PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Leonardo Esposito (ranked 929 p4p, 629 weight class) and Kane Thoupos (ranked 153 p4p, 98 weight class). Thoupos has chosen 151 Rum - JID as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Esposito
vs
Thoupos

185 cm
21
190
6 - 0 - 0

177 cm
21
197
6 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Carnage

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Leonardo Esposito!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kane Thoupos!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Phil Schofield and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Esposito throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Thoupos throws a counter combo.
A big right from Thoupos misses.
Thoupos misses with a double jab.
Esposito throws a low kick, looking for Thoupos's leg but Thoupos calmly moves out of range.
A punch lands to the side of Esposito 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Kane Thoupos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thoupos will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Esposito swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thoupos fails in his attempt to clinch.
Esposito jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Thoupos is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Esposito.
Esposito throws a sloppy head kick and Thoupos moves out of range easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thoupos's jab looks to have found its range, popping Esposito under the eye.
Thoupos gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Thoupos dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Thoupos misses with a straight left.
A punch lands to the side of Esposito 's head but he takes it in his stride.

Thoupos has Esposito up against the cage in a clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Thoupos.
Thoupos lands a left hand that snaps the head of Esposito backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thoupos tries to work over Esposito's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch on the inside from Thoupos fails to land.
A short left from Thoupos.
Esposito tries a body shot but Thoupos blocks it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thoupos tries to work over Esposito's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Thoupos misses with a short punch on the inside.
Esposito lands with a right to the head.
Thoupos tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Thoupos tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Esposito's elbow.

Esposito breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
We've been told by Esposito's head coaches at FIST OF FURY that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Thoupos keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Thoupos just misses with a punch to the body.
Esposito scores with a spinning back kick!
Esposito takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Thoupos defending well as Esposito loads up on a big left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thoupos scores with a jab to the body.
A jab from Thoupos misses.
Thoupos scores with a hook to the body. Esposito takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Esposito throws a low kick, looking for Thoupos's leg but Thoupos calmly moves out of range.
Esposito misses with a wild body shot.
Esposito avoids a punch combination nicely.
Esposito looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thoupos works the jab nicely.
Thoupos scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

Thoupos takes the fight into the clinch.
Thoupos lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Esposito or not.
Esposito has had enough of the clinch but Thoupos keeps him there for the moment.
Esposito goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Thoupos working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Thoupos lands a body punch.
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!
Thoupos lands a hook to the side of the head.
Thoupos struggles to land a body shot inside as Esposito controls his hands.
Thoupos blocks a body shot from Esposito.
Thoupos pushes Esposito back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Esposito is breathing heavily.
Thoupos lands an uppercut.

Esposito is rocked!
Esposito blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Oh Esposito is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Thoupos.
Esposito swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Thoupos tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kane Thoupos dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Thoupos closes the distance and clinches.
Esposito seems to have got his legs back now.
Esposito tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Thoupos's elbow.
A short left from Thoupos.
Thoupos can't find room to land a body shot as Esposito controls the action.
Thoupos misses with the head strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Esposito creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Thoupos.
Thoupos lands a big right hand that drops Esposito! The killer instinct kicks in and Thoupos finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Thoupos!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kane Thoupos! Kane Thoupos retains his middleweight title!
After winning the bout, Kane Thoupos thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.