PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marco Centofanti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and L Rhoe Tayona (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). L Rhoe Tayona has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Centofanti
vs
Rhoe Tayona

186 cm
20
170 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

173 cm
22
170 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Marco Centofanti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, L Rhoe Tayona!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tayona with a poor takedown
letting Centofanti counter with a right hand.

Centofanti scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Centofanti fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Tayona really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Centofanti. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Centofanti tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.

Centofanti tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Centofanti is putting a hurting on Tayona here, landing some big shots from side control.
Centofanti is trying to ground and pound but Tayona uses the momentary lack of control by Centofanti to regain half guard.
Centofanti tries to pass the half guard into mount. Tayona knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Centofanti 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 one minute gone in the round.
Tayona is controlling Centofanti's trapped leg to prevent Centofanti from advancing to side control.
Centofanti sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Tayona defending well though.

Centofanti looking for a submission but Tayona manages to get full guard, putting an end to that submission attempt.
Centofanti throwing strikes but missing.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Tayona can do anything to dispel that myth.
Centofanti stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Tayona swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Centofanti works a leg free and moves into half guard.

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.
Centofanti not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Centofanti lands with a punch from half guard.
Tayona wants to get back to his feet.
Centofanti trying to advance position but Tayona counters by regaining guard.
Centofanti pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Tayona is keeping the position for now.
Centofanti working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Centofanti drops back, looking for a kneebar! Tayona looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Tayona looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Tayona!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Centofanti is looking for a sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Centofanti is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Tayona off and has taken his back!
Centofanti throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
Centofanti missing with strikes from the back.
Centofanti will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Tayona fending off the submission attempt from Centofanti.

Centofanti looking for the choke from the back.
Centofanti thows a strike but Tayona uses the opportunity to reverse the position! Great move by Tayona as he ends up in Centofanti 's guard!
Centofanti avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Centofanti bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Tayona's guard.
Centofanti keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Tayona's head.
Centofanti scoring with some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Centofanti stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Tayona swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Centofanti working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Centofanti loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Centofanti sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Tayona's guard.
Centofanti looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Tayona with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Centofanti throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Centofanti looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Tayona pushes Centofanti off looking to stand but Centofanti dives back in and keeps control.

Centofanti seems to be trying to get a kimura but instead Tayona has recovered full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marco Centofanti dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Tayona doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Centofanti counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tayona rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Centofanti counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Centofanti lands a slapping body shot.
L Rhoe Tayona seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tayona takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Centofanti thows a body shot but no joy.
Centofanti connects with a solid leg kick.
Centofanti dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Tayona. That did some damage!
Tayona on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Centofanti with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Centofanti on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Tayona misses with a takedown attempt
and Centofanti counters with a slapping leg kick.
Centofanti lands with a thumping leg kick.
Tayona is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Centofanti scores with a head kick.

It looks like L Rhoe Tayona has been cut.
Tayona misses with a takedown

and Centofanti counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Marco Centofanti has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of L Rhoe Tayona.
Centofanti passes to side control.
Centofanti has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Centofanti misses with a head shot.
Marco Centofanti overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Centofanti with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Centofanti lands a nice shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Centofanti punching from mount but Tayona doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Centofanti working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Centofanti looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

Centofanti working for a guillotine from mount but Tayona is in no mood to give up.
Centofanti postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Tayona badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Centofanti around the waist but Centofanti pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Centofanti is the winner by TKO! Centofanti jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marco Centofanti!