PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jesus Gonzalez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Marsden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gonzalez
vs
Marsden

150 cm
25
141 lbs
11 - 2 - 0

165 cm
21
145 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

MADE IN GERMANY

Fossington & Blythe: Gentlemen's Fight Attire

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 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Jesus Gonzalez!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Mike Marsden!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Daniel Bishop and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marsden throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Marsden takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Gonzalez lands with a good body shot.
Decent striking displayed by Gonzalez there.
Gonzalez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A combination from Gonzalez does no damage.
Gonzalez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gonzalez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Marsden.
Marsden misses with a low kick.
Gonzalez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gonzalez throws a front kick aimed at Marsden's knee but Marsden avoids it well.
Marsden lands a nice looking body kick.
Marsden lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gonzalez circles away quickly and effectively.
Marsden pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gonzalez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gonzalez misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Marsden makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Marsden bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Gonzalez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gonzalez throws a low kick but Marsden avoids it.
Marsden takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Gonzalez moves out of range of the strikes.
Gonzalez tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marsden swings away with a body shot that misses
and Gonzalez counters with an inside leg kick.
Gonzalez lunges at Marsden with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Marsden's hand.
Gonzalez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Marsden sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gonzalez throws a leg kick that is checked
and Marsden counters with a nice uppercut.
Marsden fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gonzalez.
Marsden misses with a body kick.
Marsden uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gonzalez.
Gonzalez throws a body punch but Marsden moves out of range.
Gonzalez is looking to wear down Marsden with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Gonzalez misses with a body shot.
Good exchange - Marsden coming out on top.
Gonzalez throws a lazy head kick
and Marsden makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Gonzalez really felt that one!
Gonzalez moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Nice body punch from Marsden.
Gonzalez throws a chopping leg kick but Marsden manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Marsden takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Gonzalez just misses with a punch to the body.
Marsden explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Marsden throws a front kick aimed at Gonzalez's knee but Gonzalez avoids it well.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Marsden, right into the meat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marsden with a hook.
Marsden scores with a hook to the body. Gonzalez takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Gonzalez digs a good hook to Marsden's body.
Gonzalez misses with a kick to the body
and Marsden counters with a straight right hand.
Gonzalez connects with a looping right hand.
Marsden tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A head kick misses from Gonzalez.
Marsden getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Marsden scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Marsden misses with a low kick.
Gonzalez looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Gonzalez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Marsden throws out a powerful jab.
Marsden keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Marsden avoids the body shot from Gonzalez.
Marsden uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gonzalez.
Gonzalez throws a looping overhand right but Marsden ducks down to avoid it.
Gonzalez misses with a body shot.
Gonzalez moves in looking to clinch but Marsden pushes him off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez swings for the body but Marsden moves out of range.
Gonzalez connects with a body shot.
Marsden wants to land a leg kick but Gonzalez is out of range.
Gonzalez missing with a left hand there. Marsden was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Marsden throws a right and a left that Gonzalez avoids nicely.
Gonzalez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Marsden.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Marsden - that will leave a mark!
Marsden throws a combination. Gonzalez tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Marsden lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Marsden fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Gonzalez throws out a powerful jab.
A low kick from Gonzalez misses
enabling Marsden to counter with a crisp jab.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Gonzalez.
Marsden is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Gonzalez had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Marsden uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez is looking to clinch but Marsden is avoiding it.
Marsden keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez throws a sloppy head kick and Marsden moves out of range easily.
Marsden misses with a wild combination.
Some wild striking there from Gonzalez.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marsden throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Marsden staying out of range there.
Marsden thumps Gonzalez with a low kick.
Gonzalez throws a low kick, looking for Marsden's leg but Marsden calmly moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gonzalez. Marsden does a little dance to reset his feet.
A clash of legs there as Gonzalez blocks the low kick.
Marsden ducks under a wild hook from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Marsden was well out of range. Poor timing from Gonzalez.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gonzalez. Marsden does a little dance to reset his feet.
Marsden ducks under a wild hook from Gonzalez.
Marsden stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gonzalez.
Marsden lands with a nice combination. Gonzalez backs away looking to recover.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Gonzalez.
Marsden throws a right hand that Gonzalez ducks under and follows up with a left that Gonzalez also avoids with ease.
Marsden feints and then cracks Gonzalez's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gonzalez down.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gonzalez. Marsden does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Marsden dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Gonzalez misses with a low kick.
Nice uppercut there from Marsden.
Gonzalez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Marsden misses with a straight left.
Gonzalez throws a body punch but Marsden moves out of range.
Gonzalez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Marsden was well out of range. Poor timing from Gonzalez.
Mike Marsden is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gonzalez takes a swing at Marsden's ribcage but misses.
Gonzalez thows a body shot but no joy.
Good leg kick by Marsden there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Marsden throws a nice inside leg kick.
Gonzalez throws an overhand right that lands on Marsden's shoulder, as Marsden tries to avoid the shot.
Gonzalez throws a sloppy head kick
and Marsden counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Gonzalez thinking.
Gonzalez checks a low kick from Marsden.
Mike Marsden seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gonzalez misses with a jab to the body
and Marsden counters with a stiff right hand.
Gonzalez misses with a double jab
and Marsden counters with a stiff right hand.
Gonzalez with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Marsden ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gonzalez moves away.
Gonzalez loads up on a big right hand but Marsden slips the punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzalez turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Gonzalez misses the jab.
Gonzalez takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Gonzalez is looking to clinch.
Gonzalez swings away with a body shot that misses
and Marsden makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Gonzalez throws the left hand but Marsden avoids the punch easily.
Marsden throws a nice looking combination but Gonzalez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Gonzalez takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Gonzalez throws a body punch but Marsden moves out of range.
Marsden throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gonzalez scores with a jab to the jaw.
Marsden throws a sloppy head kick and Gonzalez moves out of range easily.
Marsden throws a series of punches but Gonzalez avoids them all with ease.
Gonzalez throws a sloppy head kick and Marsden moves out of range easily.
A slapping leg kick lands for Marsden.
Gonzalez throws a leg kick that is checked
and Marsden makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Marsden has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Marsden with a jab.
Marsden on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Gonzalez takes a swing at Marsden's ribcage but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez lands a lovely overhand right.
Gonzalez throws a shot from downtown. Marsden moves away and avoids it.
Gonzalez throws a nice inside leg kick.
Gonzalez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Marsden moves away.
Gonzalez scores with a jab to the body.
Gonzalez tries to move into range but Marsden moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Gonzalez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Marsden.
Gonzalez lands a nice shot to the body.
Gonzalez does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Marsden swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gonzalez misses with a hook. Marsden ducked under it nicely.
Gonzalez misses with a jab to the body
and Marsden counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Marsden on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Gonzalez misses with a body punch
letting Marsden counter with a right hand.
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 Marsden has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Marsden and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Marsden throws a leg kick which misses Gonzalez's front leg but catches the back leg as Gonzalez tries to avoid it.
Gonzalez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gonzalez takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez thows a leg kick but Marsden checks it
and Marsden counters with a nice kick to the body.
Gonzalez throws a sloppy head kick
and Marsden counters with a stiff right hand.
Gonzalez throws a lazy head kick
and Marsden counters with an outside leg kick.
Gonzalez thows a body shot but no joy.
Gonzalez misses with a looping right.
Marsden slips under a jab from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Gonzalez swings for the body but Marsden moves out of range.
Marsden cracks the inside of Gonzalez's front leg.
Good standup being displayed there by Marsden as he connects with a hook.
Marsden throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Marsden lands a nice shot to the body.
Marsden bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gonzalez misses with a combination
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
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.
Marsden checks the leg kick.
Gonzalez misses with a low kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Gonzalez crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Marsden - the referee stops the clock and Gonzalez gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Marsden. Gonzalez manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Marsden.
Marsden lands with a cross.
Gonzalez misses with a hook. Marsden ducked under it nicely.
Gonzalez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gonzalez swings away with a body shot that misses
and Marsden counters with a head kick.
Gonzalez clinches but Marsden breaks the clinch
and Marsden counters with a nice uppercut.
Marsden throws a leg kick that is checked
enabling Gonzalez to counter with a crisp jab.
Gonzalez takes a kick to the side of the head.
Gonzalez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Marsden was well out of range. Poor timing from Gonzalez.
Marsden moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Gonzalez misses with a looping right.
Gonzalez will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Gonzalez misses with a jab to the body
and Marsden counters with a thumping low kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gonzalez just misses with a punch to the body.
Marsden throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gonzalez finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Gonzalez slips under a jab from Marsden.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Marsden showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Marsden swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Marsden lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gonzalez circles away quickly and effectively.
Gonzalez throws a sloppy body shot
and Marsden counters with a nice leg kick.
Gonzalez misses with a hook. Marsden ducked under it nicely.
Gonzalez shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Marsden with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Gonzalez to score with a decent uppercut.
Marsden lands with a slapping head kick.
Marsden tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gonzalez was well out of range. Poor timing from Marsden.
Gonzalez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Marsden manages to avoid it.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Marsden.
Marsden displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gonzalez throws out the jab.
Gonzalez misses with a leg kick
and Marsden counters with a left to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Marsden.
Marsden lands with a nice body kick.
Marsden slips a jab from Gonzalez.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Marsden.
Gonzalez throws a leg kick but Marsden sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Marsden looks for the body kick but Gonzalez saw that one coming.
Gonzalez swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Marsden counters with a thumping low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marsden just misses with a punch to the body.
Marsden throws a body punch but Gonzalez moves out of range.
Gonzalez throws a body punch but Marsden moves out of range.
Gonzalez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gonzalez swinging wildly here.
Gonzalez throws a chopping leg kick but Marsden manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Marsden lands a glancing blow to the side of Gonzalez's head.
Gonzalez checks a leg kick nicely.
Some bone on bone action there as Marsden checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Gonzalez is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Gonzalez misses with a body shot.
Marsden throws a leg kick but Gonzalez sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Marsden misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gonzalez throws a body punch but Marsden moves out of range.
Marsden is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Marsden has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Marsden there as he acknowledges the shot.
Gonzalez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Marsden throws out the jab.
Gonzalez throws a body punch but Marsden moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Marsden bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Gonzalez's head backwards.
Gonzalez slips under a jab.
A nice leg kick lands there from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez misses with a leg kick
and Marsden counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Gonzalez misses with a head kick.
Gonzalez stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Marsden.
A bone on bone clash there as Gonzalez blocks the leg kick.
Marsden misses with a few strikes there.
Gonzalez scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Gonzalez scores with a decent looking hook.
Gonzalez misses with a jab to the body
and Marsden counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Marsden keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Marsden misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gonzalez lunges at Marsden with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Marsden's hand.
Marsden keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Marsden lands a head shot.
Marsden uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez lands the left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marsden connects with a high kick.
Marsden moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Gonzalez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gonzalez misses with a looping left.
Marsden throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gonzalez.
Gonzalez lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Gonzalez takes a swing at Marsden's ribcage but misses.
Marsden misses with the combination.
Gonzalez just misses with a punch to the body.
Gonzalez moves away from the strike by Marsden.
Marsden fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Gonzalez scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Gonzalez misses the body punch
and Marsden connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gonzalez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Marsden was well out of range. Poor timing from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Marsden was well out of range. Poor timing from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez just misses with a punch to the body.
Marsden checks a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Gonzalez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Marsden moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Gonzalez misses with a wild body shot.
Gonzalez scores with a punch to the head.
Marsden bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gonzalez buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Gonzalez throws a low kick, looking for Marsden's leg but Marsden calmly moves out of range.
Gonzalez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Marsden was well out of range. Poor timing from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez misses with a double jab.
Gonzalez just misses with a punch to the body.
Marsden bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A right-left combo lands from Marsden.
Marsden tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Gonzalez blocks a head kick by Marsden.
Gonzalez throws a leg kick that misses.
Gonzalez looks to score with a jab to the body but Marsden is just out of range.
Marsden motions for Gonzalez to come forward. Marsden throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Marsden uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gonzalez.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Marsden really dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Gonzalez misses with a leg kick
and Marsden makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Gonzalez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Marsden.
Gonzalez throws a sloppy body shot
and Gonzalez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A good leg kick by Marsden.
Marsden throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Gonzalez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Marsden.
Marsden throws a leg kick but Gonzalez checks it.
Marsden blocks a jab.
Gonzalez cracks Marsden with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
Marsden takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Gonzalez misses with a hook. Marsden ducked under it nicely.
Jab by Gonzalez.
Gonzalez throws a leg kick
and Gonzalez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A shot to the liver by Marsden. Beautiful body shot.
Gonzalez gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Marsden.
Marsden thumps Gonzalez with a low kick.
Gonzalez misses the shot to the body.
Gonzalez throws a leg kick
and Marsden counters with an outside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marsden loads up on a big right hand but Gonzalez slips the punch.
Marsden moves into range and connects with a jab.
Marsden swings for the body but Gonzalez moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gonzalez. Marsden does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gonzalez takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Marsden misses with a low kick as Gonzalez jumps back.
Marsden avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Marsden thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gonzalez scores with a jab. Marsden acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Marsden bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A swing and a miss from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A swing and a miss from Marsden.
Marsden fails to land with a series of punches.
Gonzalez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Marsden manages to avoid it.
Gonzalez lands a jab to Marsden's midsection.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Marsden - that will leave a mark!
Gonzalez misses the body punch
and Marsden counters with a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marsden misses with a straight right.
Gonzalez throws a lazy right hand but Marsden sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gonzalez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gonzalez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Marsden.
Gonzalez lands a really nice looking cross but Marsden seems unphased.
Marsden scoring well with a low kick there.
Jesus Gonzalez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gonzalez ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Marsden's corner calls for a 1-2. Marsden obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Gonzalez tries to land a leg kick but Marsden saw it coming and moves away.
Good work by Gonzalez as he checks the leg kick.
Gonzalez ducks right into an uppercut from Marsden.
Gonzalez misses with an uppercut.
Gonzalez throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Marsden counters with a one-two to the body.
Marsden connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Marsden misses with a series of wild punches.
Gonzalez throws a hook but Marsden avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez misses with an uppercut.
Marsden changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Gonzalez misses with a body kick.
Gonzalez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Marsden throws a left and a right that both miss
and Gonzalez makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Gonzalez 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.
Gonzalez throws a lazy head kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Gonzalez misses the body punch
and Marsden counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gonzalez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Marsden manages to avoid it.
Marsden getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Gonzalez throws a looping overhand right but Marsden ducks down to avoid it.
A jab lands there for Marsden.
Marsden misses the jab.
Gonzalez swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Marsden counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Gonzalez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Marsden paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gonzalez looks to throw the jab but Marsden is out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez swings for the body but Marsden moves out of range.
Marsden lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Gonzalez throws a lazy right hand but Marsden sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gonzalez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Gonzalez chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Marsden can pounce on him.
Marsden moves out of range as Gonzalez strikes.
Gonzalez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gonzalez tried to score with a low kick but Marsden checks it.
Gonzalez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gonzalez misses with a straight right.
Marsden throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gonzalez.
Gonzalez misses with a low kick.
Marsden throws a body punch but Gonzalez moves out of range.
Marsden uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gonzalez.
Gonzalez throws a leg kick that is checked
and Marsden counters with a low kick, right behind Gonzalez 's knee.
Marsden shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Marsden throws a one two combo.
Marsden moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mike Marsden dominated that fourth round.
That's time! Gonzalez's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Gonzalez throws a nice inside leg kick.
Marsden throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Gonzalez misses with a few strikes there.
Marsden connects with a looping right hand.
Gonzalez scores with a jab to the body.
Gonzalez changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Marsden bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A leg kick checked by Marsden.
Gonzalez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Marsden manages to avoid it.
Gonzalez scores with a jab. Marsden acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Gonzalez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Marsden lands a nice hook to Gonzalez's body. Gonzalez takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Marsden throws a right and a left that both miss.
Marsden buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Marsden misses with a double jab.
Gonzalez throws a body kick that misses.
Gonzalez throws a leg kick that is checked
and Marsden makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Gonzalez misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzalez looks to score with a jab to the body but Marsden is just out of range.
Gonzalez misses with a hook. Marsden ducked under it nicely.
Gonzalez walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Marsden displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gonzalez throws out the jab.
Gonzalez misses the shot to the body.
Gonzalez lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Gonzalez takes a head kick and keeps coming.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gonzalez. Marsden does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gonzalez misses with a double jab.
Gonzalez thows a body shot but no joy.
Marsden misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Marsden checks a leg kick.
Gonzalez misses with an attempted mid kick.
Gonzalez changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Gonzalez walks into a jab.
Marsden scores with a nice strike.
Gonzalez just misses with a punch to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marsden throws a right hand that Gonzalez ducks under and follows up with a left that Gonzalez also avoids with ease.
Gonzalez cracks Marsden with an open hand slap.
Gonzalez moves out of range of the body kick.
Gonzalez throws a leg kick but Marsden sees it coming and moves out of range.
Gonzalez misses with a body shot
and Marsden counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Marsden looks to score with a jab to the body but Gonzalez is just out of range.
Marsden throws and low kick but Gonzalez moves out of range easily.
Marsden avoids the head kick by Gonzalez.
A swing and a miss from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A cross from Marsden lands.
Gonzalez throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Marsden uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gonzalez.
Marsden on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Gonzalez looks to land a left hand but Marsden moved out of range nicely.
Marsden ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gonzalez moves away.
Gonzalez throws a looping overhand right but Marsden ducks down to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marsden throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Marsden thows a body kick. Gonzalez tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Gonzalez looks to score with a jab to the body but Marsden is just out of range.
Gonzalez swings for the body but Marsden moves out of range.
Gonzalez looks to score with a jab to the body but Marsden is just out of range.
Marsden blocks a jab.
Gonzalez misses the jab.
Gonzalez misses with a straight left.
Gonzalez misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Marsden counters with a left to the body.
Marsden blocks a jab.
Good shot there by Marsden.
Gonzalez moves out of range as Marsden throws a body kick.
Marsden throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Marsden moves out of range of the strikes.
Gonzalez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Marsden moves away.
Marsden connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Marsden misses with a wild body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Marsden!
Marsden misses with the body kick
and Gonzalez counters with a nice body kick.
Marsden is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Gonzalez swings away with a body shot that misses
and Marsden counters with a good low kick that Gonzalez was not able to check.
Marsden digs a good body shot into Gonzalez's ribs.
Marsden ducks under a wild hook from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Marsden.
Gonzalez misses with a low kick.
Gonzalez slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A left and a right from Gonzalez both land. Nice combination.
Gonzalez misses with a body shot
and Marsden cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Marsden ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gonzalez moves away.
Marsden lands a front kick.
Gonzalez swings away with a body shot that misses
and Marsden counters with a head kick. That will keep Gonzalez thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Gonzalez cracks the inside of Marsden's front leg.
Marsden goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Marsden moves away from the strike by Gonzalez.
Jesus Gonzalez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gonzalez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Marsden comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Marsden 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 45:50
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 45:50
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 45:50

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