PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vinny Patenza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Esperanza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Patenza's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, W.Peace, custom entrance music. Jimmy Esperanza has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Patenza
vs
Esperanza

176 cm
27
216 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

187 cm
25
213 lbs
15 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

Rivers Edge Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Vinny Patenza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jimmy Esperanza!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Ian Loll and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Patenza forces Esperanza back against the cage and clinches.

Esperanza pulls guard.
Patenza trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Patenza working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Patenza throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Patenza connects with a couple of short punches.
Esperanza avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Esperanza is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Patenza landing some decent shots from guard.
Patenza postures up in Esperanza's guard and throws a big left but Esperanza blocks it.
Patenza throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Esperanza is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Patenza throwing strikes but missing.
Patenza throws a big right hand that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Patenza throws a strike but Esperanza rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Esperanza trying to control the position from guard on top but Patenza is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Esperanza pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Patenza is keeping the position for now.
Esperanza stands and throws Patenza's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Patenza misses with a strike from the bottom.
Patenza tries to strike but it doesn't land.

Esperanza decides to stand back up. Esperanza steps back and let's Patenza get back to his feet.

Patenza moves into the clinch successfully.
Patenza has a couple of punches blocked by Esperanza.
Esperanza unloads a knee to the mid-section. Patenza lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Esperanza lands a knee to the head.
Patenza fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Esperanza is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Esperanza lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Vinny Patenza has been cut.
Esperanza gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Esperanza escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Patenza clinches with his opponent.
Patenza misses with a punch on the inside.
Esperanza lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Esperanza throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Patenza blocks it with crossed arms.
Esperanza is looking to control Patenza's arms but Patenza gets an underhook and turns him. Now Esperanza has his back to the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Patenza fails to land.
Esperanza blocking some punches.
Patenza misses with a punch on the inside.
Esperanza blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Esperanza successfully pulls guard.
Patenza thows a big elbow that misses.
Patenza working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Patenza accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Patenza throwing strikes but missing.
Esperanza trying to control the position.
Patenza in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Patenza won't allow Esperanza to sweep him here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Esperanza is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Patenza working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Patenza throws a strike but Esperanza rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Esperanza trying to control but Patenza is working from the bottom.
Patenza throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Patenza throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Esperanza wants to control from the top but Patenza keeps moving.
Patenza on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Patenza tries to get out of the position.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Patenza thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Patenza throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Patenza throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Patenza can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Esperanza controls the pace.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Patenza is striking but Esperanza is not phased and passes to half guard.
Esperanza is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Patenza!

Patenza defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Esperanza.
Patenza is looking to get to half guard.
Patenza might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Esperanza is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Patenza can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Esperanza prevents Patenza from getting the reversal.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Esperanza working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.

Esperanza is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Patenza is surviving well by controlling Esperanza's body position as best he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jimmy Esperanza dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Vinny Patenza's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Patenza gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Esperanza landing knees to the head.
Esperanza lands a good knee to the midsection. Patenza won't want to take too many of those.
Patenza throws a head punch that misses.
Esperanza lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Esperanza lands a left hand.
Patenza throws a head punch that misses.
Esperanza lands an elbow that stopped Patenza in his tracks for a moment.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Esperanza obliges.
Esperanza creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Patenza's defenses.
Esperanza scores with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Esperanza.

Esperanza's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Esperanza connects with a vicious head kick that knocks Patenza to the floor! Esperanza dives in looking for the finish!

Patenza is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Esperanza trying to control from half guard but Patenza is working away.
Oh Patenza is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Esperanza works his foot free and advances to mount.
Esperanza controlling from the full mount.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Esperanza can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Patenza is looking to escape.
Patenza seems to have got his legs back now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Esperanza manages to capitalize on a mistake by Patenza to take his back!
Esperanza has the hooks in. Patenza is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.

Patenza showing good submission defense here.

Esperanza tightening his grip on Patenza, looking for the choke.
Patenza rolls, trying to escape but Esperanza keeps control of the position.
Esperanza misses with punches from the back.

Esperanza is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Patenza tries to escape the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Esperanza working for a choke but Patenza is defending well.
Patenza is really stuck here.
Esperanza struggling to keep hold of the position.
Esperanza trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Patenza doesn't escape.
Patenza is really stuck here.
Patenza turns into Esperanza and is now in his guard.
Esperanza wants to sweep but no luck.

Esperanza is looking for a triangle but Patenza pushes his legs off easily.
Jimmy Esperanza has got the better of the ground game so far.
Patenza lands a couple of digs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Esperanza wants to sweep here but Patenza controlling him for the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Esperanza has momentary wrist control but Patenza slips an elbow through the middle.
Patenza content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Patenza throws a big right hand that misses.
Patenza throwing strikes but missing.
Patenza trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Esperanza holds on and takes a little breather.
Patenza missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Esperanza is trying to keep Patenza in close.
Patenza keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Esperanza's head.
Esperanza working a defensive guard here.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Patenza loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Esperanza controls Patenza momentarily but Patenza frees himself.

Jimmy Esperanza has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.

Patenza gets a clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Patenza misses with a hook from the clinch.
Patenza misses with the head strike.
Still in the clinch, Patenza scores with a nice short uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Esperanza.
Patenza fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Patenza tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jimmy Esperanza showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Vinny Patenza's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Patenza pushes Esperanza up against the cage in a clinch.
Patenza misses with some punches.
Esperanza looking to stall.
Esperanza blocks an uppercut.

Esperanza manages to break the clinch.

Esperanza closes the distance and pushes Patenza back into the cage.
Patenza doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Esperanza putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Patenza in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Esperanza lands a shoulder strike.
Esperanza with a knee to the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Esperanza.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Patenza.
Esperanza lands with a left to the head.
Esperanza blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Esperanza content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A knee to the head by Esperanza.
Patenza has a couple of punches blocked by Esperanza.
Patenza's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Esperanza lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Patenza backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Esperanza manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Patenza.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Esperanza with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Patenza swings wildly with an uppercut but Esperanza uses good head movement to avoid it.
Esperanza taking a breather.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Esperanza looking to throw knees to the head but Patenza is blocking nicely.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Esperanza.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Esperanza.
Patenza tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Patenza tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Esperanza with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Still in the clinch, Patenza scores with a nice short uppercut.
Esperanza connects with a knee to the head.
Patenza misses with a short punch on the inside.
Esperanza tries to land a knee to the head but Patenza blocks with his arms.
Esperanza tries to land knees in the clinch but Patenza avoids the damage to the body.
Esperanza is looking to break free of the clinch but Patenza has double underhooks.
Patenza misses with the head strike.
Patenza misses with some punches.
Patenza throws a punch but it's blocked by Esperanza.
Esperanza unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Patenza misses with a short punch on the inside.
Patenza misses with a punch on the inside.
Esperanza connects with a knee to the head.
Esperanza looking to throw knees to the head but Patenza is blocking nicely.
Patenza tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Patenza misses with a short punch on the inside.
Esperanza looking to slow down the pace here.
Patenza throws a punch but it's blocked by Esperanza.
Patenza misses with a hook from the clinch.
Patenza doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Vinny Patenza has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Esperanza landing knees to the head.
Patenza throws a punch but it's blocked by Esperanza.
Esperanza blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Patenza fails to land.
Patenza has a couple of punches blocked by Esperanza.
Patenza swings wildly with an uppercut but Esperanza uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jimmy Esperanza seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Patenza has a couple of punches blocked by Esperanza.
Esperanza lands a knee to the head.
Esperanza throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Patenza blocks it with crossed arms.
Esperanza blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Esperanza tries to land a knee to the head but Patenza blocks with his arms.
Patenza misses with the head strike.
Esperanza using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Patenza has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Patenza misses with a short punch on the inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Patenza swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Patenza misses with the head strike.
Patenza misses with a punch on the inside.
Patenza throws a head punch that misses.
Patenza working aggressively here.
Patenza lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Jimmy Esperanza is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Esperanza controlling the action here for a moment.
Knees to the body from Esperanza.
Esperanza lands a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Esperanza lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Patenza misses with the head strike.
Patenza fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Patenza misses with a punch on the inside.
Patenza misses with a short punch on the inside.
Esperanza lands a knee to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Patenza fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Patenza.
Esperanza blocks an uppercut.
Patenza misses with the head strike.
Patenza tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Patenza fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Esperanza blocking some punches.
Esperanza blocking some punches.
Esperanza with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Esperanza is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Patenza is keeping busy.
Esperanza connects with a nasty looking knee right to Patenza's face.

Vinny Patenza's cut is getting worse.
Patenza fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Patenza swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Patenza throws a head punch that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Esperanza lands an elbow inside.

Esperanza decides to pull guard.
Esperanza pulls Patenza in close to prevent any damage.
Patenza has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Esperanza wants to sweep but no luck.
Patenza throws a strike but Esperanza rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Patenza keeping moving, preventing Esperanza from controlling successfully.

Esperanza drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Esperanza jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Patenza thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Esperanza is pushing down on Patenza's leg trying to pass to half guard. Patenza is fighting to maintain full guard but Esperanza has managed to sneak the leg through.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jimmy Esperanza comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Esperanza has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jimmy Esperanza!