PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Reno Rocca (ranked 1432 p4p, 1027 weight class) and Caloggero Turturro (ranked 193 p4p, 148 weight class). Rocca comes to the cage accompanied by Avenues and Alleyways/Rancid. Reno Rocca has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Rocca
vs
Turturro

178 cm
29
193
10 - 5 - 0

179 cm
22
203
6 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Core Combat

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Reno Rocca!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Caloggero Turturro!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Daniel Cesar and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rocca with a poor takedown

and Turturro holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Rocca will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Turturro up against the cage.
Rocca is trying to break the clinch but Turturro has him pressed against the cage.

Rocca breaks from the clinch.
Rocca walks into a straight right hand from Turturro.
Turturro fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Turturro slaps away a takedown attempt from Rocca, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Turturro is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.

Turturro darts in and clinches Rocca up against the cage.
Turturro lands a left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Turturro working aggressively here.
Rocca is trying to maintain a safe position but Turturro gets an underhook and turns Rocca into the cage.
Turturro lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rocca backwards.
A shot in the inside from Turturro.
Turturro lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice left hand lands by Turturro.
Rocca tries to work over Turturro's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turturro working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Turturro scores with a nice hook to the head.
Turturro lands a nice uppercut.
Rocca throws a head punch that misses.

Rocca gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.

Turturro has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Rocca is on him like a limpet, forcing Turturro back against the cage.
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!
Rocca blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Turturro.
Turturro scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Turturro lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Turturro gets through Rocca's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Turturro misses with the head strike.
Rocca leaning against his opponent.
Turturro goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Turturro goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Turturro.
Turturro lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rocca backwards.
Turturro lands with a short shot to the head.
Rocca blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Turturro.
Turturro blocks a body shot from Rocca.
Turturro has a couple of punches blocked by Rocca.
Turturro scores with a shoulder strike.
Rocca fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Turturro can't find room to land a body shot as Rocca controls the action.
Turturro tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Rocca pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rocca has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Rocca there as he acknowledges the shot.
Caloggero Turturro is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Turturro slaps away a takedown attempt from Rocca, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Reno Rocca. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Turturro swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Turturro closes the distance and clinches.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rocca.
Turturro goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rocca throws a punch but it's blocked by Turturro.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turturro lands a body shot in the clinch.
Turturro lands a shot to the body.
Rocca drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Turturro gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Turturro lands a nice uppercut.
Turturro lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short right from Turturro on the inside.
Rocca scores with a nice hook to the head.
Turturro throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Turturro lands with a light punch inside.
Turturro lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Turturro misses with a punch on the inside.
Turturro lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rocca backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Turturro makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Turturro.
Rocca tries a body shot but Turturro blocks it.
Rocca creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Turturro.
Rocca is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Turturro lands with a right to the head.
A short body shot lands from Turturro as the two fighters clinch.
Turturro has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Rocca seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Turturro can turn it around.
Turturro lands a nice uppercut.
Turturro lands a body shot.
Turturro scores with a hook to the body.
Turturro scores with a nice hook to the head.
Turturro scores with a nice hook to the head.
Turturro lands a right hand.
Rocca takes a shot to the head.
Turturro lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Turturro lands a right hand.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Turturro.
Turturro lands a left hand.
Turturro gets through Rocca's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Turturro lands a left hand.
A right hook to the body lands for Turturro.
Turturro lands a shot to the body.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Turturro lands a body shot in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Caloggero Turturro 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.

Rocca takes a swing at Turturro's ribcage but misses.
Rocca looks to land a left hand but Turturro moved out of range nicely.

Turturro gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Rocca trying to stall but Turturro improves his position.
Rocca tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Turturro swings wildly with an uppercut but Rocca uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rocca blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Turturro scores with a shot to the side of Rocca's head.
Caloggero Turturro seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Turturro lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Rocca.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Turturro.
Still in the clinch, Turturro scores with a nice short uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Turturro.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Turturro can't find room to land a body shot as Rocca controls the action.
A short uppercut from Turturro.
A right hand to the body from Turturro.
Turturro lands a nice uppercut.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
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!
Turturro throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Turturro lands an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Turturro lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Rocca is looking to control Turturro's arms but Turturro gets an underhook and turns him. Now Rocca has his back to the cage.
Turturro pushes Rocca back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Turturro lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Turturro scores with a hook to the body.
Turturro lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Turturro works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Turturro is working Rocca over against the cage.
Turturro lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Turturro lands with a short shot to the head.

Rocca is rocked!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Turturro.
Turturro throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Roccas head.
Oh Rocca is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A short uppercut from Turturro.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Turturro lands a right hand.
Good body shot from Turturro.
A short right from Turturro.
Rocca is looking to control Turturro's arms but Turturro gets an underhook and turns him. Now Rocca has his back to the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rocca trying to control the position but instead, Turturro has worked for underhooks and has pushed Rocca into the cage.
Turturro lands with a short shot to the head.
Turturro lands a left hand.
Rocca tries to pull guard but Turturro holds him up against the cage and eventually Rocca drops back down to his feet.
Turturro lands with a short shot to the head.
Turturro lands with a light punch inside.
Rocca throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rocca seems to have got his legs back now.
Turturro lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Turturro lands a right hand.
A right hand to the body from Turturro.
Rocca tries to score a body lock takedown but Turturro shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Turturro has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Turturro lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rocca backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turturro lands a shoulder strike.
Turturro softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Turturro lands a right hand.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Turturro.
Turturro lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Turturro lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Rocca takes a shot to the head.
Turturro throws a big uppercut that drops Rocca! More strikes from Turturro and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Rocca lies dazed against the cage as Turturro celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Caloggero Turturro!
Caloggero Turturro decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.