PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bones McKenzie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diomedes Trinidad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

McKenzie
vs
Trinidad

183 cm
19
192 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

175 cm
20
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good in bed

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Intelligent

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 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bones McKenzie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Diomedes Trinidad!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trinidad tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but McKenzie paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Trinidad tries to clinch up.
McKenzie swats away the attempt to clinch by Trinidad.

McKenzie pushes Trinidad up against the cage in a clinch.
McKenzie avoids a wild elbow strike from Trinidad.
Trinidad is trying to drag McKenzie to the mat but McKenzie just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
McKenzie utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
McKenzie landing knees to the head.
McKenzie controlling the action here for a moment.
Trinidad lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Trinidad misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McKenzie.
McKenzie missing with knees to the body.
McKenzie lands a good knee to the midsection. Trinidad won't want to take too many of those.
McKenzie tries to land knees in the clinch but Trinidad avoids the damage to the body.

Trinidad pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
McKenzie leaves Trinidad with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
McKenzie displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Trinidad.
Bones McKenzie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Diomedes Trinidad.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trinidad darts in trying to clinch

and McKenzie counters with a takedown into side control.
McKenzie lands a decent elbow from side control.
McKenzie 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.
A control attempt from Trinidad but he's now mounted!
McKenzie connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Trinidad looks gassed!
McKenzie lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
McKenzie lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Trinidad hang on?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McKenzie lands a big shot there that rocks Trinidad but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
McKenzie trying to control but Trinidad is having none of it.
McKenzie is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Trinidad is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
McKenzie takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McKenzie scores with a couple of good head shots there.
McKenzie dominating with strikes here.
Trinidad is working to get back to half guard.
McKenzie wants to control the pace but Trinidad is squirming around nicely.
Trinidad is working to get back to half guard.
McKenzie tries to control but Trinidad wriggling away.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McKenzie prevents Trinidad from getting the reversal.
McKenzie with good strikes from the mount here!
McKenzie lands with some strikes.
McKenzie in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
McKenzie trying to control but he's not successful this time.
McKenzie is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Trinidad can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

Trinidad is rocked!
McKenzie lands a big elbow - Trinidad is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Trinidad is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Bones McKenzie!