PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Faceless Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ed Gennero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gennero has chosen Wally's Pep Talk as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Man
vs
Gennero

182 cm
21
192 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

182 cm
22
200 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Fury Nutrition Inc.

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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 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Faceless Man!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ed Gennero !
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Micheangelo Fripello and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gennero misses with a straight left.
Man swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Gennero looks to throw the jab but Man is out of range.
Man keeps Gennero at a distance using the push kick.
Man attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Gennero is looking to slow Man down with leg kicks.
Gennero throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Man counters with a nice leg kick.
Man slips under a jab from Gennero .
Gennero feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Mans jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!

It looks like Faceless Man has been cut.
Gennero throws a jab but it's blocked by Man.
A shot to the body from Gennero misses
and Man counters with a body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gennero fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gennero thows a leg kick but Man checks it
and Man counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Gennero thinking.
Man throws a wild body kick that Gennero sees coming a mile off.
Ed Gennero seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gennero fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Man lands with a nice combination. Gennero backs away looking to recover.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Man.
Gennero rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Man to counter with a crisp jab.
Man circles away from the clinch attempt.
Man appears to be looking for a big counter.
Man scores with a shot to the body.
Man bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Man slips a jab from Gennero .

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Man breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gennero throws out a loose jab but Man uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gennero fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gennero waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Man.
Gennero is looking to clinch.
It looked like Man was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.

Gennero has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man lands a body shot.
Man looking to slow down the pace here.
Man misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right from Gennero .
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Man avoids a wild elbow strike from Gennero .
Man works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Gennero scores with a shot to the side of Man's head.
Man working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Man fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Man prevents a body shot from Gennero .
Gennero stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Gennero blocks an uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Gennero .
Gennero blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Man tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Man misses with a hook from the clinch.
Man lands with a light punch inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man lands with a short shot to the head.
Man working aggressively here.
Man misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gennero .
Man misses with a short punch on the inside.
Man tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gennero .
Good body shot from Gennero .
Gennero tries to land knees in the clinch but Man avoids the damage to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Man wants to stall.
Man misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gennero goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Man lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Gennero has a couple of punches blocked by Man.
Man lands a nice shot to the body.
Man throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gennero s head.
Gennero has a couple of punches blocked by Man.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man throws a punch but it's blocked by Gennero .
Gennero tries to stall but Man uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Man swings wildly with an uppercut but Gennero uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gennero 's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Gennero just leaning against Man, taking a breather.
Man lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gennero backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gennero blocking some punches.
Man misses with a punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Man.
A nice right hand lands inside from Man.
Man lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Gennero tries a body shot but Man blocks it.
Man tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gennero 's elbow.
Man throws a punch but it's blocked by Gennero .
Gennero being controlled against the cage.
Man working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Faceless Man dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Faceless Man's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Gennero misses with a lunging right hand
and Man counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Gennero lunges at Man with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Man's hand.
Man looks to score with a jab to the body but Gennero is just out of range.
Gennero misses with a straight left.
Gennero misses with an uppercut
letting Man counter with a right hand.
Gennero throws a jab but it's blocked by Man.
Gennero ducks right into an uppercut from Man.
Gennero throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gennero ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Man moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Man uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gennero .
Gennero throws out a loose jab but Man uses good head movement to avoid it.
Man slips under a jab from Gennero .
Gennero swings widly with a right hand
and Man counters with a nice body shot.
Gennero misses with a looping left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gennero throws an overhand right that lands on Man's shoulder, as Man tries to avoid the shot.
Man cracks Gennero with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Gennero lands a nice looking body kick.
Gennero misses with a wild combination.
Gennero throws a poor cross that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Man lands a nice shot to the body.
Gennero tries to clinch but Man is having none of it.
Gennero moves to clinch but Man breaks away
and Man connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gennero bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Man's head backwards.
Gennero throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Man counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gennero scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gennero tries to clinch up but Man circles away and keeps his distance.
Gennero misses with a body shot.
Man misses with a low kick.
Man lands the left hand.
Gennero misses with a looping left.
It looks like Man has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Man throws a front kick aimed at Gennero 's knee but Gennero avoids it well.
Gennero swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Gennero misses with a combination
and Man counters with a nice leg kick.
Man looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Gennero thows a leg kick but Man checks it
and Man counters with a stiff right hand.
Man looks to score with a jab to the body but Gennero is just out of range.
Faceless Man is winning the standup battle so far.
Gennero sizes up Man with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gennero misses with a right hand
and Man makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Man lands a nice shot that snaps Gennero 's head back.
Gennero tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Man paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gennero is looking to chop away at Man's legs.
It looked like Man was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Gennero .
Gennero tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Man counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gennero just misses with a punch to the body.
Gennero fails in his attempt to clinch.
Man moves out of range of the strikes.
Gennero takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Man dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gennero missing with a left hand there. Man was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Man looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Gennero throws a chopping leg kick but Man manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man cracks Gennero with a right hand to the side of the head.
Man scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Man moves out of range as Gennero strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Man throws a leg kick but Gennero sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Gennero misses with a wild combination.
Man jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Man moves out of range of the strikes.
Gennero comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Gennero tries to clinch but Man is having none of it.
Man is looking to counter with a body kick.
Gennero throws a jab when Man was well out of range.
Gennero swings widly with a right hand
enabling Man to counter with a crisp jab.
Gennero misses with a right hand
and Man counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Gennero tries to close the distance and clinch up but Man swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Faceless Man dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Faceless Man's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Man throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gennero swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Gennero moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Gennero on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Gennero lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Gennero slips a straight right by Man.
Gennero looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Man scores with a jab to the jaw.

Gennero is rocked!
Man cracks Gennero with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Gennero tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Man pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Gennero is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Faceless Man!
Faceless Man is the new middleweight champion!
Faceless Man decided to call for a title shot in his post fight interview, which was very strange given the fact this fight was for a title and he's already the champion. I guess that's what getting punched in the head does for you.