PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Montel Agious (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rocco Marchegiano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Agious comes to the cage accompanied by Hell Yeah - Rev Theory. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Agious
vs
Marchegiano

193 cm
22
196 lbs
7 - 4 - 1

182 cm
36
192 lbs
19 - 16 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Sex Panther!

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 7 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Montel Agious!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rocco Marchegiano!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Patrick Alders and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Agious will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Marchegiano misses with the combination.
Marchegiano looks to land a left hand but Agious moved out of range nicely.
Agious throws a good cross that connects.
Marchegiano throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Marchegiano drops his hands momentarily and Agious takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Marchegiano connects with a jab.
Agious misses with a looping left.
Agious misses with a hook.
Marchegiano misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Agious counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marchegiano throws a shot from downtown. Agious moves away and avoids it.
Agious looks to land a left hand but Marchegiano moved out of range nicely.
Marchegiano darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Marchegiano scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Marchegiano misses with a straight left.
Marchegiano throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've been told by Agious's head coaches at Pahuyuth Muay Thai 12 elite coaches that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Agious uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Marchegiano.
Marchegiano with a hook.
Marchegiano throws a lazy right hand but Agious sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rocco Marchegiano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Marchegiano throws a series of punches but Agious avoids them all with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Agious lands a nice hook to Marchegiano's body. Marchegiano takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Marchegiano misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Agious throws a series of punches but Marchegiano moves out of range.
Marchegiano cracks Agious with a right hand to the side of the head.
Agious swinging wildly here.
Agious throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Marchegiano.
Marchegiano feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Agiouss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
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!
Marchegiano missing with a left hand there. Agious was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Agious lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Marchegiano jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Marchegiano scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Marchegiano misses the shot to the body.
Agious throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Agious ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Marchegiano with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Agious to score with a decent uppercut.
Agious throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Marchegiano jabs Agious right on the nose. Agious blinks but takes it well.
Agious lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Marchegiano misses with the combination.
Marchegiano misses with an uppercut
enabling Agious to counter with a crisp jab.
Marchegiano fails to land with a series of punches.
Marchegiano looks to score with a jab to the body but Agious is just out of range.
Marchegiano misses the shot to the body.
A jab lands there for Marchegiano.
Agious slips under a jab from Marchegiano.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Marchegiano throws out a loose jab but Agious uses good head movement to avoid it.
Marchegiano throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Agious sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Rocco Marchegiano will probably get the nod.
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.

Marchegiano misses with a straight right.
Marchegiano misses with a lunging right hand
and Agious counters with a nice uppercut.
Agious defending well as Marchegiano loads up on a big left hand.
Agious moves out of range as Marchegiano strikes.
A telegraphed right hand from Marchegiano misses the target.
Agious is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Agious scores with a spinning back kick!
Marchegiano paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Marchegiano throws a lazy right hand but Agious sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rocco Marchegiano seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Marchegiano loads up on a big right hand but Agious slips the punch.
Good standup being displayed there by Agious as he connects with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Agious lands with a nice body punch.
Marchegiano throws a lazy uppercut
and Agious counters with a right hand to the body.
Marchegiano throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Agious to counter with a crisp jab.
Marchegiano dodges the punch combination from Agious.
Agious misses with a looping left.
Agious scores with a nice head shot.
Marchegiano misses with a double jab
and Agious connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Agious falls off balance throwing a combination
and Agious takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marchegiano takes a swing at Agious's ribcage but misses.
Agious throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Marchegiano throws a body punch but Agious moves out of range.
Marchegiano swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
No joy there for Marchegiano, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Agious has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Agious takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Some wild striking there from Agious.
Agious lands with a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Agious misses with a lunging right hand
and Marchegiano counters with a stiff right hand.
Agious slips a jab from Marchegiano.
Marchegiano jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Marchegiano fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Agious manages to avoid it.
Marchegiano misses with a lunging right hand
and Marchegiano takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Marchegiano slips a jab from Agious.
A telegraphed right hand from Marchegiano misses the target.
Agious lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good exchange - Agious coming out on top.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Marchegiano misses with a body shot.
Sloppy strikes from Agious. Those never looked like landing.
Marchegiano uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Agious.
Agious steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Marchegiano.
Agious slips under a jab.
Agious throws a nice looking combination but Marchegiano bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Agious throws a right and a left that Marchegiano avoids nicely.
Agious jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Montel Agious dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Agious uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Marchegiano.
Agious is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Marchegiano thows a left - swing and a miss!
Marchegiano misses with a combination
and Agious connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Agious keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Marchegiano.
Marchegiano throws a big shot that misses.
Marchegiano jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A big right from Marchegiano misses.
Marchegiano throws a right and a left that both miss.
Marchegiano avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Agious lands a nice hook to Marchegiano's body. Marchegiano takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Marchegiano misses with an uppercut.
Marchegiano dodges the punch combination from Agious.
Agious throws a lazy right hand but Marchegiano sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Marchegiano cracks Agious with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Agious slips under a jab.
Nice jab there from Marchegiano.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marchegiano looks to land a combination but Agious avoids it well.
Marchegiano pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Agious connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Marchegiano's hands.
Marchegiano scores with a nice right hand.
Marchegiano misses with a hook. Agious ducked under it nicely.
Agious shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Marchegiano eats them both and turns towards Agious to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Agious moves away from the strike by Marchegiano.
Marchegiano throws out a loose jab but Agious uses good head movement to avoid it.
Marchegiano tests Agious's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marchegiano misses with a hook.
Agious moves out of range of the strikes.
Marchegiano ducks under a wild hook from Agious.
Marchegiano misses with a lunging right hand
and Agious counters with a three punch combo that has Marchegiano backing up. Marchegiano nods at Agious to acknowledge the strikes.
Marchegiano blocks a jab.
Agious dodges the punch combination from Marchegiano.
Agious stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marchegiano on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Marchegiano misses with an uppercut
and Marchegiano takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Marchegiano looks to land a combination but Agious avoids it well.
A jab from Marchegiano misses.
Marchegiano takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Nice defenses there by Agious.
Agious digs a good hook to Marchegiano's body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Agious slips a jab from Marchegiano.
Agious works over Marchegiano's head and body with a nice combination.

And that's the end of the fight!
Montel Agious showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Agious has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 29:28
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:28
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Montel Agious!
Montel Agious decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.