PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rick Piano (ranked 1169 p4p, 126 weight class) and Odogwu Agrinya (ranked 4028 p4p, 399 weight class). Piano comes to the cage accompanied by Rick going ham on a bitch. Odogwu Agrinya told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Piano
vs
Agrinya

190 cm
20
275 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

195 cm
20
240 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
KO power

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rick Piano !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Odogwu Agrinya!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Ben Hemmingworth and Topper Green.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Piano throws the left hand but Agrinya avoids the punch easily.
Agrinya appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Piano throws a big shot that misses.
Agrinya throws out a counter right but Piano avoids it with no problem.
Piano throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Agrinya counters with a nice uppercut.
Agrinya misses with a body punch
and Piano counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Rick Piano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Piano works Agrinya's body with a nice hook.
Piano looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Piano lands a jab.

It looks like Odogwu Agrinya has been cut.
Agrinya keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Piano .
Agrinya is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Piano with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice body punch from Piano .
Piano throws the kick towards the body but Agrinya avoids it.
Piano throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Agrinya looks winded!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Agrinya ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Agrinya is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Piano with a body shot.
Agrinya avoids a kick to the body.
Piano tries a head kick but it misses.
A nice side step and Agrinya releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Piano digs a good body shot into Agrinya's ribs.
Good exchange - Piano coming out on top.

Piano cracks Agrinya with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Piano has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Agrinya to stand back up!

Agrinya is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Piano scores with a nice body kick.
Agrinya tries to get into range but Piano steps to the side and lands a beautiful hook that drops Agrinya! 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! Piano scores the big KO victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Rick Piano !
During a confident post fight interview, Rick Piano thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.