PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Enrico Mazzarri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rocky Marciano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marciano has chosen Wu-Tang - "Think Differently" (feat. Casual, Roc Marciano) as his entrance music. Rocky Marciano has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Enrico Mazzarri's chin.

Mazzarri
vs
Marciano

176 cm
29
158 lbs
18 - 3 - 1

180 cm
39
167 lbs
37 - 14 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent MT
Very quick

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 3 - 1, fighting out of New York, Enrico Mazzarri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 37 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rocky Marciano!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Damien Edna and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marciano scores with a nice head shot.
Mazzarri on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

Mazzarri gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Marciano to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Marciano slips nicely into half guard.
Marciano sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Mazzarri defending well though.
Marciano takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Marciano seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mazzarri wants to improve his position but Marciano is controlling well.
Marciano thows a huge punch but Mazzarri dodges it nicely.
Marciano sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Marciano scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marciano is looking to take a break and control but Mazzarri is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Marciano is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Nice strikes from Marciano there.
Mazzarri wants to improve his position but Marciano is controlling well.
Marciano tries to pass to full mount but Mazzarri defends it.
Mazzarri is looking for a sweep. Marciano is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Marciano trying to control the pace.
Marciano tries to pass to full mount but Mazzarri defends it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Marciano is trying to work for a kimura but Mazzarri is defending well.
Marciano scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Marciano wants to control but Mazzarri is keeping him busy.
Mazzarri is in trouble now - Marciano has advanced to mount!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mazzarri sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Marciano connects with a nice short shot to Mazzarri's temple.
Mazzarri is trying to get back to full guard.
Mazzarri is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at HARRY'S, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Marciano working the head and body with strikes.
Marciano throwing shots but Mazzarri is blocking nicely.
Marciano working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mazzarri is trying to get back to full guard.
Marciano wants to take a breather but Mazzarri is having none of it.
Marciano working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Marciano trying to control the action but Mazzarri is working from the bottom.
Marciano is just content to waste time from the top position. Mazzarri takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.

Mazzarri had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Marciano defends it easily.
Mazzarri trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Marciano scoring with some ground and pound.
Marciano stands and throws Mazzarri's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Mazzarri is looking for a sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Marciano working away.
Marciano landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Marciano trying to control the action but Mazzarri is working from the bottom.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Marciano tries to move into full mount but can't pass Mazzarri's legs.
Mazzarri is looking to regain half guard here but Marciano keeps moving and retains side control.
Marciano passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Mazzarri!
Mazzarri is wriggling around trying to escape.
Marciano working Mazzarri over with strikes here.
Marciano tries to control but Mazzarri wriggling away.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Marciano lands with some strikes.
Marciano controlling the position easily from mount.
Mazzarri is bucking up trying to escape but Marciano cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Marciano landing punches.

Mazzarri is rocked!
Mazzarri taking shots to the head.
Oh Mazzarri is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mazzarri tries to hold on but Marciano postures up.
Marciano postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Mazzarri in real trouble here! The ref calls for Mazzarri to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rocky Marciano!
After the fight, Rocky Marciano was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.