PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pierre Gautier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ver Cingeto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gautier
vs
Cingeto

187 cm
27
202 lbs
18 - 2 - 0

185 cm
26
205 lbs
18 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

SPARTA FIGHTWARE-GTI
Seven Sins™

Rōnin
Rōnin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pierre Gautier!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ver Cingeto!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Eddie Farnsworth and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gautier will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Gautier misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cingeto.
Gautier throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jab by Cingeto.
Gautier throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cingeto sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gautier misses the shot to the body.
Cingeto ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A telegraphed right hand from Cingeto misses the target.
Gautier throws a head kick that misses.
Nice uppercut lands for Cingeto. That snapped Gautier's head back.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cingeto throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Gautier counters with a nice low kick that buckles Cingeto's knee momentarily.
Cingeto fails to land with a series of punches.
Gautier misses with an attempted mid kick.
Cingeto lands a nice looking body shot.
Gautier defending well as Cingeto loads up on a big left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cingeto scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Gautier is breathing heavily.
Gautier throws a head kick but Cingeto moves out of range.
Gautier cracks a nice hook into Cingeto's ribs.

Cingeto gets the takedown into side control.

Cingeto is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Gautier knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Cingeto sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Gautier is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Cingeto misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gautier tries to improve position but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Cingeto is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Gautier has escaped the position, nice work there.
Cingeto tries to advance to mount but can't.
Cingeto is looking to take a break and control but Gautier is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Cingeto lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Gautier down.

Cingeto is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Gautier knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cingeto looking to control but instead Gautier has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Cingeto sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Cingeto trying to control the action but Gautier is working from the bottom.
Cingeto not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cingeto throwing shots but Gautier is blocking nicely.
Cingeto is keen to just control but Gautier is a slippery customer.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Cingeto thows a huge punch but Gautier dodges it nicely.
Cingeto throwing shots but Gautier is blocking nicely.
Cingeto has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Cingeto thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Gautier's head.

Cingeto is working for a submission of some sort.

Cingeto wants to work for an arm triangle but Gautier is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ver Cingeto dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

A bone on bone clash there as Cingeto blocks the leg kick.
Cingeto's jab looks to have found its range, popping Gautier under the eye.
Cingeto checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Cingeto lands a nice shot to the body.
Gautier tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Cingeto is able to avoid easily.
Gautier throws a leg kick that misses.
Cingeto throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Cingeto, as that shot connected.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cingeto. Gautier does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gautier loads up on a big right hand but Cingeto slips the punch.
Gautier uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cingeto.
A good leg kick by Gautier.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cingeto swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Gautier makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Cingeto really felt that one!
Gautier looks to score with a jab to the body but Cingeto is just out of range.
Cingeto uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gautier.
Nice shot by Cingeto.
Ver Cingeto seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cingeto stuns Gautier with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Crunch! Gautier slams his shin into Cingeto's torso.
Gautier is looking to wear down Cingeto with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Gautier misses with a body shot.
A big left from Cingeto misses.
Cingeto takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gautier slips under a jab from Cingeto.
Cingeto fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gautier manages to avoid it.
Cingeto keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gautier.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cingeto takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Cingeto misses with a body shot.
Nice straight punches there by Gautier. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Gautier.
Gautier uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cingeto.
Cingeto scores with a body shot.
Gautier swings for the body but Cingeto moves out of range.
Gautier throws a low kick but Cingeto avoids it.
Cingeto misses with a few strikes there.
Gautier misses with a low kick.
Cingeto tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gautier was well out of range. Poor timing from Cingeto.
Cingeto throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gautier is looking to chop away at Cingeto's legs.
A nice inside leg kick there by Gautier. That's going to slow Cingeto down.
Cingeto uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Gautier has time to react.
Nice shot by Cingeto.
Cingeto lands a jab to Gautier's midsection.
Gautier throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Cingeto misses with a wild combination.
Gautier throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Pierre Gautier seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gautier connects with an inside leg kick.
Cingeto throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Gautier counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Cingeto is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gautier jabs Cingeto right on the nose. Cingeto blinks but takes it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gautier lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cingeto's sensitive parts.
Cingeto misses with a hook.
A telegraphed right hand from Cingeto misses the target.
The crowd cheers as Gautier lands an impressive looking overhand right. Cingeto doesn't seem phased though.
Gautier is looking to chop away at Cingeto's legs.
Cingeto looks to score with a jab to the body but Gautier is just out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Gautier.
Gautier takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gautier looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Gautier wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Gautier throws a wild body kick that Cingeto sees coming a mile off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Gautier has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Gautier there as he acknowledges the shot.
Cingeto misses with a lunging right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Gautier misses with a low kick as Cingeto jumps back.
Cingeto shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Gautier as he jumps to the side.
Cingeto avoids a kick to the body.
Nice body punch from Gautier.
Gautier throws a low kick but it's checked well by Cingeto.
Gautier misses the shot to the body.
Gautier scores with a jab. Cingeto acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A chopping leg kick lands by Gautier.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gautier feints and then cracks Cingeto's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Cingeto down.
Cingeto takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Gautier! Cingeto is out on his feet! Gautier rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Cingeto is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Cingeto is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:08 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pierre Gautier!
Pierre Gautier retains his light heavyweight title!
A very excited looking Pierre Gautier made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.