PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rick Nash (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Keenan Cent (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rick Nash has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Nash
vs
Cent

183 cm
25
158 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

183 cm
18
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rick Nash!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Keenan Cent!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Daniel Blasius and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nash tries to clinch up.
Cent thuds a left hand into Nash's body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nash looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nash tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cent swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nash tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cent paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nash fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nash fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cent misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nash tries to clinch but Cent moves out of range.
Cent dips to his left and cracks Nash with an uppercut!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Nash gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Cent.

Nash breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nash tries to clinch up.
Nash doesn't manage to clinch there - Cent circles away.
Good shot there by Cent.
Rick Nash seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cent avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nash tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cent fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Nash on the side of the head.

Nash drives through and clinches with Cent against the cage.
Nash putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Cent in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Nash.
Cent lands with a light punch inside.
Nash lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cent backwards.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A short right from Nash on the inside.
Cent takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Keenan Cent has been cut.
Nash trying to stall but Cent improves his position.
Cent wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cent is looking to break free of the clinch but Nash has double underhooks.
Nash with a knee to the head.

Nash escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cent swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nash moves in looking to clinch but Cent pushes him off.
Cent connects with a looping right hand.
Nash tries to clinch there but Cent circles away.
Cent connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nash takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Nash lands a head shot.
Nash misses with a double jab.
Cent lands a right hook to the body.
Nash takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nash wants to clinch up but Cent keeps it at a distance.
Cent stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Cent wants it to stay on the feet.
Nash is breathing heavily.
Nice uppercut lands for Cent. That snapped Nash's head back.
Cent avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nash is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nash tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nash tries to close the distance and clinch but Cent swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cent dips to his left and cracks Nash with an uppercut!
Keenan Cent is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cent with a hook.
Nash misses with a shot to the body
and Cent counters with a nice body shot.
Nash tries to clinch there but Cent circles away.
Cent jabs Nash right on the nose. Nash blinks but takes it well.
The fighters circle momentarily. Cent darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Nash tries to clinch but Cent is having none of it.
Nash on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Cent works over Nash's head and body with a nice combination.
Cent lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Nash misses the body punch
and Cent cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cent is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Nash had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Cent wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cent scores with a jab. Nash acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A combination from Cent does no damage.
Cent goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Cent scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Cent scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Cent lands a jab.
Cent scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Cent lands a right hook to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nash takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Cent looks to land a combination but Nash avoids it well.
Cent throws a one two combo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Keenan Cent dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Keenan Cent's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Cent will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nash tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cent swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nash looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Cent throws out a powerful jab.
Nash avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nash wants to clinch up but Cent keeps it at a distance.
Cent misses with a two punch combination.
Cent misses with a series of wild punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nash is looking to clinch.
Cent scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Nash throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nash drops his hands momentarily and Cent takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cent circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nash takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Nash tries to clinch up but Cent circles away and keeps his distance.
A big left from Cent misses.
Nash throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Cent counter with a right hand.
Nash tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cent swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nash tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cent paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cent connects with a body shot.
Nash is looking to clinch but Cent is avoiding it.
Cent cracks Nash with a right hand to the side of the head.
Cent cracks Nash with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nash tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cent swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nash takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Cent tries to bum rush Nash with a series of wild strikes but Nash uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Cent darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Cent circles away from the clinch attempt.

Nash moves into the clinch successfully.
Cent has had enough of the clinch but Nash keeps him there for the moment.
Nash connects with a nasty looking knee right to Cent's face.
Cent is trying to break free.
Nash keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cent's efforts to push away.
Cent has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Nash misses with a body punch.
Nash throws an elbow that misses.
Cent wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Nash has him pressed against the cage.
Nash connects with a knee to the head.
Cent lands with a light punch inside.
Cent tries to circle away but Nash has him pinned against the cage.
Cent tries to break the clinch but Nash is controlling the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nash keeps control of Cent as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cent lands a left hand.
Cent is trying to break the clinch but Nash has him pressed against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Cent's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Cent working hard to break the clinch.
Cent is looking to break free of the clinch but Nash has double underhooks.
Cent wants to break free but Nash has control.
Nash tries to land a knee to the head but Cent blocks with his arms.
Nash's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Cent has had enough of the clinch but Nash keeps him there for the moment.
A head punch on the inside from Cent fails to land.
Cent wants to stall.
Cent lands a right hand.
Nash doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nash lands a left hand.
Nash lands a damaging elbow.
Cent tries to circle away but Nash has him pinned against the cage.
Cent is trying to break free.

Nash breaks from the clinch.
Nash tries to clinch but Cent moves away
and Cent counters with a three punch combo that has Nash backing up. Nash nods at Cent to acknowledge the strikes.
Rick Nash is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nice cross by Cent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Nash keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cent misses the shot to the body.
Keenan Cent seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nash slips a jab and a cross from Cent.
Nash tries to clinch up but Cent circles away and keeps his distance.

Nash forces Cent back against the cage and clinches.
Nash lands a left hand.
A body shot lands from Nash.
Cent wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cent tries to break the clinch but Nash is controlling the position.
Nash keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cent's efforts to push away.

Nash pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nash will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Nash gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Nash throws a lazy right hand but Cent sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Keenan Cent showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Keenan Cent's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Nash throws a right and a left that Cent avoids nicely.
Cent works over Nash's head and body with a nice combination.
Cent circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cent throws a right and a left that both miss.
Cent misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nash tries to clinch up.
Cent misses with an uppercut. Nash saw that one coming.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Cent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nash shoots in looking for a takedown. Cent tries to sprawl out of it but Nash keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Cent manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Nash tries to close the distance and clinch but Cent swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A left and a right from Cent both land. Nice combination.
Nash closes the distance but Cent moves to the side
and Nash takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nash takes a jab right on the kisser.
Jab from Cent.
Nash on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Cent swats away the attempt to clinch by Nash.
Cent thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nash wants to clinch but Cent slips to the side
enabling Cent to counter with a crisp jab.
Nash wants to clinch up but Cent keeps it at a distance.
Cent misses with a jab, cross combination.
Keenan Cent is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
A left and a right from Cent both land. Nice combination.
Cent scores with a three punch combo!
A left and a right from Cent both land. Nice combination.
Nash tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cent paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nash misses with a combination
and Cent counters with a three punch combo that has Nash backing up. Nash nods at Cent to acknowledge the strikes.
Nash on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Nash tries to clinch up but Cent circles away and keeps his distance.
Nash moves forwards but Cent connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Cent connects with a jab.
Nash takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nash walks into a stiff left hand from Cent.
Nash takes one to the chin there.
Cent sizes up Nash with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Nash takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Nash tries to clinch but Cent moves out of range.
Nash walks into a jab.
A nice combination there by Cent.
Nash wants to clinch.
Cent lands with a straight right. Nash didn't see that one coming.
Cent scores with a three punch combo!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Nash needs to keep his hands up - Cent had a free shot at his head there.
Nash looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Nash darts in trying to clinch
and Cent cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nash tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nash tries to clinch but Cent moves out of range.
Nash ducks right into an uppercut from Cent.
Cent lands with a nice body punch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nash closes the distance looking to clinch
and Cent counters with a series of strikes. Nash will be more careful next time no doubt.

And that's the end of the fight!
Keenan Cent comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Cent winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Saam Ante scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Keenan Cent!