PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ziggy Vondopolous (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafeal Djocovito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vondopolous comes to the cage accompanied by ГРОТ - Рубежи. Djocovito has chosen Rose - A Perfect Circle as his entrance music. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Rafeal Djocovito was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Vondopolous
vs
Djocovito

188 cm
25
174 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

185 cm
30
170 lbs
11 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Hell's Balls Recovery (160)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ziggy Vondopolous!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rafeal Djocovito!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Donatello Bradman and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Djocovito swings for the body but Vondopolous moves out of range.
Djocovito throws a poor cross that misses

and Vondopolous counters by clinching up.

Vondopolous works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Vondopolous wants to pass the guard but Djocovito is keeping the position.

Djocovito is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Vondopolous is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Djocovito gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Vondopolous prevents the takedown attempt.
Vondopolous lands with a right to the head.
Vondopolous wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Vondopolous wants the takedown. Djocovito is fighting it off but Vondopolous persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Djocovito's guard against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vondopolous passes Djocovito's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Vondopolous thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Djocovito keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Djocovito looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vondopolous thows a huge punch but Djocovito dodges it nicely.

Djocovito makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Djocovito misses with a few strikes there.
Djocovito shoots in looking for a takedown but Vondopolous manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Djocovito's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Vondopolous tries to clinch there but Djocovito circles away.
Djocovito throws a right and a left that Vondopolous avoids nicely.

Vondopolous shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Djocovito manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Vondopolous advances position into side control!
Vondopolous tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vondopolous works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Vondopolous tries to advance to mount but Djocovito denies him.
Djocovito tries to escape but Vondopolous is in control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Djocovito is not content to let Vondopolous control the position.
Djocovito taking a bit of punishment here - Vondopolous scoring with strikes.
Vondopolous landing a few strikes.
Vondopolous works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Vondopolous in side control lands a decent elbow.
Djocovito is not content to let Vondopolous control the position.
Vondopolous tries to advance to mount but Djocovito denies him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Djocovito tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Djocovito is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Vondopolous tries to move to mount but Djocovito blocks the move with his legs.
Vondopolous wants to take a breather but Djocovito manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Vondopolous.
Vondopolous trying to control but Djocovito is working from the bottom.
Vondopolous trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vondopolous working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Djocovito's head.
Djocovito not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Vondopolous throwing strikes from guard but Djocovito blocks nicely.
Vondopolous tries to free his leg and advance position but Djocovito is retaining full guard.
Vondopolous working some strikes from top position.
Vondopolous trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Djocovito looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Vondopolous postures up.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vondopolous slips nicely into half guard.
Vondopolous thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Vondopolous is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Vondopolous fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Vondopolous working the ground and pound effectively.
Vondopolous lands a big elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ziggy Vondopolous dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Djocovito shoots in for a double leg but Vondopolous sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Djocovito shoots in and drives through. Vondopolous sprawls well.
Djocovito swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Djocovito jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Vondopolous gets a takedown into half guard.
Djocovito trying to control but Vondopolous postures up.
Vondopolous trying to advance position but Djocovito counters by regaining guard.
Djocovito bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Vondopolous's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vondopolous has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Djocovito is looking to work some ground and pound but Vondopolous has wrist control.
Vondopolous keeping moving, preventing Djocovito from controlling successfully.
Ziggy Vondopolous overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Djocovito working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Vondopolous lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Djocovito!
Vondopolous raining down shots from the mount!
Djocovito really wants to buck Vondopolous off and get back to his feet.
Vondopolous lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

It looks like Rafeal Djocovito has been cut.
Vondopolous postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Djocovito looks a forlorn figure.

Djocovito is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vondopolous punishing his opponent with strikes.
Djocovito is still in real trouble! Can Vondopolous finish him?
Djocovito is breathing heavily.
Djocovito keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Vondopolous with a couple of short strikes.
Vondopolous postures up and throws a massive shot that knocks Djocovito out cold! Two more strikes to his unconscious opponent for good luck and this one is all over! Vondopolous goes absolutely crazy with his corner! Wow, you can see how much that win means to him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Ziggy Vondopolous!
Ziggy Vondopolous really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that CEC Nutrition Q159 logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.