PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Niel Cenabre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michel Therrien (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Cenabre
vs
Therrien

190 cm
25
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Niel Cenabre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Michel Therrien!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Peter Branson and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Therrien shoots in and drives through. Cenabre sprawls well.
Therrien looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Nice body kick from Cenabre.
Therrien's coach down at Evolved MMA was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Therrien's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Cenabre scores with a head kick. Therrien tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

Therrien tries to keep at a distance but Cenabre has taken the fight into the clinch.
Cenabre scores with a knee to the head.
Cenabre lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Cenabre lands an elbow inside that Therrien shrugs off.

It looks like Michel Therrien has been cut.
Cenabre scores a nice knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Cenabre.
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!
Cenabre lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Cenabre landing knees to the head.
Cenabre lands a damaging elbow.
Cenabre connects with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Cenabre.

Therrien is rocked!
Cenabre using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Therrien is still on wobbly legs! Can Cenabre finish him?
Cenabre has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles Therrien - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from Cenabre, and another! Therrien is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Niel Cenabre!