PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hugo Bang (ranked 4202 p4p, 24845 weight class) and Omega Kenny (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Bang
vs
Kenny

194 cm
22
260
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
19
235
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Powerful

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Hugo Bang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Omega Kenny!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Trevor Gratis and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bang has closed the distance and engaged Kenny in a clinch.
Bang softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kenny managing to block the knees to the body from Bang.
Bang lands with a left to the head.
Kenny jumps guard but Bang stands there with Kenny around his waist. Kenny gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Kenny looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Kenny fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Kenny drops down looking for an ankle pick but Bang pulls his leg out and moves away.
Hugo Bang has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Omega Kenny.

Bang drives through and clinches with Kenny against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Kenny manages to pull guard.
Kenny has his hands on Bang's head, controlling the position.
Bang wants to control from the top but Kenny keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kenny is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Bang stands up over Kenny, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Kenny pulls Bang in close to his closed guard and prevents Bang from doing any damage or advancing position.
Kenny trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Bang throws a big right hand that misses.
Bang wants to control from the top but Kenny keeps moving.
Kenny managing to control the position.

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.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bang accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Bang chips away with some ground and pound.
Bang throwing strikes from guard but Kenny blocks nicely.
Bang throws an elbow that misses. Kenny uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Bang's guard. Nice move by Kenny!

Bang is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Kenny dives into side control.
Kenny controls the position from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kenny working the ground and pound from side control.
Bang pushes Kenny away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Kenny gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Kenny scoring with punches from side control.
Kenny prevents Bang from escaping the position.
Kenny works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Kenny in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Kenny in side control, just content to control the action for now.

Kenny is working to tighten his grip on Bang's neck. He's isolated an arm and is working for an arm triangle. Bang has recognised the danger and is trying to turn with the submission but Kenny is really squeezing tight and eventually Bang passes out! Kenny breaks the hold and jumps onto the cage to celebrate! Submission of the night, I'd say!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Omega Kenny!