PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Craig Marduk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Boose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marduk's entrance music is When worlds Collide - Powerman5000. A fine choice. Boose is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Feel the Rush by Talib Kweli. Eric Boose has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Marduk
vs
Boose

213 cm
26
334 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

199 cm
25
300 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

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 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Craig Marduk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eric Boose!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Boose misses.
Boose looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Boose showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Marduk.
A combination from Boose does no damage.
Some wild striking there from Boose.
Boose looks to land a right hand but Marduk moved out of range.
Marduk fails in his attempt to clinch.
Boose lands with a shot to the body.
Boose should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Marduk.
No joy there for Boose, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Marduk has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Marduk there as he acknowledges the shot.
Boose throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Boose clobbers Marduk with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Marduk swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Boose counters with a left to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boose scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Marduk is breathing heavily.
Marduk misses with a few strikes there.
Boose scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Boose scores with a one two! Marduk had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Boose paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Boose cracks Marduk with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Boose just misses with a punch to the body.
Marduk takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Boose closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Boose pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Marduk back to the cage. Boose follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

Marduk is rocked!
Boose slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Oh Marduk is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Marduk misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Marduk seems to have got his legs back now.
Boose misses with a two punch combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boose pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Boose just misses with a punch to the body.
Marduk shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Boose sprawls well. Boose wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Marduk gets slowly back to his feet.
Boose rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Marduk moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Boose throws a right and a left that Marduk avoids nicely.
Boose lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Boose thumps Marduk with a low kick.
Marduk avoids a punch combination nicely.
Boose throws a series of punches but Marduk moves out of range.
Eric Boose is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Boose throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Marduk takes one on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boose lands a slapping body shot.
No joy there for Boose, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Boose thows a body shot but no joy.
Sloppy strikes from Boose. Those never looked like landing.
Boose misses with a wild combination.
Boose tries to bum rush Marduk with a series of wild strikes but Marduk uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Boose throws a nice looking combination but Marduk bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Boose lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Marduk circles away quickly and effectively.
Nice body punch from Boose.
Marduk misses with a wild body shot.
Boose throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Boose connects with a crisp jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boose throws a series of punches but Marduk moves out of range.
Boose checks a leg kick.
Boose lands a head shot.
Boose throws a series of punches but Marduk avoids them all with ease.
Marduk checks a leg kick nicely.
Boose throws a series of punches but Marduk moves out of range.
Boose is working the combinations to good effect here.
Marduk checks a low kick from Boose.
Marduk takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Boose scores with a one two! Marduk had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
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!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Boose lands a jab to Marduk's midsection.
A punch combination from Boose misses.
Boose looks to land a combination. Marduk sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Boose is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Marduk had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Boose scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eric Boose dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

A shot to the liver by Boose. Beautiful body shot.
Boose displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Boose will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Marduk misses with a double jab.
Boose misses with a body shot.
Boose scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Marduk avoids a punch combination nicely.
Marduk dodges the punch combination from Boose.
Boose throws a right hand that Marduk ducks under and follows up with a left that Marduk also avoids with ease.
Marduk connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Boose's hands.

It looks like Eric Boose has been cut.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Boose throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boose ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Marduk moves away.
Marduk throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Boose checks a low kick from Marduk.
Boose lands a jab-cross combination.
Sloppy strikes from Boose. Those never looked like landing.
Craig Marduk is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Marduk throws a series of punches but Boose moves out of range.
Marduk showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Boose.
Boose fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Marduk manages to avoid it.
Boose throws a series of punches but Marduk moves out of range.
Nice uppercut there from Boose.
Boose lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Boose throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boose throws a body kick that misses.
Boose throws a nice looking combination but Marduk bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Marduk throws a nice looking combination but Boose bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Boose lands a nice hook to Marduk's body. Marduk takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Boose misses with a few strikes there.
Boose throws a right hand that Marduk ducks under and follows up with a left that Marduk also avoids with ease.
Boose has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Boose scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Marduk doesn't seem bothered though.
Boose swinging wildly here.
Boose changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
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!
Boose misses with a combination
and Marduk counters with a one-two to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boose tries to bum rush Marduk with a series of wild strikes but Marduk uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Marduk fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Boose looks to land a combination. Marduk sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Boose misses with a wild body shot.
Marduk needs to keep his hands up - Boose had a free shot at his head there.
Boose swinging wildly here.
Boose defending well as Marduk loads up on a big left hand.
Boose fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Marduk dodges the punch combination from Boose.
A jab from Marduk misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boose scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Boose throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Marduk is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Boose.
Boose scores with a jab to the body.
Boose lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Boose scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Marduk doesn't seem bothered though.
Boose changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Boose throws a series of punches but Marduk avoids them all with ease.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A punch combination from Boose misses.
Marduk rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Boose moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Boose with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eric Boose showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Eric Boose's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Boose scores with a one two! Marduk had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Boose closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Marduk looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Boose lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
A jab from Marduk does it's job there.
Boose throws a left and a right that both miss
and Marduk counters with a left to the body.
Good leg kick by Marduk there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Boose throws a series of punches but Marduk avoids them all with ease.
Marduk fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Marduk shoots in looking for a takedown but Boose manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Marduk's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Boose swinging wildly here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Boose is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Boose throws a lazy right hand but Marduk sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A lazy left from Boose finds it's target.
Boose lands with an overhand left.
Boose moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Marduk fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Boose manages to avoid it.
Boose stuffs the takedown attempt from Marduk. Marduk gets slowly back to his feet.
Boose cracks Marduk with a good jab.
Boose scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Boose lands with a nice body punch.
Marduk takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Boose throws a right and a left that Marduk avoids nicely.
Eric Boose is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boose throws a series of punches but Marduk avoids them all with ease.
Boose fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Jab, jab by Boose - just one landing.
Boose fails to land with a series of punches.
Boose throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Boose avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A nice combination there by Boose.
Marduk takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Boose's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Boose duly obliges.
Boose swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A combination from Marduk does no damage.
Boose will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boose throws a shot to the body.
Marduk tries to score a power double leg takedown but Boose sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Marduk somewhat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Craig Marduk. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Boose throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Marduk.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Boose!
Boose lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Marduk circles away quickly and effectively.
Boose misses with a two punch combination.
No joy there for Boose, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Marduk uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Boose.
Marduk looks to land a right hand but Boose moved out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boose avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Boose jabs Marduk right on the nose. Marduk blinks but takes it well.
Boose misses with a two punch combination.
Boose lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Marduk walks into a straight right hand from Boose.
A combination from Boose does no damage.
A left and a right from Boose both land. Nice combination.
Boose throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Marduk digs a good hook to Boose's body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Boose swings for the body but Marduk moves out of range.
No joy there for Boose, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Craig Marduk has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Marduk.

And that's the end of the fight!
Eric Boose comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Boose 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eric Boose!