PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kyle Chaos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rocky Marcioni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Chaos
vs
Marcioni

188 cm
26
197 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

190 cm
23
186 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great low kicks
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful

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 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kyle Chaos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rocky Marcioni!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Eddie Farnsworth and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chaos scores with a jab to the jaw.
Chaos throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Marcioni showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Chaos.
Marcioni throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Chaos rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Marcioni moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Chaos lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Marcioni looks gassed!

Chaos shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Chaos looking to finish with strikes here!
Chaos controlling the position easily from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chaos landing shots from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Chaos cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Chaos controlling the position easily from mount.
Chaos scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chaos controlling the pace for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chaos with good strikes from the mount here!
A nice elbow there by Chaos.
Chaos misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Chaos looking to ground and pound but Marcioni is blocking nicely.
Chaos dominating with strikes here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chaos looking to control and managing it successfully.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Chaos cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Chaos controlling the pace for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kyle Chaos 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.

Chaos is looking to slow Marcioni down with leg kicks.
Kyle Chaos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Chaos dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Marcioni. That did some damage!

Chaos moves into the clinch successfully.
Chaos lands a hook to the side of the head.
Chaos stalls.

Chaos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Chaos throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Chaos cracks a nice hook into Marcioni's ribs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Chaos drops Marcioni with a beautiful combination! Marcioni stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Chaos is looking for the KO!

Marcioni is rocked!

It looks like Rocky Marcioni has been cut.
Chaos is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Marcioni can do to turn this around?
Chaos throws an uppercut from hell that sends Marcioni clean off his feet! He's out cold! Chaos stands back and admires his work as he thinks about that KO of the night award that is surely being wrapped up for him back stage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Kyle Chaos!