PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Rico (ranked 4143 p4p, 4069 weight class) and Eduard Denile (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Rico
vs
Denile

177 cm
18
173
0 - 0 - 0

195 cm
18
180
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

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 London, Johnny Rico!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eduard Denile!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Phil Schofield and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rico moves in looking to clinch but Denile pushes him off.
Rico moves to clinch but Denile breaks away
and Denile counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Rico takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Denile avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rico tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rico doesn't manage to clinch there - Denile circles away.
Denile avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Denile looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Rico tries to close the distance and clinch but Denile swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Denile is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rico looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rico gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Rico closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Rico prevents a body shot from Denile.
Denile managing to block the knees to the body from Rico.
A right hook to the body lands for Denile.
Denile wants to break the clinch but can't.
Denile misses with a punch on the inside.
Rico stalling in the clinch.
Denile is looking to break free of the clinch but Rico has double underhooks.
Rico tries a knee to the head but Denile blocks it.
Rico lands a knee to the body.
Rico keeps control of Denile as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rico looking to throw knees to the head but Denile is blocking nicely.
Rico tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Denile swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Denile is trying to force a seperation but Rico has the dominant position.
Denile has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Denile misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Denile takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Eduard Denile has been cut.
A knee to the head by Rico.
Rico missing with knees to the body.
Rico with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rico will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Denile up against the cage.
Denile working hard to break the clinch.
Denile lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rico displaying some good clinch control by pressing Denile up against the cage.
Rico tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Denile misses with a short punch on the inside.
Denile can't find room to land a body shot as Rico controls the action.
Denile is trying to break the clinch but Rico is controlling him.
Denile goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rico.
Rico blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Denile throws a punch but it's blocked by Rico.
A right hand to the body from Denile.
Rico misses with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rico obliges.
Rico holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Denile wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rico landing knees to the head.
Rico missing with knees to the body.
Denile tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rico tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rico throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rico landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rico landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rico lands a knee to the head.
Denile looks winded!
Rico throws a knee to the head but misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Denile tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rico lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Rico.
Rico throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Denile blocks it with crossed arms.
Rico tries to land a knee to the head but Denile blocks with his arms.
Denile tries to circle away but Rico has him pinned against the cage.
Rico scores a nice knee to the body.
Denile is trying to break the clinch but Rico has him pressed against the cage.
Denile has had enough of the clinch but Rico keeps him there for the moment.
Denile tries to break the clinch but Rico is controlling the position.
Rico utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Rico with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Denile swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Denile has a couple of punches blocked by Rico.
Rico dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Rico looking to throw knees to the head but Denile is blocking nicely.
Denile tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Rico dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Eduard Denile's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Rico tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Denile connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rico tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Denile manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A little jabbing left from Denile on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Rico tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Denile paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rico tries to clinch but Denile is having none of it.
Rico is looking to clinch.

Rico gets a clinch.
Rico unloads a knee to the mid-section. Denile lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rico is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Denile can do to turn this around?
Denile misses with the head strike.
Rico using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Denile has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rico missing with knees to the body.
Denile avoiding damage as Rico throws knees to the body.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Rico tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Denile avoids it.
Denile misses with a punch to the body.
Rico misses with a knee to the head.
Rico with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rico looking to throw knees to the head but Denile is blocking nicely.
Denile wants to break free but Rico has control.
A short right from Denile.
Rico tries to land knees in the clinch but Denile avoids the damage to the body.
Rico stalls.
Johnny Rico has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Denile lands a shoulder strike.
Rico connects with a nasty looking knee right to Denile's face.

That has opened up Eduard Denile's cut even more.
Rico lands a knee to the head.
Denile tries to break the clinch but Rico is controlling the position.
Denile managing to block the knees to the body from Rico.
Rico putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Denile in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Denile is breathing heavily.
Rico blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Denile working aggressively here.
Rico looking to throw knees to the head but Denile is blocking nicely.
Rico tries to land a knee to the head but Denile blocks with his arms.
Rico lands a good knee to the midsection. Denile won't want to take too many of those.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Denile swings wildly with an uppercut but Rico uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rico tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Denile is looking to break free of the clinch but Rico has double underhooks.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rico.
Denile is trying to break free.
Rico connects with a nasty looking knee right to Denile's face.
Rico throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rico lands a knee to the head.

Denile is rocked!
Denile misses with a hook from the clinch.
Denile is still on wobbly legs! Can Rico finish him?
Denile avoiding damage as Rico throws knees to the body.
Denile seems to have recovered his senses.
Denile misses with some punches.
Rico tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Denile avoids it.
Rico landing knees to the body.
Rico landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rico putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Denile in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Rico with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rico lands a good knee to the midsection. Denile won't want to take too many of those.
Denile takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rico working Denile over with knees to the body.
Rico taking a breather.
Rico with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A head punch on the inside from Denile fails to land.
Rico tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Denile.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rico obliges.
Rico lands a big knee to the head and Denile goes down! Rico pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Johnny Rico!
A victorious Johnny Rico thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.