PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joey Jihad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricci Marconi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Marconi's choice of entrance music: Grounds for Divorce. Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Ricci Marconi enters the cage!

Jihad
vs
Marconi

184 cm
18
195 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

180 cm
22
185 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

Bulk Nutrition
Slaughterhouse Nutrition

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Joey Jihad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ricci Marconi!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Jihad 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 Marconi has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Marconi and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Jihad misses with a few strikes there.
Jihad avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Marconi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Marconi takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

Marconi rushes Jihad and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Marconi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jihad lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Marconi scores with a knee to the head.
Marconi with a knee to the head.

It looks like Joey Jihad has been cut.
Marconi prevents Jihad from breaking the clinch.
Marconi scores with a knee to the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Marconi takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Marconi tries to land a knee to the head but Jihad blocks with his arms.
Marconi crunches a lovely knee into Jihad's ribcage.
Jihad is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marconi's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Marconi with a knee to the head.
Marconi connects with a knee to the head.
Marconi slowing the pace effectively.
Marconi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jihad lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Marconi scores with a knee to the head.

Jihad is rocked!
Marconi leaning his opponent against the cage.
Marconi continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marconi connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jihad's face.
Marconi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Marconi lands a knee to the head.
Marconi misses with a knee to the head.
Marconi displaying some good clinch control by pressing Jihad up against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Ricci Marconi.

Marconi closes the distance and pushes Jihad back into the cage.
Marconi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jihad lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jihad misses with a body punch.
Jihad wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Marconi with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Marconi scores with a knee to the head.
Marconi taking a breather.
Jihad takes a knee right on the jaw!
Knees in the clinch landing for Marconi.
Marconi has Jihad pressed against the cage.
Jihad takes an elbow to the forehead.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Marconi lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Marconi.
Marconi landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Marconi landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Marconi leaning his opponent against the cage.
Marconi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Marconi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jihad lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Marconi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jihad blocks it with crossed arms.
Marconi lands a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Marconi.
A knee to the head by Marconi.
Marconi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jihad blocks it with crossed arms.
Jihad is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jihad wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Marconi has him pressed against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Jihad can't break the clinch.
Marconi lands a knee to the body.
Marconi lands an elbow inside that Jihad shrugs off.
Jihad tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Marconi controlling the action here for a moment.
Marconi landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jihad misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Marconi connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jihad's face.
Marconi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Marconi effectively controlling the action here.
Marconi connects with a knee to the head.
Marconi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jihad blocks it with crossed arms.
Jihad swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Marconi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jihad misses with a punch on the inside.
Jihad misses with a hook to the ribs.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Jihad can't break the clinch.
Marconi lands a knee to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Marconi as Jihad tries to tie him up.
Jihad wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Marconi has him pressed against the cage.
Jihad takes an elbow to the temple.
Marconi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Marconi throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Marconi is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Marconi with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jihad wants to get back to striking at distance but Marconi won't allow it.
Marconi scores with a knee to the head.
Marconi with a knee to the head.
Jihad can't find room to land a body shot as Marconi controls the action.
Knees to the body from Marconi.
Nice body punch from Jihad - that landed with a thud.
Marconi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Marconi missing with knees to the body.
Marconi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jihad just misses with a elbow thrown towards Marconi's brow.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Marconi blocks an uppercut.
Marconi landing knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Marconi misses with a knee to the head.
Marconi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jihad.
Jihad wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Marconi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jihad tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Marconi's elbow.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Jihad has had enough of the clinch but Marconi keeps him there for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricci Marconi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Joey Jihad's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Jihad takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Marconi shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

Marconi has closed the distance and engaged Jihad in a clinch.
Marconi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Marconi keeps control of Jihad as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Marconi slowing the pace effectively.
Jihad tries to throw a body punch but Marconi avoids it by throwing Jihad back against the cage.
Marconi stalls.
Marconi scores a nice knee to the body.
Marconi prevents Jihad from breaking the clinch.
Marconi lands a nice knee to the body.
Jihad wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Marconi has him pressed against the cage.
Jihad tries to stall but Marconi uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Jihad wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Marconi has him pressed against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Marconi.
Marconi connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jihad's face.
Marconi lands a nice knee to the body.
Marconi scores with a knee to the head.
The referee calls for Marconi to work.
Ricci Marconi seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Marconi lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Marconi lands an elbow that stopped Jihad in his tracks for a moment.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marconi has Jihad pushed against the cage.
Marconi lands a damaging elbow.
Marconi avoiding damage.
Jihad looking to stall.
Jihad misses with the head strike.
Marconi gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Marconi with a knee to the head.
Jihad tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Marconi landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Marconi connects with a knee to the head.
Marconi lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Marconi lands a knee to the head.
Marconi with a knee to the head.
Marconi missing with knees to the body.
Marconi keeps control of Jihad as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Marconi with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Marconi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jihad blocks it with crossed arms.
Marconi lands an elbow inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Jihad has had enough of the clinch but Marconi keeps him there for the moment.
Knees in the clinch landing for Marconi.
Jihad digs a right hand into Marconi's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Marconi's gas tank.
Marconi lands a knee to the head.
Marconi stalling against the cage.
Jihad misses with a hook to the ribs.
Knees in the clinch landing for Marconi.
Knees to the body from Marconi.
Marconi controlling the action here for a moment.
Jihad blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Marconi tries to land knees in the clinch but Jihad avoids the damage to the body.
Jihad avoiding damage as Marconi throws knees to the body.
Jihad has had enough of the clinch but Marconi keeps him there for the moment.
Marconi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Marconi with a knee to the head.
Jihad wants to break the clinch but can't.
A knee to the head by Marconi.
Marconi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jihad lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Marconi wants to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marconi lands a knee to the body.
Marconi landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jihad wants to break free but Marconi has control.
Marconi misses with a knee to the head.
Jihad swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Marconi connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jihad's face.
Jihad misses with a short punch on the inside.
Marconi lands a nice knee to the body.
Jihad tries a body shot but Marconi blocks it.
Marconi landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Marconi takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A knee to the head by Marconi.
Jihad has had enough of the clinch but Marconi keeps him there for the moment.
Marconi lands a knee to the head.
Marconi connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jihad's face.
Jihad has had enough of the clinch but Marconi keeps him there for the moment.
Marconi lands a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Marconi.
Marconi misses with a knee strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Jihad can't break the clinch.
Marconi connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jihad's face.
Marconi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jihad has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Marconi crunches a lovely knee into Jihad's ribcage.
Jihad has a couple of punches blocked by Marconi.
Jihad on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jihad is trying to break the clinch but Marconi has him pressed against the cage.
Marconi landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Jihad lands a body shot in the clinch.
Marconi comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jihad tries to stall but Marconi uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Marconi crunches a lovely knee into Jihad's ribcage.
Marconi prevents Jihad from breaking the clinch.
Marconi blocks an uppercut.
Marconi scores a nice knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Marconi.
Marconi throws a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jihad misses with the head strike.
The referee calls for Marconi to work.
Marconi blocking some punches.
Jihad wants to break the clinch but can't.
Marconi is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricci Marconi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Joey Jihad's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Marconi is looking to clinch but Jihad is avoiding it.
Jihad lands a jab to the head.
Jihad just misses with a punch to the body.
Jihad throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jihad throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Marconi taking a breather.
Jihad takes a knee right on the jaw!
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Marconi landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A knee to the head by Marconi.
Jihad can't break the clinch.
Marconi connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jihad's face.
Marconi with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marconi with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Marconi controlling the action here for a moment.
Jihad is trying to stall.
Jihad can't break the clinch.
Marconi lands a knee to the head.
Jihad wants to break free but Marconi has control.
Marconi lands a nice knee to the body.
Marconi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Marconi with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jihad wants to break free but Marconi has control.
Marconi tries to land a knee to the head but Jihad blocks with his arms.
Marconi landing knees to the body.
Marconi scores a nice knee to the body.
Marconi lands a knee to the head.
Marconi misses with a knee strike.
Jihad blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jihad wants to get back to striking at distance but Marconi won't allow it.
Jihad managing to block the knees to the body from Marconi.
Marconi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jihad misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Jihad lands a nice uppercut.
Marconi blocks the elbow strike.
Marconi misses with a knee to the head.
Marconi taking a breather.
Jihad avoiding damage.
Jihad wants to get back to striking at distance but Marconi won't allow it.
Jihad misses with the head strike.
Marconi connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jihad's face.
Jihad takes a knee right on the jaw!
Marconi missing with knees to the body.
Marconi tries to land a knee to the head but Jihad blocks with his arms.
Come on Marconi - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Jihad is looking to break free of the clinch but Marconi has double underhooks.
Jihad tries to throw a body punch but Marconi avoids it by throwing Jihad back against the cage.
Marconi landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Jihad swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Marconi holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Jihad wants to break free but Marconi has control.
Stalling in the clinch from Marconi.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jihad takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jihad misses with a body punch.
Jihad lands a body punch in the clinch.
Marconi landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Marconi manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Jihad misses with the head strike.
Marconi is pushing Jihad up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Marconi with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jihad stalling in the clinch but Marconi improves position.
Marconi scores with a knee to the head.
Marconi lands a nice elbow.
Marconi lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Marconi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jihad blocks it with crossed arms.
Marconi is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Marconi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Jihad lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Marconi prevents Jihad from breaking the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Marconi tries to land a knee to the head but Jihad blocks with his arms.
Marconi connects with a nasty looking knee right to Jihad's face.
Jihad wants to get back to striking at distance but Marconi won't allow it.
Marconi avoiding damage.
Jihad has a couple of punches blocked by Marconi.
Jihad wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Marconi has him pressed against the cage.
Joey Jihad has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Marconi landing knees to the body.
Jihad misses with a hook from the clinch.
Marconi lands an elbow just above Jihad 's eye.
Marconi is stalling here.
Marconi landing knees to the head.
Jihad with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Marconi slows down the pace here.
Jihad misses with the head strike.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jihad misses with a punch on the inside.
Marconi scores a nice knee to the body.
Marconi with a knee to the head.
Ricci Marconi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Marconi scores with a knee to the head.
Marconi avoids the elbow strike from Jihad, against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ricci Marconi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Marconi winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Suge Night scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ricci Marconi!