PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Albert Anastasia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Claudio Marchisio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anastasia comes to the cage accompanied by hellrazor. Marchisio is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Invincible. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Anastasia
vs
Marchisio

183 cm
22
148 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

179 cm
25
154 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very strong

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Very confident

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Albert Anastasia!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Claudio Marchisio!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, John Roberts and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anastasia misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Marchisio with a lazy takedown attempt
and Anastasia counters with a right hand to the body.
Anastasia pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Anastasia looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Marchisio!
Anastasia lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Marchisio hang on?
Anastasia tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Marchisio tries to hold on but Anastasia pushes him away.
Anastasia really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Anastasia connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Anastasia content just to control the position here.
Marchisio is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marchisio wants to hold on but Anastasia pushes him away.
Anastasia looking to control and managing it successfully.
Anastasia prevents Marchisio from getting the reversal.
Marchisio is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Anastasia controlling his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marchisio is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Marchisio tries to reverse the position but Anastasia maintains control.
Anastasia landing punches.
Anastasia takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Marchisio really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Anastasia lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anastasia controlling the position easily from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Marchisio is working to get back to half guard.
Anastasia raining down hammerfists from mount.
Anastasia looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Anastasia controlling his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anastasia with good strikes from the mount here!
Marchisio keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Anastasia looking to finish Marchisio with some ground and pound. This is bad for Marchisio!
Marchisio wants to control but Anastasia is having none of it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Marchisio tries to get back to half guard but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Anastasia stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Anastasia wants it to stay on the feet.
Anastasia fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Anastasia throws a hook but Marchisio blocks it.
Marchisio shoots in for a takedown but Anastasia shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Anastasia swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Anastasia throws a head kick that misses.
Anastasia misses with a shot to the body

and Marchisio counters with a single leg into guard. Anastasia didn't expect that.

Anastasia is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Marchisio has Anastasia pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Anastasia manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Albert Anastasia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Claudio Marchisio.
Anastasia tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Anastasia has a couple of punches blocked by Marchisio.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Anastasia working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Anastasia fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Anastasia lands a left hand.
Marchisio jumps guard but Anastasia turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
A short right from Anastasia.
Marchisio looking to stall.
A shot in the inside from Anastasia.
Marchisio is trying to drag Anastasia to the mat but Anastasia just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Marchisio is breathing heavily.
Anastasia doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Anastasia misses with a punch on the inside.
Marchisio misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Anastasia.
Marchisio is trying to maintain a safe position but Anastasia gets an underhook and turns Marchisio into the cage.
Marchisio blocking some punches.
Anastasia misses with a short punch on the inside.
Anastasia scores with a shoulder strike.
Marchisio prevents the takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marchisio blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Anastasia.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Anastasia.
Marchisio has Anastasia pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Anastasia manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Anastasia tries for a takedown. No joy.
Anastasia tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Anastasia tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Anastasia misses with some punches.
Marchisio blocking some punches.
Marchisio is trying to force a seperation but Anastasia has the dominant position.
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!
Anastasia can't get the takedown.
Anastasia working aggressively here.
Marchisio tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Marchisio lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.

Anastasia has one foot on Marchisio's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anastasia tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Anastasia throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Marchisio was covering up waiting for the punch and Anastasia finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Marchisio not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Marchisio wants to sweep here but Anastasia controlling him for the moment.
Anastasia is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Anastasia has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Albert Anastasia wasn't doing enough on the ground.

Anastasia lands a left and a right that send Marchisio crashing to the mat, dazed. Anastasia thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Marchisio is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Anastasia lunges in with a left hook that violently twists Marchisio head around and knocks him out cold! Anastasia 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 4:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Albert Anastasia!
Albert Anastasia is the new featherweight champion!
A very excited looking Albert Anastasia made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.