PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gino DeLorenzo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hardy Kent (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kent has chosen Wolves At The Door as his entrance music. Hardy Kent is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

DeLorenzo
vs
Kent

183 cm
26
170 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

188 cm
21
185 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Decent elbows
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gino DeLorenzo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Hardy Kent!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Andrew Berry and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kent takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

Kent shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
DeLorenzo pushes Kent off looking to stand but Kent dives back in and keeps control.
DeLorenzo is staying active underneath Kent, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Kent lands a nice short elbow.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kent content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
DeLorenzo blocking the ground and pound attempt from Kent.
DeLorenzo won't allow Kent to pass to mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kent thows a huge punch but DeLorenzo dodges it nicely.
Kent not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Kent perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Kent wants to get back to his feet.
DeLorenzo pushes Kent off looking to stand but Kent dives back in and keeps control.
Kent perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
DeLorenzo pushes Kent off looking to stand but Kent dives back in and keeps control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hardy Kent has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Kent takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
DeLorenzo scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
DeLorenzo is looking to slow Kent down with leg kicks.
DeLorenzo misses with a double jab.
Kent takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
DeLorenzo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
DeLorenzo throws a leg kick which misses Kent's front leg but catches the back leg as Kent tries to avoid it.

Kent throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. DeLorenzo was covering up waiting for the punch and Kent finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Kent looks gassed!
Kent engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Kent looking to pass the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
DeLorenzo avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Kent gets to his feet. DeLorenzo looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
DeLorenzo turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A combination from DeLorenzo does no damage.
Kent fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Kent fails to land the takedown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kent gets cracked with a nice right hand there by DeLorenzo.
Kent on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Kent misses with a double jab.
Kent dodges the punch combination from DeLorenzo.
DeLorenzo goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by DeLorenzo.
Hardy Kent seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
DeLorenzo dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kent. That did some damage!
Gino DeLorenzo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
DeLorenzo dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kent. That did some damage!

DeLorenzo lands a left and a right that send Kent crashing to the mat, dazed. DeLorenzo thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Kent is rocked!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
DeLorenzo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kent circles away quickly and effectively.
Kent is still on wobbly legs! Can DeLorenzo finish him?
Kent throws a wild hook but DeLorenzo just manages to duck under it and - ooooh! Kent gets nailed by a brutal uppercut which crumples him back against the ropes! The referee jumps in - DeLorenzo raises his hands in celebration and walks away!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gino DeLorenzo!