PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Will Genia (ranked 1593 p4p, 200 weight class) and Winston Churchill (ranked 1401 p4p, 173 weight class). Will Genia could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Winston Churchill's chin.

Genia
vs
Churchill

176 cm
39
170 lbs
36 - 19 - 1

170 cm
35
165 lbs
29 - 28 - 1

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Fast

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 36 - 19 - 1, fighting out of New York, Will Genia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 28 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Winston Churchill!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Churchill fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Genia has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Churchill walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Churchill throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Genia sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Genia looks to score with a jab to the body but Churchill is just out of range.
Churchill throws a shot from downtown. Genia moves away and avoids it.
Genia looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Churchill checks a leg kick.
Churchill tries to clinch but Genia moves out of range.

Churchill moves into the clinch.
Genia lands with a left to the head.
A short uppercut from Churchill.
Churchill lands a left hand that snaps the head of Genia backwards.
Churchill has a couple of punches blocked by Genia.

Genia escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Genia throws a body shot but no joy.
Churchill tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Genia gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Churchill.
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!
Genia connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Churchill on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Genia. Genia obviously looking to wear him down.
Genia feints and then cracks Churchill's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Churchill down.
Churchill missing with a left hand there. Genia was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A jab from Genia finds it's way through Churchill's defenses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Churchill moves in looking to clinch but Genia pushes him off.
Genia has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Churchill wants to clinch.
Churchill wants to clinch.
Churchill tries to score with a low kick but Genia moves his leg out of the way.
Genia throws a solid leg kick but Churchill takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Genia.
Churchill wants to clinch
and Genia makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Churchill pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A left lands for Churchill.
Churchill ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Churchill tries to clinch up.
Churchill cracks Genia with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Genia looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Genia uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Churchill.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Genia misses with a low kick as Churchill jumps back.
Genia on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Churchill throws the kick towards the body but Genia avoids it.
Genia needs to keep his hands up - Churchill had a free shot at his head there.
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!
Genia uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Churchill.
Genia tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Churchill is able to avoid easily.
Churchill checks a leg kick nicely.
Churchill tries to clinch but Genia moves away
and Genia counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Churchill thinking.
Churchill blocks a leg kick.
Genia throws a head kick that misses.
A bone on bone clash there as Churchill blocks the leg kick.
Churchill plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Genia lands with a shot to the body.

Churchill takes the fight into the clinch.
Genia is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Genia breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Churchill bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Genia misses
and Churchill counters with a nice uppercut.
Churchill closes the distance looking to clinch
enabling Genia to counter with a crisp jab.
Genia goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Churchill ducks under a wild hook from Genia.
A head kick misses from Genia.
Churchill comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Churchill scores with a hook.
Genia misses with a body shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Genia.
Genia throws a body shot but no joy.
Genia throws a nice inside leg kick.

Churchill has Genia up against the cage in a clinch.

Genia breaks the clinch.
Churchill smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Genia does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Churchill cracks Genia with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Genia is looking to wear down Churchill with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Genia thumps Churchill with a low kick.
Churchill throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Genia on the side of the head.

Genia is rocked!
Churchill is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Genia had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
A low kick from Genia is predictable there
and Churchill counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Oh Genia is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Churchill moves in looking to clinch but Genia pushes him off.
Churchill wants to clinch.
Genia throws a leg kick which misses Churchill's front leg but catches the back leg as Churchill tries to avoid it.
Genia seems to have got his legs back now.
Churchill looks to land a combination. Genia sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Genia misses with a wild body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Genia takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Churchill's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Churchill moves in looking to clinch but Genia pushes him off.
Genia throws a leg kick
and Churchill counters with a good, hard body kick but Genia shrugs it off.
Churchill catches Genia with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Winston Churchill will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Genia fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Churchill manages to avoid it.
Churchill throws a lazy head kick
and Genia counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Churchill cracks Genia with an open hand slap.
Genia takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Genia tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
An inside leg kick lands from Genia.
Churchill tries to clinch but Genia moves out of range.
Genia misses the shot to the body.
Churchill swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Winston Churchill seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Churchill turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Genia throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Churchill's head.
Genia throws a nice outside leg kick.
Churchill takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Churchill.
Churchill getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Genia lands a jab to the nose.
Genia throws a leg kick but Churchill checks it.
Churchill lands a glancing blow to the side of Genia's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Churchill takes a kick to the side of the head.

Churchill is rocked!
Churchill lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Churchill is still on wobbly legs! Can Genia finish him?
Genia blocks a head kick by Churchill.
Churchill seems to have recovered his senses.
Churchill tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Churchill fails with an attempt to clinch.
Genia throws a head kick that misses.
Genia dips to his left and cracks Churchill with an uppercut!
Churchill tries to clinch but Genia is having none of it.
Genia tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Churchill paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Genia throws the kick towards the body but Churchill avoids it.
Churchill feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Genias jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Churchill uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Genia.
Churchill moves into range and connects with a jab.
Genia throws a leg kick but Churchill moved away.
Genia is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Churchill.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Genia takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
The crowd cheers as Genia lands an impressive looking overhand right. Churchill doesn't seem phased though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Churchill is looking to clinch.
Churchill tries to clinch up but Genia circles away and keeps his distance.
Churchill tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Genia was well out of range. Poor timing from Churchill.
Genia throws a leg kick but Churchill sees it coming and moves out of range.
Churchill tries to clinch
and Genia counters with a leg kick.
Churchill wants to clinch up but Genia keeps it at a distance.
Churchill fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Genia on the side of the head.
Churchill swings widly with a right hand
and Genia counters with a good low kick that Churchill was not able to check.
Genia lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Genia fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Churchill has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Churchill tries to close the distance and clinch but Genia swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Genia ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Donk. Churchill catches Genia right on the button with a cross.
Genia digs a good hook to Churchill's body.
Genia throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Churchill to counter with a crisp jab.
Genia looks to throw a body kick

and Churchill counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Churchill.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Genia is trying to break the clinch but Churchill is controlling him.
Genia wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Churchill swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Churchill keeps control of Genia as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Genia escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Genia misses with a low kick.
Genia is looking to score with low kicks.
Good leg kick by Churchill there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Genia misses the body punch
and Churchill counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Genia drops his hands momentarily and Churchill takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Churchill scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Churchill is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Genia misses with a head kick.
Churchill connects with a crisp jab.
Churchill is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
It looked like Genia wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Genia keeps the fight on the outside.
Churchill tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Genia was well out of range. Poor timing from Churchill.
Churchill misses with a looping left.
Churchill tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Churchill takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Churchill wants to clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Churchill throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Genia on the side of the head.
Genia throws a low kick but Churchill avoids it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Churchill.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Genia throws a looping overhand right but Churchill ducks down to avoid it.
Genia throws a head kick that misses.
Churchill wants to counter the offense by Genia and move into the clinch position.
Churchill tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Genia paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Genia lands a nice hook to Churchill's body. Churchill takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Will Genia will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Churchill thumps Genia with a low kick.
Will Genia is winning the standup battle so far.
Genia throws a low kick but Churchill avoids it.
Genia swats away the attempt to clinch by Churchill.
A big right from Churchill misses.
Genia thinks about countering with a head kick.
Churchill misses with a hook. Genia ducked under it nicely.
Genia avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Genia lands a nice leg kick that just misses Churchill's sensitive parts.
Genia on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Genia misses with a wild body shot.
Churchill moves in looking to clinch but Genia pushes him off.
Genia misses with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Churchill fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Genia on the side of the head.
Churchill slips a jab and a cross from Genia.
Churchill on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Genia misses with a kick to the body

and Churchill counters by clinching up.
Churchill keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Genia's efforts to push away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Churchill tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Churchill keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Genia's efforts to push away.
Genia blocking some punches.
Genia is looking to break free of the clinch but Churchill has double underhooks.
Churchill tries to throw a body punch but Genia avoids it by throwing Churchill back against the cage.
Churchill misses with a hook to the ribs.
Churchill doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Churchill lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Churchill has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Genia seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Churchill can turn it around.
A shot in the inside from Churchill.
Nice body punch from Churchill - that landed with a thud.

Genia breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Genia scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Churchill tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Genia manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
As Churchill backs away, Genia returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Genia connects with a leg kick. Churchill looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Churchill is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Churchill throws an overhand right that lands on Genia's shoulder, as Genia tries to avoid the shot.

Churchill gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Genia is trying to break the clinch but Churchill has him pressed against the cage.
Churchill tries to work over Genia's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Genia breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Churchill is looking to clinch.
Churchill fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Genia on the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Churchill is looking to clinch.
Genia is looking to score with low kicks.
Genia swats away the attempt to clinch by Churchill.
A low kick from Genia misses
and Churchill counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Churchill throws a leg kick which misses Genia's front leg but catches the back leg as Genia tries to avoid it.
Churchill moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Churchill misses the body punch
and Genia counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Churchill tries to clinch there but Genia circles away.
Genia jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Churchill lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Churchill tries to close the distance and clinch but Genia swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Churchill tries to clinch up
and Genia counters with a slapping leg kick.
Churchill with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Genia tries to keep at a distance but Churchill has taken the fight into the clinch.

Genia's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Genia throws a series of punches but Churchill moves out of range.
Churchill tries to clinch but Genia is having none of it.
Genia tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Churchill was well out of range. Poor timing from Genia.
Genia lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Some bone on bone action there as Churchill checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Genia connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Churchill lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Genia scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Churchill throws a hook but Genia avoids it easily.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Churchill, as that shot connected.
Churchill moves out of range of the leg kick from Genia.
Genia changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Churchill moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Genia will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Genia has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Genia there as he acknowledges the shot.
Churchill tries to clinch
and Genia counters with a leg kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Churchill. Genia shrugs it off though.
Churchill takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Genia throws a right and a left that both miss.
Churchill stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Genia.
Churchill tries to close the distance and clinch up but Genia swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Genia throws an overhand right that lands on Churchill's shoulder, as Churchill tries to avoid the shot.
Genia is looking to chop away at Churchill's legs.
Genia jabs Churchill to the body, keeping him at a distance.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Winston Churchill.
I think Churchill has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Winston Churchill!
Winston Churchill thanked the fans post fight for their support.