PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vergil Blanco Rocha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marco Centofanti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Blanco Rocha
vs
Centofanti

190 cm
26
182 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

186 cm
25
170 lbs
13 - 5 - 0

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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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Vergil Blanco Rocha!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Marco Centofanti!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Jeff Smith and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Centofanti uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Blanco Rocha.
Blanco Rocha pivots, looking for a leg kick but Centofanti is out of range and Blanco Rocha settles back down.
Centofanti throws a leg kick that is checked
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Centofanti, right into the meat.
Centofanti scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Blanco Rocha doesn't seem bothered though.
Centofanti misses with a hook.
Centofanti lands a jab to Blanco Rocha's midsection.
Centofanti moves out of range of the body kick from Blanco Rocha.
Blanco Rocha throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Blanco Rocha moves out of range of the body kick from Centofanti.
Centofanti looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Blanco Rocha throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Centofanti connects with the punch.
Blanco Rocha avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Centofanti shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Blanco Rocha defends it nicely.
Blanco Rocha throws out a leg kick but Centofanti moves out of range and Blanco Rocha only half commits.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blanco Rocha throws a hook to the side of Centofanti's head but Centofanti sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Centofanti misses with a body shot.
Centofanti throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Centofanti connects with a body shot.
Blanco Rocha tries to work over Centofanti's front leg with a kick but Centofanti checks it.
Centofanti wants to land a leg kick but Blanco Rocha is out of range.
Blanco Rocha doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

Centofanti shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Blanco Rocha's guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Centofanti throws an elbow that misses. Blanco Rocha uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Centofanti's guard. Nice move by Blanco Rocha!

Centofanti isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Blanco Rocha stacks Centofanti on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Blanco Rocha!
Centofanti tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Blanco Rocha wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Centofanti has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Centofanti is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Blanco Rocha off and has taken his back!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Blanco Rocha trying to control the hands but Centofanti won't let him.

Blanco Rocha is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.

Blanco Rocha defends a prolonged rear naked choke attempt and turns nicely into his opponent's guard.
Blanco Rocha postures up.
Centofanti has a closed guard, preventing Blanco Rocha from standing up.
Centofanti can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Blanco Rocha controls the pace.

Blanco Rocha got a little sloppy there for a moment and Centofanti has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Blanco Rocha has managed to get both his arms back between Centofanti's legs - danger averted.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Centofanti is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Blanco Rocha is aware though and is defending well.

Centofanti throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Centofanti looking for subs off his back but Blanco Rocha has passed one foot through into half guard.
Centofanti tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Blanco Rocha has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Centofanti tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Centofanti gets back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Centofanti moves into full guard.

Centofanti has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Blanco Rocha can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Blanco Rocha controlling from the top position.

Blanco Rocha decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Centofanti has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Blanco Rocha.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Centofanti throws a push kick but Blanco Rocha slaps the foot to one side.
Centofanti blocks a low kick nicely.
Centofanti is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Blanco Rocha rather than just go for the knockout.
Centofanti throws a leg kick but Blanco Rocha checks it.
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 series of punches but Blanco Rocha avoids them all with ease.
Centofanti throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Centofanti falls off balance throwing a combination
and Blanco Rocha counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Centofanti is looking to slow Blanco Rocha down with leg kicks.
Blanco Rocha misses with a body kick.
Blanco Rocha lands with a nice body punch.
Blanco Rocha changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Blanco Rocha lands a nice looking kick to the body. Centofanti takes a step back to recover.
Centofanti dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Blanco Rocha. That did some damage!
Centofanti takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Centofanti misses with a low kick.
Blanco Rocha misses with a jab, cross combination.
Centofanti misses with a kick to the body
and Blanco Rocha counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Blanco Rocha throws a solid leg kick but Centofanti takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Blanco Rocha.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Centofanti keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Some bone on bone action there as Blanco Rocha checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Blanco Rocha connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Blanco Rocha attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Blanco Rocha 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.
Vergil Blanco Rocha is winning the standup battle so far.
Blanco Rocha moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Centofanti blocks a low kick nicely.
Centofanti slips a jab from Blanco Rocha.

Blanco Rocha has Centofanti up against the cage in a clinch.

Centofanti breaks the clinch.
Centofanti throws out a loose jab but Blanco Rocha uses good head movement to avoid it.
Centofanti fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Blanco Rocha lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blanco Rocha tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Centofanti lands with a nice body punch.
Blanco Rocha displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Centofanti.
Blanco Rocha takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Centofanti throws a nice outside leg kick.
Blanco Rocha looks to land a right hand but Centofanti moved out of range.
Blanco Rocha has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Centofanti finds it's way round the side to connect with Blanco Rocha's head.
Blanco Rocha shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Blanco Rocha tried to score with a low kick but Centofanti checks it.
Centofanti takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Centofanti delivers a nice body kick.
Vergil Blanco Rocha is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Blanco Rocha slips under a jab.
Centofanti throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Centofanti throws a leg kick that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Centofanti misses the target.
Centofanti attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Blanco Rocha takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Centofanti keeps the fight on the outside.
Centofanti checks a leg kick.
Blanco Rocha throws a leg kick
and Centofanti counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Centofanti misses with an uppercut. Blanco Rocha saw that one coming.
Nice shot by Blanco Rocha.
Blanco Rocha lands with a nice body punch.
Blanco Rocha punishes Centofanti's body with a nice straight punch.
Centofanti checks a leg kick nicely.
Blanco Rocha tries to close the distance and clinch up but Centofanti swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A head kick from Blanco Rocha lands but Centofanti takes it in his stride.
Centofanti shoots for a takedown but Blanco Rocha saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Centofanti throws a hook but Blanco Rocha blocks it.
Centofanti blocks a head kick by Blanco Rocha.
Blanco Rocha pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Centofanti moves out of range as Blanco Rocha throws a body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Centofanti misses with a lunging right hand
and Blanco Rocha counters with a head kick.
Centofanti fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Vergil Blanco Rocha has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marco Centofanti.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Centofanti.
Blanco Rocha avoids the head kick by Centofanti.
Centofanti tried to score with a low kick but Blanco Rocha checks it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Blanco Rocha clinches up against the cage.
Centofanti blocks an uppercut.
Blanco Rocha lands a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vergil Blanco Rocha dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Centofanti fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Centofanti ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Blanco Rocha moves away.
Blanco Rocha fails with an attempt to clinch.
Blanco Rocha fails with an attempt to clinch.
Blanco Rocha throws a nice inside leg kick.
Centofanti has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Blanco Rocha.
Blanco Rocha on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Blanco Rocha checks the leg kick nicely there.
Centofanti takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Centofanti will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Centofanti scores with a decent looking hook.
Centofanti misses with a body kick.
Blanco Rocha lands a really nice looking cross but Centofanti seems unphased.
Centofanti pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blanco Rocha misses with a kick to the body.
Centofanti shoots for a takedown but Blanco Rocha saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Centofanti looks to throw the jab but Blanco Rocha is out of range.
Blanco Rocha stuffs the takedown attempt from Centofanti. Centofanti gets slowly back to his feet.
Vergil Blanco Rocha has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marco Centofanti.
Centofanti takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Centofanti looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Blanco Rocha tries to close the distance and clinch but Centofanti swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Blanco Rocha cracks Centofanti with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
An inside leg kick from Centofanti misses.
Centofanti shoots in for a takedown but Blanco Rocha shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Blanco Rocha thuds his shin into the meat of Centofanti's side.
Centofanti keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Blanco Rocha.
Centofanti misses with a head kick.
Centofanti avoids the body shot from Blanco Rocha.
A telegraphed right hand from Centofanti misses the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blanco Rocha connects with a body shot.
Blanco Rocha lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Blanco Rocha is looking to land body kicks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Blanco Rocha throws a nice outside leg kick.
Centofanti throws a wild body kick that Blanco Rocha sees coming a mile off.
Blanco Rocha tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Blanco Rocha lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Nice takedown defense from Blanco Rocha. No joy for Centofanti on that attempt.
Centofanti has a takedown stuffed.
Centofanti moves out of range of the body kick from Blanco Rocha.
Blanco Rocha is looking to score with low kicks.
Blanco Rocha scores with a body shot.
Blanco Rocha tries a head kick but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Centofanti is looking to chop away at Blanco Rocha's legs.
Centofanti looks to throw the jab but Blanco Rocha is out of range.

Blanco Rocha closes the distance and clinches.
Blanco Rocha working aggressively here.
Centofanti lands a body shot.
Blanco Rocha throws an elbow that misses.
Blanco Rocha throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Centofanti blocking some punches.
Blanco Rocha tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Blanco Rocha with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Marco Centofanti has been cut.
Blanco Rocha with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Blanco Rocha trying to land knees to the body.
Blanco Rocha throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Centofanti blocks it with crossed arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Centofanti looking for a takedown.
Blanco Rocha tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Centofanti blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Centofanti takes an elbow to the temple.
With the fighters up against the cage, Blanco Rocha throws an elbow but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Centofanti.
Blanco Rocha looking to throw knees to the head but Centofanti is blocking nicely.
Blanco Rocha lands a left hand.
Blanco Rocha tries to land knees in the clinch but Centofanti avoids the damage to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Centofanti blocking some punches.
Centofanti avoiding damage as Blanco Rocha throws knees to the body.
Centofanti managing to block the knees to the body from Blanco Rocha.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vergil Blanco Rocha clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Marco Centofanti's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Blanco Rocha takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

Blanco Rocha moves into the clinch.
Blanco Rocha looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Blanco Rocha lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Blanco Rocha lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Blanco Rocha throws a punch but it's blocked by Centofanti.
Centofanti trying to land knees to the body.
Centofanti avoiding damage as Blanco Rocha throws knees to the body.
Centofanti tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Blanco Rocha misses with a knee strike.
Centofanti takes a knee to the side of the body.
Centofanti is trying to break the clinch but Blanco Rocha has him pressed against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Blanco Rocha throws an elbow but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blanco Rocha blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Blanco Rocha gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A bit of stalling here from Centofanti.
Blanco Rocha lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Blanco Rocha.
Centofanti on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Blanco Rocha misses with a punch to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Blanco Rocha.
Blanco Rocha misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Centofanti.
Blanco Rocha misses with an elbow over the top.
Blanco Rocha throws an elbow that misses.
Centofanti working Blanco Rocha over with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Centofanti makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Blanco Rocha tries to work over Centofanti's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Centofanti avoids a wild elbow strike from Blanco Rocha.
Centofanti on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Centofanti drops down looking for an ankle pick but Blanco Rocha pulls his leg out and moves away.
Blanco Rocha stuffs the takedown attempt from Centofanti. Centofanti gets slowly back to his feet.
Nice shot lands for Centofanti.
Some bone on bone action there as Blanco Rocha checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Blanco Rocha displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Centofanti.
Vergil Blanco Rocha has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marco Centofanti.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Blanco Rocha throws a predictable looking body shot
and Centofanti counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Centofanti misses with a low kick.
Centofanti tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Blanco Rocha was well out of range. Poor timing from Centofanti.
Blanco Rocha is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Centofanti attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
The fight stays on the outside here - Blanco Rocha looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Blanco Rocha throws a quick inside leg kick.
Blanco Rocha tries a head kick but it misses.
Centofanti's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Centofanti duly obliges.
Blanco Rocha takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Blanco Rocha misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Blanco Rocha throws a low kick, looking for Centofanti's leg but Centofanti calmly moves out of range.
Centofanti dips to his left and cracks Blanco Rocha with an uppercut!
Blanco Rocha with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Blanco Rocha blocks a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blanco Rocha throws a leg kick
enabling Centofanti to counter with a crisp jab.
Blanco Rocha tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Blanco Rocha throws a jab when Centofanti was well out of range.
Centofanti shoots for a takedown but Blanco Rocha saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Blanco Rocha is looking to clinch.
Centofanti ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Blanco Rocha moves away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Blanco Rocha.
Blanco Rocha moves out of range as Centofanti strikes.
Centofanti misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Blanco Rocha.
Blanco Rocha tries to clinch up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Centofanti feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Blanco Rochas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A telegraphed right hand from Blanco Rocha misses the target.
Blanco Rocha avoids a kick to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Vergil Blanco Rocha will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Marco Centofanti's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Centofanti uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Blanco Rocha.
Blanco Rocha fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Centofanti is out of range.
Blanco Rocha tries to land a leg kick but Centofanti saw it coming and moves away.
Centofanti misses with a low kick as Blanco Rocha jumps back.
Centofanti misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Blanco Rocha tries to clinch up but Centofanti circles away and keeps his distance.
Blanco Rocha pivots, looking for a leg kick but Centofanti is out of range and Blanco Rocha settles back down.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Blanco Rocha. Centofanti shrugs it off though.
Blanco Rocha stuns Centofanti with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Centofanti sizes up Blanco Rocha with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Blanco Rocha fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Centofanti.
Centofanti throws out a powerful jab.
Blanco Rocha scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Blanco Rocha checks the leg kick nicely there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blanco Rocha misses with a hook. Centofanti ducked under it nicely.
Blanco Rocha takes one to the chin there.
Blanco Rocha moves in looking to clinch but Centofanti pushes him off.
Centofanti swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Centofanti connects with a right hand. Blanco Rocha shakes it off.
Blanco Rocha lands the left hand.
Centofanti throws a wild body kick that Blanco Rocha sees coming a mile off.
Centofanti throws a head kick that misses
letting Blanco Rocha counter with a right hand.
Blanco Rocha throws a push kick but Centofanti slaps the foot to one side.
Centofanti shoots in and drives through. Blanco Rocha sprawls well.
A lazy body kick from Centofanti
and Blanco Rocha counters with a nice low kick that buckles Centofanti's knee momentarily.
Centofanti is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Blanco Rocha checks a low kick from Centofanti.

Centofanti feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Centofanti stops Blanco Rocha from standing up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Centofanti is fighting to break Blanco Rocha's control of his arms but Blanco Rocha is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

Centofanti lying in Blanco Rocha's guard like a wet fish here, stalling away. Blanco Rocha decides he's had enough of all that nonsense - he escapes his hips and locks up an armbar! Wow, that was slick! Centofanti taps! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 5, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Vergil Blanco Rocha!
Vergil Blanco Rocha is the new welterweight champion!
A relieved looking Vergil Blanco Rocha thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.