PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ed Gennero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Malik Al-Khaldi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gennero kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Wally's Pep Talk. The crowd seem to be enjoying Al-Khaldi's choice of entrance music: Razihel - Legends (feat. TeamMate) (Trident Edit). Ed Gennero is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Gennero
vs
Al-Khaldi

182 cm
23
200 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

182 cm
22
192 lbs
8 - 0 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ed Gennero !
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Malik Al-Khaldi!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Jeff Smith and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Al-Khaldi lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Al-Khaldi moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Al-Khaldi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gennero throws out the jab.
Gennero throws a sloppy head kick
and Al-Khaldi counters with a straight right hand.
Gennero keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Al-Khaldi has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Gennero is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Gennero missing with a left hand there. Al-Khaldi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gennero turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Gennero scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

It looks like Malik Al-Khaldi has been cut.
Gennero throws the left hand but Al-Khaldi avoids the punch easily.
Gennero takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gennero misses with a looping left.
Gennero misses with the body kick
and Al-Khaldi counters with a nice leg kick.
Gennero lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Al-Khaldi circles away quickly and effectively.
Gennero misses with a left hand
and Al-Khaldi counters with a body kick.
Gennero gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Al-Khaldi scores with a jab to the head.
Al-Khaldi moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Al-Khaldi lands a slapping body shot.
Nice defenses there by Al-Khaldi.
Al-Khaldi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Al-Khaldi. Gennero does a little dance to reset his feet.
Al-Khaldi cracks the inside of Gennero 's front leg.
Al-Khaldi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gennero .
Al-Khaldi misses the shot to the body.
Ed Gennero seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gennero throws a left and a right that both miss
and Al-Khaldi counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Gennero looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Gennero swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gennero moves forwards but Al-Khaldi connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Gennero throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gennero wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gennero swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Al-Khaldi counters with a straight right hand.
Gennero throws a hook but Al-Khaldi avoids it easily.
Al-Khaldi moves out of range of the body kick from Gennero .
Gennero misses with an uppercut
and Al-Khaldi counters with a good, hard body kick but Gennero shrugs it off.
Gennero is breathing heavily.
Al-Khaldi lands a nice leg kick that just misses Gennero 's sensitive parts.
Al-Khaldi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gennero .
Al-Khaldi appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Gennero connects with a right hand. Al-Khaldi shakes it off.
Gennero 's jab looks to have found its range, popping Al-Khaldi under the eye.
Al-Khaldi moves out of range as Gennero throws a body kick.
Al-Khaldi flicks out a counter leg kick but Gennero steps away.
Al-Khaldi scores with a head kick. Gennero tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Gennero misses with a straight right.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Al-Khaldi! But no joy.
Al-Khaldi has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Gennero .

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A solid body kick from Al-Khaldi.
Gennero throws a jab but it's blocked by Al-Khaldi.
Al-Khaldi doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Gennero throws a leg kick but Al-Khaldi sees it coming and moves out of range.
Al-Khaldi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gennero throws a leg kick
and Al-Khaldi counters with a leg kick.
Al-Khaldi connects with a leg kick. Gennero looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Gennero looks to score with a jab to the body but Al-Khaldi is just out of range.
Al-Khaldi appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Gennero throws a chopping leg kick but Al-Khaldi manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Al-Khaldi looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Gennero missing with a left hand there. Al-Khaldi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gennero has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Gennero there as he acknowledges the shot.
Gennero with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Al-Khaldi blocks a head kick by Gennero .

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gennero works Al-Khaldi's body with a nice hook.
Gennero misses with a right hand
and Gennero takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Al-Khaldi throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Gennero throws an off balance right hand
and Al-Khaldi counters with a stiff right hand.
Gennero misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gennero works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Gennero misses the shot to the body.
Gennero is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Al-Khaldi.
Al-Khaldi stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

Gennero is rocked!
Al-Khaldi connects with a solid leg kick.
Oh Gennero is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gennero walks into a picture perfect straight right hand from Al-Khaldi! He's gone down face first to the canvas, unconscious before he even hit the floor! Ohhhh. My. Goodness! That boys and girls was a beautiful knockout! Give that man a biscuit!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Malik Al-Khaldi!
Malik Al-Khaldi is the new middleweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Malik Al-Khaldi thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.