PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Island Fighter (ranked 1715 p4p, 227 weight class) and Reno Rocca (ranked 2791 p4p, 330 weight class). Reno Rocca has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Fighter
vs
Rocca

200 cm
25
200 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

178 cm
25
193 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Powerful

The Glue Factory

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Island Fighter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Reno Rocca!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Michael Johnstone and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rocca ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Fighter lands with a shot to the body.
Rocca has a takedown stuffed.
Rocca needs to keep his hands up - Fighter had a free shot at his head there.
Fighter defending well as Rocca loads up on a big left hand.
Fighter swings widly with a right hand
and Rocca counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Fighter tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rocca was well out of range. Poor timing from Fighter.
Rocca dips to his left and cracks Fighter with an uppercut!
Fighter looks to land a combination but Rocca avoids it well.
Fighter moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Rocca misses with a hook. Fighter ducked under it nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fighter throws the left hand but Rocca avoids the punch easily.
We've been informed that Rocca has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.

Fighter gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Fighter lands a shoulder strike.
Fighter misses with a punch on the inside.
Fighter lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Fighter pushes Rocca back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rocca blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fighter is working Rocca over against the cage.
Rocca wants to get back to striking at distance but Fighter won't allow it.
A short uppercut from Fighter.
A shot in the inside from Fighter.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Fighter creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fighter lands a body shot in the clinch.
Fighter lands a hook that snaps the head of Rocca backwards.
Fighter scores with a shoulder strike.
Fighter lands a body punch.
A right hand to the body from Fighter.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rocca.
Fighter lands a shoulder strike.
Fighter scores with a shot to the side of Rocca's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fighter lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Fighter blocks a body shot from Rocca.
Fighter lands a nice shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fighter lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Fighter scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Fighter.
Fighter lands a body shot.
Rocca looks winded!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Fighter.
Fighter lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rocca backwards.
Rocca misses with a body punch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Fighter.
A nice left hand lands by Fighter.
Fighter scores with a hook to the body.
Fighter lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rocca backwards.
Fighter lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rocca backwards.
Rocca's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fighter presses Rocca against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Fighter lands with a light punch inside.
Fighter scores with a shot to the side of Rocca's head.
Fighter presses Rocca against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Nice body punch from Fighter - that landed with a thud.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Island Fighter dominated that round.
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.

Fighter takes a swing at Rocca's ribcage but misses.
Fighter bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Rocca's head.
Fighter lands with a cross.
Rocca defending well as Fighter loads up on a big left hand.
Fighter jabs at Rocca's body.
Fighter connects with a body shot that sends Rocca's belly button to the back.
Island Fighter is winning the standup battle so far.

Fighter feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Rocca sprawling to the canvas! Rocca rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Fighter finish him?!

Rocca is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fighter rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rocca moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rocca feints the counter takedown.
Rocca is still on wobbly legs! Can Fighter finish him?
Fighter moves out of range of the leg kick from Rocca.
Rocca seems to have recovered his senses.
Fighter lunges in with a left hook that violently twists Rocca head around and knocks him out cold! Fighter hops onto the cage and yells out at the top of his lungs - Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaah! They're showing the replay on the big screens now; that was nasty! I hope one of the photographers got a good shot of it.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Island Fighter!