PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Henry Yrnek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gennaro Trivieri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Trivieri comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Deep Purple - Child in Time kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Yrnek
vs
Trivieri

180 cm
19
188 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

187 cm
27
197 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Henry Yrnek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Gennaro Trivieri!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Richard Clark and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yrnek tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Trivieri manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Yrnek moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Yrnek tries to land a leg kick but Trivieri saw it coming and moves away.
Trivieri scores with a decent looking hook.
Yrnek throws an overhand right that lands on Trivieri's shoulder, as Trivieri tries to avoid the shot.
Nice jab there from Trivieri.
Trivieri with a hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Trivieri misses with a takedown attempt - Yrnek sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Trivieri misses with a body punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Trivieri keeps the fight on the outside.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yrnek. Trivieri does a little dance to reset his feet.
Trivieri uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Yrnek fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Trivieri checks it well.
A combination from Trivieri does no damage.
Yrnek throws out a loose jab but Trivieri uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yrnek tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trivieri scores with a punch to the head.
Yrnek defending well as Trivieri loads up on a big left hand.
Yrnek swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Trivieri slips a jab and a cross from Yrnek.
Yrnek is looking to chop away at Trivieri's legs.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Trivieri.
Yrnek moves out of range as Trivieri strikes.
Yrnek 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.
Yrnek lands a jab to the nose.
Trivieri avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Yrnek fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Trivieri manages to avoid it.
Trivieri fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yrnek manages to avoid it.
Trivieri uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Yrnek has time to react.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Trivieri looks to land a left hand but Yrnek moved out of range nicely.
Yrnek lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yrnek fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Trivieri is out of range.
Yrnek rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Trivieri counters with a straight right hand.
Henry Yrnek is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A cross from Trivieri lands.
Yrnek fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Trivieri manages to avoid it.
Trivieri is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Yrnek had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Yrnek fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Trivieri manages to avoid it.
Trivieri has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Donk. Yrnek catches Trivieri right on the button with a cross.
Trivieri throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Trivieri lands with a shot to the body.
Yrnek uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Trivieri.
Yrnek uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Trivieri.
Yrnek throws a leg kick but Trivieri moved away.
Trivieri throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Yrnek sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Trivieri connects with a looping right hand.
Yrnek throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Trivieri counter with a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trivieri swings for the body but Yrnek moves out of range.
Yrnek tries a head kick but it misses.
The crowd cheers as Trivieri lands an impressive looking overhand right. Yrnek doesn't seem phased though.

Yrnek is rocked!
Yrnek is wiping some vaseline out of his eye. Trivieri doesn't give a rats ass about fair play and cracks him with a massive hook to the side of the head! Yrnek crumples to the floor out cold! The cornerman is going to be in Yrnek's bad books for that mishap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Gennaro Trivieri!
Our winner, Gennaro Trivieri, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.