PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chin HoKelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mauricio Mariano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

HoKelly
vs
Mariano

192 cm
25
245 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

195 cm
25
247 lbs
0 - 0 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

Heisenberg

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Chin HoKelly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mauricio Mariano!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Matheus Silva and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

HoKelly instigates a clinch.
HoKelly struggles to land a body shot inside as Mariano controls his hands.
HoKelly lands a left hand.

HoKelly breaks the clinch.
Mariano cracks HoKelly with an open hand slap.
HoKelly slips a jab and a cross from Mariano.
Mariano fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mariano misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mariano misses with a wild combination.
Mariano throws a nice looking combination but HoKelly bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

HoKelly takes the fight into the clinch.
HoKelly lands an uppercut.
HoKelly is working Mariano over against the cage.
Still in the clinch, HoKelly scores with a nice short uppercut.

HoKelly breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
HoKelly slaps away a takedown attempt from Mariano, before circling back to the center of the mat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
HoKelly stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Mariano tries to close the distance and clinch but HoKelly swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
HoKelly pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
HoKelly scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

It looks like Mauricio Mariano has been cut.
A telegraphed right hand from HoKelly misses the target.

HoKelly pushes Mariano up against the cage in a clinch.
HoKelly lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by HoKelly.
HoKelly looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Mariano looking for a takedown.
HoKelly stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
HoKelly tries to break free but Mariano pushes him back against the cage.
HoKelly has had enough of the clinch but Mariano keeps him there for the moment.

HoKelly breaks from the clinch.
Mariano lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Mariano.
Chin HoKelly is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
HoKelly loads up on a big right hand but Mariano slips the punch.
Mariano tries to clinch up.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mariano blocks a jab.
Mariano wants to clinch up but HoKelly keeps it at a distance.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Mariano has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Mariano throws a nice looking combination but HoKelly bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mariano throws a sloppy head kick and HoKelly moves out of range easily.
HoKelly misses with a few strikes there.
Nice defenses there by Mariano.
Mariano throws a sloppy head kick and HoKelly moves out of range easily.
HoKelly throws an off balance right hand

and Mariano holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
HoKelly lands a body shot.
Mariano looks winded!
HoKelly lands a right hand.
A nice right hand lands inside from HoKelly.
A nice right hand lands inside from HoKelly.
HoKelly lands an uppercut.
HoKelly lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
HoKelly lands a right hand.
HoKelly has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

HoKelly manages to break the clinch.
A jab from HoKelly misses.

HoKelly fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Mariano, pushing him back against the cage.

HoKelly pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
HoKelly misses with a wild body shot.
Mariano takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
HoKelly ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mariano moves away.
Mariano bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
HoKelly thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice defenses there by Mariano.
HoKelly lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
HoKelly misses with a double jab
and Mariano counters with a left and a right that stings HoKelly.
HoKelly connects with a single shot there.
Nice uppercut lands for HoKelly. That snapped Mariano's head back.
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!
HoKelly jabbing away but nothing is landing.

HoKelly clinches.
HoKelly lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Mariano prevents HoKelly from breaking the clinch.

HoKelly breaks the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mariano looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mariano bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A telegraphed right hand from HoKelly misses the target.
HoKelly throws a hook but Mariano blocks it.
HoKelly jabbing away but nothing is landing.

HoKelly forces Mariano back against the cage and clinches.
HoKelly is trying to break the clinch but Mariano is controlling him.
HoKelly struggles to land a body shot inside as Mariano controls his hands.
Still in the clinch, HoKelly scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short right from HoKelly.
Mariano keeps control of HoKelly as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
HoKelly wants to break the clinch but can't.
HoKelly lands an uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A short right from HoKelly.
A short uppercut from HoKelly.
HoKelly lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chin HoKelly dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mauricio Mariano's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

HoKelly circles away from the clinch attempt.
HoKelly scores with a jab. Mariano acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Mariano cracks HoKelly with a good jab.
Chin HoKelly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
HoKelly throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Mariano fails to land with a series of punches.
Mariano slips under a jab.
Mariano connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Mariano misses with a two punch combination.
HoKelly ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mariano moves away.
Chin HoKelly is winning the standup battle so far.
HoKelly scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

Mariano is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mariano tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. HoKelly manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mariano is still on wobbly legs! Can HoKelly finish him?
HoKelly drops Mariano with a big left hand! Mariano is injured, injured bad! HoKelly jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chin HoKelly!
After the big win, Chin HoKelly made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Mango Nutrition and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
Mauricio Mariano was interviewed post fight and said '...'.