PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Olivin St Daintoro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ken Tentheros (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Olivin St Daintoro has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Olivin St Daintoro seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

St Daintoro
vs
Tentheros

189 cm
30
221 lbs
13 - 9 - 0

186 cm
30
205 lbs
18 - 7 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Olivin St Daintoro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Ken Tentheros!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Ben Watson and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tentheros throws a head kick but St Daintoro moves out of range.
St Daintoro throws a sloppy head kick and Tentheros moves out of range easily.
Tentheros has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as St Daintoro is landing a low percentage of strikes.
St Daintoro moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

It looks like Ken Tentheros has been cut.
St Daintoro buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
St Daintoro tries a head kick but it misses.
Tentheros on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Tentheros dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
St Daintoro takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
St Daintoro delivers a nice body kick.
Olivin St Daintoro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
St Daintoro misses with a head kick.
St Daintoro takes a body punch but keeps moving.
St Daintoro throws a right hand that Tentheros ducks under and follows up with a left that Tentheros also avoids with ease.
St Daintoro lunges at Tentheros with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Tentheros's hand.
St Daintoro throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tentheros.
St Daintoro tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
St Daintoro darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Tentheros tries a low kick but St Daintoro avoids it.
St Daintoro fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
St Daintoro slaps away a takedown attempt from Tentheros, before circling back to the center of the mat.
St Daintoro displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Tentheros.
St Daintoro misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good work by St Daintoro as he checks the leg kick.
St Daintoro throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tentheros steps to the side to avoid the strikes from St Daintoro.
Tentheros misses with a low kick.
A combination from St Daintoro does no damage.

Tentheros closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. St Daintoro did well to prevent Tentheros getting side control.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Tentheros working St Daintoro over with strikes.
St Daintoro is trying to stand up here but Tentheros is controlling him well.

St Daintoro makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Tentheros uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by St Daintoro.
Tentheros swings for the body but St Daintoro moves out of range.
Tentheros is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by St Daintoro.
St Daintoro throws a head kick but Tentheros moves out of range.
Tentheros tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tentheros misses with a straight right.
Tentheros shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts St Daintoro as he jumps to the side.
St Daintoro looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Olivin St Daintoro has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ken Tentheros.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Daintoro on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tentheros. Tentheros obviously looking to wear him down.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tentheros uses good head movement to avoid the hook from St Daintoro.
Tentheros waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract St Daintoro.
St Daintoro misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
St Daintoro looks to land a combination but Tentheros avoids it well.
A telegraphed right hand from Tentheros misses the target.
St Daintoro loads up on a big right hand but Tentheros slips the punch.

Tentheros feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tentheros throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as St Daintoro works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Tentheros scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
St Daintoro wants to stand and escape but Tentheros is having none of it.
Tentheros throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as St Daintoro works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Tentheros showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Tentheros passes easily into side control. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tentheros is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down St Daintoro's shoulder. That is not cool.
St Daintoro is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Tentheros asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Tentheros working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Tentheros cracks St Daintoro with a big right hand but St Daintoro just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
St Daintoro is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Tentheros has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Tentheros has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Tentheros trying to control the position but St Daintoro is working away.
Tentheros sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but St Daintoro is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Tentheros postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The strikes coming from Tentheros are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Tentheros happy to just control the position for now.
St Daintoro wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tentheros trying to control the position but St Daintoro is working away.
St Daintoro tries to escape but Tentheros is in control.
St Daintoro takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tentheros lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear St Daintoro down.
St Daintoro is trying to buck Tentheros off.
Tentheros scoring with punches and elbows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ken Tentheros dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ken Tentheros's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Tentheros looks to score with a jab to the body but St Daintoro is just out of range.
St Daintoro scores with a head kick. Tentheros tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Olivin St Daintoro is winning the standup battle so far.
Tentheros throws a right hand that St Daintoro ducks under and follows up with a left that St Daintoro also avoids with ease.
Tentheros is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by St Daintoro.
St Daintoro scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Tentheros blocks a head kick by St Daintoro.
St Daintoro misses with a two punch combination.
Tentheros swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tentheros connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

St Daintoro is rocked!
St Daintoro circles to his right, straight into a beautiful hook by Tentheros. St Daintoro falls face first into the canvas - great knockout victory for Tentheros!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ken Tentheros!
Ken Tentheros took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Fighters First Nutrition Amsterdam 160 for their support in the buildup to the fight.