PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cassiano Victor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Patrick Kenzie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Victor's entrance music is Enigma - Hello and welcome. A fine choice. On his way into the cage it seems that Cassiano Victor has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Cassiano Victor seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Victor
vs
Kenzie

178 cm
22
178 lbs
13 - 5 - 0

191 cm
24
177 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Powerful

Umbrella Corporation - Q159 Recov/Muscle

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cassiano Victor!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Patrick Kenzie!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Daniel Cesar and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kenzie waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Victor.
Victor shoots in but Kenzie avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Kenzie throws out a loose jab but Victor uses good head movement to avoid it.
Victor with a nice cross.
Victor shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Kenzie pinned against the cage. Kenzie gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
A swing and a miss from Victor.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Victor wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Kenzie.
Kenzie misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Victor.
Victor takes one to the side of the head.
Victor shoots in for a double leg but Kenzie sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cassiano Victor. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kenzie scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Victor looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Kenzie blocks the low kick.
Kenzie closes the distance and lands a one-two.

Victor clinches with his opponent.
Victor lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kenzie backwards.
Victor digs a right hand underneath Kenzie's ribcage. Kenzie let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Kenzie can't break the clinch.
Kenzie wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kenzie is trying to force a seperation but Victor has the dominant position.
Victor drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Kenzie gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Victor lands with a left to the head.
Victor wants a takedown but no success here.
Victor has Kenzie pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Kenzie manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

Victor drags the fight down to the ground.
Kenzie is looking to stand up but Victor won't let him.
Victor wants to sweep here but Kenzie controlling him for the moment.
Kenzie must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kenzie stands and steps away. Victor gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Kenzie stuffs the takedown attempt from Victor. Victor gets slowly back to his feet.
Kenzie lands a slapping body shot.
Kenzie stuns Victor with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Kenzie ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A punch combination from Kenzie misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kenzie jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Victor throws a big shot that misses.
A combination from Kenzie does no damage.
Cassiano Victor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kenzie avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kenzie steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Victor.
Victor throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Victor looks for a takedown but Kenzie sprawls well.
Victor throws a big shot that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patrick Kenzie dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Victor.
The fight stays on the outside here - Victor looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kenzie lands with an uppercut that bounces Victor off the cage and back into rage.
Kenzie slips under a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A punch lands to the side of Kenzie 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Victor jabs Kenzie right on the nose. Kenzie blinks but takes it well.
Kenzie throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Victor sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Victor closes this distance looking for a takedown but Kenzie circles away.
A swing and a miss from Victor.
A jab from Victor misses.
Patrick Kenzie is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kenzie checks the leg kick.
Victor shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Kenzie pinned against the cage. Kenzie gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cassiano Victor. That's going to take a lot out of him.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Kenzie has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
With the fighters up against the cage, Victor throws an elbow but misses.
Victor throws a punch but it's blocked by Kenzie.
A short left from Victor.
Kenzie wants to break free but Victor has control.
Victor lands a right hand.
Kenzie wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Victor works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Victor lands with a right to the head.

Victor drags the fight down to the ground.
Victor tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Victor had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Kenzie defends it easily.
Victor might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Victor escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Kenzie gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Victor lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Kenzie!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Victor sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Victor unloads with some shots from mount but Kenzie bucks and avoids them well.

Victor is working for a guillotine from mount but Kenzie frees his head quite easily.

Kenzie defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Victor.
Kenzie really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Victor. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Victor unloads with some shots from mount but Kenzie bucks and avoids them well.
Kenzie wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Victor.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Victor controlling his opponent.
Poor strikes thrown by Victor there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Victor throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Victor throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Kenzie because Victor loaded up on that one.
Kenzie blocking the ground and pound.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Victor thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Kenzie holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Victor tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cassiano Victor dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Kenzie misses with a two punch combination.
Victor shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Kenzie but Kenzie pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Kenzie cracks Victor with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Nice defenses there by Victor.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Victor slips a straight right by Kenzie.
Victor takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Patrick Kenzie is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Victor fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Victor fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kenzie swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Victor.
Kenzie displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Victor throws out the jab.
Victor scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Kenzie lands a two punch combo.

It looks like Cassiano Victor has been cut.
Kenzie misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Victor.
Kenzie displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Victor misses with a hook.

Victor shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Kenzie is trying to defend but Victor finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Victor is nestled in close to Kenzie, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Victor not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Kenzie controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Victor not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kenzie trying to hold on to Victor's head to control him but Victor postures up.

Victor wants to work for an arm triangle but Kenzie is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Victor 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.
Victor is looking to advance position but Kenzie won't allow it.
Kenzie blocking the ground and pound attempt from Victor.
Victor sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Kenzie defending well though.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Victor is looking to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Kenzie lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Victor throws the left hand but Kenzie avoids the punch easily.
Kenzie throws a hook to the side of Victor's head but Victor sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Victor moves into the clinch.
Victor softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Victor lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kenzie backwards.
Kenzie's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

It looks like Patrick Kenzie has been cut.
A short right from Victor.
Victor softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Victor just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kenzie's brow.
Nice body punch from Victor - that landed with a thud.
Kenzie wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Victor has him pressed against the cage.

Victor jumps into guard, dragging Kenzie to the mat.
Victor looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Kenzie looking to sit in guard and control but Victor gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Cassiano Victor did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Victor misses the jab.
Victor works the jab nicely.
Kenzie connects with a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kenzie ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Patrick Kenzie seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Victor clobbers Kenzie with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Victor tries to clinch but Kenzie is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kenzie rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Victor moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Victor slips a straight right by Kenzie.
Nice sprawl there from Kenzie as Victor shoots in.
A big right from Victor misses.
Victor fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kenzie fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Victor looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A punch lands to the side of Victor 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Victor ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Victor has a takedown stuffed.
Kenzie lands an overhand right.
Victor tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Victor tries to clinch up but Kenzie circles away and keeps his distance.
Victor dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Victor fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kenzie throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Victor throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Kenzie's waist but Kenzie gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Victor off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cassiano Victor. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Victor tries a low kick but Kenzie avoids it.
Kenzie fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Nice defenses there by Victor.
Horrible takedown by Victor or perhaps it was just good defense by Kenzie which made him look bad.
Kenzie lands with a nice body punch.
Victor fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kenzie throws a good cross that connects.
Kenzie misses the jab.
Victor just misses with a punch to the body.
Kenzie ducks under a wild hook from Victor.
Kenzie leaves Victor with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Nice shot lands for Kenzie.
Victor throws a jab but it's blocked by Kenzie.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patrick Kenzie dominated that fourth round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!

Victor showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kenzie.
Victor ducks under a wild hook from Kenzie.
Victor wants to clinch up but Kenzie keeps it at a distance.
Horrible takedown by Victor or perhaps it was just good defense by Kenzie which made him look bad.
Kenzie throws a right and a left that Victor avoids nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Victor moves into range and connects with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kenzie throws a jab but it's blocked by Victor.
Victor dodges the punch combination from Kenzie.
Victor bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Victor closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Victor missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Kenzie avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Victor.
Victor wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kenzie keeps working.
Victor passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Kenzie!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Victor connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Kenzie is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Victor throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.

Victor swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Kenzie is now in Victor's guard. A big mistake from Victor there, giving up the dominant position!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Victor looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Kenzie missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kenzie throwing strikes from guard but Victor blocks nicely.
Kenzie is looking to advance position but Victor has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Kenzie is desperately trying to improve his position but Victor has a good base and remains in mount.
Kenzie is squirming around, avoiding Victor's attempts to control the action.
Victor landing shots from mount.

That has opened up Patrick Kenzie's cut even more.
Victor trying to control but Kenzie is having none of it.

Victor has control of Kenzie's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Kenzie regains control of the situation pretty easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kenzie holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Victor tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Kenzie avoids a series of strikes thrown by Victor.
Victor tries to control but Kenzie wriggling away.
Victor punching from mount but Kenzie doing a good job of avoiding damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cassiano Victor showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Victor has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 48:47
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 48:47
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 48:48

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Cassiano Victor!
Cassiano Victor retains his welterweight title!