PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Patrick Kenzie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cassiano Victor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Victor has chosen Enigma - Hello and welcome as his entrance music. Cassiano Victor has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Patrick Kenzie's chin.

Kenzie
vs
Victor

191 cm
26
177 lbs
14 - 4 - 0

178 cm
25
178 lbs
19 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Patrick Kenzie!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cassiano Victor!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Leandro Rodrigues and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kenzie throws a right and a left that Victor avoids nicely.
Kenzie moves away from the strike by Victor.
Victor throws a jab but it's blocked by Kenzie.
Victor throws an overhand right that lands on Kenzie's shoulder, as Kenzie tries to avoid the shot.
Kenzie misses with a body shot.
Kenzie keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kenzie throws a jab but it's blocked by Victor.
Victor moves out of range as Kenzie strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big left from Victor misses.
Kenzie just misses with a punch to the body.
Victor uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kenzie.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Victor lands a right hook to the body.
Kenzie blocks a jab.
Kenzie misses the shot to the body.
Victor thows a body shot but no joy.
A jab from Kenzie misses.
Victor pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kenzie ducks under a wild hook from Victor.
A telegraphed right hand from Victor misses the target.
Victor misses with an uppercut. Kenzie saw that one coming.
Kenzie throws a hook to the side of Victor's head but Victor sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Patrick Kenzie is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

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 moves out of range of the strikes.
A swing and a miss from Kenzie.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
A big right from Victor misses.
Victor swings for the body but Kenzie moves out of range.
Kenzie thows a body shot but no joy.
Victor connects with a crisp jab.
Victor blocks a jab.
Kenzie walks into a jab.
Victor scores with a jab to the jaw.
Victor slips a jab from Kenzie.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kenzie lands with a nice combination. Victor backs away looking to recover.

It looks like Cassiano Victor has been cut.
Victor missing with a left hand there. Kenzie was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Victor missing with a left hand there. Kenzie was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kenzie takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The fighters circling - Victor throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Victor uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kenzie.
Kenzie loads up on a big right hand but Victor slips the punch.
Kenzie fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Victor manages to avoid it.
Kenzie just misses with a punch to the body.
Kenzie moves out of range of the strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kenzie fails to land with a series of punches.
Kenzie misses the shot to the body.
Victor shoots in but no luck this time.
No joy there for Kenzie, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Victor misses with a straight right.
Victor might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Victor thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kenzie takes a jab right on the kisser.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kenzie misses with a jab to the body

and Victor counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Kenzie is trying to keep Victor in close.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cassiano Victor dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Cassiano Victor's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Kenzie displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Victor throws out the jab.
Kenzie throws a big shot that misses.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Victor.
Kenzie scores with a punch to the head.
Kenzie slips under a jab from Victor.
Kenzie throws the left hand but Victor avoids the punch easily.
Kenzie swats away the attempt to clinch by Victor.
Victor shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Kenzie as he avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Victor dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kenzie ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Victor moves away.

Victor has managed to clinch.
Nice body punch from Victor.
Victor tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Victor.
Victor throws a punch but it's blocked by Kenzie.
Kenzie works on Victor's body with a couple of short punches.
Kenzie is trying to break free.
Victor is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Kenzie gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Patrick Kenzie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cassiano Victor.
Victor wants a takedown.
Kenzie is trying to break free.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Victor goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Victor lands with a left to the head.
Kenzie is trying to force a seperation but Victor has the dominant position.
Victor scores with a shot to the side of Kenzie's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Victor tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Victor misses with some punches.

Kenzie breaks from the clinch.
Patrick Kenzie is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Victor ducks under a wild hook from Kenzie.
Kenzie lands a jab-cross combination.
Victor looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
A jab from Kenzie misses.
Kenzie uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Victor.
Victor throws a jab when Kenzie was well out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Victor looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kenzie uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Victor.
Victor cracks Kenzie with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Kenzie jabs at Victor's body.

Victor moves into range and clinches up with Kenzie.

Kenzie pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kenzie lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Kenzie lands a nice looking body shot.
Victor scores with a jab to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Victor tries to clinch up.
Victor connects with a body shot.
A swing and a miss from Victor.
Kenzie throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Victor on the side of the head.
Victor throws out a loose jab but Kenzie uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kenzie tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Victor was well out of range. Poor timing from Kenzie.
Sloppy strikes from Kenzie. Those never looked like landing.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Victor slips under a jab.
Kenzie defending well as Victor loads up on a big left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Patrick Kenzie dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Cassiano Victor's cut.
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 throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kenzie sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kenzie uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Victor.
Kenzie misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Victor connects with the punch.
Kenzie looks to score with a jab to the body but Victor is just out of range.
Victor tries to clinch but Kenzie moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kenzie throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Victor counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Victor throwing strikes from guard but Kenzie blocks nicely.
Victor tries to free his leg and advance position but Kenzie is retaining full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Victor is stalling in the full guard.
Victor looking to pass the guard.
Victor is pushing down on Kenzie's leg trying to pass to half guard. Kenzie is fighting to maintain full guard but Victor has managed to sneak the leg through.
Well, if Victor is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kenzie keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Victor trying to mount his opponent but Kenzie defends it.
Victor is trying to control. Kenzie wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Victor stalling.

Victor is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Victor wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kenzie keeps working.
Victor sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Kenzie blocking the ground and pound attempt from Victor.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Kenzie blocking the ground and pound attempt from Victor.
Victor has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Victor trying to control the action but Kenzie is working from the bottom.
Victor is looking to advance position but Kenzie won't allow it.
Victor controlling the action here.
Kenzie blocking the ground and pound attempt from Victor.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cassiano Victor really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Cassiano Victor's cut.
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.

Kenzie avoids the body shot from Victor.
Kenzie throws a hook to the side of Victor's head but Victor sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kenzie will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Victor tries to clinch up.

Victor gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short body shot lands from Victor as the two fighters clinch.
Kenzie blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A frustrated look appears on Kenzie's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kenzie trying to stall but Victor improves his position.
A shot in the inside from Victor.
Victor tries for a takedown but Kenzie manages to get underhooks.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Victor as Kenzie tries to tie him up.
Kenzie seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Victor is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Victor lands with a short shot to the head.

It looks like Patrick Kenzie has been cut.
Kenzie has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kenzie wants to get back to striking at distance but Victor won't allow it.
Victor tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kenzie wants to get back to striking at distance but Victor won't allow it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Victor throws an elbow but misses.
Kenzie wants to get back to striking at distance but Victor won't allow it.
Kenzie is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kenzie is trying to break the clinch but Victor is controlling him.
Victor lands with a right to the head.
Victor has Kenzie pressed against the cage, preventing Kenzie from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A head punch on the inside from Victor fails to land.
Kenzie wants to break free but Victor has control.
Victor misses with a short punch on the inside.
Victor misses with an elbow over the top.
Kenzie wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Victor.
Victor misses with an elbow over the top.

Kenzie breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Victor thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kenzie is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Victor.
Victor throws a lazy right hand but Kenzie sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

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.
Kenzie ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Kenzie avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kenzie throws a jab when Victor was well out of range.
Kenzie moves out of range of the strikes.
A shot to the body from Kenzie misses
and Kenzie takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nice defenses there by Victor.
Kenzie looks to throw the jab but Victor is out of range.
Victor shoots in for a takedown but Kenzie shows good takedown defense.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kenzie swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Victor connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Victor fails to land the takedown.
Patrick Kenzie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cassiano Victor.
Kenzie throws a body punch but Victor moves out of range.
Kenzie throws a right hand that Victor ducks under and follows up with a left that Victor also avoids with ease.
Patrick Kenzie is winning the standup battle so far.
A lazy left from Kenzie finds it's target.
No luck for Victor with that takedown attempt.
Kenzie closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kenzie jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kenzie tests Victor's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A swing and a miss from Kenzie.
Victor misses with a looping right.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Victor lands a nice knee to the body.
Kenzie blocks an elbow strike from Victor.
Kenzie looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Victor misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cassiano Victor dominated that fourth round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Victor misses with a hook.

Victor clinches.
Victor misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kenzie has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Victor tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kenzie's elbow.
Kenzie is trying to force a seperation but Victor has the dominant position.

Kenzie breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kenzie throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kenzie throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A slow jab from Victor misses its intended target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Victor looks for a takedown but Kenzie sprawls well.
Victor showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kenzie.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kenzie swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Victor tries to clinch up.
Victor slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Victor throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A big left from Victor misses.
Victor misses with a hook to the body
and Kenzie cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A telegraphed right hand from Victor misses the target.
Patrick Kenzie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Victor drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Victor pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Kenzie is keeping the position for now.
Victor trying to control the position from guard on top but Kenzie is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Victor throws a big right hand that misses.
Victor in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Kenzie on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Kenzie tries to get out of the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Victor is looking to work some ground and pound but Kenzie has wrist control.
Kenzie avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Victor slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Victor trying to control the position but Kenzie is working away.
Victor might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Kenzie kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Victor lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Kenzie down.
Cassiano Victor is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Victor controlling from side mount.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Victor wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kenzie keeps working.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cassiano Victor comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Victor has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 46:49
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 46:49
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 46:49

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cassiano Victor!
Cassiano Victor is the new welterweight champion!