PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ricci Morocco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danny Ciprianni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Morocco
vs
Ciprianni

191 cm
22
213 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

191 cm
22
218 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Spartan Nutrition
Conviction

Héritage!
Bullet Proof System

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ricci Morocco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Danny Ciprianni!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Patrick Alders and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morocco takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Morocco throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ciprianni blocks a head kick by Morocco.
Ciprianni tests Morocco's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ciprianni connects with a crisp jab.
Ciprianni throws an overhand right that lands on Morocco's shoulder, as Morocco tries to avoid the shot.
Morocco pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Ciprianni scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Ciprianni wants to lay and pray for a moment but Morocco keeps working.
Morocco avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ciprianni.
Ciprianni stalling.
Ciprianni seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Morocco does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ciprianni looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Ciprianni is working for an americana but Morocco has been sneaky and has managed to get back to half guard, whilst Ciprianni was thinking about the submission.
Ciprianni advances to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morocco is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Morocco has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Condor Training in the buildup to the fight.
Morocco takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
A shot to the liver by Ciprianni. Beautiful body shot.
Morocco throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Morocco throws a solid leg kick but Ciprianni takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Morocco.
Ciprianni darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Ciprianni throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ciprianni just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromMorocco.
Ciprianni dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Morocco. That did some damage!
Ciprianni with a jab.
A thudding body kick lands there by Morocco!
Morocco tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ciprianni with a hook.
Ciprianni circles away from the clinch attempt
and Ciprianni counters with a nice uppercut.

Morocco is rocked!
Ciprianni ducks down into range and throws a picture perfect right hook that connects with Morocco's jaw. Morocco's eyes stare off into space as he falls to the mat, out cold! Ciprianni does the decent thing and steps back, rather than landing any shots to his unconscious opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Danny Ciprianni!
Our winner, Danny Ciprianni, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.