PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ed Gennero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricky Steiner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Steiner comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Steiner kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gennero
vs
Steiner

182 cm
21
200 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

177 cm
29
198 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

Fury Nutrition Inc.

SP Ultimate Nutrition

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 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ed Gennero !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ricky Steiner!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Paul Gruel and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steiner shoots for a double leg takedown but Gennero sprawls well. He's pushed Steiner's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Gennero keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.

It looks like Ricky Steiner has been cut.
Gennero connects with a right hand. Steiner shakes it off.
Gennero connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Gennero misses with a wild combination.
Steiner shoots in but no luck this time.

Gennero moves into range and clinches up with Steiner.
Gennero lands with a light punch inside.
Gennero tries a body shot but Steiner blocks it.
Gennero struggles to land a body shot inside as Steiner controls his hands.
Gennero lands with a right to the head.
Gennero lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gennero goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gennero scores with a shot to the side of Steiner's head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gennero just misses with a elbow thrown towards Steiner's brow.
Steiner is trying to pull guard but Gennero has him pressed against the cage.
Ed Gennero has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ricky Steiner.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gennero is pushing Steiner up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Gennero gets through Steiner's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Gennero taking a breather.
Steiner is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Gennero is defending well.
Steiner on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gennero avoiding damage.
Gennero slows down the pace here.
Gennero lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gennero misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Steiner.
Steiner letting Gennero take a breather here.
Steiner blocks a body shot from Gennero .
Gennero can't find room to land a body shot as Steiner controls the action.
Steiner blocks a body shot from Gennero .
Gennero scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Steiner is rocked!
Gennero creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Steiner's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Steiner drops to his knees and Gennero pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ed Gennero !
A relieved looking Ed Gennero thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.