PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Donnie Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marco Centofanti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Jackson
vs
Centofanti

174 cm
22
175 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

186 cm
23
170 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight 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 Hilo, Donnie Jackson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Marco Centofanti!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Colin Fray and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice takedown defense from Centofanti. No joy for Jackson on that attempt.
Jackson swings for the body but Centofanti moves out of range.
Centofanti lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Centofanti throws a low kick, looking for Jackson's leg but Jackson calmly moves out of range.
Jackson shoots and misses
and Centofanti counters with a leg kick.
Centofanti dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jackson. That did some damage!
Jackson swats away the attempt to clinch by Centofanti.
Jackson takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Jackson throws a hook to the side of Centofanti's head but Centofanti sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jackson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

Centofanti shoots in and gets a takedown into Jackson's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Jackson tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jackson escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Centofanti gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Centofanti throws a big elbow that misses.
Centofanti trying to control but Jackson is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jackson controlling the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Centofanti tries to free his leg and advance position but Jackson is retaining full guard.
Centofanti is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Centofanti slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Marco Centofanti wasn't active enough on the ground.
Centofanti lands a really nice looking cross but Jackson seems unphased.
Centofanti misses with a kick to the body.
Centofanti throws out a leg kick but Jackson moves out of range and Centofanti only half commits.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Centofanti darts in and clinches Jackson up against the cage.
Centofanti misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jackson.
Jackson misses with the head strike.
Centofanti missing with knees to the body.
Centofanti lands a knee to the head.
Jackson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Centofanti comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Centofanti lands with a right to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Centofanti scores with an uppercut up the middle.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Centofanti just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jackson's brow.
Centofanti unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Jackson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Centofanti stops a takedown attempt from Jackson.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Donnie Jackson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jackson misses with a punch to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Centofanti.
Centofanti lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Jackson.
Centofanti connects with a knee to the head.
Centofanti scores a nice knee to the body.
Jackson is breathing heavily.
A shot in the inside from Centofanti.
Centofanti connects with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Centofanti lands with a right to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jackson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Centofanti lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Centofanti tries to land a knee to the head but Jackson blocks with his arms.
Jackson drops down looking for an ankle pick but Centofanti pulls his leg out and moves away.
Centofanti fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Jackson has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Centofanti scores with a head kick. Jackson tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Jackson blocks a low kick nicely.
Centofanti misses with a low kick.
Jackson blocks a low kick nicely.
Jackson misses with a wild body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Centofanti - that will leave a mark!
Jackson dives in and grabs Centofanti's left leg, looking for a takedown. Centofanti pushes down on Jackson's head and hops out.
Centofanti throws the left hand but Jackson avoids the punch easily.
Centofanti jabs Jackson to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Nice body kick from Centofanti.
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!
Centofanti dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jackson checks the leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Centofanti throws a leg kick that misses.
Jackson misses with a series of wild punches.
Centofanti tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Jackson is able to avoid easily.
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!

Centofanti throws a low kick but it's checked well by Jackson.
Centofanti is looking to slow Jackson down with leg kicks.
Jackson on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Centofanti scores with a leg kick.

Centofanti fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Jackson sprawls well initially but Centofanti persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Jackson holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.

Centofanti is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Jackson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Centofanti.

Centofanti is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Jackson has managed to free his arm - good work.
Centofanti wants to take a breather but Jackson is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Jackson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Centofanti.
Jackson is trying to maintain the position but Centofanti is very close to passing his half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Jackson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Centofanti.
Centofanti throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Centofanti wants to work for an arm triangle but Jackson is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Centofanti missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Jackson actively working from the bottom here.
Jackson is looking for a sweep. Centofanti is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Jackson might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Jackson is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Centofanti pulls his head out easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Centofanti works his way into side control.
Centofanti lands a decent elbow from side control.
Jackson is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Jackson is not content to let Centofanti control the position.
Jackson is looking for a sweep.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Centofanti advances nicely into full mount.
Jackson is looking to get to half guard.
The referee warns Jackson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Jackson is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Centofanti looking to control but Jackson is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Centofanti looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Jackson tries to reverse the position but Centofanti maintains control.
Centofanti with good strikes from the mount here!
Centofanti in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Centofanti lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Centofanti sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Jackson takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Centofanti is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Jackson can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

Jackson is rocked!
Centofanti has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Centofanti lands a nice shot to the head.
Oh Jackson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jackson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Centofanti unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Jackson wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Centofanti celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marco Centofanti!
Marco Centofanti is the new welterweight champion!
Marco Centofanti very nearly forgot to thank GR Design - Top quality, from $10 to $150 ! amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.