PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between George Lentz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and hop sing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Lentz
vs
sing

187 cm
21
185 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

180 cm
24
185 lbs
5 - 13 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

Rivers Edge Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, George Lentz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, hop sing!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Gwen Towbar and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
sing throws a looping overhand right but Lentz ducks down to avoid it.
Lentz staying out of range there.
Lentz keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from sing.
sing misses with a hook.

Lentz closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Lentz is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, sing has escaped the position, nice work there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
sing is looking for a sweep.
sing is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

Lentz tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Lentz blocks the strikes from sing.
sing throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.

Lentz tries for a kimura but sing is defending well.
sing throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lentz wants to control but sing is keeping him busy.

Lentz tries for a kimura but sing is defending well.
sing wants to control but Lentz postures up.

Lentz tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Lentz has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Lentz working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Lentz is breathing heavily.

Lentz looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
sing struggling a bit here.

Lentz working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

That's two 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.
Lentz avoids the strikes from the bottom by sing.
sing is trying to control Lentz's posture but Lentz avoids it.
sing tries to buck Lentz off but Lentz is having none of it.

Lentz is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, sing has escaped the position, nice work there.
sing is looking to reverse the position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Lentz shoots for a takedown but sing saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Lentz avoids a kick to the body.
sing moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Lentz looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? sing is fending him off so far but Lentz persists. Nope, sing circles away and we're back to standing.
Lentz avoids a kick to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lentz ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
sing waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lentz.
sing throws a hook but Lentz blocks it.
Lentz ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
hop sing seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A slow jab from sing misses its intended target.
Lentz slips under a jab from sing.

Lentz darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Lentz is working for a submission of some sort.
Lentz trying to control the action but sing is working from the bottom.

Lentz is working for a submission of some sort.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
sing punching from the bottom.

Lentz is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
sing trying to hold on to Lentz's head to control him but Lentz postures up.

Lentz is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Lentz is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, sing has managed to free his arm - good work.
Lentz looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

George Lentz dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Lentz gets a takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Lentz is working for a submission of some sort.

sing is defending against the submission attempts here by Lentz.
sing wants to control but Lentz is keeping busy and won't allow it.

Lentz is looking for a kimura but sing is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Lentz to get the leverage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
sing gets full guard.

Lentz drops back looking for a leg! sing is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and sing manages to kick Lentz off! Lentz jumps back into sing's guard.

sing is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.
sing doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Lentz pushes down on sing's leg and manages to get into half guard.
sing really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Lentz. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
sing trying to hold on to Lentz's head to control him but Lentz postures up.
sing misses with some strikes from the bottom.
sing throws a strike from the bottom that misses.

Lentz is working for a submission of some sort.
Lentz trying to control from sing's half guard. sing has other ideas though and has regained full guard.

That's two 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.
sing trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Lentz connects with a couple of short punches.

Lentz got a little sloppy there for a moment and sing has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Lentz has managed to get both his arms back between sing's legs - danger averted.
Lentz scoring with punches to the head and body.

sing is looking for a triangle but Lentz pushes his legs off easily.

sing escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Lentz gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Lentz sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed sing's guard.
Lentz uses his free foot to push down on sing's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for sing.

Lentz looking to secure an arm triangle but sing defends it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
sing tries to lock up and control but Lentz gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Lentz trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Lentz with shots to the head and body - sing looks very uncomfortable down there.
sing is in all sorts of trouble here.

Lentz with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Lentz with good strikes from the mount here!

Lentz has control of sing's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and sing regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Lentz lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lentz tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Lentz with the ground and pound from mount.
sing tries to hold on but Lentz postures up.
sing is working to get back to half guard.
sing wants to hold on but Lentz pushes him away.
sing throwing hammer fists to the chest of Lentz. What's that going to do exactly?

Lentz looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
sing taking shots to the head.
Lentz blocks sing's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
sing flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.

Lentz swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). George Lentz!