PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ed Gennero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danny Noel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Gennero might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Wally's Pep Talk. Noel is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Street Gang. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Gennero
vs
Noel

182 cm
22
200 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

186 cm
29
202 lbs
17 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ed Gennero !
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Danny Noel!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Jeff Smith and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Noel looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gennero circles away from the clinch attempt
and Gennero counters with an outside leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Noel looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gennero circles away from the clinch attempt.

Noel drives through and clinches with Gennero against the cage.
Gennero gets through Noel's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Gennero pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Noel pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Gennero pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Noel closes the distance but Gennero moves to the side
letting Gennero counter with a right hand.
Gennero throws a good cross that connects.

Noel clinches.
Gennero blocks an elbow strike.
I was talking to Gennero 's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Noel throws an elbow but it misses.
Gennero digs a right hand into Noel's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Noel's gas tank.
Noel keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gennero 's efforts to push away.
Gennero is trying to push Noel away but Noel has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Noel creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Noel just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gennero 's brow.
Noel pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Gennero dodges an elbow strike from Noel.
Gennero lands with a short shot to the head.

Gennero manages to break the clinch.
Noel tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Gennero counters with a nice low kick that buckles Noel's knee momentarily.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Gennero connects with a nice looking jab.
Noel tries to clinch but Gennero is having none of it.
Gennero lands a nice looking body shot.
Gennero fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Noel tries to close the distance and clinch but Gennero swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gennero looks to land a body kick but Noel moved away.
Gennero rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Noel moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Gennero lands a jab to the nose.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Noel is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Noel tries to clinch up.
Noel fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Noel moves into the clinch successfully.
With the fighters up against the cage, Noel throws an elbow but misses.
Noel misses with an elbow strike.
Gennero can't break the clinch.
Noel has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Gennero seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Noel can turn it around.
Noel throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Gennero struggles to land a body shot inside as Noel controls his hands.
Gennero looking to stall.
Gennero wants to break the clinch but can't.
Noel misses with an elbow strike.

Gennero pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gennero throws a body punch but Noel moves out of range.
Noel tries to clinch but Gennero is having none of it.
Gennero scores with a sloppy right hand. Noel should have avoided that one.
Noel moves in looking to clinch but Gennero pushes him off.
Gennero misses with a wild body shot.
Noel tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gennero was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Noel doesn't manage to clinch there - Gennero circles away.

Noel instigates a clinch.
Gennero takes an elbow to the forehead.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Noel just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gennero 's brow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gennero manages to break the clinch.
Noel displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gennero throws out the jab.
Noel tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gennero paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Noel looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Noel blocks a leg kick.
Noel fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gennero quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Good shot there by Gennero .
The fight stays on the outside here - Noel looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gennero appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Noel fails in his attempt to clinch.
Noel fails with an attempt to clinch.

Noel darts in and clinches Gennero up against the cage.
Gennero is leaning against Noel and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A short body shot lands from Gennero as the two fighters clinch.
Gennero is trying to force a seperation but Noel has the dominant position.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Noel blocks an elbow strike from Gennero .
Gennero creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Noel's defenses.
Gennero is trying to stall.
Gennero lands a shoulder strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gennero trying to control the position but instead, Noel has worked for underhooks and has pushed Gennero into the cage.
Noel pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Noel throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Gennero is working Noel over against the cage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Gennero breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Noel tries to close the distance and clinch but Gennero swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gennero listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Gennero goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

Noel closes the distance and pushes Gennero back into the cage.
Noel keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gennero 's efforts to push away.
Noel misses with an elbow strike.
Noel looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Noel misses with an elbow strike.
Gennero blocks an elbow strike from Noel.
Gennero misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Noel creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ed Gennero dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Gennero throws a wild body kick that Noel sees coming a mile off.
Gennero scores with the left hand. Noel knows he should have avoided that one.
Noel tries to clinch but Gennero is having none of it.
Noel tries to close the distance and clinch but Gennero swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gennero lands with a right hand.

Noel is rocked!
Gennero looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Noel wants to clinch.

Gennero lands a big uppercut and Noel crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Noel looks OK. Gennero waves Noel back to his feet!
Noel is still on wobbly legs! Can Gennero finish him?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gennero stuns Noel with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Gennero circles away from the clinch attempt.
Noel seems to have recovered his senses.

Gennero cracks Noel with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Gennero has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Noel to stand back up!
Noel is wiping some vaseline out of his eye. Gennero doesn't give a rats ass about fair play and cracks him with a massive hook to the side of the head! Noel crumples to the floor out cold! The cornerman is going to be in Noel's bad books for that mishap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ed Gennero !
Ed Gennero is the new middleweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Ed Gennero thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.