PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gennaro Trivieri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thijs Conkright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Trivieri comes to the ring accompanied by Deep Purple - Child in Time . Gennaro Trivieri has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Trivieri
vs
Conkright

187 cm
25
197 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

200 cm
25
195 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Gennaro Trivieri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Thijs Conkright !
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Aafke Stam and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Conkright is trying hard to land a takedown here. Trivieri sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Conkright wants to clinch
and Trivieri counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Conkright misses with a takedown attempt
and Trivieri counters with a series of strikes. Conkright will be more careful next time no doubt.
Trivieri lands a body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Trivieri scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Conkright is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Conkright looks winded!
Conkright takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

Conkright is rocked!
Conkright tries to get into range but Trivieri steps to the side and lands a beautiful hook that drops Conkright ! He's faceplanted into the mat, ass in the air... he's out cold! That's an image he won't want to show his grandkids when he gets older! Trivieri scores the big KO victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Gennaro Trivieri!
During a confident post fight interview, Gennaro Trivieri thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.