PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jesus Gonzalez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and rocky marciano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). marciano has chosen yes as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Gonzalez
vs
marciano

150 cm
23
134 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
146 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very strong

Dangerous GnP
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Bling Bling

GTI-Roid Rage

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jesus Gonzalez!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, rocky marciano!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, William Gold and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
marciano misses with a two punch combination.
Gonzalez throws a low kick but it's checked well by marciano.
marciano is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Gonzalez tries to clinch but marciano moves out of range.

marciano looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Gonzalez!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

marciano looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
marciano misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
marciano thowing shots but they're missing.
marciano postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Gonzalez looks a forlorn figure.
Gonzalez is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
marciano throws some wild stikes that Gonzalez manages to avoid easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzalez takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
marciano has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
marciano lands a big shot there that rocks Gonzalez but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Gonzalez tries to hold on but marciano postures up.
marciano looking to finish Gonzalez with some ground and pound. This is bad for Gonzalez!
marciano avoids the attempt from Gonzalez to control.
marciano misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Gonzalez is wriggling around trying to escape.
Gonzalez avoids a series of strikes thrown by marciano.
marciano punishing his opponent with strikes.
marciano working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Gonzalez knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for marciano on the ground.
marciano with a couple of short strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
marciano working away from the top, dropping strikes.
marciano lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gonzalez is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
marciano scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Gonzalez is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Gonzalez holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as marciano tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
marciano sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
BOOM! marciano connects with a massive shot to the dome!
marciano lands a big shot there that rocks Gonzalez but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Gonzalez is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez blocking the ground and pound.
marciano thowing shots but they're missing.
marciano looks gassed!
marciano throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
marciano sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
marciano avoids the attempt from Gonzalez to control.
marciano punishing his opponent with strikes.
marciano throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Gonzalez because marciano loaded up on that one.
marciano looking to ground and pound but Gonzalez is blocking nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gonzalez is wriggling around trying to escape.
marciano is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Gonzalez can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

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.
marciano misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
marciano misses with a head shot.
marciano lands a big shot there that rocks Gonzalez but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
marciano throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
marciano throws some wild stikes that Gonzalez manages to avoid easily.
marciano working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Gonzalez keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Gonzalez taking shots to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
marciano connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
marciano looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

rocky marciano dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Gonzalez loads up on a big right hand but marciano slips the punch.
Gonzalez throws a leg kick that misses.
Gonzalez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gonzalez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Good work by marciano as he checks the leg kick.
marciano's corner calls for a 1-2. marciano obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Gonzalez fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. marciano looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Gonzalez throws a leg kick but marciano checks it.
marciano works the jab nicely.
marciano keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez looks to land a combination but marciano avoids it well.
marciano swings for the body but Gonzalez moves out of range.
marciano is breathing heavily.
marciano paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A slow jab from marciano misses its intended target.
Gonzalez is looking to clinch.
marciano connects with the punch.
marciano checks a leg kick.
Jesus Gonzalez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gonzalez gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Gonzalez preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Gonzalez controls marciano momentarily but marciano frees himself.
marciano won't allow Gonzalez to sweep him here.
marciano trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
rocky marciano has got the better of the ground game so far.
marciano pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Gonzalez is keeping the position for now.
Gonzalez is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
marciano stops Gonzalez from standing up.
Gonzalez might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from marciano.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Gonzalez throws a predictable looking body shot
and marciano counters with a straight right hand.
marciano has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Gonzalez misses with an attempted mid kick.
Gonzalez misses the shot to the body.
marciano lands a lovely overhand right.
Gonzalez swings for the body but marciano moves out of range.
Gonzalez fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Gonzalez misses with a combination
and marciano counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Gonzalez looking to land some kicks to the body here.
marciano lands a lovely overhand right.
marciano blocks a leg kick.
marciano throws a hook to the side of Gonzalez's head but Gonzalez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gonzalez needs to keep his hands up - marciano had a free shot at his head there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
marciano avoids a punch combination nicely.
marciano keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
marciano blocks a head kick by Gonzalez.
A head kick by Gonzalez misses
and marciano counters with a straight right hand.
marciano uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez throws a half hearted mid kick.
marciano is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
marciano throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Good work by marciano as he checks the leg kick.
Gonzalez lands a nice leg kick that just misses marciano's sensitive parts.
marciano scores with a punch to the head.
Gonzalez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A big left from marciano misses.
marciano uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gonzalez.
marciano circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gonzalez scores with a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez throws a sloppy head kick
and marciano counters with a nice uppercut.
Gonzalez misses with a low kick.
marciano might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Gonzalez throws a leg kick but marciano moved away.
marciano scores with the left hand. Gonzalez knows he should have avoided that one.
marciano scores with a jab to the body.
Gonzalez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gonzalez changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Gonzalez looks to throw the jab but marciano is out of range.
marciano uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
marciano misses with a body shot.
Gonzalez moves forwards but marciano connects with a nice, crisp jab.
marciano lunges at Gonzalez with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Gonzalez's hand.
marciano throws a hook but Gonzalez blocks it.
marciano moves out of range of the strikes.
marciano misses with a few strikes there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

rocky marciano showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Gonzalez's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Gonzalez dodges the punch combination from marciano.
Gonzalez misses with a looping left.
Gonzalez walks into a stiff left hand from marciano.
Gonzalez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by marciano.
Gonzalez misses the body punch

and marciano counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Gonzalez!
Gonzalez is in all sorts of trouble here.
Gonzalez tries to hold on but marciano postures up.
marciano punishing his opponent with strikes.
marciano looking to ground and pound but Gonzalez is blocking nicely.
Gonzalez is in a horrible position here. marciano smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
marciano avoids the attempt from Gonzalez to control.
marciano takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
marciano is in the full mount, landing strikes.
marciano scoring with strikes but Gonzalez is staying in there.
marciano misses with a head shot.
marciano unloading with bombs!
marciano misses with a head shot.
Gonzalez tries to reverse the position but marciano maintains control.
Gonzalez regains half guard.
marciano looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Gonzalez.
Gonzalez trying to control the position.
Gonzalez pulls marciano in close to prevent any damage.
marciano throwing strikes from guard but Gonzalez blocks nicely.
marciano tries to free his leg and advance position but Gonzalez is retaining full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez is controlling marciano's posture.
marciano working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Gonzalez not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
marciano loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
marciano digs a good hook to Gonzalez's body.
marciano connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Gonzalez throws a jab when marciano was well out of range.
marciano connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
marciano scores with a sloppy right hand. Gonzalez should have avoided that one.
Gonzalez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
marciano misses with a double jab
and Gonzalez counters with an outside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
marciano scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
marciano circles away from the clinch attempt
and marciano counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Gonzalez.
Jesus Gonzalez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gonzalez feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to marciano's calf.
Gonzalez misses with a wild combination.
Nice defenses there by marciano.
marciano uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gonzalez.
Gonzalez moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
marciano walks into a straight right hand from Gonzalez.
marciano takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Some wild striking there from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez misses with a shot to the body
and marciano counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Gonzalez thinking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

rocky marciano really dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

marciano jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gonzalez connects with a high kick.
Gonzalez misses with a straight right.
marciano throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A slow jab from Gonzalez misses its intended target.
marciano lands with a right hand.
marciano connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Gonzalez's hands.
marciano digs a good body shot into Gonzalez's ribs.
Gonzalez throws a lazy head kick
and marciano counters with a series of strikes. Gonzalez will be more careful next time no doubt.
Gonzalez throws a head kick but marciano moves out of range.
marciano lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
marciano blocks a low kick nicely.
Gonzalez looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Gonzalez on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
marciano takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
marciano is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
marciano avoids the head kick by Gonzalez.
marciano lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzalez tries to clinch there but marciano circles away.
Jesus Gonzalez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gonzalez tries to land a front kick but marciano steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Gonzalez lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
A head kick misses from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Gonzalez 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 marciano has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from marciano and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Gonzalez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
marciano lands with an uppercut that bounces Gonzalez off the cage and back into rage.
Gonzalez throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
marciano's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and marciano duly obliges.
Gonzalez throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Gonzalez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gonzalez uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
marciano fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez tries to score with a low kick but marciano moves his leg out of the way.
Gonzalez misses with the combination.
Gonzalez on the wrong end of a nice jab.
marciano avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
marciano scores with a jab to the jaw.
marciano takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Gonzalez throws a solid leg kick but marciano takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Gonzalez.
marciano chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Gonzalez can pounce on him.
A lazy left from marciano finds it's target.
Gonzalez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but marciano manages to avoid it.
Gonzalez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gonzalez looks to land a body kick but marciano moved away.
marciano throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
marciano throws a good cross that connects.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gonzalez throws a wild body kick that marciano sees coming a mile off.
Gonzalez just misses with a punch to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gonzalez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
marciano uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez throws a head kick but marciano moves out of range.
marciano lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
marciano lands with a nice combination. Gonzalez backs away looking to recover.
Gonzalez with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling marciano to score with a decent uppercut.
Gonzalez chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Gonzalez is looking to land body kicks.
Gonzalez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gonzalez on the wrong end of a nice hook.
rocky marciano seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gonzalez swings away with a body shot that misses
and marciano counters with a straight right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez doesn't manage to clinch there - marciano circles away.
A slapping leg kick lands for Gonzalez.
Gonzalez misses with a body kick.
marciano jabs Gonzalez right on the nose. Gonzalez blinks but takes it well.
An inside leg kick from Gonzalez misses.
marciano listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
marciano connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Gonzalez momentarily.
marciano fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Gonzalez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by marciano.
Nice uppercut there from marciano.
marciano's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A head kick from Gonzalez lands but marciano takes it in his stride.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gonzalez dodges the punch combination from marciano.
Gonzalez throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gonzalez throws a wild body kick that marciano sees coming a mile off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

rocky marciano dominated that fourth 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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

marciano shoots in looking for a takedown. Gonzalez tries to sprawl out of it but marciano keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Gonzalez manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
No luck with that takedown attempt from marciano.
Gonzalez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gonzalez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gonzalez misses with a double jab

and marciano counters with a shoot takedown. Gonzalez fights it but they end up in guard.
marciano is looking to work some ground and pound but Gonzalez has wrist control.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as marciano accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
marciano wants to pass the guard but Gonzalez is keeping the position.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
marciano missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Gonzalez looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
marciano wants to pass the guard but Gonzalez is keeping the position.
Gonzalez is looking to stand up but marciano isn't so interested in that idea.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Gonzalez attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Gonzalez throws a leg kick that misses.
Gonzalez misses with an attempted mid kick.
Gonzalez fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but marciano is out of range.
marciano uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gonzalez.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Gonzalez throws a big shot that misses.
Gonzalez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
marciano lands a glancing blow to the side of Gonzalez's head.
marciano avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
marciano lands a slapping body shot.
marciano scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Gonzalez.

marciano shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
marciano passes to full mount!
marciano looking to ground and pound but Gonzalez is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! marciano connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Gonzalez sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
marciano sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Gonzalez defending well though.
Gonzalez is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
marciano missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
marciano is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Gonzalez!
Gonzalez tries to hold on but marciano pushes him away.
marciano misses with a head shot.
marciano thowing shots but they're missing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by marciano.
marciano throwing strikes but Gonzalez uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Gonzalez makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Gonzalez.
marciano throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
marciano trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Gonzalez manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
rocky marciano is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
marciano wants to control but Gonzalez passes easily into half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
rocky marciano comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well marciano has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 44:50
Judge William Gold scores the fight 44:50
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 44:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... rocky marciano!
rocky marciano is the new bantamweight champion!