PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anderson Kanye (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Ranieri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ranieri has chosen DMX - Lord give me a Sign as his entrance music. Joe Ranieri will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Kanye
vs
Ranieri

181 cm
25
178 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

186 cm
24
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Anderson Kanye!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joe Ranieri!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Anthony Taglia and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ranieri wants to clinch.
Kanye looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Ranieri tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kanye swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kanye circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kanye circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ranieri looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kanye was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Crunch! Ranieri slams his shin into Kanye's torso.
Kanye swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Nice body kick from Ranieri.
Ranieri has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Ranieri tries to clinch but Kanye is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crunch! Ranieri slams his shin into Kanye's torso.
Ranieri tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Kanye paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ranieri lands a head kick. Kanye smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Ranieri wants to clinch up but Kanye keeps it at a distance.

Ranieri has closed the distance and engaged Kanye in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ranieri jumps guard but Kanye stands there with Ranieri around his waist. Ranieri gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Ranieri working Kanye over with knees to the body.
Ranieri scores a nice knee to the body.
Ranieri lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ranieri landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A knee to the head by Ranieri.

Ranieri jumps guard and drags Kanye to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Ranieri working a defensive guard here.

Ranieri is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Kanye has his hands clasped together but Ranieri extends and breaks Kanye's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Ranieri.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Joe Ranieri!
Joe Ranieri bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.