PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jeremy Tonal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Doug Marshall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tonal comes to the cage accompanied by Mustasch - I hunt alone. Marshall has chosen Rotten Apple -- Alice in Chains as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Tonal
vs
Marshall

188 cm
26
217 lbs
20 - 5 - 0

180 cm
27
180 lbs
17 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jeremy Tonal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Doug Marshall!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tonal throws a lazy right hand but Marshall sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tonal tries to clinch there but Marshall circles away.
Tonal feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Marshall's calf.
Marshall throws a chopping leg kick but Tonal manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Marshall throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Tonal throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Marshall throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Tonal buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Jeremy Tonal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Marshall tests Tonal's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Marshall misses the shot to the body.
Tonal misses with a straight right.
Marshall lands with a hook. Tonal tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Tonal looks for the body kick but Marshall saw that one coming.
Marshall throws a nice inside leg kick.
Tonal moves out of range of the leg kick from Marshall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marshall scores with a kick to the body.
Tonal misses with a body kick.
Tonal tried to score with a low kick but Marshall checks it.
Tonal avoids the head kick by Marshall.
Tonal lands with a shot to the body.
Marshall throws a big shot that misses.
Tonal looks to land a right hand but Marshall moved out of range.
Tonal tries to land a body kick
and Marshall makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Tonal throws a leg kick but Marshall sees it coming and moves out of range.
Tonal 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.
Tonal tries to score with a low kick but Marshall moves his leg out of the way.
Marshall lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Marshall tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tonal throws a shot from downtown. Marshall moves away and avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marshall keeps the fight on the outside.
Marshall takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Tonal moves into the clinch successfully.

Marshall manages to break the clinch.
Tonal swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Tonal throws a half hearted mid kick.
Marshall misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tonal.
Tonal uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Marshall.
Marshall takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Tonal lands with a thumping leg kick.
Tonal looks to score with a jab to the body but Marshall is just out of range.
No luck for Tonal with that takedown attempt.
Marshall connects with a good right hand that stumbles Tonal. Tonal circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tonal uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Marshall.
Marshall slips under a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Marshall. Tonal does a little dance to reset his feet.

Tonal has managed to clinch.
Marshall tries to circle away but Tonal has him pinned against the cage.
Tonal keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Marshall's efforts to push away.
Tonal lands a body punch in the clinch.
Marshall softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Marshall lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tonal lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Marshall backwards.
Tonal lands a left hand.
Tonal lands a body punch in the clinch.
Marshall wants to get back to striking at distance but Tonal won't allow it.
Marshall tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Marshall breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Tonal uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

It looks like Doug Marshall has been cut.
Marshall fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Tonal looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A chopping leg kick lands by Tonal.
Tonal tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Marshall was well out of range. Poor timing from Tonal.
Tonal connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Marshall misses with a body shot.
Marshall throws a jab but it's blocked by Tonal.
Tonal throws a leg kick but Marshall sees it coming and moves out of range.
Tonal tries to close the distance and clinch but Marshall swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A nice leg kick lands there from Tonal.
Marshall throws out a loose jab but Tonal uses good head movement to avoid it.
Marshall throws a lazy head kick
and Tonal counters with a good, hard body kick but Marshall shrugs it off.
Tonal wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeremy Tonal dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Doug Marshall's cut.
That's time! Tonal's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Tonal connects with a nice looking jab.
Marshall scores with a nice body kick.
Tonal misses with a head kick.
Tonal scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Marshall scores with a jab. Tonal acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Tonal throws out a leg kick but Marshall moves out of range and Tonal only half commits.
Tonal throws a head kick that misses
and Marshall counters with a stiff right hand.
Tonal goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Tonal is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Marshall.
Marshall misses with a wild body shot.
Tonal blocks a head kick by Marshall.
Tonal scoring well with a low kick there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Tonal 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 Marshall has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Marshall and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Tonal fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Doug Marshall is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tonal misses with a hook. Marshall ducked under it nicely.
Nice takedown defense from Marshall. No joy for Tonal on that attempt.
Tonal connects with an inside leg kick.
A leg kick checked by Marshall.
Marshall stuffs the takedown.
Marshall swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Tonal.
Tonal misses with a lunging right hand
and Marshall counters with a nice low kick that buckles Tonal's knee momentarily.
Tonal lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Marshall gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Marshall misses with a wild body shot.
Tonal takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Marshall - that will leave a mark!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Marshall throws the kick towards the body but Tonal avoids it.
Marshall lands a head kick. Tonal smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Marshall throws a lazy right hand but Tonal sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tonal tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Marshall tries a head kick but it misses.
Tonal tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Marshall was well out of range. Poor timing from Tonal.
Tonal is looking to land body kicks.
Marshall connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Marshall tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tonal throws a sloppy head kick and Marshall moves out of range easily.
Marshall stuffs the takedown attempt from Tonal. Tonal gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jeremy Tonal. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Marshall throws a body punch but Tonal moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tonal pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Marshall scoring well with a low kick there.
Tonal throws a leg kick but Marshall checks it.
Marshall throws a hook but Tonal blocks it.
Tonal looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Marshall is fending him off so far but Tonal persists. Nope, Marshall circles away and we're back to standing.
Tonal fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Marshall has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Tonal on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Marshall. Marshall obviously looking to wear him down.
Tonal displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Marshall throws out the jab.
Tonal looks to land a right hand but Marshall moved out of range.
Tonal lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Marshall stuns Tonal with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Marshall connects with a single shot there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Marshall, right into the meat.
Marshall takes a swing at Tonal's ribcage but misses.

Tonal has Marshall up against the cage in a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tonal tries to work over Marshall's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Marshall blocks an uppercut.
Marshall prevents a body shot from Tonal.
Tonal works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Marshall has had enough of the clinch but Tonal keeps him there for the moment.
Tonal tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Marshall's elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tonal tries to throw a body punch but Marshall avoids it by throwing Tonal back against the cage.
Tonal misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tonal tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Marshall misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeremy Tonal dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Doug Marshall's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're 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.

Tonal misses with a wild body shot.
Tonal uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Marshall.
Tonal scores with a nice head shot.
Marshall throws a hook to the side of Tonal's head but Tonal sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tonal walks forward, straight into a front kick from Marshall.
Marshall throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Marshall scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Marshall paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

Tonal drives through and clinches with Marshall against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Tonal.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tonal misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tonal tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Marshall wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Marshall gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Tonal.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tonal tries a body shot but Marshall blocks it.
Marshall wants to get back to striking at distance but Tonal won't allow it.
Tonal lands a nice shot to the body.
Tonal lands a left hand that snaps the head of Marshall backwards.
Marshall leaning his opponent against the cage.
Tonal prevents Marshall from breaking the clinch.
Tonal misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A left hand lands to the body for Tonal.
Tonal misses with the head strike.
Marshall blocks an uppercut.

Marshall escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tonal connects with an inside leg kick.
Tonal misses with a low kick.
Tonal looks to throw the jab but Marshall is out of range.
A big left from Tonal misses.
Tonal jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Marshall ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Marshall misses with a low kick.
Tonal misses with an uppercut.
Marshall moves out of range of the body kick from Tonal.
Marshall throws an overhand right that lands on Tonal's shoulder, as Tonal tries to avoid the shot.
Marshall connects with a crisp jab.
Tonal takes one to the chin there.
Tonal checks a low kick from Marshall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by Tonal.
Good exchange - Marshall coming out on top.
Marshall pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Tonal fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Marshall.
Doug Marshall has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tonal swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tonal throws a big shot that misses.
Jeremy Tonal is winning the standup battle so far.
Marshall misses with a head kick.
Tonal displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Marshall throws out the jab.
Marshall fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tonal manages to avoid it.
Marshall's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Marshall is looking to slow Tonal down with leg kicks.
Tonal will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Tonal lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A swing and a miss from Tonal.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marshall chopping away at his opponent's legs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
No luck for Tonal with that takedown attempt.
Tonal throws a hook but Marshall avoids it easily.
Tonal throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Tonal misses with a body kick.
Tonal fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jeremy Tonal. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tonal misses with a low kick as Marshall jumps back.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tonal misses with a head kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tonal. Marshall does a little dance to reset his feet.
Marshall swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Tonal works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jeremy Tonal showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Tonal has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jeremy Tonal!