PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Leon Lentz (ranked 588 p4p, 523 weight class) and Kurt Cobain (ranked 91 p4p, 83 weight class). Cobain comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Smells Like Teen Spirit kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Lentz
vs
Cobain

178 cm
32
164
24 - 11 - 1

178 cm
30
158
19 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Leon Lentz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kurt Cobain!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Andrew Berry and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cobain paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Cobain bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Lentz's head.
Lentz throws a predictable looking body shot
and Cobain counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Lentz throws a head kick that misses.
Cobain misses the jab.
Lentz swinging wildly here.
Cobain blocks a head kick by Lentz.
A little jabbing left from Cobain on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Cobain fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lentz manages to avoid it.
It looked like Lentz was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Cobain.
Cobain dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lentz slips a jab from Cobain.
Lentz drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Cobain waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lentz.
Lentz throws a body punch but Cobain moves out of range.
Cobain wants to clinch up but Lentz keeps it at a distance.
A big left from Lentz misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Lentz takes the fight into the clinch.
Cobain lands an uppercut.

Lentz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cobain misses with a left hand
and Lentz counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cobain fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Lentz checks it well.
Cobain slips a straight right by Lentz.
Cobain has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Jab by Cobain.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Lentz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cobain lands with a straight right. Lentz didn't see that one coming.
Cobain cracks Lentz with a good jab.
Lentz thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cobain is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lentz.
Cobain takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Cobain might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Lentz with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Cobain to score with a decent uppercut.
Lentz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A little jabbing left from Cobain on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cobain swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Lentz counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lentz moves out of range of the strikes.
A telegraphed right hand from Cobain misses the target.
A head kick misses from Lentz.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cobain throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
As Cobain looks to move away, Lentz throws a big counter combo but Cobain just gets out of the way.
A leg kick checked by Cobain.
Lentz misses with a wild body shot.
Cobain misses with a wild body shot.
Lentz has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cobain.
Lentz uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cobain.
Lentz throws a counter high kick but Cobain was just alert enough to avoid it.
Cobain cracks Lentz with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Cobain looks to land a left hand but Lentz moved out of range nicely.
Cobain looks to throw the jab but Lentz is out of range.
Lentz lands a nice shot that snaps Cobain's head back.
Lentz takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Lentz looks to land a left hand but Cobain moved out of range nicely.
Lentz misses with a lunging right hand
and Cobain connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cobain misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Cobain takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Lentz closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Cobain is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Lentz had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Cobain thuds a left hand into Lentz's body.
Lentz lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cobain circles away quickly and effectively.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Cobain.
Lentz tries to clinch up
and Cobain counters with a right hand to the body.
Lentz ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cobain on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

Cobain clinches up against the cage.
Lentz is trying to break the clinch but Cobain has him pressed against the cage.
Cobain working aggressively here.
Lentz lands a hook to the side of the head.
I was talking to Lentz's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Lentz lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Cobain has a couple of punches blocked by Lentz.
Lentz prevents a body shot from Cobain.
A head punch on the inside from Cobain fails to land.
Cobain misses with a punch to the body.
Lentz softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Cobain prevents a body shot from Lentz.
Cobain's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A body shot lands from Cobain.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lentz working aggressively here.
Cobain misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cobain misses with some punches.
Cobain tries to work over Lentz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lentz lands a body punch in the clinch.
Cobain misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lentz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cobain doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cobain misses with a punch to the body.
Cobain doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lentz throws a punch but it's blocked by Cobain.
Cobain tries to work over Lentz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cobain lands a body shot in the clinch.
Lentz misses with the head strike.
Lentz lands with a right to the head.
Lentz scores with a shot to the side of Cobain's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cobain tries to work over Lentz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lentz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cobain keeps control of Lentz as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cobain works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Cobain lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lentz backwards.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Kurt Cobain will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Lentz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cobain.
Cobain is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lentz.
Cobain throws a leg kick
and Lentz counters with a nice uppercut.
Lentz throws a sloppy head kick
and Cobain counters with a stiff right hand.
Lentz takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Lentz throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lentz staying out of range there.
Lentz throws a sloppy body shot
and Cobain counters with a stiff right hand.
Cobain tries to move into range but Lentz moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Cobain throws a chopping leg kick but Lentz manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Cobain connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Lentz's hands.
Lentz takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Lentz swats away the attempt to clinch by Cobain.
Lentz lands a slapping body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cobain steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lentz.
Lentz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cobain.
Lentz appears to be looking for a big counter.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lentz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cobain connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Lentz throws a sloppy head kick and Cobain moves out of range easily.
Cobain looks to land a right hand but Lentz moved out of range.
Kurt Cobain seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lentz staying out of range there.
Lentz throws a body punch but Cobain moves out of range.
Cobain displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Lentz throws a head kick that misses.
Cobain throws a big shot that misses.
It looked like Lentz wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Cobain is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lentz.
Lentz blocks a jab.
Jab, jab by Cobain - just one landing.
Cobain connects with a good right hand that stumbles Lentz. Lentz circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Lentz walks into a stiff left hand from Cobain.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Lentz tries to keep at a distance but Cobain has taken the fight into the clinch.
Lentz blocking some punches.
Cobain tries a body shot but Lentz blocks it.
Cobain lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Cobain throws a head punch that misses.
Cobain swings wildly with an uppercut but Lentz uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Cobain fails to land.
A nice left hand lands by Lentz.
Lentz misses with a punch on the inside.
Cobain has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Lentz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cobain digs a right hand underneath Lentz's ribcage. Lentz let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Lentz pushes Cobain back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Leon Lentz has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Lentz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cobain creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cobain tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lentz's elbow.
Lentz misses with a punch to the body.
Cobain misses with the head strike.
A right hook to the body lands for Cobain.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lentz blocking some punches.
Cobain can't find room to land a body shot as Lentz controls the action.
A short uppercut from Cobain.
Cobain misses with some punches.
Cobain lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Lentz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cobain has a couple of punches blocked by Lentz.

Lentz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lentz throws a hook but Cobain avoids it easily.
Lentz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lentz blocks a jab.
Lentz shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Lentz plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Cobain tries to clinch but Lentz moves out of range.
Lentz ducks under a wild hook from Cobain.
Lentz throws a hook but Cobain avoids it easily.
Lentz looks to score with a jab to the body but Cobain is just out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cobain uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lentz.
A cross from Cobain lands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lentz throws an off balance right hand
and Cobain counters with a right hand to the body.
Cobain connects with a jab.
Lentz thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cobain with a hook.
Cobain closes the distance but Lentz moves to the side
and Lentz makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Cobain blocks a head kick by Lentz.
Cobain swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Kurt Cobain seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cobain tests Lentz's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lentz looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Cobain lands a lovely overhand right.
Lentz takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Cobain connects with a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cobain throws a body punch but Lentz moves out of range.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Cobain, as that shot connected.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kurt Cobain showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Lentz takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Nice defenses there by Cobain.
Lentz swinging wildly here.
Cobain dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cobain tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lentz sizes up Cobain with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Lentz needs to keep his hands up - Cobain had a free shot at his head there.
Lentz lands a head shot.
A punch lands to the side of Lentz 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Cobain misses with a looping right.
Lentz takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Lentz throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Cobain connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cobain tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lentz was well out of range. Poor timing from Cobain.
Lentz appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Cobain misses with an uppercut. Lentz saw that one coming.
Cobain misses with an uppercut. Lentz saw that one coming.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cobain uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lentz.
Cobain throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lentz throws a head kick that misses.
Lentz throws a poor cross that misses
and Cobain connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cobain lands a lovely overhand right.
Cobain moves out of range as Lentz strikes.
Cobain fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lentz is looking to counter punch.
Cobain misses with a hook.
Lentz tries a head kick but it misses.
Cobain avoids the body shot from Lentz.
Lentz throws a predictable looking body shot
and Lentz takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Cobain gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Lentz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cobain goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Lentz blocks an uppercut.
Cobain misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cobain has Lentz pressed against the cage, preventing Lentz from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Lentz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cobain missing with a left hand there. Lentz was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lentz misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cobain throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cobain swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nice shot lands for Cobain.
A big right from Lentz misses.
Cobain dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A left and a right from Lentz both land. Nice combination.
Nice defenses there by Lentz.
Cobain connects with the punch.
Kurt Cobain is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
A big right from Cobain misses.
Lentz throws a jab when Cobain was well out of range.
Cobain uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lentz.
Lentz takes one to the chin there.

Cobain gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lentz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cobain keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lentz's efforts to push away.
Lentz working hard to break the clinch.

Lentz breaks from the clinch.
Lentz tried to score with a low kick but Cobain checks it.
Cobain ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lentz moves away.
A quick step to the side and Lentz tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lentz lands a jab to Cobain's midsection.
Cobain throws a shot from downtown. Lentz moves away and avoids it.
Cobain misses with a hook.
Cobain avoids the head kick by Lentz.
Cobain throws a good cross that connects.
Cobain keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lentz.
Cobain scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lentz misses with a looping right.
Cobain slips under a jab.
It seemed like Cobain was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Lentz dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cobain throws a lazy right hand but Lentz sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cobain smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Cobain fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Lentz looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lentz slips under a jab.
Lentz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cobain.
Lentz swings widly with a right hand
and Cobain counters with a straight right hand.
Cobain ducks under a wild hook from Lentz.
Cobain looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Lentz just misses with a punch to the body.
Lentz misses with a shot to the body
and Cobain counters with a straight right hand.
Cobain misses the shot to the body.
Cobain throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lentz on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cobain. Cobain obviously looking to wear him down.
Leon Lentz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cobain slips a jab and a cross from Lentz.
Cobain swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kurt Cobain comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Cobain has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 27:30
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kurt Cobain!
After winning the bout, Kurt Cobain thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.