PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Maximo Renario (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kruger Vance (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Vance's choice of entrance music: Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Renario
vs
Vance

190 cm
19
202 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
19
201 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Maximo Renario!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kruger Vance!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Lou da Vinci and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Renario with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Renario misses the shot to the body.
Vance looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Vance on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Renario. Renario obviously looking to wear him down.
Vance digs a good body shot into Renario's ribs.
Renario tries to clinch up
and Vance connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Vance uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Renario.
Renario is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Vance swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Renario lands a nice leg kick that just misses Vance's sensitive parts.
Maximo Renario seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Renario tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Vance paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Renario swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Renario looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Renario throws a sloppy body shot
and Vance connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Renario rushes Vance and presses him up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Renario misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Vance misses with a punch on the inside.
Vance takes an elbow to the forehead.

It looks like Kruger Vance has been cut.
Renario can't find room to land a body shot as Vance controls the action.
Vance is trying to break the clinch but Renario has him pressed against the cage.
Renario blocks an uppercut.
Vance misses with a hook to the ribs.
Renario lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Vance wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Renario lands an elbow that stopped Vance in his tracks for a moment.
Renario creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Vance's defenses.
Vance misses with some punches.
Vance throws a head punch that misses.
Vance misses with a hook from the clinch.
Vance lands a nice uppercut.
Vance swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Vance is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Vance throws a head punch that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Renario lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Vance goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Renario.

That has opened up Kruger Vance's cut even more.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Renario lands a damaging elbow.
Vance misses with some punches.
Renario pressing his opponent against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vance.
Vance misses with a punch on the inside.
Renario lands a body punch in the clinch.
Renario gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

The cut above Kruger Vance's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Renario lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Renario comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Kruger Vance's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Kruger Vance's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Maximo Renario!
The defeated Kruger Vance had this to say: 'Shite ! ! ! '.