PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marco Gnocci (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Gnocci
vs
Brown

194 cm
20
200 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

200 cm
21
191 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Knockout power

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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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Marco Gnocci!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, James Brown!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gnocci forces Brown back against the cage and clinches.

Gnocci breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Gnocci clinches up against the cage.
Brown is trying to maintain a safe position but Gnocci gets an underhook and turns Brown into the cage.

Gnocci ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Gnocci no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Gnocci is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Gnocci throwing shots but Brown is blocking nicely.
Brown avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Gnocci.
Gnocci moves nicely into side control.

Gnocci looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Gnocci has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Brown is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Gnocci yanks on the arm and Brown is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Gnocci.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Marco Gnocci!