PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Keith Stone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rocco Marchegiano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stone comes to the cage accompanied by I like BEER! Tom T. Hall. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Stone
vs
Marchegiano

186 cm
21
196 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

182 cm
23
192 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Rivers Edge Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Keith Stone!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rocco Marchegiano!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stone lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Jab, jab by Marchegiano - just one landing.
Stone takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Stone avoids a punch combination nicely.
Marchegiano lands with a cross.
Marchegiano jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Stone throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Marchegiano counters with a one-two to the body.
Marchegiano on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Stone moves out of range of the strikes.
Stone connects with a jab.
Marchegiano throws a lazy right hand but Stone sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Stone tried to score with a low kick but Marchegiano checks it.
Marchegiano ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stone moves away.
Stone moves forwards but Marchegiano connects with a nice, crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marchegiano throws an off balance right hand
and Stone makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Stone throws an off balance right hand
and Marchegiano counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Stone with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Marchegiano misses with a right hand
and Stone counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Marchegiano misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Stone counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Stone pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nice defenses there by Marchegiano.
Stone throws a nice inside leg kick.
A big right from Stone misses.
Stone ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Stone throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Marchegiano counters with a stiff right hand.
Stone's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Marchegiano connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Stone scrambles back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stone throws a body punch but Marchegiano moves out of range.
Marchegiano cracks Stone with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Stone misses with a body shot.
Stone walks into a stiff left hand from Marchegiano.
Stone stuns Marchegiano with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Stone lands a glancing blow to the side of Marchegiano's head.
Marchegiano swings widly with a right hand
and Stone counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Marchegiano is lucky that one didn't land flush.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stone misses with a right hand
and Marchegiano makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Marchegiano throws a series of punches but Stone avoids them all with ease.
Marchegiano on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Marchegiano takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Stone misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Marchegiano.
Stone throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marchegiano takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Stone will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Marchegiano is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Stone had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Stone fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Stone lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Marchegiano has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Marchegiano and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Marchegiano pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Stone lands a right hook to the body.
Stone jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Marchegiano misses with an uppercut. Stone saw that one coming.
Stone misses with a body punch
and Marchegiano counters with a nice uppercut.
Marchegiano misses with a hook

and Stone counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Stone is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stone performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stone wants to free his trapped foot but Marchegiano is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Stone is figuring out what he wants to do next.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Stone not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Stone not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Marchegiano is trying to stand back up but Stone is controlling him
Marchegiano is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Marchegiano looks gassed!
Stone not landing any meaningful shots this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stone throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Stone is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Stone working the head and body with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Keith Stone dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Stone moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Stone bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Marchegiano connects with a good right hand that stumbles Stone. Stone circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Keith Stone is winning the standup battle so far.
A telegraphed right hand from Marchegiano misses the target.
Marchegiano misses with an uppercut
and Stone counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Marchegiano is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Marchegiano misses with a right hand
and Stone counters with a thumping low kick.
Marchegiano might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Stone thumps Marchegiano with a low kick.
Stone scores with a shot to the body.
Marchegiano misses with a body shot.
A solid body kick from Stone.
Marchegiano is breathing heavily.

Stone shoots in and gets a takedown into Marchegiano's guard.
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!
Stone prevents Marchegiano from getting back to his feet.
Stone with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stone thows a big elbow that misses.
Marchegiano wants to get back to his feet but Stone is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Marchegiano has momentary wrist control but Stone slips an elbow through the middle.
Stone with a flurry of punches that miss.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stone with a nice head shot there.
Stone pushes down on Marchegiano's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Stone is looking to take a break and control but Marchegiano is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Stone sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Marchegiano defending well though.
Ground and pound from Stone.

Stone is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Marchegiano sees it coming and defends easily.
Stone not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stone is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Stone prevents Marchegiano from getting the reversal.

Stone working for a guillotine from mount but Marchegiano is in no mood to give up.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stone landing punches.
Marchegiano really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Stone. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Stone working for a guillotine from mount but Marchegiano is in no mood to give up.
Stone is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Marchegiano can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Marchegiano in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Stone looking to isolate an arm here. Marchegiano doesn't see it coming and as Stone extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Stone!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Keith Stone!
Keith Stone retains his middleweight title!