PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gaius Julius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Claudiu Sinescu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Julius
vs
Sinescu

179 cm
18
169 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

186 cm
25
183 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Inexperienced

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gaius Julius!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Claudiu Sinescu!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Anthony Taglia and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Julius moves out of range of the body kick.
Sinescu throws out a leg kick but Julius moves out of range and Sinescu only half commits.
Julius shoots in for a takedown but Sinescu shows good takedown defense.
Sinescu lands a body shot.
Sinescu comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Sinescu tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sinescu fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

Sinescu feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Sinescu stands up from Julius's guard - Sinescu perhaps looking for a knockout.

Sinescu shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Julius's guard.

Julius is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Sinescu with a nice head shot there.
Sinescu wanted to stand there but Julius had control of the position.

Julius looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Julius is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Julius is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sinescu seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

Sinescu stands up from Julius's guard - Sinescu perhaps looking for a knockout.
Julius shoots in for a takedown but Sinescu shows good takedown defense.
Julius takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

Oooooh!!! Sinescu has knocked Julius down with a huge combo! Sinescu steps away and waves a wobbly Julius back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Julius is rocked!

It looks like Gaius Julius has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sinescu throws an overhand right that has Julius reeling! Sinescu follows up with more punches and Julius is out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Claudiu Sinescu!