PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Denis Cutesic Junior (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Morgan Vrinceanu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Denis Cutesic Junior has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Cutesic Junior
vs
Vrinceanu

215 cm
18
140 lbs
1 - 8 - 1

179 cm
20
145 lbs
2 - 8 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 8 - 1, fighting out of The Island, Denis Cutesic Junior!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 8 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Morgan Vrinceanu!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Sandra Marshall and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cutesic Junior pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cutesic Junior looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Cutesic Junior shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Vrinceanu but Vrinceanu pushes him off and we're back to square one.

Cutesic Junior moves into range and clinches up with Vrinceanu.
Vrinceanu changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Cutesic Junior fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Vrinceanu dives in and grabs Cutesic Junior's left leg, looking for a takedown. Cutesic Junior pushes down on Vrinceanu's head and hops out.

Cutesic Junior moves into range and clinches up with Vrinceanu.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cutesic Junior is trying to push Vrinceanu away but Vrinceanu has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Cutesic Junior gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Vrinceanu.
Denis Cutesic Junior has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Morgan Vrinceanu.
Vrinceanu drops down looking for an ankle pick but Cutesic Junior pulls his leg out and moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vrinceanu closes the distance and clinches up with Cutesic Junior, looking for a takedown. Vrinceanu pushes Cutesic Junior against the cage but Cutesic Junior circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Vrinceanu shoots in and drives through. Cutesic Junior sprawls well.
Cutesic Junior misses with a series of wild punches.
Cutesic Junior lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Vrinceanu tries to clinch there but Cutesic Junior circles away.
Cutesic Junior shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Vrinceanu sprawls well. Vrinceanu wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Cutesic Junior gets slowly back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vrinceanu dives in and grabs Cutesic Junior's left leg, looking for a takedown. Cutesic Junior pushes down on Vrinceanu's head and hops out.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Cutesic Junior is defended easily by Vrinceanu.
Cutesic Junior moves in looking to clinch but Vrinceanu pushes him off.
Cutesic Junior swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cutesic Junior looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Vrinceanu tries a head kick but it misses.
Vrinceanu tries to close the distance and clinch but Cutesic Junior swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vrinceanu shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Cutesic Junior pinned against the cage. Cutesic Junior gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Cutesic Junior closes the distance and clinches.
Vrinceanu changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Cutesic Junior fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Cutesic Junior moves in looking to clinch but Vrinceanu pushes him off.
Cutesic Junior misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cutesic Junior doesn't manage to clinch there - Vrinceanu circles away.

Cutesic Junior moves into the clinch successfully.

Vrinceanu successfully pulls guard.
Vrinceanu has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Cutesic Junior is looking to stand up but Vrinceanu won't let him.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Cutesic Junior postures up.

Vrinceanu is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Cutesic Junior defends well.

Vrinceanu has his foot on Cutesic Junior's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Cutesic Junior works his way back into a safe position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Denis Cutesic Junior will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Cutesic Junior tries to clinch up but Vrinceanu circles away and keeps his distance.
And Vrinceanu tries to counter it with a takedown but Cutesic Junior pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Vrinceanu looks for a takedown but Cutesic Junior sprawls well.
Denis Cutesic Junior is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Horrible takedown attempt by Vrinceanu or perhaps it was just good defense by Cutesic Junior, which made it look bad.

Cutesic Junior gets a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vrinceanu is working for takedown but Cutesic Junior is calmly controlling the position for now.
Denis Cutesic Junior has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Morgan Vrinceanu.
Vrinceanu wants a takedown but no success here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Vrinceanu wants a takedown but no success here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cutesic Junior breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Vrinceanu avoids a kick to the body.
Cutesic Junior tries to work over Vrinceanu's front leg with a kick but Vrinceanu checks it.

Cutesic Junior forces Vrinceanu back against the cage and clinches.

Cutesic Junior breaks the clinch.
Vrinceanu tries to score a power double leg takedown but Cutesic Junior sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Vrinceanu somewhat.
Vrinceanu misses with a takedown attempt - Cutesic Junior sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cutesic Junior dives in for a single leg takedown but Vrinceanu sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Vrinceanu looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Cutesic Junior is fending him off so far but Vrinceanu persists. Nope, Cutesic Junior circles away and we're back to standing.
Cutesic Junior leaves Vrinceanu with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Vrinceanu blocks a head kick by Cutesic Junior.
Vrinceanu with the counter takedown but Cutesic Junior avoids it easily.
Vrinceanu fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Denis Cutesic Junior seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vrinceanu has a takedown stuffed.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vrinceanu tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Cutesic Junior defends well and Vrinceanu ends up having to push Cutesic Junior into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Vrinceanu fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Cutesic Junior avoids it really well and circles away.

Cutesic Junior pushes Vrinceanu up against the cage in a clinch.
Vrinceanu is looking for a takedown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Cutesic Junior pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Vrinceanu tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Cutesic Junior swivels and escapes.
Vrinceanu shoots for a double leg takedown but Cutesic Junior sprawls well. He's pushed Vrinceanu's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Cutesic Junior is trying hard to land a takedown here. Vrinceanu sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Vrinceanu is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.

Vrinceanu gets the takedown into side control.
Cutesic Junior really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Vrinceanu lands a decent elbow from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cutesic Junior tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Vrinceanu thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Vrinceanu wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Cutesic Junior, who protects the arm well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Denis Cutesic Junior dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Vrinceanu shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Cutesic Junior as he avoids it easily.
Vrinceanu looks for a takedown but Cutesic Junior sprawls well.
A combination from Cutesic Junior does no damage.
Denis Cutesic Junior is winning the standup battle so far.
Cutesic Junior misses with a kick to the body.
Cutesic Junior closes the distance and clinches up with Vrinceanu, looking for a takedown. Cutesic Junior pushes Vrinceanu against the cage but Vrinceanu circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Vrinceanu closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Cutesic Junior's guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Vrinceanu throwing strikes but missing.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Vrinceanu drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Vrinceanu jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Vrinceanu drops back looking for a leg! Cutesic Junior is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Cutesic Junior manages to kick Vrinceanu off! Vrinceanu jumps back into Cutesic Junior's guard.
Cutesic Junior is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Vrinceanu trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Cutesic Junior preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Cutesic Junior has momentary wrist control but Vrinceanu slips an elbow through the middle.
Cutesic Junior knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Vrinceanu on the ground.

Vrinceanu drops back looking for a leg! Cutesic Junior is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Cutesic Junior manages to kick Vrinceanu off! Vrinceanu jumps back into Cutesic Junior's guard.
Vrinceanu is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Vrinceanu scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Cutesic Junior wants to stand up but Vrinceanu is controlling him.
Vrinceanu throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Cutesic Junior works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Cutesic Junior will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vrinceanu lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Vrinceanu loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Vrinceanu keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Cutesic Junior's head.
Vrinceanu scoring with punches to the head and body.
Vrinceanu chips away with some ground and pound.
Cutesic Junior preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Vrinceanu has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Vrinceanu missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Vrinceanu drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Vrinceanu jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Vrinceanu is working Cutesic Junior over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Vrinceanu drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Vrinceanu jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Cutesic Junior tries to land a sweep but no joy.

And that's the end of the fight!
Morgan Vrinceanu comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Cutesic Junior has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 David Hoff scores the fight as a draw!
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight for Morgan Vrinceanu!
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight for Morgan Vrinceanu!

Morgan Vrinceanu wins by majority decision!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
31%

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