PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cassiano Victor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Patrick Kenzie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Victor comes to the cage accompanied by Enigma - Hello and welcome. 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.

Victor
vs
Kenzie

178 cm
24
178 lbs
17 - 6 - 0

191 cm
25
177 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Powerful

Syndicate Drugs
MADE IN GERMANY

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cassiano Victor!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Patrick Kenzie!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Emerson Jorge and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Victor pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Victor keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kenzie throws a right and a left that Victor avoids nicely.
Kenzie waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Victor.
Victor scores with a body shot.
Victor looks for a takedown but Kenzie sprawls well.
Victor throws a jab when Kenzie was well out of range.

Victor scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Victor is trying to control. Kenzie wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Victor missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Victor working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Victor wants to pass the guard but Kenzie is defending well.
Kenzie really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Victor. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Kenzie avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Victor.
Victor throwing shots but Kenzie is blocking nicely.
Victor wants to free his trapped foot but Kenzie is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Victor not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Victor throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Victor not doing much here.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Kenzie misses with the combination.
Victor fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Kenzie avoids it really well and circles away.
Victor keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kenzie.
Kenzie misses with a shot to the body

and Victor counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Kenzie's guard now.
Victor has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Victor wants to control from the top but Kenzie keeps moving.
Victor missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Victor is looking to work some ground and pound but Kenzie has wrist control.
Victor wants to control from the top but Kenzie keeps moving.
Kenzie keeping full guard, as Victor tries to pass.
Kenzie wants to sweep but no luck.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Victor trying to control but Kenzie is working from the bottom.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Kenzie circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kenzie will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Victor throws the left hand but Kenzie avoids the punch easily.
Victor bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Victor slips under a jab.
Cassiano Victor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Victor just misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cassiano Victor dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Victor listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Kenzie throws a series of punches but Victor moves out of range.
Kenzie misses with a looping right.
Patrick Kenzie is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kenzie throws a right hand that Victor ducks under and follows up with a left that Victor also avoids with ease.
Victor throws a right hand that Kenzie ducks under and follows up with a left that Kenzie also avoids with ease.
Victor doesn't manage to clinch there - Kenzie circles away.

Kenzie gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Victor trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Kenzie manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!

Kenzie stands up from Victor's guard - Kenzie perhaps looking for a knockout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Victor misses with a looping right.
Kenzie throws a combination that misses
letting Victor counter with a right hand.
Victor keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kenzie scores with a jab to the head.
Kenzie slips under a jab from Victor.

Victor scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Victor working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Victor lands a decent elbow from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ground and pound from Victor seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Victor misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Victor trying to control the position but Kenzie is working away.
Kenzie managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Victor.

Victor wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Kenzie, who protects the arm well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Victor tries to move into full mount but can't pass Kenzie's legs.
Victor wants to control but Kenzie is keeping him busy.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A jab from Victor misses.
Victor misses with a takedown attempt - Kenzie sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Kenzie throws a combination that misses

and Victor counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Victor.
Victor trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Victor tries to free his leg and advance position but Kenzie is retaining full guard.
Victor wants to control from the top but Kenzie keeps moving.
Victor tries to free his leg and advance position but Kenzie is retaining full guard.
Kenzie can't keep his opponent in guard - Victor advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Kenzie is staying active underneath Victor, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Victor missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cassiano Victor dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Victor keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kenzie swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kenzie stuffs the takedown attempt from Victor. Victor gets slowly back to his feet.
Victor pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kenzie uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Victor.
Victor fails in his attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kenzie throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kenzie leaves Victor with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Kenzie tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Victor swings away with a body shot that misses
and Kenzie counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Victor moves in looking to clinch but Kenzie pushes him off.
Victor throws the left hand but Kenzie avoids the punch easily.
Victor is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Kenzie's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Victor shoots in for a double leg but Kenzie sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cassiano Victor. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kenzie slips a jab from Victor.
Kenzie moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

It looks like Cassiano Victor has been cut.
Victor throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.

Victor shoots in and bounces Kenzie off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Victor stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kenzie swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kenzie keeping moving, preventing Victor from controlling successfully.
Victor might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Victor with a flurry of punches that miss.
Victor wants to control from the top but Kenzie keeps moving.
Kenzie keeping full guard, as Victor tries to pass.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Victor trying to control but Kenzie is working from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Kenzie throws a series of punches but Victor avoids them all with ease.
Kenzie misses with a shot to the body
and Victor counters with a straight right hand.
Kenzie throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Victor throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Kenzie was covering up waiting for the punch and Victor finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Victor stopping the sweep attempt from Kenzie.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Victor wants to control from the top but Kenzie keeps moving.
Victor throwing strikes but missing.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Victor tries to free his leg and advance position but Kenzie is retaining full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Cassiano Victor did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Cassiano Victor's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Victor tries to clinch but Kenzie is having none of it.
Victor fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Kenzie avoids it really well and circles away.
Victor throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Kenzie on the side of the head.
Victor misses with a hook.
Victor is looking to clinch but Kenzie is avoiding it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Victor darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Kenzie circles away from the clinch attempt
and Kenzie counters with a right hand to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kenzie will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Victor misses with a straight left.
Kenzie misses with a double jab.
Victor avoids a punch combination nicely.
Victor connects with the punch.
Kenzie just misses with a punch to the body.
Victor misses with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Victor tries to clinch up but Kenzie circles away and keeps his distance.
Patrick Kenzie is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Victor connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Kenzie's hands.
Victor shoots in and drives through. Kenzie sprawls well.
Victor swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kenzie misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kenzie misses with a wild body shot.
Kenzie looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kenzie looks to land a left hand but Victor moved out of range nicely.
Kenzie throws a jab but it's blocked by Victor.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Victor shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Victor showed some decent athleticism there.
Kenzie trying to control here.
Victor trying to control from half guard but Kenzie is working away.
Victor missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Victor is looking to take a break and control but Kenzie is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Victor wants to free his trapped foot but Kenzie is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Victor missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Victor missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Victor uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kenzie.
Kenzie misses with a double jab
and Victor counters with a thumping low kick.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Victor connects with a good right hand that stumbles Kenzie. Kenzie circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cassiano Victor had his way with Patrick Kenzie in that round.
The cut man is working on Cassiano Victor's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Kenzie bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kenzie throws a combination that misses

and Victor counters with a shoot takedown. Kenzie fights it but they end up in guard.
Victor trying to control the position from guard on top but Kenzie is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Victor with a flurry of punches that miss.
Victor trying to control the position from guard on top but Kenzie is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Victor pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Kenzie is keeping the position for now.
Victor passes into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Victor is trying to control. Kenzie wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Victor wants to free his trapped foot but Kenzie is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Victor is trying to control the action in half guard but Kenzie is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Kenzie fails to land with a series of punches.
The fighters circling - Victor throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Victor.
Kenzie throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Patrick Kenzie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Victor fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Kenzie checks it well.

Victor shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Kenzie napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Victor throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Victor tries to move into full mount but can't pass Kenzie's legs.
Kenzie can't do much from the bottom here.
Victor throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Kenzie defending against the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Victor tries to move to mount but Kenzie blocks the move with his legs.
Kenzie is not content to let Victor control the position.
Victor creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Victor tries to advance to mount but can't.
Cassiano Victor overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Victor shoots for a double leg takedown but Kenzie sprawls well. He's pushed Victor's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Cassiano Victor is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

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.
Kenzie throws a right and a left that both miss.
Victor misses with a hook. Kenzie ducked under it nicely.
Victor showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kenzie.
Kenzie ducks under a wild hook from Victor.
A big right from Kenzie misses.
Victor is looking to clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kenzie throws a shot from downtown. Victor moves away and avoids it.
Kenzie throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Victor sees it coming and avoids it easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cassiano Victor showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Victor, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 50:46
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 49:46
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 50:45

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cassiano Victor!
Cassiano Victor retains his welterweight title!