PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marco Gnocci (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cha Cha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gnocci
vs
Cha

194 cm
22
200 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

183 cm
22
198 lbs
5 - 2 - 1

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Marco Gnocci!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Cha Cha!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gnocci throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cha connects with a single shot there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gnocci looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cha uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Gnocci has time to react.
Cha jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Cha scores with a punch to the head.
Cha lands a head shot.
Gnocci dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Gnocci moves into range and clinches up with Cha.
Gnocci lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Gnocci pushes Cha back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

Gnocci's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Gnocci closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Cha did well to prevent Gnocci getting side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cha tries to roll over but Gnocci keeps him under control.
Cha lands with a few short shots to the body.
Gnocci takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Cha is trying to get back to full guard.
Gnocci will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cha trying to control from the bottom.
Cha is looking to get back to full guard here but Gnocci has managed to pass to side control instead.
Cha tries to reverse the position but Gnocci maintains control.
Cha is in a horrible position here. Gnocci smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Gnocci scores with a couple of good head shots there.
BOOM! Gnocci connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Cha really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Gnocci with a couple of short strikes.
Gnocci looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Cha is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gnocci in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Cha tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The referee warns Cha that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Cha really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Gnocci pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Cha is desperately trying to improve his position but Gnocci has a good base and remains in mount.
Gnocci lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Cha is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Cha looks gassed!
Gnocci working Cha over with strikes here.
Gnocci prevents Cha from getting the reversal.
Cha tries to hold on but Gnocci postures up.
Gnocci breaks from Cha's wrist control and lands an elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gnocci has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Cha's face.

Cha is rocked!
Gnocci prevents Cha from getting the reversal.
Cha is in a horrible position here. Gnocci smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Cha is still in real trouble! Can Gnocci finish him?
Cha taking shots to the head.
Gnocci scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Cha?
Gnocci with the ground and pound from mount.
Gnocci lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Cha takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Gnocci's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marco Gnocci!