice looking body shot.
Oosteroom connects with a nice looking jab.
Nice uppercut there from Oosteroom.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Winchester here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Winchester looks to score with a jab to the body but Oosteroom is just out of range.
Winchester tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A big right from Oosteroom misses.
Oosteroom lands with a hook. Winchester tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Winchester tries a head kick but it misses.

Oosteroom darts in and clinches Winchester up against the cage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Oosteroom managing to block the knees to the body from Winchester.
Winchester tries to land a knee to the head but Oosteroom blocks with his arms.
Oosteroom wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Winchester swings wildly with an uppercut but Oosteroom uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sam Winchester has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Winchester is working Oosteroom over against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Winchester tries to throw a body punch but Oosteroom avoids it by throwing Winchester back against the cage.
Oosteroom landing knees to the body.
Winchester on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Oosteroom lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Winchester backwards.
Oosteroom misses with the head strike.
Oosteroom prevents a body shot from Winchester.
Nice body punch from Winchester.
Winchester tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Winchester trying to stall but Oosteroom improves his position.
Oosteroom has a couple of punches blocked by Winchester.
Oosteroom throws a punch but it's blocked by Winchester.
Winchester tries to work over Oosteroom's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Winchester managing to block the knees to the body from Oosteroom.
Oosteroom with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Winchester throws a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Oosteroom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Winchester creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Winchester stalling in the clinch but Oosteroom improves position.
A hook to the body from Winchester.
Winchester taking a breather.
Oosteroom fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Oosteroom.
Winchester takes a knee right on the jaw!
Oosteroom avoiding damage as Winchester throws knees to the body.
Oosteroom misses with a knee strike.
Oosteroom misses with a hook from the clinch.
Winchester avoiding damage.
Winchester tries to stall but Oosteroom uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Oosteroom pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Winchester tries to land a leg kick but Oosteroom saw it coming and moves away.
Balthasar Oosteroom is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Oosteroom with a nice cross.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Oosteroom rushes Winchester and presses him up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Oosteroom.
A short right from Oosteroom on the inside.
Winchester wants to break the clinch but can't.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Oosteroom as Winchester tries to tie him up.
Winchester lands a body shot in the clinch.
Winchester blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Winchester has Oosteroom pressed against the cage, preventing Oosteroom from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Winchester misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Winchester misses with some punches.
Winchester misses with some punches.
Winchester struggles to land a body shot inside as Oosteroom controls his hands.
Winchester throws a punch but it's blocked by Oosteroom.
Oosteroom lands with a left to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Winchester tries to throw a body punch but Oosteroom avoids it by throwing Winchester back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oosteroom throws a punch but it's blocked by Winchester.
Winchester drops down looking for an ankle pick but Oosteroom pulls his leg out and moves away.
Balthasar Oosteroom seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Oosteroom connects with a high kick.
Oosteroom is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Winchester turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Oosteroom lands a brutal head kick. Winchester looks out on his feet and Oosteroom throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Balthasar Oosteroom!
A very excited looking Balthasar Oosteroom rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.