PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Angelo Costa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and The RocknRolla (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). RocknRolla comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Led Zeppelin / Stairway To Heaven kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Angelo Costa has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Costa
vs
RocknRolla

190 cm
25
255 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

202 cm
19
270 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Experienced

Perkele!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Angelo Costa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, The RocknRolla!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, John Kavanagh and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Costa misses with a right hand
and RocknRolla counters with a head kick. That will keep Costa thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Costa throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Costa misses with an uppercut. RocknRolla saw that one coming.
RocknRolla throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
RocknRolla lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
A combination from Costa does no damage.
RocknRolla keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
RocknRolla throws a nice inside leg kick.
RocknRolla fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Costa has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
RocknRolla slips a jab and a cross from Costa.
Costa stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from RocknRolla.
RocknRolla fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
RocknRolla cracks the inside of Costa's front leg.
RocknRolla lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by RocknRolla.
Costa takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Costa rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but RocknRolla moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Costa is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Costa gets cracked there but stands up to it.

It looks like Angelo Costa has been cut.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from RocknRolla, right into the meat.
RocknRolla digs a good body shot into Costa's ribs.
RocknRolla lands a nice shot that snaps Costa's head back.
The RocknRolla seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

RocknRolla clinches up against the cage.
RocknRolla lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
RocknRolla lands a right hand.
A shot in the inside from RocknRolla.
RocknRolla can't find room to land a body shot as Costa controls the action.

RocknRolla drops Costa onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Costa is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Costa is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
RocknRolla pressing his opponent against the cage.
RocknRolla goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

RocknRolla drops Costa onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Costa is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Angelo Costa's cut is getting worse.
RocknRolla misses with a shot to the kidneys.
RocknRolla works on Costa's body with a couple of short punches.
RocknRolla content to slow the pace in the clinch.
RocknRolla lands a body punch.
A short uppercut from RocknRolla.
RocknRolla controlling the action here for a moment.
Nice body punch from RocknRolla - that landed with a thud.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
RocknRolla avoiding damage.
RocknRolla lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Costa backwards.
RocknRolla scores with a shot to the side of Costa's head.
RocknRolla holding his opponent close, against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by The RocknRolla.
RocknRolla lands a nice looking kick to the body. Costa takes a step back to recover.

RocknRolla gets in close and instigates a clinch.
RocknRolla manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
RocknRolla lands a body shot in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from RocknRolla.
RocknRolla displaying some good clinch control by pressing Costa up against the cage.
Costa is trying to break the clinch but RocknRolla is controlling him.
A shot in the inside from RocknRolla.
RocknRolla slowing the pace effectively.
RocknRolla lands a body punch in the clinch.
RocknRolla avoiding damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, RocknRolla creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
RocknRolla throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Costas head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

The RocknRolla dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Angelo Costa's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

RocknRolla lands a nice looking kick to the body. Costa takes a step back to recover.
RocknRolla lands a leg kick that knocks Costa off balance momentarily.
RocknRolla lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
RocknRolla stuns Costa with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Costa gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Nice body kick there by RocknRolla.
RocknRolla ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A good leg kick by RocknRolla.
RocknRolla throws out a powerful jab.
RocknRolla connects with an inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Costa sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.

RocknRolla lands a big head kick that sends Costa tumbling to the mat! RocknRolla takes a step backwards and waves Costa back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Oh Costa is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Angelo Costa's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
RocknRolla has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
RocknRolla throws a quick head kick that knocks Costa silly! This fight is all over! What a finish! RocknRolla is up on the cage, taking in the applause from the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). The RocknRolla!
The RocknRolla seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.