PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vincent Lemieux (ranked 294 p4p, 40 weight class) and Rick Piano (ranked 265 p4p, 35 weight class). Piano has chosen Rick going ham on a bitch as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Lemieux
vs
Piano

193 cm
32
270 lbs
20 - 15 - 0

190 cm
25
275 lbs
19 - 5 - 0

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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 20 - 15 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vincent Lemieux!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rick Piano !
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Piano tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lemieux paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Piano swings for the body but Lemieux moves out of range.
Lemieux lands a nice looking body shot.
Lemieux closes the distance but Piano moves to the side
and Lemieux takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Lemieux swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Piano counters by moving into the clinch.
Piano tries to work over Lemieux's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lemieux tries to work over Piano 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lemieux avoids the elbow strike from Piano , against the cage.
I was talking to Lemieux's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Lemieux misses with a punch on the inside.
Lemieux scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Lemieux lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Piano lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Vincent Lemieux has been cut.
Piano lands a body punch.
Piano lands a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lemieux takes an elbow to the forehead.
Piano goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Lemieux throws a head punch that misses.

Piano drops Lemieux onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Lemieux is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Lemieux is rocked!
Lemieux tries to circle away from danger but Piano catches him off guard and hits him in the side of the head with a sharp elbow. Lemieux looks like he's been hit by a taser charge, he's shivering as he falls to the canvas! I bet he can't even remember his own name right now - he's in bits!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Elbow). Rick Piano !
Rick Piano tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.