PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pollo Tropical (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Denzil Kenny (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kenny has chosen Waylon Jennings - Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way as his entrance music. Pollo Tropical had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Tropical
vs
Kenny

185 cm
18
210 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

190 cm
18
206 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid 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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Pollo Tropical!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Denzil Kenny!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Chris Downing and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tropical gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tropical.
Kenny blocks an uppercut.
The referee calls for Tropical to work.
A head punch on the inside from Kenny fails to land.
A right hand to the body from Tropical.
Tropical misses with a body punch.
Kenny is looking to break free of the clinch but Tropical has double underhooks.
Good body shot from Tropical.
Kenny lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kenny takes a shot to the head.
Kenny stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Tropical lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kenny backwards.
Tropical fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tropical throws a head punch that misses.
Tropical blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tropical can't find room to land a body shot as Kenny controls the action.
Our sources have told us that Tropical has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Kenny blocking some punches.
Kenny being controlled against the cage.
Kenny stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tropical lands with a short shot to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tropical.
Kenny blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Tropical fails to land.
Kenny throws a punch but it's blocked by Tropical.
Tropical blocks an uppercut.
Tropical scores with a shot to the side of Kenny's head.
Tropical pushes Kenny back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Tropical lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kenny backwards.
Tropical fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Tropical.
Tropical tries to throw a body punch but Kenny avoids it by throwing Tropical back against the cage.
Tropical swings wildly with an uppercut but Kenny uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kenny misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kenny.
Kenny throws a punch but it's blocked by Tropical.
Kenny looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
A short body shot lands from Tropical as the two fighters clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Tropical - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Tropical.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tropical misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tropical blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tropical working aggressively here.
Kenny working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Tropical lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kenny backwards.
Tropical doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tropical.
Kenny takes a shot to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Kenny blocking some punches.
Tropical throws a head punch that misses.
Tropical presses Kenny against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Tropical stalling in the clinch.
Tropical taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Kenny tries a body shot but Tropical blocks it.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Tropical misses with some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tropical misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tropical has a couple of punches blocked by Kenny.
A short right from Tropical.
Tropical makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kenny blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tropical misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tropical misses with some punches.
Kenny misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tropical tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tropical misses with a punch on the inside.
Tropical blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tropical will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Kenny up against the cage.
Kenny swings wildly with an uppercut but Tropical uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kenny blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kenny lands with a light punch inside.
Tropical blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tropical working aggressively here.
Tropical lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kenny backwards.
Tropical doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right from Tropical on the inside.
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!
Tropical doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tropical takes a shot to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tropical.
Tropical scores with a hook to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Kenny tries to work over Tropical's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tropical can't find room to land a body shot as Kenny controls the action.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tropical.
Tropical lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kenny backwards.
Tropical fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tropical stalling.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tropical creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Tropical gets through Kenny's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kenny swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tropical blocks an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pollo Tropical dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Tropical uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kenny.
Tropical blocks a head kick by Kenny.
Kenny loads up on a big right hand but Tropical slips the punch.
Kenny is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Denzil Kenny seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kenny throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tropical sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tropical blocks a low kick nicely.
Kenny lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Tropical with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Kenny misses with a head kick.
Kenny misses with a lunging right hand
and Tropical counters with a straight right hand.
Kenny throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Tropical closes the distance and clinches.
Tropical blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kenny fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tropical lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tropical.
Tropical lands a shoulder strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kenny is trying to break free.
Tropical throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kennys head.
Tropical goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tropical makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kenny tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tropical's elbow.
Kenny swings wildly with an uppercut but Tropical uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tropical lands with a right to the head.
Kenny blocks an uppercut.
Tropical pushes Kenny back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kenny is trying to maintain a safe position but Tropical gets an underhook and turns Kenny into the cage.
Tropical throws a punch but it's blocked by Kenny.
Tropical scores with a shot to the side of Kenny's head.
Pollo Tropical has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kenny doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tropical.
A short left from Tropical.
Kenny misses with a punch on the inside.
Tropical lands a body punch in the clinch.
Tropical is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kenny can do to turn this around?
Tropical misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tropical lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tropical is pushing Kenny up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Tropical has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Tropical lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tropical tries to work over Kenny's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kenny tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tropical lands a shot to the body.
Tropical prevents Kenny from breaking the clinch.
Tropical holding his opponent close, against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tropical creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Tropical.
Kenny trying to control the position but instead, Tropical has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kenny into the cage.
Tropical misses with a punch to the body.
Tropical blocks an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tropical.
Tropical pushes Kenny back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tropical lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kenny lands with a short shot to the head.
Kenny working aggressively here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tropical.
Tropical is pushing Kenny up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Tropical lands with a light punch inside.
Kenny swings wildly with an uppercut but Tropical uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kenny blocking some punches.
Kenny has a couple of punches blocked by Tropical.
Tropical's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Tropical working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kenny throws a punch but it's blocked by Tropical.
Tropical throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kennys head.
Kenny wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kenny lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tropical backwards.
Kenny swings wildly with an uppercut but Tropical uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tropical stalling in the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tropical prevents a body shot from Kenny.
Tropical lands a nice uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Kenny.
Tropical scores with a shoulder strike.
Tropical lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kenny fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Tropical on the inside.
Kenny takes a shot to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tropical.
Kenny looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Tropical lands a hook that snaps the head of Kenny backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tropical.
Kenny is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Tropical scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A shot in the inside from Tropical.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pollo Tropical dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Tropical jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nice defenses there by Kenny.
Tropical misses with a body shot.
Kenny ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tropical moves away.
Kenny connects with a jab.
Kenny misses with an uppercut

and Tropical counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Tropical controlling the pace.
Tropical thows a huge punch but Kenny dodges it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tropical not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Tropical perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tropical sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Kenny defending well though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tropical controlling the pace.
Tropical thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Kenny misses with a straight left.
Kenny lands a lovely overhand right.
A big left from Kenny misses.

Tropical closes the distance and pushes Kenny back into the cage.
Tropical fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tropical scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A right handed body shot lands from Tropical.
A short right from Tropical on the inside.
Tropical lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tropical.
Tropical misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pollo Tropical is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tropical struggles to land a body shot inside as Kenny controls his hands.
Kenny is trying to break the clinch but Tropical is controlling him.
Tropical swings wildly with an uppercut but Kenny uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kenny throws a head punch that misses.
Kenny wants to break free but Tropical has control.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Tropical takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Tropical is working Kenny over against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tropical.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kenny.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kenny is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Tropical is keeping busy.
Kenny throws a punch but it's blocked by Tropical.
A head punch on the inside from Kenny fails to land.
Kenny is trying to stall.
Kenny looking to slow down the pace here.
Kenny is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Tropical has denied him.
Kenny is trying to break the clinch but Tropical has him pressed against the cage.
Kenny displaying some good clinch control by pressing Tropical up against the cage.
Kenny trying to stall but Tropical improves his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Denzil Kenny.
Tropical scores with a jab.

Kenny rushes Tropical and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tropical.
Kenny is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Tropical.
Denzil Kenny has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tropical lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kenny misses with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kenny misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kenny throws a punch but it's blocked by Tropical.
Kenny tries to stall but Tropical uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Kenny lands on the inside with an uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pollo Tropical showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Tropical, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pollo Tropical!