PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lenny Lukens Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yoshimitsu Kano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lenny Lukens Jr has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Lukens Jr
vs
Kano

181 cm
19
168 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

185 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent knees
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lenny Lukens Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Yoshimitsu Kano!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Radbod Blank and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lukens Jr darts in and clinches Kano up against the ropes.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Kano.
Lukens Jr takes an elbow to the forehead.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Kano trying to land knees to the body.
Kano tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lukens Jr trying to control the position but instead, Kano has worked for underhooks and has pushed Lukens Jr into the ropes.
Kano working Lukens Jr over with knees to the body.
Lukens Jr managing to block the knees to the body from Kano.
Kano tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kano.
Lukens Jr trying to control the position but instead, Kano has worked for underhooks and has pushed Lukens Jr into the ropes.
Lukens Jr blocks an elbow strike.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Lukens Jr creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lukens Jr dodges an elbow strike from Kano.
Kano stalling the fight.
Kano tries to stall but Lukens Jr uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Kano throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kano is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A short right from Kano on the inside.
Kano missing with knees to the body.
Lukens Jr tries a body shot but Kano blocks it.
Kano tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lukens Jr avoids it.
Kano throws an elbow that misses.
Lukens Jr takes a knee to the side of the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kano as Lukens Jr tries to tie him up.
Kano is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kano lands a knee to the body.
Lukens Jr is breathing heavily.
Kano scores a nice knee to the body.
Kano tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kano lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Lenny Lukens Jr has been cut.
Kano tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kano lands an elbow that stopped Lukens Jr in his tracks for a moment.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The referee calls for Kano to work.
Kano gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kano throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lukens Jr can't find room to land a body shot as Kano controls the action.
Lukens Jr wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kano has him pressed against the ropes.

Lukens Jr breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A right-left combo lands from Kano.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kano throws a nice inside leg kick.
Kano swats away the attempt to clinch by Lukens Jr.
Yoshimitsu Kano is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lukens Jr shoots in but no luck this time.
Kano fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kano throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Lukens Jr's head.

Lenny Lukens Jr's cut is getting worse.
Lukens Jr tries to clinch but Kano moves away
and Kano connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Lukens Jr is rocked!

Lukens Jr closes the distance and clinches.
Kano connects with a knee to the head.
Oh Lukens Jr is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kano lands a big knee to the head and Lukens Jr goes down! Kano pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yoshimitsu Kano!