PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Luke Holder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tiago Sene (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Holder
vs
Sene

185 cm
21
196 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

188 cm
24
200 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Phoenix Nutrition - 158 recovery $99

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Luke Holder!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tiago Sene!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Dean Styles and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Holder connects with a jab.

It looks like Tiago Sene has been cut.
Holder throws a leg kick but Sene sees it coming and moves out of range.
A leg kick checked by Sene.
Sene tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Holder is able to avoid easily.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Holder.
Holder looks to throw the jab but Sene is out of range.
Sene connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Holder momentarily.
Sene misses with an uppercut
and Holder counters with a one-two to the body.
Holder misses with a low kick.
A head kick misses from Holder.
Holder pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Sene ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Holder moves away.
Sene connects with a crisp jab.
Sene looks to throw the jab but Holder is out of range.
Sene throws the kick towards the body but Holder avoids it.
Holder swings for the body but Sene moves out of range.
Holder lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Holder swings for the body but Sene moves out of range.
Sene checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Sene checks a leg kick nicely.
Sene's jab looks to have found its range, popping Holder under the eye.

Holder closes the distance and pushes Sene back into the cage.
Sene tries a body shot but Holder blocks it.
Holder blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Holder gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Holder breaks the clinch.
Sene closes the distance but Holder moves to the side
and Holder counters with a nice body kick.
Holder scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sene has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Holder.
Sene looks gassed!
Holder throws the kick towards the body but Sene avoids it.
Holder lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Holder moves into range and clinches up with Sene.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sene misses with a punch to the body.
Sene tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Holder's elbow.

Holder breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Holder chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Holder lands a leg kick that knocks Sene off balance momentarily.
Holder lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

Holder closes the distance and clinches.
A left hand lands to the body for Holder.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Holder.
Holder comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Holder has Sene pushed against the cage.
Holder lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Holder lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sene backwards.
Holder misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sene.
Holder lands an elbow inside that Sene shrugs off.
Sene takes an elbow to the temple.
Sene takes an elbow to the temple.

That has opened up Tiago Sene's cut even more.
Sene tries to work over Holder's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Holder avoiding damage.
Holder lands an elbow inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holder scores with a shot to the side of Sene's head.

The cut above Tiago Sene's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
A short right from Holder on the inside.
Holder blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sene blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Holder stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Holder scores with a hook to the body.
Holder creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sene's defenses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Holder takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Sene misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sene swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Holder is stalling here.
Holder tries to land knees in the clinch but Sene avoids the damage to the body.
Sene misses with a punch on the inside.
Sene swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Holder.
Holder blocks an uppercut.
Holder blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Holder.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sene works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Holder lands an elbow inside.
Holder has Sene pushed against the cage.
Sene misses with some punches.
A knee to the head by Holder.
Holder blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Holder comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Holder lands an elbow that stopped Sene in his tracks for a moment.

Tiago Sene's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Nice elbow from Holder.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Tiago Sene's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Luke Holder!