PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Amis Pelle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marco Marcolini (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marcolini is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Raffaella Carra - Rumore. Marco Marcolini has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Amis Pelle's chin.

Pelle
vs
Marcolini

195 cm
34
264 lbs
18 - 16 - 0

185 cm
43
259 lbs
36 - 26 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Amis Pelle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 36 - 26 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Marco Marcolini!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Robert Douchet and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marcolini with a nice cross.
Pelle bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Marcolini's head.

It looks like Marco Marcolini has been cut.
Marcolini dodges the punch combination from Pelle.

Marcolini gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Marcolini scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Pelle looking to stall.
Marcolini doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Marcolini has Pelle pressed against the cage, preventing Pelle from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pelle.
Pelle misses with a punch to the body.
Pelle lands a right hand that snaps the head of Marcolini backwards.
Marcolini has Pelle pressed against the cage, preventing Pelle from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Marcolini is looking to control Pelle's arms but Pelle gets an underhook and turns him. Now Marcolini has his back to the cage.
Pelle lands with a light punch inside.
Marcolini changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Pelle fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Pelle connects with a looping right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marcolini on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Pelle has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Pelle uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Marcolini.
Marcolini takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Marcolini throws a hook but Pelle avoids it easily.
Pelle connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Marcolini missing with a left hand there. Pelle was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pelle scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Marcolini doesn't seem bothered though.
Marcolini defending well as Pelle loads up on a big left hand.
Marcolini misses with a body shot
and Pelle counters with a left to the body.
Marcolini fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Pelle avoids it really well and circles away.
Pelle lands a jab to the nose.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marcolini lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pelle misses with a two punch combination.
Pelle is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Marcolini lands a two punch combo.
Pelle misses with a straight right.
Pelle's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Marcolini connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Pelle scrambles back to his feet.
Pelle throws a hook but Marcolini avoids it easily.
A punch combination from Marcolini misses.
Pelle moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Amis Pelle is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pelle throws a series of punches but Marcolini moves out of range.

Marcolini moves into range and clinches up with Pelle.
Marcolini trying to control the position but instead, Pelle has worked for underhooks and has pushed Marcolini into the cage.
Marcolini tries to land a knee to the head but Pelle blocks with his arms.
Marcolini crunches a lovely knee into Pelle's ribcage.
Marcolini crunches a lovely knee into Pelle's ribcage.
Pelle is breathing heavily.
Marcolini tries to land knees in the clinch but Pelle avoids the damage to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pelle letting Marcolini take a breather here.
Pelle is trying to force a seperation but Marcolini has the dominant position.
Marcolini unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Pelle throws a punch but it's blocked by Marcolini.
Pelle misses with the head strike.
Pelle wants to break free but Marcolini has control.
Marcolini using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Marcolini.
Marcolini with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Marcolini trying to land knees to the body.

Marcolini has the Thai plumb, controlling the head nicely. He loads up with a big knee to the head and Pelle goes down! Marcolini pounces into side control - this one could be over soon!

Pelle is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A lull in the action here as Marcolini stalls from top position.
Oh Pelle is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pelle is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marcolini wants to take a breather but Pelle manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Marcolini.
Pelle seems to have got his legs back now.
Marcolini advances position into side control!
Marcolini is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Pelle's shoulder. That is not cool.
Pelle tries to improve position but can't.
Marcolini creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Pelle sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Pelle struggling a bit here.
Marcolini taking a break here but Pelle is having none of it and regains half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marco Marcolini dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marco Marcolini's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Marcolini works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Pelle swats away the attempt to clinch by Marcolini.
Marcolini with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The fighters circling - Marcolini throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pelle swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Marcolini tries to clinch there but Pelle circles away.
Pelle seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Pelle dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Pelle moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pelle misses with a left hand
and Marcolini counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Pelle gets tackled into the cage by Marcolini. Marcolini maintains the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Pelle.
Marcolini is breathing heavily.
Marcolini keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pelle's efforts to push away.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pelle blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pelle managing to block the knees to the body from Marcolini.

Pelle manages to break the clinch.
Marcolini ducks under a wild hook from Pelle.
Marcolini tries to close the distance and clinch but Pelle swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pelle throwing a counter right hand but Marcolini manages to avoid it.
Marcolini fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Marcolini. Pelle does a little dance to reset his feet.
Amis Pelle is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Marcolini moves forwards but Pelle connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Marcolini walks into a left hand.
Marcolini uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pelle.
Marcolini tries to close the distance and clinch but Pelle swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pelle throws a right hand that misses
and Marcolini counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Pelle walks into a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pelle throws a series of strikes that have Marcolini backpedaling.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Marcolini misses with a straight right.
Nice defenses there by Marcolini.
Marcolini fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Marcolini changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Pelle throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pelle will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Marcolini tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Pelle manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Marcolini tries to clinch but Pelle is having none of it.
Pelle scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Marcolini misses with a double jab.
Sloppy strikes from Pelle. Those never looked like landing.
Pelle misses with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pelle throws a looping overhand right but Marcolini ducks down to avoid it.
Sloppy strikes from Marcolini. Those never looked like landing.
Pelle uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Marcolini.
Pelle misses with a hook.
Marcolini connects with a body shot.
Marcolini shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Pelle as he avoids it easily.
Pelle seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Pelle throws out a loose jab but Marcolini uses good head movement to avoid it.
Marcolini tries to close the distance and clinch but Pelle swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pelle connects with a body shot.
Pelle digs a good body shot into Marcolini's ribs.
Pelle closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Marcolini throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Marcolini shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Pelle eats them both and turns towards Marcolini to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Marcolini shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Pelle as he avoids it easily.
Marcolini wants to clinch.
Pelle throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Marcolini tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pelle paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Marcolini swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A little feinted left hand from Pelle on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A punch lands to the side of Marcolini 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Pelle lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Marcolini circles away quickly and effectively.
Pelle misses with a body shot
and Marcolini counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Pelle looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pelle swats away the attempt to clinch by Marcolini.

Pelle gets tackled into the cage by Marcolini. Marcolini maintains the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Amis Pelle dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Marco Marcolini's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Marcolini shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Pelle pinned against the cage. Pelle gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
It looked like Pelle wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Marcolini lands a nice shot that snaps Pelle's head back.
Pelle throws a hook to the side of Marcolini's head but Marcolini sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Marcolini closes the distance looking to clinch
and Pelle counters with a right hand to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marcolini misses with an uppercut
and Pelle connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Pelle lands a jab-cross combination.
Pelle throws a nice looking combination but Marcolini bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pelle lands with an overhand left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pelle works the jab nicely.

Marcolini is rocked!
Amis Pelle is winning the standup battle so far.
Marcolini tries to clinch but Pelle moves out of range.
Marcolini is still on wobbly legs! Can Pelle finish him?
Pelle loads up on a big right hand but Marcolini slips the punch.
Marcolini uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pelle.
Marcolini seems to have recovered his senses.
Pelle thows a left - swing and a miss!
Pelle swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pelle's jab looks to have found its range, popping Marcolini under the eye.
Pelle's jab looks to have found its range, popping Marcolini under the eye.
Marcolini moves out of range of the strikes.
Pelle's corner calls for a 1-2. Pelle obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Marcolini seems to be squinting his left eye. Perhaps he got a poke in that previous exchange. Pelle shows no mercy and swarms him with a barage of strikes! Marcolini is backing up but Pelle catches him with a final right hook that drops him! Marcolini covers up and the referee steps in to end the fight! Pelle Jumps to his feet and flashes his guns to the crowd. Oh yeah, baby! How'd you like them apples?!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Amis Pelle!
Amis Pelle 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.